Didn’t he have another failed run where he polled at about 0% before dropping out? Maybe I am imagining that or have switched to a different timeline from that.
It was his DOJ but I think Preet Bharara was the prosecutor responsible.
I highly doubt most people in the early states know who the **** bloomberg is.
I think he’s flirted with runs a few times but never actually ran iirc.
oh right. He was AG, Preet was SDNY…or do I have that backward? I can’t believe it’s been 8.5 years and dammit I’m old
1 Like
not sure how bloom would take many pete voters, pete voters seem to be from all over the place politically. ie, I doubt there’s too many people on the pete wagon that are gonna go oh hey bloom is cool, they’d probably already be voting biden or be a NYC warren/bernie voter?
1 Like
i think it’s more that bloom gives biden voters somewhere else to go. won’t matter for iowa but maybe elsewhere.
At least Bloomberg is contesting the primary and not going third party in the general.
2 Likes
Duolingo Spanish lessons are really paying off for me!
4 Likes
I don’t think Bloomberg entering has any impact
1 Like
This.
When I heard he was entering I was like oh fuck.
Then I learned he was entering as a Dem and breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Bloomberg 15c on predictit
Literally free money betting no
4 Likes
Notice how these assholes basically never just quietly do the right thing. They’re giving their money to “charity” because there is really no other way to avoid the 40% estate tax, and because they get to run around getting their dicks sucked for generosity while maintaining complete control over their fortunes.
If you assholes actually cared about making things better you’d fund down ballot democrats, drown the ACLU in cash, fund ballot initiatives, fund voter registration, do fucking anything about climate change, etc. Butnahhh.
And you know what argument REALLY sucks? “I can do more good than the government.” Eat all the dicks, you aren’t special. Hey Bill, Microsoft only works because the government enforces IP protections, and because of network effects for your shit products. Even Buffett, while talking a good game, has made tens of billions owning banks that effectively regulate themselves.
7 Likes
Bernie’s wealth tax hasn’t gotten that much attention I don’t think, and he hasn’t really surged. I think he mostly just recovered from the dip after his heart attack.
1 Like
Add in the Starbucks guy, and this is now the third billionaire in the race. Kinda pathetic.
Riverman is totally right that they are only billionaires because of excessive IP laws and network effects. Hit the right profitable thing at the right time, build fences, get network effects, and ride the rocket, even if you’re basically a moron.
No one puts you in jail, extorts you, or even taxes you too much. That depends on the rule of law and the social contract among the broader society. Contracts can be modified.
That article linked to another article with this blurb about PB’s fundraising.
Buttigieg, in recent weeks, has adopted a more confrontational tone toward the progressives in the race, especially Warren. He’s criticized her as dishonest regarding the cost of “Medicare for All” and suggested a more moderate candidate would be more likely to defeat President Donald Trump. Warren has struck back by criticizing Buttigieg’s health care plan as insufficient to cover every American, labeling it “Medicare for all who can afford it.”
Invitations viewed by HuffPost show Thaddeus Burns, the head of government and public affairs at Merck Life Sciences, hosted the fundraiser in Geneva. Merck spent nearly $7 million lobbying the federal government in 2018. During a stint at the law firm Akin Gump last decade, Burns lobbied for Merck and three other pharmaceutical companies: Pfizer, Wyeth and Human Genome Sciences.
David Fares, a senior vice president of government relations at 21st Century Fox, is hosting an event in London. Fares was a registered lobbyist for News Corporation as recently as 2011. Both companies were owned by the family of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who sold 21st Century Fox to Disney last year.