Michael Bloomberg’s commandeering of the 2020 Democratic party nomination campaign is a dangerous moment for the party and the country. If Democrats give in, it will have horrific consequences. Michael Moore lays out the truth of Bloomberg’s record and how support for Bloomberg is an endorsement of the Trumpian values we claim to have been resisting.
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The Trumpian Liberalism of Michael Bloomberg
By Jamelle Bouie
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opinion/michael-bloomberg-stop-and-frisk.html
Michael Bloomberg Puts Democrats in Moral Peril
By Osita Nwanevu
https://newrepublic.com/article/156596/michael-bloomberg-puts-democrats-moral-peril
Michael Bloomberg’s Polite Authoritarianism
He never hid his callous indifference to civil liberties; too many people just didn’t care.
By Alex Pareene
https://newrepublic.com/article/156560/michael-bloombergs-polite-authoritarianism
A Republican Plutocrat Tries To Buy The Democratic Nomination
No Democrat should consider Michael Bloomberg as a candidate.
By Nathan Robinson
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/a-republican-plutocrat-tries-to-buy-the-democratic-nomination
As Bloomberg rises, Democrats are stumbling toward disaster
By Greg Sargent
Why Is Bloomberg’s Long History of Egregious Sexism Getting a Pass?
By Laura Bassett
https://www.gq.com/story/bloomberg-sexism
Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women’s allegations of profane, sexist comments
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/
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Photo: Rudy, Trump, Bloomberg, Clinton
Video: Blankfein, Bloomberg & Snyder
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