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Part one of a Guardian investigation reveals the strategy and strange decisions driving the campaign’s unprecedented ad blitz Mike Bloomberg’s unorthodox presidential campaign has many asking if a billionaire can buy the presidency. He can certainly buy Americans’ Facebook feeds, a Guardian analysis shows. In the first six weeks of 2020, more than 1.6bn of […] More
Backers see new life in the senator’s campaign following struggles in early voting states: ‘Of course she’ll win’ As her supporters chanted, “Persist, persist, persist,” Elizabeth Warren did a little dance. “All I can say is we’re just getting started,” said the Massachusetts senator, whose strong debate performance has re-energized her campaign and fired up […] More
Briefing to members of Congress is said to have led to abrupt removal of acting director of national intelligence US intelligence officials are reported to have warned members of Congress last week that Russia was trying to interfere in the 2020 election campaign in favour of Donald Trump, in a briefing that led to the […] More
‘Tongue-in-cheek’ clip falsely suggesting candidate silenced his rivals will not be removed from Instagram A heavily edited video of Mike Bloomberg’s performance at Wednesday’s democratic debate in Nevada has prompted fresh questions about disinformation policies on social media platforms. The video posted by the Bloomberg campaign to Instagram on Thursday paints a flattering portrait of […] More
Elizabeth Warren skewered the former New York mayor, but if Trump can win then Bloomberg can too There was a moment, on Wednesday night, when through sheer incompetence on the debate stage, Michael Bloomberg almost achieved authenticity. The former mayor of New York and late entrant to the Democratic presidential race looked, as always, like […] More
Everytown for Gun Safety to back state and federal politicians who support ‘gun sense’ laws Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s gun control group is planning to spend at least $8m in Texas to elect state and federal politicians who support what it calls “gun sense” laws, including requiring background checks before all gun sales. Last […] More
Elizabeth Warren was roundly declared the victor of an often tempestuous Democratic debate, reviving her campaign after slipping in polls Elizabeth Warren has seemingly revived her flagging bid to become US president after a fiery Democratic debate performance in Las Vegas garnered her widespread praise and a slew of much-needed campaign donations. Warren, who repeatedly […] More
The Vermont senator was alone in saying he would back whoever won a plurality of delegates – with others open to superdelegates tipping the balance for another candidate at the convention Amid the Mike Bloomberg pile-on and the Pete Buttigieg-Amy Klobuchar squabbling, there was a key point that slipped by almost unnoticed during Wednesday’s tumultuous […] More
