>This isn’t what HN is about.

Yes it is. There's no rule against this topic.

The whole "you people can't talk about this" approach is absurd. Don't participate if you don't want to, but don't limit others.

There aren't enough areas where it is discussed.

These are major events that not only affect the lives of Americans but the world, due to US' status.

Don't take it upon yourself to decide what we should or should not read and discuss.

Besides since DOGE -- made up of techies -- are the ones "purging" the government (instead of say, you know, investigative accountants who can actually properly investigate allegations of corruption/fraud/waste), then it just become a highly-relevant tech topic.

If Musk wasn't in charge, and DOGE wasn't been run by SWEs, then we wouldn't be having these conversations, would we?

Reminds of this Baldur's Gate quote:

"I should not have wished to live in more interesting times"

Feels fitting.