September 2017 Meta Thread - Politics

September 2017 Meta Thread
Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread
Congress is finally working to defund civil asset forfeiture
Donald Trump's 'crooked' and 'fake' media slurs crumble as reporters excel chronicling Hurricane Harvey
Trump complained he’s reading fewer articles from right-wing sites: report
This Paramedic Who Rescued Harvey Victims May Be Deported If Trump Ends DACA
Republicans think white supremacists are less dangerous than the news media
Contradicting Trump, DOJ Admits There Is No Evidence Of Trump Tower Wiretaps
Trump lawyer to Congress: Keep me out of Russia probe, please
Donald Trump Lies About the Status of the Economy
Trump Treasury Secretary investigated by watchdog over claims he used taxpayer money to fund eclipse trip
How John Kelly, a retired Marine general, reacted when Trump lashed out at him
After Harvey, the Trump administration reconsiders flood rules it just rolled back
Border wall contractor once paid $3 million to settle federal fraud investigation
Michael Moore slams Utah nurse arrest as ‘Trump’s America’
Hatch, Stewart Look to Create National 3-digit Suicide Prevention Hotline
Two top Trump advisers were asked why they don’t quit. Their answers speak volumes.
Is Ted Cruz human? An investigation
Texas Chemical Plant Company Has Industry Ally Writing Rules At The EPA
Bannon's failure: His grandiose vision of right-wing populism was never going to work
The deal Trump wanted with Russia
Trump Aide Who Delivered Letter Firing Comey Plans to Quit, Source Says
Houston Shrugs As Trump Comes a Second Time
New reports paint 'damning chronology' of Trump firing Comey
White House walks back promise about Trump donating his ‘personal money’ to Harvey victims
Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped his campaign is false, says U.S. Department of Justice
How an obstruction of justice case may be shaping up against Trump

September 2017 Meta Thread

Posted: 01 Sep 2017 12:07 PM PDT

Hello everyone, it's that time of the month again! Welcome to our monthly "metathread"! This is where you, our awesome subscribers can reach out to us with suggestions and concerns about he subreddit, and the modteam will be present in the thread answering those questions and concerns.

A few things to announce!

We recently moved to a whitelist submission model, and we are very pleased with how it has turned out and hope that you are as well. Remember, to submit a domain for review, please click this link.

You can also view what domains are allowed via this link. As an aside, The Wall Street Journal has recently been added to the whitelist as they have disabled paywalls clicking over from reddit, so they are now an allowed domain.

We have added 161 new domains in the past month, all of which you can see here.

While on the topic of our whitelist, we would like to take a moment to recognize frequent requests for certain websites to be removed from the whitelist. We understand this can be a contentious topic, however we want to assure everyone we apply the same notability requirements to every domain. It doesn't mean we think they are good or bad outlets or that we endorse their content in any way, it means that they meet the same criteria we have outlined that every site has to meet in order to be submitted.

Our Wiki has been updated!

That brings us to our next change, our Wiki! As you can see, it has been pared down and simplified a great deal. We hope you like it!

In light of changes to the reddit self promotion rules, we are adding our own rule that specifies guidelines for organizations that are submitting their own content. Organizations, and employees of organizations that are self promoting must identify themselves, and reach out to us for verification flair. Failure to do so may result in an account ban, or in extreme circumstances, a domain ban. You may read the related rule in our updated wiki here: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/wiki/index#wiki_disclosure_of_employment.

Upcoming AMA's

On September 6th at 12pm EST we will have Laura Gabbert & Andrea Lewis of Huffpost.

On September 26th at 2pm EST we will have Randy Bryce (D) who is running for Congress in Wisconsin's First Congressional District.

You can also request an AMA here.

On downvotes being disabled

As we discussed in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/6o1ipb/research_on_the_effect_downvotes_have_on_user/ we are working with MIT researchers on the effect downvotes have on civility. This is an ongoing experiment at various times so if you have noticed you cannot downvote, this is the reason. That being said, that portion of the study is nearing completion!

Thanks for reading, and let us know in the comments what you would like us to work on and what changes we can make to the subreddit to make it better for you, the users!

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Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

Posted: 02 Sep 2017 06:55 AM PDT

It's Saturday morning, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons (no memes/image macros, though) in this thread. The subject doesn't have to be US politics and can be from any time. Just keep them political and safe for work.

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Congress is finally working to defund civil asset forfeiture

Posted: 02 Sep 2017 04:13 AM PDT