This is probably a good time to remind people of a few helpful things:

1) Please use hashtags like
#USPol
#USPolitics
so people can filter posts appropriately, especially those who are coming to the Fediverse for some kind of escape or relief. (Also proper capitalization is more readable by a screen reader.)

2) For newer people, please don't put an asterisk in words (e.g., Tr*mp) because then people's filters won't filter out the post.

3) We can also be using the Content Warning (CW) feature more as well, to give people warnings on triggering topics. (Newer members: that's one of the options when you create a post. You can put a descriptive line of your post and then people can choose to open your post or not.)

I know I could use some improvement on that end as well and I'll work on that.

4) If you are on the receiving end, please know that you can also add filters for words in your settings, even creating an entire "Politics" grouping of words that will either hide posts or completely leave them off your timeline, whichever you prefer.

Thank you all for considering my request.