Friday Fun Off-Topic Megathread - Politics

Friday Fun Off-Topic Megathread
February 2018 Meta Thread
Gunfire Erupts at a School. Leaders Offer Prayers. Children Are Buried. Repeat.
Trump used secret hotel meet-ups and payoffs to keep an affair with a Playmate quiet while his son was a few months old, report says.
Don't Be Fooled: Russia Attacked U.S. Troops in Syria
There's a Pretty Good Chance President Trump Is Being Blackmailed
Florida shooting: White House refuses to release photo of Trump signing bill weakening gun laws
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is under investigation for possible collusion with Sinclair Broadcasting
ABC's George Stephanopoulos Has Landed The Big Comey Interview
Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson Have Yet to Say the Words ‘Rob Porter’
Trump Talked about "Big Black Dick" and offended Playboy Model, Ending Affair, Report Claims.
FBI obtained photo of Porter’s bruised face seven days after Trump inauguration: report
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Under Investigation By Inspector General
Marijuana Criminal Cases Dropped En Masse by Philadelphia District Attorney
Is Donald Trump a Traitor?
Will Melania Leave Donald Trump? After Stormy Daniels, A Third Of Americans Think First Lady Should End Marriage
Trump is a “character test”: American conservatives are failing
More than 40 percent of Trump’s Cabinet-level picks have faced ethical or other controversies
Trump Calls For Mental Health Action After Shooting; His Budget Would Cut Programs
Major 'Step Forward for Transparency' as Trump White House Forced to Release Visitor Logs
Bombshell report emerges of alleged Trump affair with Playboy model
Facebook complies with Russia's request to take down an Instagram post linked to Putin's rival
Trump, Who Singlehandedly Ended DACA, Says Democrats Have Abandoned Dreamers
Donald Trump, a Playboy model, and a system for concealing infidelity
'You weren't there, you don’t know how it felt': Students from the Parkland high school shooting rebuke a Fox News contributor for politicized tweets amid tragedy
Mueller Has Interviewed Trump Legal Team’s Former Spokesman
New Yorker: Ex-model details Trump system for covering up affairs

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 03:21 AM PST

It's Friday, so let's have some fun. Please feel free to share any political cartoons, image macros, infographics, memes, or other things that would typically be off-topic here on /r/politics. Please keep in mind that civility rules are still in place, and that meta discussion should be saved for modmail or our monthly meta thread.

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February 2018 Meta Thread

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 07:04 AM PST

Hello /r/politics! Welcome to our meta thread, your monthly opportunity to voice your concerns about the running of the subreddit.

First, as you may have noticed, we have a much better handle on duplicate submissions now that we have our bot up and running. Thank you /u/samplebitch for getting that sorted out!

Rules Changes

No emojis allowed in titles

We've updated our submission rules.

We no longer allow emojis in titles.

This is the exact wording of the change:

No Emojis, use text only. Please remove any emojis from the title prior to submitting in accordance with the above guidelines.

"Out of Date" rule

We've made a minor change to what we consider out of date when submitting links. Originally the old rule covered submissions published in the last 31 days.

The new rule now reads as follows:

Articles must be published within the last calendar month.

Old content is often misleading because the political landscape changes rapidly. We therefore require all submissions in /r/politics to be published within the last calendar month. For example, if the date is January 29 and the article submitted was written before December 29, then the submission is out of date.