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Do not suggest or support harm|Any comment that threatens, advocates, celebrates, suggests, wishes, hopes, dreams, expresses extreme indifference towards, otherwise supports in any way or could result in harm of any kind, violence, or death is prohibited. See our harm rule [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_do_not_suggest_or_support_harm).
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<div class="md"><h2><strong>Welcome to <a href="/r/Politics">/r/Politics</a>! Please read <a href="/r/politics/w/index">the wiki</a> before participating.</strong> ||  <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9irkg3/rpolitics_wants_you_to_register_to_vote_for/">Voter Registration Resources</a> || <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/flv4ef/a_clarificationreminder_of_our_rules_regarding/">Important: Reminder/clarification of our civility guidelines</a></h2>

<p><a href="/r/politics">/r/politics</a> is the subreddit for current and explicitly political U.S. news.</p>

<h3><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/wiki/index">Our full rules</a></h3>

<h3><a href="https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette">Reddiquette</a></h3>

<h1><a href="/r/Politics/w/index#wiki_general">General &amp; Site-Wide Guidelines</a>:</h1>

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<td align="center">No hate speech</td>
<td align="center">See our hate speech rule <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_no_hateful_speech">here.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Do not suggest or support harm</td>
<td align="center">Any comment that threatens, advocates, celebrates, suggests, wishes, hopes, dreams, expresses extreme indifference towards, otherwise supports in any way or could result in harm of any kind, violence, or death is prohibited. See our harm rule <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_do_not_suggest_or_support_harm">here</a>.</td>
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<td align="center">No spam or solicitation</td>
<td align="center">Spam is bad. This includes both comment and submission spam. See our solicitation rule <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_no_soliciting_users">here.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Do not brigade.</td>
<td align="center">Manipulating comments and posts via group voting is against reddit TOS. <a href="https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/reddit-101/rules-reporting/account-and-community-restrictions/what-constitutes-vote">More Info.</a></td>
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<h1><a href="/r/Politics/w/index#wiki_be_civil">Comment Guidelines</a>:</h1>

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<td align="center">No personal attacks</td>
<td align="center">Treat others with basic decency. No personal attacks or shill accusations.</td>
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<td align="center">No flaming, baiting, or trolling</td>
<td align="center">Participate in discussions here in good faith. Do not flame, bait, troll, witch-hunt, or spread unsubstantiated accusations. See our trolling rule <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_no_trolling.2C_baiting_or_flaming">here.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Do not witch hunt or post users&#39; personal information.</td>
<td align="center">Users who violate this rule will be banned on sight. Witch-hunting and giving out private personal details of other people can result in unexpected and potentially serious consequences for the individual targeted. <a href="/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_no_witch_hunting">More Info.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Follow AMA specific rules</td>
<td align="center">In order to make sure that AMAs are enjoyable events for all involved, AMA threads are more strictly moderated. See our AMA specific rules <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_ama-specific_rules">here</a>.</td>
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<h1><a href="/r/Politics/w/index#wiki_submission_rules">Submission Guidelines:</a></h1>

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<td align="center">Articles must deal explicitly with US politics.</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_the_.2Fr.2Fpolitics_on-topic_statement">See our full topicality rules here.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Articles must be published within the last 7 days.</td>
<td align="center"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_articles_must_be_published_within_the_last_two_weeks">More Info.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Submissions must be from domains on the approved domains list.</td>
<td align="center"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/wiki/approveddomainslist">The approved domains list and its criteria can be found here.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Post titles must be the exact headline from the article, except when it contains &quot;BREAKING&quot; or ALL CAPS.</td>
<td align="center">Your headline must be comprised only of the <strong>exact</strong> copied and pasted headline of the article, <strong>except</strong> you must not use ALL CAPS or &#39;Breaking&#39; even when the actual title contains them. This applies to other single word declarative and/or sensational expressions, such as &#39;EXCLUSIVE:&#39; or &#39;HOT:&#39;. <a href="/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_do_not_create_your_own_title">More Info.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Do not flood the new queue.</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/r/Politics">/r/Politics</a> bans for submission and comment spam. <a href="/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_spam_is_bad.21">More Info.</a></td>
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<td align="center">No copy-pasted submissions or non-English articles.</td>
<td align="center">Please do not submit articles or videos that are a direct, complete copy-paste of original reporting. <a href="/r/politics/wiki/index#wiki_disallowed_submission_types.3A">More Info.</a> An article must be <strong>primarily</strong> written in English. <a href="/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_all_submissions_must_be_in_english.">More Info.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Submissions must be either articles, videos or sound clips.</td>
<td align="center">We also disallow solicitation of users (petitions, polls, requests for money, etc.), personal blogs, satire, images, social media content (Facebook, twitter, tumblr, LinkedIn, etc.), wikis, memes, and political advertisements. More info: <a href="/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_disallowed_submission_types">Content type rules.</a></td>
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<td align="center">Disclosure of employment</td>
<td align="center"><a href="/r/politics">r/politics</a> expressly forbids users who are employed by a source to post link submissions to that source without broadcasting their affiliation. Please <a href="https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=/r/Politics">contact the moderators</a> to get started on our verification process. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Politics/wiki/index#wiki_disclosure_of_employment">More info</a>.</td>
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<h1>Events Calendar</h1>

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The Place for U.S. Politics

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/r/Politics is for news and discussion about U.S. politics.

<div class="md"><p><a href="/r/Politics">/r/Politics</a> is for news and discussion about U.S. politics.</p>
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1. Submissions must be for **Current U.S. Political news & information only.**

2. [**Submissions must come from domains on the whitelist.**](/r/politics/wiki/whitelist)

3. **Do not create your own title for link posts or they will be removed.** 

    Your title must match the article's headline **exactly**. Do not add or remove words.
    
    **Note: Using Reddit's 'Submit Title' does not always give the exact title, it's not recommended to use this feature & instead copy/paste the title from the article.** 

4. Do not use ALL CAPS, or use “BREAKING” in your titles.

5. Do not submit links to wikis, images, memes. Political cartoons & detailed info-graphics should be linked to their original source.

6. No copy-pasted submissions, please use the original source whenever possible.

Posts that do not follow these rules are subject to removal.

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<li><p>Submissions must be for <strong>Current U.S. Political news &amp; information only.</strong></p></li>
<li><p><a href="/r/politics/wiki/whitelist"><strong>Submissions must come from domains on the whitelist.</strong></a></p></li>
<li><p><strong>Do not create your own title for link posts or they will be removed.</strong> </p>

<p>Your title must match the article&#39;s headline <strong>exactly</strong>. Do not add or remove words.</p>

<p><strong>Note: Using Reddit&#39;s &#39;Submit Title&#39; does not always give the exact title, it&#39;s not recommended to use this feature &amp; instead copy/paste the title from the article.</strong> </p></li>
<li><p>Do not use ALL CAPS, or use “BREAKING” in your titles.</p></li>
<li><p>Do not submit links to wikis, images, memes. Political cartoons &amp; detailed info-graphics should be linked to their original source.</p></li>
<li><p>No copy-pasted submissions, please use the original source whenever possible.</p></li>
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<p>Posts that do not follow these rules are subject to removal.</p>
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Trump says Paxton would make good U.S. attorney general