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I'm not sure why these posts from NPR, CNN, NY Times, and other reliable sources are being flagged. Hacker News will discuss Hong Kong protests, etc.

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HN has rules against stories that are pure politics and that don't speak to intellectual curiosity, and I'm sure people are flagging this article on those grounds.

But the mods have also said that exceptions will be given to political events that are particularly historic. I'm not a mod, and I have no power here, but I'd like to think this counts as historic enough. Personally, I haven't been anywhere near this scared for the future of my country since 9/11. Not even 2016 gave me this feeling.

Flagged by embarrassed Trump bitter-enders.

Or just people who come to HN for Hacker News instead of generic US politics (though that seems increasingly unlikely these days).

I wouldn't consider a breach of the Capitol by armed protestors shooting into the chambers "generic US politics".

People are in Nancy Pelosi's office taking pictures of her email client and posting them on Twitter. Nothing about this is normal.

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