Speaking as a member of the new administration team, the one thing I can tell you with absolute certainty is that we all want the focus of the new website to be about Star Trek and Star Trek roleplaying. We're going to make the site as content-driven as we can. We're going to to our best to make sure that people want to come here and talk Trek, gaming, and more Trek and gaming.
That's the goal. For six years, TrekRPG.net has been the best website on the net for Star Trek roleplaying and we're going to damn well make sure it stays that way.
Now, to get this post on-topic.
As I'm not a moderator here, I can't specifically say whether or not political topics will be allowed. I can only say, like Don and Magnus have already, that Magnus and the Mods are looking at a variety of issues regarding the forums, including the current ban on political threads.
LQ
Drunken DM and the Speak with Dead spell: "No, I'm not the limed-over skeleton of the abbot, and no this special key in my boney fingers does not open the door to the secret treasury! ... Oh crap."