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David Sirota
Personal blog · sirota.substack.compolitics
David Sirota writes Sirota, a personal blog at sirota.substack.com about politics. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link David Sirota's Substack for commentary on US politics, including the Democrats, the Trump presidency, and government surveillance and police powers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The musings of David Sirota — Founder & Editor-in-Chief of The Lever; Oscar-nominated for Don't Look Up; Spouse of Rep. Emily Sirota; Denverite.
What Hacker News says?
The difference is that it goes beyond being okay with a policy consensus. The current presidency is an exercise is dismantling the checks and balances in the US government and an experiment in pushing the limits of propaganda and keeping the public complacent in the face of crimes committed against them by their government. For example, they had to have known that McConnell would kill the Trump impeachment. But they…
Comment linking /p/where-is-bidens-ground-game
on “Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died”Submitted Gilead Is Profiteering Off a Covid Drug We Already Paid For as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThe Democrats are actively trying to give Trump even more police power. Just because they say some of the words you like doesn't mean they're on your side. https://sirota.substack.com/p/10-things-dems-could-do-right-...
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on “DEA authorized to conduct surveillance on protestors”Submitted A Lesson About Polls as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> Can anyone recommend good writing on Substack to follow? https://nathantankus.substack.com/ https://oversharing.substack.com/ https://mattstoller.substack.com/ https://sirota.substack.com/ https://gwern.substack.com/
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on “Legal Support for Substack Writers”Submitted Disband The Tone Police: The revolution will not be poll tested as a story · 1 points
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