[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":508},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-47220809":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":36,"aspects":37,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":93,"maker_in_thread":225,"shape":236,"grid":239,"attempts":471,"same_week":472,"maker_shows":39,"maker_hidden":500,"reader_version":501,"card":502},"47220809","Govbase","Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts","title","Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts","https:\u002F\u002Fgovbase.com","govbase.com","foxfoxx",1772471333,2026,219,89,247,4366,6,"notable","productivity","policy tracking","web_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"bill tracker","federal legislation","policy impact","news bias","congress","mixed",-0.348,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":35},5,14,2,19,40,{"execution":38,"design":41,"idea":42,"docs":44},{"positive":39,"critical":40},1,10,{"positive":39,"critical":39},{"positive":34,"critical":43},8,{"positive":39,"critical":45},0,[39,45,45,39,45,39,47,39,45,47,47,39,47,47,32,47,45,45,45,32,45,45,45,32,39,45,45,39,39,47,39,47,47,39,39,47,45,39,39,39],3,"Govbase tracks every bill, executive order, and federal regulation from official sources (Congress.gov, Federal Register, White House). An AI pipeline breaks each one down into plain-language summaries and shows who it impacts by demographic group.\n\nIt also ties each policy directly to bias-rated news coverage and politician social posts on X, Bluesky, and Truth Social. You can follow a single bill from the official text to how media frames it to what your representatives are saying about it.\n\nFree on web, iOS, and Android.\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fgovbase.com\n\nI'd love feedback from the community, especially",{"problem":50,"audience":56,"pricing":68,"motivation":75,"time_to_build":82,"stack":89,"openness":90,"stage":91,"team_size":92},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Hard to follow how federal bills, executive orders and regulations affect people and how media and politicians frame them","maker",[54],{"id":55},"post",{"value":57,"source":52,"evidence":58},"Ordinary US citizens following federal policy",[59,62,65],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"47222575","For context, this is a solo project I've been building over the past year while working full-time. I've been responding as \"we\" in the comments since I got used to doing it other…",{"id":63,"by":11,"text":64},"47221532","Thanks for the feedback! We mainly include Truth social since Trump and a few of his closest administration are active on there and a large goal of Govbase is to follow the story…",{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"47232411","to be clear impact groups are things like government programs (e.g. snap benefits), disabilities, immigration status, etc. They're not \"democrat vs republican\". The whole point…",{"value":69,"source":52,"evidence":70},"Free on web, iOS and Android, with a paid Pro tier",[71,72],{"id":55},{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},"47224188","Checkout has been fixed for anyone who wanted to try Pro!",{"value":76,"source":52,"evidence":77},"Make US policy impact easy to understand and show how representatives spend their time",[78,81],{"id":79,"by":11,"text":80},"47222159","Thanks! The original goal of Govbase is to make US Policy impact easy to understand for citizens. For more government transparency so people know how their representatives are…",{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},{"value":83,"source":52,"evidence":84},"Built over the past year while working full-time; first commit Feb 22, 2025",[85,86],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},{"id":87,"by":11,"text":88},"47224574","So policy feeds are dynamic news headlines because no one really wants to click on or understands: \"Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending…",[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":94,"objections":117,"requests":160,"questions":194,"alternatives":213},[95,111],{"value":96,"source":97,"evidence":98},"Useful way to see policy and news together","commenter",[99,103,107],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"47223617","lunatuna","Amazing start and look forward to see it evolve. Reminds me a lot of MIT's Open Government Information Awareness [0]. But really like the different track that this takes. I…",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"47241188","egonschiele","I subscribed. Awesome idea and execution. Hope I see more apps working to make this stuff more accessible!",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"47222095","tangotaylor","I like this. My strategy to stay sane in US politics is to follow what the government is actually doing and avoid distractions from ragebait influencers or unhinged statements…",{"value":112,"source":97,"evidence":113},"Snappy web page and interesting to browse",[114],{"id":115,"by":109,"text":116},"47222221","This is actually really nice. Web page feels pretty snappy, way more so than congress.gov. I've learned some interesting things just scrolling for a few minutes, like the \"Energy…",[118,137,148],{"value":119,"source":97,"evidence":120},"AI summaries carry bias and omit context",[121,125,129,133],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"47221796","healsdata","The current summary on the home page contains bias \u002F one-sided reporting. > While the administration describes the strikes as a necessary move to stop nuclear weapons, the…",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"47221265","petcat","> An AI pipeline breaks each one down into plain-language summaries and shows who it impacts by demographic group. Wont this process be inherently biased by itself? Usually…",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"47230942","giantg2","\"An AI pipeline breaks each one down into plain-language summaries and shows who it impacts by demographic group.\" What controls are in place for bias in this step? Most existing…",{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"47229407","southerntofu","That's not a fair assessment. Context: I hate Trump as much as Khomeini. A \"both sides\" treatment would be: US & Israel illegally assassinate Iranian leader in bombing campaign,…",{"value":138,"source":97,"evidence":139},"Impact scores are overly broad and opinionated",[140,144],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"47223906","some_random","Overall I love it, my biggest critisism so far is that the impact score seems overly opinionated and overly broad in some cases. For example,…",{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"47223390","nonameiguess","Feels a bit strange to use or at least not what I was expecting. I'm not sure having a \"feed\" the way it does is even appropriate, but assuming that's what it will be, so be it.…",{"value":149,"source":97,"evidence":150},"UI looks vibe coded and headlines are unclear",[151,155,159],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"47223444","waterproof","Love the idea. Thoughts from a UI\u002FUX point of view, on mobile: * Focus on the policy stuff since that's your differentiator. Put it front and center, currently it's below the…",{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"47223173","measurablefunc","Some of the headlines do not make sense, e.g. https:\u002F\u002Fgovbase.com\u002Fstory\u002FpvxDaH9fXqXUj8yu9Plc. But overall I think this is a great idea.",{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},[161,172,182,189],{"value":162,"source":97,"evidence":163},"Add more social platforms beyond X, Bluesky and Truth Social",[164,168],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"47221350","mellosouls","Looks interesting, but trending social only shows X which will lean conservative. Obviously Bluesky\u002FReddit will lean left but it should presumably show all bias influences? I…",{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"47221717","sourcegrift","If bluesky is included no reason to not include mastodon, threads, instagram,",{"value":173,"source":97,"evidence":174},"Add UK or state-level coverage",[175,179],{"id":176,"by":177,"text":178},"47225501","sonu27","We need something similar for the UK",{"id":180,"by":11,"text":181},"47220875","Yes but state level actions are definitely on the roadmap!",{"value":183,"source":97,"evidence":184},"Provide an API for other AI tools",[185],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"47223799","seany","What's the recommended way to consume this with other ai? What kind of api is available?",{"value":190,"source":97,"evidence":191},"Explain the methodology and impact scoring more clearly",[192,193],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},[195,202,206],{"value":196,"source":97,"evidence":197},"How is social post data collected, API or scraping",[198],{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"47223050","cyrusradfar","Curious about the X\u002Fsocial feature, technically. How are you getting the data? Is it via official APIs or scraping",{"value":203,"source":97,"evidence":204},"What bias controls exist in the AI summary step",[205],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},{"value":207,"source":97,"evidence":208},"How are news items linked to each policy",[209],{"id":210,"by":211,"text":212},"47221517","rgeers","This looks pretty interesting. How are you linking the related news for each policy item?",[214,221],{"value":215,"source":97,"evidence":216},"The Ledge (the-ledge.ai) for bill analysis using multiple LLMs",[217],{"id":218,"by":219,"text":220},"47225810","abangser","Hey nice site. The Ledge (https:\u002F\u002Fthe-ledge.ai) is a site I developed over the past year with more of a focus on bill content. Ultimately I found it useful to use all three LLM…",{"value":222,"source":97,"evidence":223},"MIT Open Government Information Awareness",[224],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},{"comments":226,"answered":227,"key":228},24,7,[229,232,233],{"id":230,"text":231},"47222131","I agree and will be taking this feedback seriously. Daily briefings need more refinement since that is the first thing a user reads.",{"id":60,"text":61},{"id":234,"text":235},"47224233","Thanks! I'll look into these UX\u002FUI ideas. 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