As much as all this is infuriating to me (my original comment was much longer), I believe this is off-topic for HN. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, o

As much as all this is infuriating to me (my original comment was much longer), I believe this is off-topic for HN. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.