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Mike Bloomberg’s Propaganda Machine
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Bloomberg Money Manager Steven Rattner Uses Media Appearances to Attack His
Boss’s Rivals
Michael Massing
Mike Bloomberg went out of his way to rehabilitate his money manager Steven
Rattner after he settled corruption charges with the SEC and New York state.
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When Bloomberg News’s Reporting on China Was Challenged, Bloomberg Tried to
Ruin Me for Speaking Out
Leta Hong Fincher
Bloomberg lawyers in Hong Kong threatened to devastate my family financially
and take me to court if I did not sign an NDA — even though I had never been a
Bloomberg employee.
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The FBI Is Investigating Erik Prince for Trying to Weaponize Crop Dusters
Matthew Cole
Attorney General Barr has been criticized for intervening in cases involving
Trump associates. Prince’s may be the most politically sensitive of all.
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Leaked Reports Show EU Police Are Planning a Pan-European Network of Facial
Recognition Databases
Zach Campbell, Chris Jones
The proposal to link the EU’s facial recognition databases would likely connect
them to the U.S. as well, in a massive consolidation of biometric data.
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Homeland Security Algorithm Revokes U.S. Visa of War Crimes Investigator Eyal
Weizman
Robert Mackey
Weizman was barred from traveling to the U.S. after being identified as a
security risk by an algorithm used by the Department of Homeland Security.
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TV Executives Celebrate Unprecedented Flood of Bloomberg Campaign Spending
Lee Fang
The Bloomberg campaign has already spent over $360 million on ads — and
broadcasting corporations “are jazzed.”
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Foreign-Funded Dark-Money Groups Lobby IRS to Repeal Remaining Reporting
Requirements
Lee Fang
A new rule, expected to be finalized soon, will mean that nonprofits no longer
have to report donor information, even to the government.
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Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez in Texas Senate Primary,
Bucking Chuck Schumer
Ryan Grim
Her new leadership PAC, Courage to Change, announced a suite of new
endorsements, including one that could tip the balance in Texas.
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A Professor Was Called a Pedophile Because of His Work. Academics Are Keeping
Their Distance.
Judith Levine
Thomas Hubbard has received no complaints of sexual misconduct. But his work on
ancient pederasty and the age of sexual consent has made him the target of
protests at UT-Austin.
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Bloomberg Spent a Decade Demanding Cuts to Social Security. His Campaign Plan
Doesn’t Rule Them Out.
Jon Schwarz
Mike Bloomberg’s Social Security proposal leaves the door open to benefit cuts
for some beneficiaries — just as Bloomberg has advocated for years.
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NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Submits Clemency Petition Alongside More Than
4,000 Letters of Support
Taylor Barnes
The attorney who organized Winner’s clemency petition was introduced to her by
another client who met the NSA whistleblower behind bars.
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Mike Bloomberg Ran Stasi-Style Police and Surveillance Operations Against
Muslim Americans
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Professor Nikhil Pal Singh and attorney Diala Shamas are this week’s guests.
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How Bloomberg Blew It in Las Vegas
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The former New York mayor was unprepared for the barrage of attacks he faced
from all sides and fumbled badly in his first debate.
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