The preferred approach is (1) flag the stories you think are off-topic for Hacker News, and (2) make peace with the fact that the front page sometimes has stories that you feel don't belong there. This is true for everyone, including me. It's a consequence of the site being under conflicting constraints, and frontpage space being the scarcest resource (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...).

Oh and (3) if you browse HN while logged in, you can always click 'hide' on a submission and the software will not show you that particular one anymore.

While I understand the sentiment (and support it with a lot of political content on HN) the start of this administration has an undeniable tech angle. If you don’t want to read the stuff, don’t click. But it belongs here.

Don't click into the comments would probably be a good start.

Something simple and direct you can do is don't buy Tesla. It may now genuinely be in America's national interest to not buy Tesla.

There's no point giving Musk more money, power, and influence. He's now calling for the impeachment of judges because he thinks they're in his way:

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5134725-elon-musk-impe...

He wants any opposition or limit or restraint to him gone. Here's an interview with Kara Swisher about Musk's mentality that's worth watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXLycFv5Gc