<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339325> "Most" implies "some are". Where that line gets drawn is open to d

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339325> "Most" implies "some are". Where that line gets drawn is open to debate and discussion, though there are stories which cross the threshold. In Feinstein's case, she was the senator from California, a powerful region unto itself and with high significance to Silicon Valley, entertainment, and other factors with which HN is directly concerned. That much discussion on such news at HN tends not to be highly substantive is ... unfortunate, though that tends to come with the territory of politics. There have been other stories about deaths or transitions of significant political figures: Senators: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=senator%20has%20died&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...> Congressional representatives are more difficult to search but do turn up: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23878741 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23878741> Presidential elections, not limited to the US: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=elected%20president&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752077>