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by the_origami_fox 3 hours ago
This is rising fast. 61 points at this moment.
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Doubled to 103 points in 6 minutes
And flagged 36 minutes after submission right around 104
Flagged and off the home page. Now at 106 points.
After another half hour it is at 134 points despite being flagged.
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I'm not sure the rise was entirely organic. It doesn't require a whole state, just 100 individuals to vote to get it on the front page.

The timing was good too. 7am morning time in the US eastern.

Or it could be that the Reuters article just came out a few hours ago
That gives a team a few hours to prepare their non-technical, emotive, divisive post and prime all members
mods are still sleeping