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As a European, the lack of protest is very concerning to me. Maybe it's just not televised, idk. Also this is the first post I see here on HN since the inauguration that communicates concerns. I know it's a tech board, but still, the silence is eery.

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There have been many very concerning posts about this administration here every single day since even before he took office... just do a search for elon or trump and sort by date.

And there have been mass protests like 50501, but the media actively chooses not to report it, unsurprisingly.

There are protests ramping up, but the press may not be covering them out of their own complicity. And there have been tons of threads here communicating concerns, but all of them get flagged and suppressed for being political.

there have been big pro-immigration marches in downtown Los Angeles almost every day since he was inaugurated

As another European: Negative articles are very quickly flagged after hitting the front page. There have been quiet a few if you use alternative frontends for HN like hckrnews.com and use top 10/top 20/50%. These categories only work for dead links for the last 24h though, sadly... So you'll only notice if you check in every so often. (Because a dead link ceases to get traction, consequently dropping off these lists)

It is still early days. There are several factors at play here. First, American news media work totally different than European in the way they report things. Secondly, some things done by Trump or his aides like Musk are probably not allowed by the law - but the opinion of the judge is always in hindsight. We still need to reach that stage and then see if Trump and the rest of the government will respect the rule of law.

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