“I think all the comments on Due Process are missing the point: this is a job interview, not a trial. No matter what happens, Kavanaugh won’t lose his existing position, he won’t be jailed, he won’t be fined. He’s not due any more due process than any other American at a job interview.”
- NICHOLAS P
“After all the items that have surrounded this issue, to follow through on this plan is nothing short of appalling. Congress should use the powers granted under the congressional review act to revert this terrible decision, and craft proper legislation that both protects a free and open internet, and…”
- NICHOLAS P
“The GOP has made clear both in word and deed that this ‘Tax reform’ bill, and it’s trillion dollar deficits is nothing more than an opening act in a plan to slash programs like Medicare and social security. There really is no other explanation to why such obscene deficit spending would be ok now…”
- NICHOLAS P
“That this bill is even being considered is simply an astounding display of contempt towards the American people writ large. Allowing states to cancel essential health coverage? Reinstating lifetime caps? To say nothing of the process... all in the name of what? It is clear that this bill has no thou…”
- NICHOLAS P
“It is amazing how Republicans have gone from championing the accuracy of the CBO to insisting on how flawed it's methods are in less than a year. It's far more likely that this is rooted in seeking a line of attack to credit truly appalling numbers involving deeply unpopular legislation than in any…”
- NICHOLAS P
“What to say about Equifax? • That there are over 143m records breached and only 120m households in the us? • that I now need to freeze my credit with all 3 credit bureaus to protect myself from Equifax's negligence? • That Equifax executives sold millions in stock after the breach but befor…”
- NICHOLAS P
“If you introduce firearms into a school zone, you will find motivated individuals who will take them and use them. This proposal assumes that children are rational actors, and that the officers will act correctly. The facts are that children quite literally don't possess the mental faculties for emp…”
- NICHOLAS P
“While a member of congress makes far more annually than the vast majority of their constituents, I legitimately fear the harm caused by wanton cost slashing in order to secure a raise. A far better bill would be to tie congressional wage growth to middle class real wage growth. Perhaps then we would…”
- NICHOLAS P
“This pardon, while trumps absolute right as president, is appalling. By doing so as a hurricane slams into Texas proves that the White House knows it as well. The GOP needs to STOP hiding behind party affiliation and grow a backbone. Their continued appeasement of the president for the dangled carro…”
- NICHOLAS P
“Given that the president has refused to Divest himself, and his preference for staying at trump properties, this is a no brainer. The office of the president is in service to the people, and should not be directly sending money to the president and enriching the president at taxpayer expense. ”
- NICHOLAS P
“Family is family. Besides, immigration is not the proper venue to tackle the decline of the nuclear family (I personally see no need to tackle the 'problem' at all). Societal changes, longer working hours, and stagnant real wage growth have made the concept of a stay at home parent out of reach for …”
- NICHOLAS P
“Yes. As a private business, Airbnb has every right to chose who they will and will not serve, provided it isn't a federally protected class. They also have a right to suffer whatever consequences (good or bad) that decision causes. This is no different from the white supremacists showing their face…”
- NICHOLAS P