Reposted by Amyreg
While EVERY race for EVERY office is important, I'm urging folks to focus heavily on STATE LEGISLATIVE races, especially in:
ALASKA
ARIZONA
GEORGIA
IOWA
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
PENNSYLVANIA
TEXAS
WISCONSIN
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![This is Cooper. He is, in theory, a dog. They say "hound-retriever mix," but he could also be a loose noodle, or perhaps a pile of melting cheese, or some kind of interdimensional goofus. It's hard to say. But he's a very good [insert whatever he is here]. In this photo, he's just snoozling real damn hard. It's hard to be a pro-level snoozer like this.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:evum3ztvjvpmuc72fd5lhvjd/bafkreifsf33ctrfbzub2sod2asck7hjg6ovdro4bpl3vfeohhbq2p56lwu)
![This is Cooper. He is, in theory, a dog. They say "hound-retriever mix," but he could also be a loose noodle, or perhaps a pile of melting cheese, or some kind of interdimensional goofus. It's hard to say. But he's a very good [insert whatever he is here]. In this photo he's under the dining room chairs/table with an elk antler bone.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:evum3ztvjvpmuc72fd5lhvjd/bafkreiduugzxjvnxxwcvzfdrxsuhc7ky34ahdhehyuasm7uh25wzxeyuzm)
![This is Cooper. He is, in theory, a dog. They say "hound-retriever mix," but he could also be a loose noodle, or perhaps a pile of melting cheese, or some kind of interdimensional goofus. It's hard to say. But he's a very good [insert whatever he is here]. In this photo he's having a good laugh, just a hearty canine guffaw. That or he's yawning. I choose to believe in mirth for dogs. Why do you hate mirth and dogs. Believe in dog mirth. You monster.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:evum3ztvjvpmuc72fd5lhvjd/bafkreibdp66ecvmcowek75ffyx6j5goplr2ivtemcu3j64des7tlmg4d3m)
![(recognizing that some media outlets are traditionally viewed as conservative leaning, such as the Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and Washington Examiner, whereas others are viewed as liberal leaning, such as the Capitol Times, New York Times, and Huttington Post). Media coverage of judicial decisions warrants particular skepticism because it is often focused on perceived nonlegal issues rather than the applicable law and legal reasoning actually at issue before the court. See, e.g., Barry Sullivan and Christina Camody Tilley, Supreme Court Journalism: From Law to Spectacle?, 77 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 343, 343-344, 437-442 (2020) (concluding that contemporary media coverage of the Supreme Court by newspapers including the New York Times focuses primarily on the justices' presumed political and policy preferences rather than the legal issues they confront in the case before them, which can undermine public confidence in the Court as an institution). To be sure, "[a] publication can be accurate but still biased." AllSides Media Bias Chart, supra. But a publication that is (1)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihyk76zvt42y7ephps76zectpa7a2ot5patizomhx7vkp6ee6ye6a)
