Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Doing some research this am and this line came up. "Small business bankruptcy reorganizations are running roughly 50% above their pace before the current administration took office, and the rate of increase has accelerated from 6% in 2025 to about 50% in 2026." Jesus wept... 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The GOP is out pushing a completely bogus 'cost of socialism' number, trying to create a boogyman again. But a quick analysis shows that 97% of their numbers are from an incomplete analysis of Medicare for all, counting the costs without adding in the money it saves. 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026New entries include the Boston Globe's mentions of Leo, the Alito reversals on recusing on Suncor, and more.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 100
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We did the math. The odds were something like 000 being a 1 and 74,000 chance of religion not being part of the equation. It's not that there aren't other factors, obviously a corporate autocracy that works with Leo and his people.. Leo's motivation, however, you have nailed. 012
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump and the GOP are breaking the Epstein Transparency Act every day and setting himself up for another automatic impeachment avenue. Adverse inference says that what is in the files must be catastrophic. And that Trump and his will break every rule and law to keep from losing the midterms. 120
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Corporatism and Communism are mirror end-point positions on an economic continuum. This look-back piece provides the graphics and more real-world evidence on how they interact with and create oligarchical political situations.medium.comYou Are HereThe political axis, and why it moves with the economic one 110
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"That is the trappings and traditions gap, measured by a star-studded international group of “someone else”. And it is worth noting that these indices primarily measures the year before publication, which means it is a lagging indicator. "medium.comYou Are HereThe political axis, and why it moves with the economic one 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Every goddamn day. New data to add. The sheer amount of crookedness. September 23 2026-Cleta Mitchell — the recurring hand, 2009–2026-Collins Debacle Ginni Thomas' best friend is back in the saddle.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 021
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026September 22, 2026 | ProPublica: FBI was building a bribery case against Collins — until Trump's DOJ shut it down Not a direct SCOTUS issue, but Leonard Leo has made Collins a pet project.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 011
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"September 2026 | Raw Story/watchdog research — Thomas-linked law firm took in $33.5 million from dark money networks" Most recent update.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 010
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Recent entry...As Leo and Roberts suddenly realize that the Unitary Executive Theory and their unspoken "Supreme Judiciary Theory" are not comnpatible. Leo and Trump are Orthanc and Barad-Dur, as they suddenly realize.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 010
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Trump, however, will use the lack of enforcement as a reason the votes were tainted. 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The clear schism between the Regressive Catholics supporting authoritarian Trumpism and the actual Catholic Church gains width daily. 071
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Missouri shows a limit, the line where an outcome is so nakedly illegitimate that attaching to it it costs more than granting it saves. This court is husbanding the tatters of its legitimacy for when it needs to spend it."medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 010
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Roberts (and Leo) are nursing the remains of SCOTUS legitimacy for when they really need it.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 054
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Let's GO! Nothing is more 'American' than a broadsheet showing up just in time. 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Handy-dandy, easy to understand graphics for your 'fun' internet arguments.medium.comWhere We Actually StandSeven graphics on the economic axis, and why nations thrive at the center 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Always interesting when even the Corporate-leaning @axios.com gets it right. It would add more than a trillion to the debt, be totally illegal, and is a total 'fool-me-once' moment.axios.comTrump makes a familiar promise: $5,000 checks for everyoneIt's not the first time the president has suggested sending voters a chunk of change. 100
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The village called again. Their idiot is out there making promises to the gullible. 110
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The key is NH. If we win there, the way is open. (maybe letting NY go first with a few other states would have been a good idea) 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 04/09/2026medium.comCall It What It Is: Economic CentrismWhere is the US Economy? 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ok, morons. Say it loud. Democrats are supporting a mixed economy and are "Democratic Centrists". The Pro-Pedophile crew is pushing for greater corporatism, and has pushed us way past free markets, which require intervention. See OECD PMR. 221
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's not hard. Democrats need to take the position and name of democratic centrists. Because most of what we're actually pushing is the centrist position of the Nordic states, with strong free markets and strong regulatory systems. Which immediately showcases The Fringe corporatism we have now 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Well, certainly fits. Claim there were issues (that he caused), kick it up to the Shadow Docket. 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It becomes quite clear that Roberts often counts the votes and sides with the non-federalists...when it is safe and does not matter 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Latest post on this list... 2025–2026 term | The shadow docket by the numbers — 27 of 31, the fastest, least explained, most one-sided emergency docket in Supreme Court history — -so farmedium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 120
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Most recent entries include Trump/Leo/Claremont attacks on the ABA and the independent agency defending the Constitution, as well as Robert's allowing Trump to continue gutting the White House.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Wow. No. 90% of the politicians who consider themselves 'Democratic Socialists' are referring to the policies of the Nordic Centrist countries. Abdul El-Sayed and Bernie Sanders are NOT members of the DSA, for example. Conflating that fact is very bad reporting. 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Wow. No. 90% of the politicians who consider themselves 'Democratic Socialists' are referring to the policies of the Nordic Centrist countries. Abdul El-Sayed and Bernie Sanders are NOT members of the DSA, for example. Conflating that fact is very bad reporting. 000
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For those reading the updates, read from the bottom up. For those looking at how Leonard Leo literally captured and owns a third, plus some bits and pieces, of our entire federal government, here's your data dump.medium.comThe Leo Network and the Captured Court.A documented timeline: Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, the Thomas family, Citizens United, and the systematic capture of the U.S. Supreme Court 010
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Words matter. The US is not a capitalist country anymore. the OECD PMR rankings show that the Nordic centrist countries have much more 'free' markets. So the term "democratic centrists" fits most of us.medium.comCall It What It Is: Economic CentrismWhere is the US Economy? 020
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 31/07/2026@axios.com The Nordics are actually centrists. We're the one's way out on the edge, past capitalism into market-concentrated Corporatism. 021
Norm IV @njm4.bsky.social · 29/07/2026medium.comAn Open Letter to Jim VandeHeiDemocratic Socialism is Actually Democratic Centrism 000
