Politics stories can be relevant hacker news. Stories about privacy, intellectual property, and other things the tech community are interested in often intersect with politics.

Why is this a “leftist” issue?

Does it matter that traditionally libertarian sources would agree this law is bogus? https://reason.com/2022/01/21/glenn-youngkin-qualified-immun...

In what way is reporting on not being able to film police a "leftist" story.

It should be fundamentally an outrage to any libertarian right winger.