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Executive Summary
The most consequential cross-market signal is the Federal Reserve's first rate hike in three years, reported across multiple state-based outlets from Colorado to Nebraska to Florida, with local framing emphasizing pocketbook impacts rather than Wall Street mechanics. The Iran war continues to generate bifurcated coverage: national outlets focus on geopolitical strategy while local sources track gas price spikes, farm diesel costs exceeding $6/gallon, and GOP defections on war powers votes. Data center conflicts are emerging as a sustained local theme across Missouri, Maryland, Arkansas and Alaska, with communities pushing back on energy consumption and land use. The Supreme Court's mail-ballot ruling drew focused attention in Arizona where 75% of voters use mail voting. Hispanic press coverage prominently featured both the Iran war's $38 billion cost to the U.S. and record Hispanic homeownership at 10.2 million households.
Cross-Validated Stories
Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time in three years amid persistent inflation
Confirmed signal of monetary policy shift with direct consumer impact; local outlets consistently tie the hike to gas/fuel oil prices and the Iran war, showing how national economic decisions are being filtered through regional pocketbook concerns.
House passes third War Powers Resolution to limit Trump's military action in Iran, with GOP defections
Confirmed bipartisan pushback on executive war powers; local sources highlight specific Republican defectors by name and connect votes to constituent pressure over gas prices, providing ground-level political intelligence missing from national coverage.
Supreme Court blocks Trump administration mail-ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
Confirmed judicial intervention with immediate electoral implications; Arizona local outlet emphasizes 75% of state voters use mail ballots, while Spanish-language television led with the story, indicating high salience for Latino electorate.
Senate Agriculture Committee advances farm bill on party lines with McConnell return
Confirmed agricultural policy development with regional economic stakes; Democratic opposition centered on nutrition section disputes signals potential SNAP benefit conflicts affecting food-insecure communities.
Los Angeles dual tragedy: SUV-bus collision kills two, news helicopter crash kills three
Confirmed local emergency with national media implications; NTSB investigation of helicopter crash during live broadcast raises safety protocols question, while AAPI-language outlet provided earliest detailed reporting.
Data center conflicts escalate across multiple states over energy, land use and transparency
Confirmed emerging multi-state policy conflict; local sources reveal pattern of utility secrecy, regulatory capture concerns, and community opposition that national outlets have not synthesized.
House passes Russia sanctions bill named for Lindsey Graham
Confirmed bipartisan foreign policy action with regional variations in coverage; Maine outlet highlighted Democratic break with party, while Southern outlets emphasized naming for late GOP senator.
Themes by Geography
Iran war economic spillover: gas prices, diesel costs, and GOP political defections 18 stories
Consistent across all regions: local outlets connect Iran war to immediate economic pain at the pump and in farm diesel costs, with political coverage of Republican lawmakers breaking with Trump. Western and Plains states emphasize agricultural diesel exceeding $6/gallon; coastal outlets track consumer gas prices.
Data center conflicts: energy demand, land use, and regulatory transparency 12 stories
Emerging multi-state backlash against data center proliferation. Midwest and Southern states focus on utility secrecy and electricity grid strain; Alaska highlights questionable land transfers; Pennsylvania warns of six shortage events per decade. Pattern shows local environmental and fiscal concerns outpacing state regulatory frameworks.
Federal judicial pushback on immigration enforcement 10 stories
Western and Northeastern states show courts limiting warrantless immigration arrests and local non-cooperation with ICE. California federal judge ruling most prominent; Vermont and Massachusetts communities explicitly rejecting ICE presence. Consistent theme of local jurisdictions testing federal enforcement boundaries.
Farm bill and agricultural policy disputes 8 stories
Plains and Midwest coverage emphasizes partisan split over nutrition title; Southern outlets track cotton and rice program specifics. McConnell's return noted as procedural milestone but not substantive breakthrough.
Mail ballot and election procedure conflicts 7 stories
Arizona dominates with 75% mail-vote dependency creating acute sensitivity; Missouri Black press covers Supreme Court ruling as voting rights protection; Pennsylvania and Rhode Island track Trump administration voter data demands. Pattern shows election administration as persistent fault line with racial dimension.
Housing affordability and development regulation 9 stories
Maryland developers blame regulatory complexity for pricing out residents; California tracks LAUSD enrollment decline forcing school closure decisions; Chicago disaster relief program targets flood-impacted West Siders. Varies from supply-side deregulation advocacy to tenant protection and displacement tracking.
Public safety and surveillance technology disputes 8 stories
Northwest leads on Flock license plate camera opposition, with Idaho ballot initiative and Montana legislative response; Portland police chief calls for councilor resignation over anti-police tweets; Memphis airport ICE operations draw safety complaints. Pattern of community pushback against surveillance expansion with partisan valence.
Regional Pulse
Pacific
Dominant stories: LA dual tragedy (SUV-bus crash and helicopter crash), UCLA free tickets, wildfire near Truckee, federal immigration arrest limits. Heavy entertainment and sports coverage from Hispanic press. Tone: mixed with acute public safety incidents and cultural celebration.
Mountain West
Strong coverage of data center conflicts in Alaska, rate hike economic impacts, Utah Supreme Court expansion, Aurora criminal justice reforms, and Nevada gaming/casino industry news. Notable: Casper, WY community forum and Constitution Day keynote on press freedom. Tone: risk-on with development anxieties.
Plains
Farm bill coverage dominates; North Dakota heating assistance, wild horse protection, and military museum loans. Iowa tracks Republican defectors on Iran war powers. Minnesota thin. Tone: mixed with agricultural policy focus and emerging energy concerns.
Midwest
St. Louis leads with SNAP decline, data center protests, Tyus viral remark investigation, and Lil Durk acquittal. Chicago tracks police reform and White Sox collapse. Cleveland sports-heavy. Tone: risk-off with public safety and economic stress stories prominent.
South
Texas leads with UT Austin ethnic studies cuts, abortion ban litigation, and Fort Worth pastor case. Memphis tracks ICE airport operations and filmmaker death. Florida has mentally ill defendant jail delays and Universal fire. Arkansas data center/Entergy lawsuit resolved. Tone: risk-off with institutional accountability conflicts.
Mid-Atlantic
Maryland dominates with housing regulation debates, archdiocese abuse bankruptcy, and data center electricity warnings. Philadelphia tracks zero-waste bill and Olney abuse investigation. DC-focused national politics bleed through. Tone: mixed with progressive policy ambition and institutional failure stories.
Northeast
Vermont Burlington shooting trial and Brattleboro ICE rejection; Massachusetts Western Mass shooting and South Park premiere coverage; Maine farm bill and Peter Max obituary. New York AAPI/Hispanic press heavy on international news. Tone: mixed with local crime and cultural coverage.
Watch List
- Hegseth impeachment vote timing DC, KY, AZ — Speaker Johnson's early recess to avoid vote suggests GOP leadership vulnerability; Massie's persistence and Kelly's Senate pressure could force post-midterm confrontation with implications for civilian-military relations.
- Iran war powers resolution Senate action IA, NE, TX, FL — Third House passage with growing GOP defections increases pressure on Senate; gas price trajectory above $4/gallon nationally could accelerate bipartisan constraint on executive military action.
- Data center moratorium movements MO, MD, AK, AR, PA — Grassroots opposition converging with electricity grid warnings could produce first statewide construction halt, with template effect for other states facing similar energy-demand conflicts.
- Federal immigration arrest limits enforcement CA, AZ, VT, MA — LA federal judge's warrant requirement ruling, if upheld on appeal, would substantially constrain ICE operations in Western states; Brattleboro and Albany 'adopt a corner' responses suggest growing local non-cooperation network.
- Texas abortion ban mortality litigation TX — Tierra Walker family's lawsuit is first major post-Dobbs wrongful death action targeting state officials and doctors simultaneously; outcome could establish liability framework for maternal deaths under restrictive laws.
- Fed rate hike follow-through NV, CO, NE, FL, MD — First hike in three years with signal of additional increase; local coverage emphasizes consumer debt and housing cost impacts rather than equity market effects, suggesting political salience for midterms.
- Russia sanctions bill implementation SC, ME, AK, OK — Graham-named bill gives Trump tariff authority over China and India energy imports; implementation timing before midterms could affect gas prices and agricultural export markets.
Regional Roundtable
Heartland Voice
The farm bill partisan split and diesel price spike are the real stories here, not the diplomatic theater in Tehran. We're looking at harvest season with fuel costs that could bankrupt operations that were already on margin. The GOP defections on war powers aren't principled opposition—they're survival instincts when constituents see $6 diesel and connect it to open-ended military commitment. National coverage that treats this as foreign policy debate is missing the agricultural emergency.
Key call: If gas stays above $4 through October, the farm states will deliver a 2010-style midterm wave against the party in power regardless of other achievements.
Dissent: The Coastal Voice is wrong to treat the rate hike as primarily a housing market story; in the Plains, it's a production input crisis that threatens food supply security, not just individual budgets.
Coastal Voice
The Fed rate hike and its intersection with housing affordability is the dominant signal, but we're also seeing judicial pushback on immigration enforcement that creates a template for other progressive jurisdictions. The LA immigration arrest ruling and Brattleboro's explicit ICE rejection show a widening gap between federal enforcement ambition and local constitutional interpretation. The data center conflicts are interesting but still niche—tech growth stories will dominate until first actual blackout.
Key call: The Ninth Circuit will either accelerate or halt a wave of local non-cooperation on immigration that makes sanctuary city debates look quaint; watch for en banc scheduling.
Dissent: The Heartland Voice overstates the farm diesel crisis as electorally decisive; the Sun Belt Voice is closer to correct that suburban gas price sensitivity is the real swing variable, not agricultural input costs.
Sun Belt Voice
Texas is the laboratory: UT Austin ethnic studies cuts, abortion ban mortality litigation, and Fort Worth pastor case all show institutional stress from culture war implementation. The Hispanic homeownership record is real but fragile—rate hikes hit recent buyers hardest, and the $38 billion Iran war cost in Spanish-language press is mobilizing information that English outlets ignore. The data center energy conflict is coming to Georgia next; we're already seeing the regulatory capture story with Pridemore.
Key call: Hispanic voter turnout will exceed 2022 levels by double digits if Iran war costs and H-1B restrictions remain salient through October; Democratic campaigns are under-investing in this messaging.
Dissent: The Mountain & Tribal Voice is wrong to treat tribal sovereignty as separate from Sun Belt dynamics; Oklahoma's Mvskoke Media coverage of treatment program trafficking shows how Native issues intersect with Southern health policy failures.
Mountain & Tribal Voice
The Alaska land transfer for data centers and Wyoming's Ricketts fraud case show how federal land policy remains the hidden engine of Western economic conflict. Tribal press is alone in covering the Native Agriculture Fund investment and treatment program trafficking—stories that touch sovereignty and survival but don't register in national framing. The Flock camera opposition in Idaho and Montana is about more than privacy; it's about who controls territory and movement in rural spaces.
Key call: The first successful tribal data sovereignty framework will emerge from Alaska or Oklahoma within 18 months, establishing precedent that bypasses state jurisdiction entirely.
Dissent: The Coastal Voice underestimates data center conflicts because they're not yet visible in urban tech coverage; when rural grid failures hit, the political realignment will be faster than expected. The Heartland Voice misses that Native agricultural funding is a model that could scale to address their diesel cost crisis.
Underserved States
- NJ
- CT
- DE
- RI
- WV
- MS
- LA
- SC
National vs Regional Bifurcation
Iran war economic impact STRONG
National narrative: National corpus emphasizes geopolitical strategy, diplomatic negotiations (Trump-Xi meeting, Iranian foreign minister China visit), and military operations; economic framing centers on oil price movements and market reactions.
Regional signals:
- Plains — DIVERGENT: Farm diesel exceeding $6/gallon threatening harvest economics; record prices hitting at exactly wrong seasonal moment
- South — NUANCED: Gas price spike as direct political pressure on Republican incumbents, driving war powers defections
- Pacific — NUANCED: Hispanic press emphasizes war's $38 billion cost to U.S. with monthly burn rate of $2 billion
Implication: National coverage is missing the agricultural harvest crisis and working-class pocketbook politics that are driving GOP defections; local economic pain suggests war policy will become more salient electorally than diplomatic strategy coverage implies.
Data center expansion STRONG
National narrative: National corpus largely absent on data center policy; occasional tech sector coverage treats expansion as growth story without energy or land-use conflicts.
Regional signals:
- Midwest — DIVERGENT: Protesters fill Missouri Capitol seeking statewide construction moratorium; rally replaces planned House hearing
- Northeast — DIVERGENT: Electricity shortages predicted six times per decade for PJM grid; building alone won't fix housing shortage if energy fails
- South — DIVERGENT: Utility drops lawsuit against newspaper that published data center agreement details, revealing regulatory capture concerns
- Pacific Northwest — DIVERGENT: State land transfer of nearly 20,000 acres for data centers questioned by senators on legality grounds
Implication: National tech coverage is systematically under-reporting the energy-grid and democratic-governance conflicts that data center expansion is creating; this gap suggests policy surprise when first statewide moratorium passes.
Immigration enforcement MODERATE
National narrative: National corpus emphasizes border statistics, diplomatic negotiations with Mexico, and Trump administration policy announcements; occasional coverage of ICE operations as law enforcement story.
Regional signals:
- Pacific — NUANCED: Federal judge orders immigration agents to stop warrantless arrests without flight-risk assessment; 'likely violated Constitution'
- Northeast — DIVERGENT: Local communities explicitly rejecting ICE presence; Brattleboro police chief asks residents to call his department if ICE spotted
- South — NUANCED: ICE operations at local airport draw safety complaints from 'Bird Watchers' group; treatment of detainees questioned
Implication: National coverage frames immigration as border-and-policy story while local sources reveal growing judicial and community resistance in interior enforcement; suggests implementation gap between announced policy and ground-level practice.
Federal Reserve interest rate decision MODERATE
National narrative: National corpus treats as market-moving event with focus on equity reactions, bond yields, and Wall Street analyst commentary; Trump criticism of Fed noted as political sidebar.
Regional signals:
- Mountain West — NUANCED: Rate hike framed through housing affordability and consumer debt stress in high-growth states
- Plains — NUANCED: Agricultural input costs and rural credit access emphasized over market mechanics
- South — NUANCED: Hispanic press connects rate environment to record homeownership achievements, suggesting vulnerability of recent gains
Implication: Local outlets consistently connect monetary policy to energy costs and working-class budgets rather than asset markets; this framing gap suggests national financial journalism is missing the political economy of inflation for non-investor households.
Supreme Court and election procedures MODERATE
National narrative: National corpus emphasizes institutional conflict between branches, Trump administration legal strategy, and precedent questions; procedural focus on court's role in electoral disputes.
Regional signals:
- Mountain West — NUANCED: Arizona-specific impact: 75% of voters use mail ballots, making ruling existentially important for state's electoral machinery
- Midwest — NUANCED: Black press frames as voting rights protection with historical context of suppression
- Northeast — ALIGNED: Rhode Island tracks DOJ voter data demands as separate but related election administration conflict
Implication: Local sources provide essential context on implementation scale (Arizona's 75% mail vote) and racial dimension (Black press framing) that national procedural coverage omits; suggests court's decisions have highly uneven geographic impact.
H-1B visa and skilled immigration STRONG
National narrative: National corpus absent on this topic in current window; previous coverage treated as tech industry concern or Trump administration restriction target.
Regional signals:
- Pacific — DIVERGENT: AAPI press covers Vance 'genius-only' H-1B proposal as direct threat to community economic participation
Implication: Complete national silence on Vance H-1B remarks despite significant AAPI press coverage; suggests national outlets are under-weighting immigration policy evolution that affects high-skill workforce and potential voter mobilization.
Local Sentiment Landscape
Overall direction: RISK-OFF
The Iran war's economic spillover (gas prices, diesel costs, $38 billion price tag) dominates with persistent inflation and Fed rate hike amplifying pocketbook anxiety. Data center conflicts generate defensive community mobilization across multiple states. Immigration enforcement disputes create institutional stress. SNAP enrollment decline and heating assistance needs signal safety-net pressure.
Regional sentiment:
- Pacific RISK-OFF: Public safety crises (LA dual tragedy, wildfire) layered with immigration enforcement conflicts and cost-of-living pressures
- Mountain West RISK-OFF: Development conflicts (data centers, housing, surveillance technology) with energy and water scarcity undertones
- Plains RISK-OFF: Agricultural input cost crisis and farm policy uncertainty with seasonal harvest pressure
- Midwest RISK-OFF: Public safety and institutional accountability (police reform, SNAP decline, viral political threats) with sports as distraction
- South RISK-OFF: Abortion ban mortality litigation, education cuts, and ICE operations create layered institutional stress
- Mid-Atlantic MIXED: Progressive policy ambition (zero-waste, housing affordability) in tension with institutional failure (archdiocese bankruptcy, cyberattack exposure)
- Northeast MIXED: Local crime and budget stress (Barre schools, Burlington shooting trial) alongside cultural coverage and Constitution Day civic framing
- Pacific Northwest RISK-OFF: Surveillance technology disputes, police accountability, and housing cost pressures with environmental overlay
Demographic sentiment:
- AAPI RISK-OFF: H-1B visa restrictions, AI safety concerns, and international conflict coverage (Iran attack photos, China espionage) with community security focus
- Hispanic MIXED: Record homeownership celebration countered by Iran war cost anxiety, immigration enforcement fears, and Pentagon recruitment-deportation paradox
- Black RISK-OFF: Police accountability demands, SNAP decline impacts, Trump conspiracy rhetoric coverage, and cultural celebration (Michael B. Jordan, SNL casting)
- Tribal MIXED: Agricultural funding commitment and Two-Spirit visibility balanced against treatment program trafficking alerts and heating season preparation
Issue sentiment:
- housing RISK-OFF: Regulatory cost debates, displacement risk tracking, and school closure pressures from enrollment decline
- jobs/wages RISK-OFF: Rate hike impacts, H-1B restrictions, and 32-hour work week proposal as aspiration
- public safety RISK-OFF: Violent crime incidents, police accountability, and surveillance technology conflicts
- schools MIXED: UT Austin ethnic studies cuts versus free UCLA tickets and Idaho student support models
- infrastructure MIXED: Data center energy demands versus highway expansion and transit funding
- environment RISK-OFF: Wildfire, drought, and heat-related death tracking with climate attribution
- healthcare access RISK-OFF: Abortion ban mortality, measles alerts, and treatment program trafficking
- immigration enforcement RISK-OFF: Warrantless arrest limits, ICE non-cooperation, and Pentagon recruitment paradox
- local government MIXED: Budget failures, official misconduct, and community organizing responses
Lean distribution: L: 15 · LC: 178 · C: 87 · RC: 25 · R: 0
Demographic Divergence
Iran war cost and economic impact Hispanic
La Opinion prominently featured $38 billion total cost with $2 billion monthly burn rate calculation, making concrete the war's fiscal burden; El Tiempo Latino tracked gas price inflation at 27.4% annually as direct household impact
Evidence: La Opinion: 'Guerra contra Irán le ha costado $38.000 millones de dólares a Estados Unidos'; El Tiempo Latino: 'Inflación se mantiene en 3,4% mientras la gasolina se dispara' with 27.4% gas price spike
Implication: Hispanic press is treating Iran war as pocketbook crisis with specific cost attribution, while general market local coverage and national outlets emphasize diplomatic and military strategy; this gap typically precedes Hispanic voter turnout shifts on economic issues
H-1B visa restriction proposal AAPI
AsAmNews covered Vance 'genius-only' H-1B restriction as direct threat to skilled immigrant community economic participation; Cali Today covered in Vietnamese with congressional procedural detail
Evidence: AsAmNews: 'VP Vance says only 'genius' should be a H-1B visa worker'; Cali Today: 'Chủ tịch Hạ viện Cộng hòa cho Quốc hội nghỉ sớm một ngày để tránh luận tội Bộ trưởng Hegseth' with H-1B mention
Implication: Complete absence from general-market and national coverage despite direct impact on tech sector and high-skill immigration; AAPI press prioritization suggests mobilization potential if proposal advances
Native agricultural funding and food sovereignty Tribal
Native News Online detailed $9.5 million NAAF commitment to 28 projects with specific grantee focus on capital access for Native farmers and ranchers; framed as expansion of self-determination
Evidence: Native News Online: 'Native American Agriculture Fund Commits $9.5 Million to 28 Projects to Expand Capital Access'
Implication: Tribal press alone covers significant federal-adjacent investment in Native food systems; general market absence perpetuates invisibility of tribal economic development despite policy relevance to rural agriculture nationwide
SNAP decline and food insecurity Black
St. Louis American connected declining SNAP enrollment (50,000 fewer Missourians) to direct community impact on food pantries and federal funding pressure; framed as policy failure requiring intervention
Evidence: St. Louis American: 'SNAP decline squeezes St. Louis' with 'Nearly 50,000 fewer Missourians are receiving food assistance than a year ago, even as St. Louis-area food pantries report growing demand'
Implication: Black press treats SNAP decline as active crisis requiring policy response, while general market coverage treats as statistical trend; divergence suggests racial dimension of safety-net reporting that national outlets miss
ICE operations and community safety Hispanic
El Tiempo Latino covered Pentagon immigrant recruitment increase (62% in three years) concurrent with ICE detention of 50+ military family members since 2025, highlighting paradox of immigrant military service versus family deportation
Evidence: El Tiempo Latino: 'Pentágono recluta inmigrantes mientras ICE deporta a sus familias' with 'reclutamiento de residentes permanentes creció 62% en tres años, mientras ICE ha detenido a más de 50 familiares de militares en servicio activo desde 2025'
Implication: Hispanic press uniquely connects military recruitment and deportation as systemic contradiction; general market and national coverage treat as separate immigration and defense stories, missing the family separation impact on military readiness
Treatment program trafficking in Native communities Tribal
Mvskoke Media covered UAII call for reporting trafficking into fraudulent treatment programs, framing as continued exploitation of Native people in addiction recovery industry
Evidence: Mvskoke Media: 'UAII Calls on Native Community to Report Trafficking into Fraudulent Treatment Programs'
Implication: Tribal press alone documents specific form of exploitation targeting Native communities; absence from general market perpetuates invisibility of Native health policy failures and predatory industry practices
Single-Source Spikes
Native American Agriculture Fund commits $9.5 million to 28 projects expanding capital access for Native farmers and ranchers
LIKELY SCOOP — Tribal press exclusive on significant federal-adjacent funding allocation with detailed project breakdown; no general-market pickup suggests under-coverage of Native agricultural policy.
Hacker steals Flock camera, reverse-engineers device and shares findings with media
LIKELY SCOOP — AAPI-language outlet first with surveillance technology breach story; technical details of reverse-engineering not matched in English-language coverage. Significant for privacy policy implications if confirmed.
Democratic leader places hold on Trump's $2.8 billion arms sale to Israel including 40,000 heavy bombs
AWAITING CONFIRMATION — Single AAPI-language source on significant foreign policy development; no corroboration in national or other local outlets. If accurate, represents major congressional check on executive arms sales.
Tierra Walker's family sues Texas officials and doctors, alleging abortion ban contributed to her death
LIKELY SCOOP — Significant litigation with potential national precedent; single public radio source suggests possible broader under-coverage of abortion ban mortality cases in Texas press.
UAII calls on Native community to report trafficking into fraudulent treatment programs
LIKELY SCOOP — Tribal press exclusive on exploitation in addiction treatment industry; no general-market pickup indicates systemic blind spot for Native health policy stories.
Wyoming billionaire Joe Ricketts alleges $34 million fraud in failed federal land swap
LIKELY SCOOP — Significant financial fraud allegation involving prominent political donor; single nonprofit source with detailed legal filing suggests potential for broader national business coverage.
Keyword Signals
- Iran 24 — war powers votes, gas price spikes, military cost calculations
- data center 14 — energy grid strain, land use conflicts, regulatory transparency fights
- interest rate 12 — Fed hike with local pocketbook framing
- farm bill 10 — Senate Agriculture Committee partisan split
- mail ballot 9 — Supreme Court ruling with Arizona-specific voter impact
- Flock camera 7 — surveillance technology opposition and security breach
- Hegseth 6 — impeachment maneuvering and House recess timing
- SNAP 5 — declining enrollment pressuring federal funding
- abortion ban 4 — Texas litigation alleging maternal mortality
- measles 4 — Maine and Delaware public health alerts
- H-1B visa 3 — Vance 'genius' restriction proposal in AAPI press
- heat-related death 3 — Arizona medical examiner protocol for climate tracking
- Lindsey Graham 3 — Russia sanctions bill naming
- 32-hour work week 2 — federal legislative proposal in AAPI press
- Two-Spirit 2 — Native cultural visibility in powwow settings
Source Diversity Audit
Lean distribution: L: 15 · LC: 178 · C: 87 · RC: 25 · R: 0
Category distribution: Newspaper: 213 · Public Radio: 85 · Nonprofit: 175 · Online: 76 · Hispanic: 12 · Tribal: 5 · Crypto: 13 · Public Media: 5 · Resort: 7 · Magazine: 2 · Coastal: 6 · Local News: 1
Blind spots: Severe under-representation of right-leaning sources (R=0, RC only 25); thin coverage in Deep South outside Florida and Texas; no dedicated Black press in Deep South states with largest Black populations (MS, AL, LA have minimal items). Tribal press strong on national stories but thin on local community news.