I did not flag this, but I often flag general political stuff because you can read and talk about that anywhere.

I believe HN is at its best on technical topics or topics directly related to technical merit (for example, encryption backdoor policy fight).

we already had a "trump won the election" thread. Isn't that enough US politics on HN for the day? This is not new, it was published weeks ago. If i wanted to see more election stuff i'd go to reddit. or just about anywhere else on the internet today.

You know why. There are a lot of people that are still angry and in shock.