Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialTerry Crows @terrycrows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh, this fun guy 3444
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialSenate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not adopted, 1-94: Paul amendment #6758 to Cruz-Cantwell substitute amendment #6776 to S.4668, Protect College Sports Act. Senator Paul voted yes. Not voting: Senators Cornyn, Lee, Sullivan, TIllis & Warner. 132
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Local poll commissioned in Montana for MT01 and MT-Sen coming tomorrow 2344
speedsterm.bsky.social @speedsterm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026UNH released a poll with Scott down 43-49 in Vermont! WTF scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...scholars.unh.eduPartisan Headwinds Hamper Scott in Race With Janoo for Governor of Vermont 9/24/2026Democratic nominee for governor Amanda Janoo has increased her support significantly since winning the Democratic Primary last month and is now in a statistical tie with Republican incumbent Phil Scot... 000
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Indiana Republicans privately fear they will lose 7 to 8 state house seats which would break the supermajority 28513
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982273350
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 22/09/2026You might ask, why has no one noticed this relationship between primaries and House votes before? Some analysts *have* studied it, most recently Ethan Chen (see below). But Daniel Donner appears to be the first to examine the *change* in primary vote share.decalibrate.substack.comThe Data Unambiguously Forecasts A Blue WaveThis Is Not “Reverse 2022” 1715
speedsterm.bsky.social @speedsterm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@gelliottmorris.com I’m reading your most recent SIN most and is it due to favoring the Whitehouse or merely overestimating incumbents? I’d hazard a guess that if you control for incumbents vs open seats it’s probably more charitable for challengers 000
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026we won! the court just declared the Brooklyn Democratic Party's attempted coup null and void in a victory for democracy and common sense, Justice Jill Epstein finds that outgoing District Leaders had no right to change the rules after an election they lost iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD... 2068988
speedsterm.bsky.social @speedsterm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social Don’t know if you care but very just got granted to prediction market regulations by states supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26...supremecourt.gov 210
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialSam @samd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026average “both sides are the same” mf 3884264
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 08/09/2026I don't think we can say that the district court has "put [HB1] back into effect" because the MO Supreme Court's injunction against using HB1 remains in effect. The fed ct said the state can't use any map *but* HB1, which means clerks can use *no* map if they're to comply with both rulings. 16613
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialKevin @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Florida turns around and elects him to Congress just three years later. in 2021, he dies and is succeeded by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who later resigns in scandal in 2026 while under indictment herself. 2352
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialMLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Would appear this is the first triage of the cycle. 041
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Excuse the fuck outta me? This isnt an internal, why is Sarah Huckabee Sanders only up 45/40 for AR-Gov 13578
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialMike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 13/08/2026First time I've seen a court issue sanctions for prompt injection in a brief. Pro se plaintiff tries prompt injection (here, white text in tiny font) because he thinks the judge will just use some LLM to read the papers and write a ruling. Judge sees through the ruse.civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov 12407137
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialEssonnianDragon @essonniandragon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026OH MY FUCK THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT 5346331383
speedsterm.bsky.social @speedsterm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026> Cause the flag still stands for freedom > And they can't take that away America is beautiful and am so grateful to be in the greatest place on Earth. Yet there’s always more to be done. 000
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Lol per @planetaire.bsky.social they’ve heard rumblings in South Dakota the Dem may actually be nearing a deal to drop out in the Senate Race 3192
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16/06/2026that incredible high of finding an early 2000s webpage that is live and still untouched 236437
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialIvan Moore @alaskasurvey.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Now, in our new survey... Mary Peltola 49.4% (+5.2%) Dan Sullivan 44.2% Gerald Heikes 3.7% Dustin Darden 2.7% The race is heating up, but there's no sign of weakness yet from Mary. She's even inching ever closer to hitting the 50% mark in the first round. Next survey at the end of June! FIN 🧵 88425
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The 5th Circuit refuses to take a hint and rules that the federal horse racing commission is unconstitutional, even though SCOTUS already tossed out that decision once. Now it'll have to do so again next term I guess. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub... 48817
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialAndy @whereswebb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026“The Supreme Court told us to rethink this based on a specific case. Having read that specific case, we don’t understand what the court is talking about, therefore we are re-releasing our original opinion” is… a choice 071
speedsterm.bsky.social @speedsterm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social Your favorite thing happened www.404media.co/judge-learns...404media.coJudge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the CaseWhen two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses. 010
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...404media.coHackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedThe exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI. 27197635105
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialIvan Moore @alaskasurvey.bsky.social · 22/04/2026NEW POLL NUMBERS FROM ALASKA... a 🧵 Alaska Survey Research April 16-19, 2026 N=2,261 RV MOE=+/-2.0% Text-to-online + ASR Survey Panel Trump approval... Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as US President Approve 38 Disapprove 54 Not sure 8 1/10 172
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialIvan Moore @alaskasurvey.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Just finishing up a 2,500 sample Alaska Survey. On it, we ask… 1) Trump approval as President 2) Leo XIV approval as Pope 3) Religious affiliation Let’s see what Alaska Catholics say, shall we? 1182
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026All right, live whatevering of Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case. Arguing for the bad guys is US Solitictor General John (voice is an immutable characteristic so let's show some respect) Sauer. For the plaintiffs it's ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang. 883521677
speedsterm.bsky.social @speedsterm.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Did a 5 minute investigation. She is publically a math student during Biss tenure at UChicago. She started as a freshman the year a 24 year old Biss started his professorship. Can not confirm the relationship or what authority Biss would have. Enough details match she very likely interacted with him 020
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 15/03/2026blinking guy dot gif 391120214
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Maybe time to talk about how big Shapiro’s trifecta is going to be rather than if he gets one 0202
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Emerson has a GOP primary poll in South Dakota but the most interesting is Trump’s approval is only 55/44 Trump got 63%(Harris got 34%) in 2024. Obviously a lot are still going to vote R but gives a peak inside how deep red states are feeling emersoncollegepolling.com/south-dakota...emersoncollegepolling.comSouth Dakota 2026 Poll: Dusty Johnson Leads Incumbent Larry Rhoden in Governor Election - Emerson PollingJackley Leads with Majority Support in Election for U.S. Congress A new Emerson College Polling/KELO-TV…Full Release & Results 1194
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/03/2026A shocking number of people responding to this video clearly did not watch the video. David is extremely opposed to the Trump administration's terrorization of immigrant communities. He is describing serious problems with the current laws which make accountability difficult. 612571543
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 04/03/2026After losing in 2024 and only being confirmed to the Dept of Labor in Dec, former GOP Rep Anthony D’Esposito is going for a rematch in NY04 www.newsday.com/services/ser...newsday.comAnthony D'Esposito to vie for congressional seat he lost to Laura Gillen, sources sayThe race is expected to be among the more closely watched in the U.S. 262
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 04/03/2026ALERT: With 5 Republicans joining Democrats, House Oversight Committee has just voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify as part of their ongoing Epstein investigation 702480564
speedsterm.bsky.social @speedsterm.bsky.social · 04/03/2026What’s the worst an incumbent has done in a primary? 000
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/03/2026BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees. 621835728
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026 1010221458123
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialIvan Moore @alaskasurvey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026If we take Trafalgar's stated party identification distribution and add up the approval ratings for each group reported in the crosstabs... it comes to: Approve 46.5% Disapprove 51.9% (-5.4) Which actually looks much more sensible and real... but it's nothing like the result they report. 12/14 131
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialThe Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 24/02/2026A gunman lying in wait fired nine shots at Imam Shuaib Din, the spiritual leader of Utah’s largest mosque Monday evening. All of them missed. “Obviously, he knew my house, knew my car, knew my schedule,” Din told The Tribune.sltrib.comGunman fires multiple shots at prominent Utah Muslim leaderA gunman waited at Imam Shuaib Din's home and then took multiple shots at him as he left his garage to return to Utah's largest mosque. 13019
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialDiane Fourny @dfourny.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Sharice Davids is entertaining a Senate run — even after Kansas redistricting fizzled www.kansascity.com/news/politic... For more great content like this subscribe to the The Kansas City Star app here:kansascity.comSharice Davids is entertaining a Senate run — even after Kansas redistricting fizzledSen. Roger Marshall, a Republican, is facing his first re-election campaign. Kansas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932. 0123
Reposted by @speedsterm.bsky.socialErik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 13/02/2026that clip has me in tears lmao. she just walks right to it like she's going to the Little Free Library and lights that thing up like a grill 1352
![BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Picture Library
Doug Burgum [photo of young Doug with long hair]
This is the "other" Doug Burgum. Doug was born to Joseph and Katherine Burgum on 1st August 1956. He lives in Fargo, North Dakota.
Links- (Click "BACK" on your browser to return to this page)
Doug Burgum, Microsoft PressPass Biography This link takes you to the Microsoft PressPass page (information for journalists). Doug Burgum is a senior vice president of Microsoft Corporation and president of Microsoft Business Solutions.
"FF" Family Tree Many of the "FF" family came from Linton and neighbouring Aston Ingham. There are some Burgum gravestones at Linton Church.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:flkld6ot3qnpckjqkvvtzvfh/bafkreihzgv5n3gqcyvg5dd3mw7jz5xsvmsckkwt7ct4r6u27nsceuee2km)
![Last year, the Supreme Court vacated our decision in National
Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association v. Black (Horsemen’s II), 107
F.4th 415 (5th Cir. 2024), and remanded “for further consideration in light
of FCC v. Consumers’ Research, 606 U.S. [656] (2025).” Horseracing Integrity
& Safety Auth., Inc. v. Nat’l Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Ass’n, 145 S.
Ct. 2837 (2025) (mem.). The parties have filed supplemental briefs helpfully
addressing this question.
We conclude Consumers’ Research does not affect our prior decision,
which we reissue below](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreibij2ewkvgeg22njz5twv3q4l6gxpkmakmsl3pyln7pwi2wnf7ute)
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A914
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
No. 25A915
PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[March 2, 2026]
The applications for
stay presented
to
JUSTICE
SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted.
The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreienrxbkmyb6tleuhcuei5ouveel7phkglifhixxbcj7sjedrnv3sq)
