[jellicle]

So, HN has deleted this off the front page after about 20 minutes, and sure, they generally want to avoid "political" stories but the simple fact is that when a "political" story reaches a certain legal of magnitude it becomes the only thing of real importance. This is an issue of seismic importance for the tech world, or at the very least the US tech community, whether HN accepts that or not.

[OutOfHere]

I suspect what happens is that a sufficient number of users flag it away. I could be wrong, but I don't think the moderators have to be involved.