1 hour ago thread is here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14304088" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14304088</a><p>(Not sure why it's already down to 2nd page despite 408 points in 1 hour!)
Previous thread pointed out the interesting fact that Trump fired FBI director Comey, who is heading an investigation against him, at the recommendation of Jeff Sessions, who recused himself from said investigation.
@dang, @sctb: Could you let your many users know the current HN policy on political articles? Obviously something is going on, it seems since (February?). Not being up front leads to frustration with wasted time on submissions and comments, and of course a bit of suspicion (e.g., is it supporting some political agenda?). I don't think people want to to reverse engineer your intentions; it's your site, just politely say what they are.<p>I know the guidelines object to <i>Most stories about politics ... unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon</i>, but that is enforced very unevenly. The top story, last I looked, was about politics, as are many others.<p>I know moderating is thankless, so many thanks. :)<p>P.S. IMHO it would be useful to answer on the guidelines page or FAQ. Answers in a thread probably won't be seen by most readers; for all I know, you've already answered several times.<p>EDIT: For those interested, here is some recent discussion of it by dang, but not really addressing this question directly.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086</a>
Let's hope this one doesn't get flagged and buried by the aggressive "I want HN to be a tech-only news site" crowd, like the other article did.<p>edit: to add more content, we may be witnessing history here. I think it would be a huge mistake for us to stick our heads in the sand in a misguided effort to avoid politicized discussions.