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This all may be a moot point. Democrats will only win the White House, or the Senate, when they can properly protect voters of color from suppression and give those voters reasons to choose them. That seems like too tall a task for a party hanging its hopes on the likes of Bloomberg. If defeating Trump really is his goal, then his cause is likely lost."<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-bloomberg-democratic-primary-black-voters-911665/</ref>}}

This all may be a moot point. Democrats will only win the White House, or the Senate, when they can properly protect voters of color from suppression and give those voters reasons to choose them. That seems like too tall a task for a party hanging its hopes on the likes of Bloomberg. If defeating Trump really is his goal, then his cause is likely lost."<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-bloomberg-democratic-primary-black-voters-911665/</ref>}}

Bloomberg’s support for the scheme, which targeted black and Latino males as young as 13, making their routine harassment and humiliation “just a fact of life in New York”.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/nyregion/bloomberg-stop-and-frisk-new-york.html New York Times, 11/17/19]</ref>

Bloomberg's support for the scheme, which targeted black and Latino males as young as 13, making their routine harassment and humiliation “just a fact of life in New York”.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/nyregion/bloomberg-stop-and-frisk-new-york.html New York Times, 11/17/19]</ref>

[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] criticized Bloomberg's entrance into the field,<ref>https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1227977298596462592</ref>

[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] criticized Bloomberg's entrance into the field,<ref>https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1227977298596462592</ref>

===Sexism===

===Sexism===

Bloomberg apparently does not understand the role of women in [[society]].  A former saleswoman sued Bloomberg personally alleging workplace [[discrimination]]. She alleged Bloomberg told her to ‘kill it’ when he learned she was [[pregnant]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/</ref>  At the financial data company he founded, Bloomberg allegedly browbeat a saleswoman in front of other employees. He’d just heard that the woman was having trouble finding a nanny, according to the lawsuit.

Bloomberg apparently does not understand the role of women in [[society]].  A former saleswoman sued Bloomberg personally alleging workplace [[discrimination]]. She alleged Bloomberg told her to ‘kill it’ when he learned she was [[pregnant]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/</ref>  At the financial data company he founded, Bloomberg allegedly browbeat a saleswoman in front of other employees. He'd just heard that the woman was having trouble finding a nanny, according to the lawsuit.

{{quotebox|“It’s a f****** baby! All it does is eat and s***! It doesn’t know the difference between you and anyone else! All you need is some Black, who doesn’t even have to speak English, to rescue it from a burning building!”}}

{{quotebox|“It’s a f****** baby! All it does is eat and s***! It doesn’t know the difference between you and anyone else! All you need is some Black, who doesn’t even have to speak English, to rescue it from a burning building!”}}

The woman, who is not named, “cried at hearing her employer say such things to her, in so public a manner,” the lawsuit stated.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-nanny-some-black_n_5e483604c5b64433c6173287</ref>

The woman, who is not named, “cried at hearing her employer say such things to her, in so public a manner,” the lawsuit stated.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-nanny-some-black_n_5e483604c5b64433c6173287</ref>

===Elitism===

===Elitism===

“As Bloomberg’s New York Prospered, Inequality Flourished Too” (''New York Times'', 11/9/19) is corporate media’s ambivalent way of acknowledging that Bloomberg’s tenure benefited the few at the expense of the many, with the “growth and prosperity” the ''Times'' illustrated with the controversial Atlantic Yards/Barclay Center in Brooklyn accompanied by increases in rents, gentrification and [[homelessness''.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/upshot/bloomberg-new-york-prosperity-inequality.html</ref>

“As Bloomberg’s New York Prospered, Inequality Flourished Too” (''New York Times'', 11/9/19) is corporate media's ambivalent way of acknowledging that Bloomberg's tenure benefited the few at the expense of the many, with the “growth and prosperity” the ''Times'' illustrated with the controversial Atlantic Yards/Barclay Center in Brooklyn accompanied by increases in rents, gentrification and [[homelessness''.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/upshot/bloomberg-new-york-prosperity-inequality.html</ref>

Most of Bloomberg's elitism can be seen in his most cringeworthy moments.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfLNRGtMaqo</ref>  Bloomberg joked about using Predator drones to dispatch his political opponents at a [[Goldman Sachs]] event in 2016, stating that they’d be used on a “list of everybody that’s annoyed me or screwed me for the last 74 years.”<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/listen-mike-bloomberg-joked-about-droning-his-political-opponents-in-leaked-audio/</ref>

Most of Bloomberg's elitism can be seen in his most cringeworthy moments.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfLNRGtMaqo</ref>  Bloomberg joked about using Predator drones to dispatch his political opponents at a [[Goldman Sachs]] event in 2016, stating that they’d be used on a “list of everybody that’s annoyed me or screwed me for the last 74 years.”<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/listen-mike-bloomberg-joked-about-droning-his-political-opponents-in-leaked-audio/</ref>

===Putin stooge===

===Putin stooge===

Bloomberg backed Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aggression and [[Ukrainian crisis|invasion of the Crimea]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/11/michael-bloomberg-2015-justifies-russia-crimea</ref>  ''[[Washington Post]]'' columnist Josh Rogin highlighted Bloomberg’s comments from an appearance at the Aspen Institute. Bloomberg compared Russia’s move to annex Crimea to the United States [[colonialism]] in [[California]] in 1848.<ref>https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1227267729524215810</ref>

Bloomberg backed Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]]'s aggression and [[Ukrainian crisis|invasion of the Crimea]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/11/michael-bloomberg-2015-justifies-russia-crimea</ref>  ''[[Washington Post]]'' columnist Josh Rogin highlighted Bloomberg's comments from an appearance at the Aspen Institute. Bloomberg compared Russia's move to annex Crimea to the United States [[colonialism]] in [[California]] in 1848.<ref>https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1227267729524215810</ref>

===Weinstein bailout===

===Weinstein bailout===

Harvey Weinstein was honored at a 2013 ceremony in the New York City mayor's home at where the disgraced movie producer cracked sex jokes and praised Michael Bloomberg.  Weinstein expressed gratitude that Bloomberg “dropped a lot of things” in helping bailout his company after it fell on difficult financial times during the [[Financial Crisis of 2008]].  The full version of the Bloomberg event, which has been on YouTube since 2013, also shows Weinstein thanking Bloomberg for helping bailout his movie company.

Harvey Weinstein was honored at a 2013 ceremony in the New York City mayor's home at where the disgraced movie producer cracked sex jokes and praised Michael Bloomberg.  Weinstein expressed gratitude that Bloomberg “dropped a lot of things” in helping bailout his company after it fell on difficult financial times during the [[Financial Crisis of 2008]].  The full version of the Bloomberg event, which has been on YouTube since 2013, also shows Weinstein thanking Bloomberg for helping bailout his movie company.

{{quotebox|“I called our mayor, and I just said, ‘you know, things are a little topsy-turvy here at the company, you know, we’d be moving jobs to California and we don’t want to leave New York City.’ And the mayor, extremely busy as he was with so many more important things, dropped a lot of things and got it done for us. The mayor’s there in a big way. The mayor was there in a visual way.  And I don’t think Bob [Weinstein] and I would be on this stage if the mayor wasn’t there for us, so thank you mayor.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/07/michael-bloomberg-harvey-weinstein-ties/</ref>}}

{{quotebox|“I called our mayor, and I just said, ‘you know, things are a little topsy-turvy here at the company, you know, we’d be moving jobs to California and we don’t want to leave New York City.’ And the mayor, extremely busy as he was with so many more important things, dropped a lot of things and got it done for us. The mayor’s there in a big way. The mayor was there in a visual way.  And I don’t think Bob [Weinstein] and I would be on this stage if the mayor wasn’t there for us, so thank you mayor.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/07/michael-bloomberg-harvey-weinstein-ties/</ref>}}

Weinstein was charged on May 25, 2018 with raping two women in New York. He was charged on Jan. 7, 2020 with sexually assaulting an actress in [[Los Angeles]] on Feb. 17, 2013.  More than 80 other women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Weinstein.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/10/27/weinstein-scandal-complete-list-accusers/804663001/</ref>  Weinstein is a longtime [[leftwing]] [[activist]] and Democratic mega-donor.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/harvey-weinstein-democrats/index.html</ref>

Weinstein was charged on May 25, 2018, with raping two women in New York. He was charged on Jan. 7, 2020 with sexually assaulting an actress in [[Los Angeles]] on Feb. 17, 2013.  More than 80 other women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Weinstein.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/10/27/weinstein-scandal-complete-list-accusers/804663001/</ref>  Weinstein is a longtime [[leftwing]] [[activist]] and Democratic mega-donor.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/harvey-weinstein-democrats/index.html</ref>

Weinstein and Bloomberg appeared to have built a close working relationship as early as 2001, when the filmmaker supported Bloomberg’s bid for mayor.  In May 2006, the Mayor’s Office put out a press release with Weinstein to announce that financing for the city’s Film Production Tax Credit Program had increased by $30 million.  As part of the news, Bloomberg stopped by the set of The Weinstein Company-produced movie, “The Nanny Diaries,” starring Scarlett Johansen and Chris Evans.

Weinstein and Bloomberg appeared to have built a close working relationship as early as 2001, when the filmmaker supported Bloomberg's bid for mayor.  In May 2006, the Mayor's Office put out a press release with Weinstein to announce that financing for the city's Film Production Tax Credit Program had increased by $30 million.  As part of the news, Bloomberg stopped by the set of The Weinstein Company-produced movie, “The Nanny Diaries,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans.

Weinstein joined Bloomberg at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2009 to celebrate that Beacon Theatre’s reopening.  In July 2010, the pair was photographed walking with Bloomberg’s longtime girlfriend, Diana Taylor, in Sun Valley, [[Idaho]], where they were attending a conference.

Weinstein joined Bloomberg at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2009 to celebrate that Beacon Theatre's reopening.  In July 2010, the pair was photographed walking with Bloomberg's longtime girlfriend, Diana Taylor, in Sun Valley, [[Idaho]], where they were attending a conference.

In 2014 Weinstein was photographed with Bloomberg at Bloomberg Businessweek’s 85th Anniversary party in New York City. They were also spotted together at another Bloomberg business function in 2014.<ref>https://juliereichwein.info/mike-bloomberg-harvey-weinstein-had-years-long-mutually-beneficial-relationship/</ref>

In 2014 Weinstein was photographed with Bloomberg at Bloomberg Businessweek's 85th Anniversary party in New York City. They were also spotted together at another Bloomberg business function in 2014.<ref>https://juliereichwein.info/mike-bloomberg-harvey-weinstein-had-years-long-mutually-beneficial-relationship/</ref>

===Puppetmaster===

===Puppetmaster===

===CityTime scandal===

===CityTime scandal===

The CityTime scandal, which federal Judge George Daniels called “the largest city corruption scandal in decades,” was a 2011 debacle in which digitizing the city’s payroll system resulted in ballooning costs and the conviction of three contractors for bilking the city. Unions had rallied against the system, but Bloomberg, who oversaw and championed the overhaul, pressed on.

The CityTime scandal, which federal Judge George Daniels called “the largest city corruption scandal in decades,” was a 2011 debacle in which digitizing the city's payroll system resulted in ballooning costs and the conviction of three contractors for bilking the city. Unions had rallied against the system, but Bloomberg, who oversaw and championed the overhaul, pressed on.

As long-time city reporter Bob Hennelly noted on WNYC (6/29/11), even though Bloomberg never faced prosecution in the mess, this was his responsibility.

As long-time city reporter Bob Hennelly noted on WNYC (6/29/11), even though Bloomberg never faced prosecution in the mess, this was his responsibility.

South Bend Mayor [[Pete Buttigieg]] was appointed by the DNC as Acting-Winner of the [[Iowa caucus|Iowa Democratic caucuses]] after an app designed by a shadowy group of Democratic operatives failed to accurately award delegates properly in the DNC's Stop Bernie attempt.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/iowa-county-caucus-chairman-accuses-state-of-misreporting-numbers-screwing-bernie-totals-still-not-released-48-hours-after-vote/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2020/02/06/aftermath-of-iowa-debacle-bernie-sanders-probably-won--and-joe-biden-definitely-lost/</ref>  [[FEC]] records show the Buttigieg campaign also contributed to the Clinton-connected company.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/app-used-in-iowa-democratic-caucus-fiasco-linked-to-former-clinton-campaign</ref>  The [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), working in coordination with state elections officers, have an existing relationship to ensure computer systems and data collection systems are safe and secure.  The DHS reported their offer to review the data system was rebuked by the Iowa Democrat Party.<ref>https://youtu.be/v5hfbALvhMo</ref>  The DNC lost the public's trust in the primary process on very first day of primary voting.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/05/dnc-loses-public-trust-in-primary-process-on-very-first-day/</ref>  Democrats called upon party chairman [[Tom Perez]] to resign after rigged results.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdeNZr8uryA</ref>

South Bend Mayor [[Pete Buttigieg]] was appointed by the DNC as Acting-Winner of the [[Iowa caucus|Iowa Democratic caucuses]] after an app designed by a shadowy group of Democratic operatives failed to accurately award delegates properly in the DNC's Stop Bernie attempt.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/iowa-county-caucus-chairman-accuses-state-of-misreporting-numbers-screwing-bernie-totals-still-not-released-48-hours-after-vote/</ref><ref>https://www.salon.com/2020/02/06/aftermath-of-iowa-debacle-bernie-sanders-probably-won--and-joe-biden-definitely-lost/</ref>  [[FEC]] records show the Buttigieg campaign also contributed to the Clinton-connected company.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/app-used-in-iowa-democratic-caucus-fiasco-linked-to-former-clinton-campaign</ref>  The [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), working in coordination with state elections officers, have an existing relationship to ensure computer systems and data collection systems are safe and secure.  The DHS reported their offer to review the data system was rebuked by the Iowa Democrat Party.<ref>https://youtu.be/v5hfbALvhMo</ref>  The DNC lost the public's trust in the primary process on very first day of primary voting.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/05/dnc-loses-public-trust-in-primary-process-on-very-first-day/</ref>  Democrats called upon party chairman [[Tom Perez]] to resign after rigged results.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdeNZr8uryA</ref>

Shadow, Inc. is the company that developed the Iowa and Nevada Democratic caucus app. FEC records show Buttigieg for America paid Shadow Inc. $42,000.  Former Clinton campaign chairman [[Robby Mook]] vetted the app for the Democratic party.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/election/hoo-boy-hillarys-campaign-manager-was-involved-with-that-disastrous-iowa-caucus-app/</ref>  Shadow, Inc. was launched by a dark money SuperPAC called Acronym,<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/02/05/acronym-group-behind-shadow/</ref> headed by CEO Tara McGowan, a former journalist and [[Obama for America]] operative who is married to a senior advisor of Buttieg’s presidential campaign.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/06/group-that-sabotaged-iowa-caucus-begun-by-billionaire-backer-of-alabama-false-flag-campaign/</ref>  Acronym was founded by billionaire oligarch [[Reid Hoffman]], founder of LinkedIn.  Hoffman funded Project Birmingham, a covert voter suppression and [[fake news]] campaign based on the Russian model during dirty the 2017 [[Doug Jones]]/[[Roy Moore]] [[Alabama]] Senate race.  Obama crony [[David Plouffe]] sits on the board of Acronym.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/02/04/hoo-boy-reading-this-damning-thread-from-lee-fang-about-pete-buttigieg-and-shadow-inc-its-no-wonder-mayorcheat-is-trending/</ref>

Shadow, Inc. is the company that developed the Iowa and Nevada Democratic caucus app. FEC records show Buttigieg for America paid Shadow Inc. $42,000.  Former Clinton campaign chairman [[Robby Mook]] vetted the app for the Democratic party.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/election/hoo-boy-hillarys-campaign-manager-was-involved-with-that-disastrous-iowa-caucus-app/</ref>  Shadow, Inc. was launched by a dark money SuperPAC called Acronym,<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/02/05/acronym-group-behind-shadow/</ref> headed by CEO Tara McGowan, a former journalist and [[Obama for America]] operative who is married to a senior advisor of Buttieg's presidential campaign.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2020/02/06/group-that-sabotaged-iowa-caucus-begun-by-billionaire-backer-of-alabama-false-flag-campaign/</ref>  Acronym was founded by billionaire oligarch [[Reid Hoffman]], founder of LinkedIn.  Hoffman funded Project Birmingham, a covert voter suppression and [[fake news]] campaign based on the Russian model during dirty the 2017 [[Doug Jones]]/[[Roy Moore]] [[Alabama]] Senate race.  Obama crony [[David Plouffe]] sits on the board of Acronym.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/02/04/hoo-boy-reading-this-damning-thread-from-lee-fang-about-pete-buttigieg-and-shadow-inc-its-no-wonder-mayorcheat-is-trending/</ref>

On election night the Iowa Democratic party stopped counting when 98% of precincts were counted and Bernie Sanders was ahead by 2,500 votes. Only the the precincts that would likely help Buttigieg were recounted, and the remainder of precincts were weighted to Sanders.  Under the apportionment system Buttigieg was awarded two more delegates and claimed victory, but Sanders won the statewide popular vote.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/democratic-race-whats-next-lunch-alert/</ref>  Seven of the last nine winners of the Iowa Caucus went on to win the Democratic nomination, and the DNC rigged the election to prevent Sanders from gaining momentum from a victory.  Of Buttigieg's 2 delegate margin of victory, 3 were awarded by coin toss.<ref>https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250</ref>  Due to Democrat corruption and election rigging, the ''[[Associated Press]]'' refused to recognize Buttigieg's claim of victory.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/caucuses-in-iowa-run-so-poorly-associated-press-refuses-to-declare-winner/</ref>

On election night the Iowa Democratic party stopped counting when 98% of precincts were counted and Bernie Sanders was ahead by 2,500 votes. Only the precincts that would likely help Buttigieg were recounted, and the remainder of precincts were weighted to Sanders.  Under the apportionment system Buttigieg was awarded two more delegates and claimed victory, but Sanders won the statewide popular vote.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/democratic-race-whats-next-lunch-alert/</ref>  Seven of the last nine winners of the Iowa Caucus went on to win the Democratic nomination, and the DNC rigged the election to prevent Sanders from gaining momentum from a victory.  Of Buttigieg's 2 delegate margin of victory, 3 were awarded by coin toss.<ref>https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250</ref>  Due to Democrat corruption and election rigging, the ''[[Associated Press]]'' refused to recognize Buttigieg's claim of victory.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/caucuses-in-iowa-run-so-poorly-associated-press-refuses-to-declare-winner/</ref>

On election night the Iowa Democratic party stopped counting when 98% of precincts were counted and Bernie Sanders was ahead by 2,500 votes. Only the the precincts that would likely help Buttigieg were recounted, and the remainder of precincts were weighted to Sanders.  Under the apportionment system Buttigieg was awarded two more delegates and claimed victory, but Sanders won the statewide popular vote.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/democratic-race-whats-next-lunch-alert/</ref>  Seven of the last nine winners of the Iowa Caucus went on to win the Democratic nomination, and the DNC rigged the election to prevent Sanders from gaining momentum from a victory.  Of Buttigieg's 2 delegate margin of victory, 3 were awarded by coin toss.<ref>https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250</ref>

On election night the Iowa Democratic party stopped counting when 98% of precincts were counted and Bernie Sanders was ahead by 2,500 votes. Only the precincts that would likely help Buttigieg were recounted, and the remainder of precincts were weighted to Sanders.  Under the apportionment system Buttigieg was awarded two more delegates and claimed victory, but Sanders won the statewide popular vote.<ref>http://www.dickmorris.com/democratic-race-whats-next-lunch-alert/</ref>  Seven of the last nine winners of the Iowa Caucus went on to win the Democratic nomination, and the DNC rigged the election to prevent Sanders from gaining momentum from a victory.  Of Buttigieg's 2 delegate margin of victory, 3 were awarded by coin toss.<ref>https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1224533900946485250</ref>

''[[Bloomberg News]]'', owned by Michael Bloomberg, tried blaming Trump supporters for the [[Iowa caucus]] fiasco<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKEipLNGFA</ref> after Democrat insiders ([[Robby Mook]]) stole election results from [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQmD39tx3A</ref>

''[[Bloomberg News]]'', owned by Michael Bloomberg, tried blaming Trump supporters for the [[Iowa caucus]] fiasco<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKEipLNGFA</ref> after Democrat insiders ([[Robby Mook]]) stole election results from [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQmD39tx3A</ref>