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Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney

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767 points coloneltcb | 4 comments | 25 Apr 25 23:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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pachorizons ◴[26 Apr 25 01:22 UTC] No.43800084[source]▶
Remember as you read more and more news like this that many of the owners of Y Combinator supported this.
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NelsonMinar ◴[26 Apr 25 01:26 UTC] No.43800103[source]▶
Their silence now is cowardly.
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addandsubtract ◴[26 Apr 25 03:11 UTC] No.43800584[source]▶
In before this thread is also flagged for being "political".
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1. Braxton1980 ◴[26 Apr 25 04:31 UTC] No.43800953[source]▶
There's a post that the FBI arrested a judge who helped an illegal immigrant avoid capture during a court proceeding.

900+ upvotes

- it has nothing to do with tech

- it's about a hot button political issue

- it helps the Republican cause.

Not flagged

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2. YZF ◴[26 Apr 25 05:27 UTC] No.43801166[source]▶
I'm just curious why you think it helps the Republican cause? When I saw this reported in the media my feel was this is something Democrats are going to latch on to demonstrate the government is seeking to intimidate the judicial branch.

I guess it can have different interpretation.

Either way I'd really prefer not to see this stuff on Hacker News. We have enough things that push people buttons in other places.

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3. A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 ◴[26 Apr 25 10:09 UTC] No.43802312[source]▶
HN has degraded a little since I joined some years ago. It is still better than most of the online fora out there, but you can feel the change in the posts.
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