Bernie Sanders Makes His Pitch to Virginia Ahead of Super Tuesday
Susan Walsh/AP Hours after billionaire politician Michael Bloomberg tried to convince a posh Northern Virginia hotel conference room full of women to vote for him, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders held his own rally a few miles down the road. Upwards of 10,000 people attended Sanders’ event, held at sports complex in Springfield, compared to the…
“Good Morning, Women for Mike! I’m Mike for Women!”
Carolyn Kaster/AP Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire politician who is throwing an ungodly amount of money into his own presidential campaign, wants people to know that he supports women. “Good morning, Women for Mike! I’m Mike for women!” the former New York City mayor said, kicking off his “Women for Mike” campaign event in McLean, Virginia,…
Medicare for All May Not Be the Poison Pill Biden and Buttigieg Are Banking on
Bernie Sanders points at Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg during a Democratic presidential primary on February 19, 2020, in Las Vegas.John Locher/AP South Carolinians who turned on the television this week likely watched a 30-second ad in which Pete Buttigieg explains that some of his opponents in the Democratic presidential primary “say it’s Medicare for…
Joe Biden’s Last Stand
Paul Hennessy/SOPA via Zuma Joe Biden’s rally in Conway, South Carolina, on Monday evening started late and was already running long before the former vice president went ahead and took one last question from a young man in the crowd. It might have been a tricky one for a less experienced politician—if the campaign had…
The Most Racist Thing I Saw Today Was Republicans Telling Lucy McBath and Lauren Underwood They’re “For Sale”
During Tuesday night’s debate in South Carolina, former New York City Mayor and billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg almost said what he was probably thinking: That he “bought” the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives when he spent $100 million through his super PAC on Democrats during the 2018 midterms. Let’s just go on the…
Bloomberg Once Promoted a Plan to House Homeless Families on Cruise Ships
Michael Bloomberg delivering a press briefing in 2002. Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma It was the fall of 2002, early in Michael Bloomberg’s first term as mayor of New York. The billionaire-turned-politician had been struggling all year to address a growing crisis: The Big Apple’s homeless population was skyrocketing to record levels, and the city had run out…