Tag: Michael Bloomberg

Matt Taibbi, Russia Isn’t Dividing Us — Our Leaders Are

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MATT TAIBBI A last-ditch effort to derail the Sanders campaign fails as voters finally reject the Russia con, The latest act in the comedy began Friday, just before voting opened in the Nevada Democratic caucus. The Washington Post ran a story — sourced, I’m not joking, to “people familiar with the matter” — explaining that Bernie Sanders had been briefed that “Russia is attempting to help his presidential campaign as part of an effort to interfere with the Democratic contest.” Sanders was quick to see through the gambit. “I’ll let you guess about one day before…

Steve Feinstein, The Rise of Democratic Idiocracy

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By Steve Feinstein   As the 2020 campaign season heats up, the candidates are staking out their respective positions along the political continuum, looking to occupy precisely the right slot, the one that will appeal to a winning swath of voters come November. President Trump has chosen his position: He’s taking the “Make actual day-to-day life better for people by strengthening the job market, reducing taxes, making energy more plentiful and affordable, reducing the negative economic impact and civil disruption caused by rampant illegal immigration, improving our national security by rebuilding…

64 Different Women Have Filed 40 Lawsuits Against Michael Bloomberg for Sexual Harassment and Discrimination

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By Laura Bassett, GQ The surging Democratic presidential candidate and Bloomberg LP have fielded nearly 40 sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits over decades.   n December 2015, employees at Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control organization funded by Mike Bloomberg, arrived at work to find a holiday gift on their desks from their employer: the former mayor’s 1997 autobiography, Bloomberg by Bloomberg. Flipping through the book, staffers found themselves uncomfortably reading their billionaire founder’s boasts about keeping “a girlfriend in every city” and other womanizing exploits as a Wall Street up-and-comer.…

Andrew Garfield, Could Bloomberg Win with Gabbard & Moderate Republicans Abandoning Trump? YES!

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Andrew Garfield with Robert David Steele Andrew Garfield You asked me to answer the question, “Could Bloomberg-Gabbard beat Trump-Pence?”  The answer is a solid YES. Bloomberg needs a solid VP with left leaning credentials to turn out the Democratic Party base, win the primaries, and secure the nomination. A female VP would make the ticket even stronger and more appealing to the far left. Without a VP with the right credentials, Bloomberg risks turning off left leaning voters in the primaries. A Bloomberg Gabbard ticket would also appeal to Independents…

Patrick McShay, Is it Too Soon to call Kavanaugh’s Accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, a Liar?

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  “My fervent hope is that Brett Kavanaugh will work to lessen the division in the Supreme Court so that we have far fewer 5-4 decisions and public confidence in our judiciary and our highest court is restored. Mr. President, I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh.”  — Susan Collins, U.S. Senator from Maine In the process of determining Brett Kavanaugh’s fitness for the Supreme Court, in their duty of “advise and consent”, the Marxist Senators on the left turned the hearings into a circus that Marxist, and mentor to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,…