Comment by dang

That's an inaccurate perception. HN has had a high number of political threads on the front page in recent months, and most (nearly all, in fact) have been critical of the current administration.

If you find that hard to believe, see these lists:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

[3] The reason this is not a new phenomenon is because of what I said in my GP comment: it follows from the fundamentals of the site.

p.s. The thread you linked to spent 15 hours on HN's front page. That's a lot.