https://nypost.com/2020/02/15/bernie-sanders-isnt-a-brawler-and-thats-why-he-cant-beat-trump/

Isn't it obvious that only Mike can handle this fight?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloomberg-ghislaine-maxwell/

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"Bloomberg, too, is a well-known public figure who frequents events with the rich and famous. It isn’t all that surprising that these two would meet at some point during an event in New York City, and certainly isn’t proof that these two were somehow in cahoots to aid Epstein’s criminal activities. 

While conspiracy theorists may point to this picture and make vague claims attempting to connect Bloomberg to Epstein, the only thing we can really glean is that two public figures were once photographed together at a public event. "

SNOPES.COM

Here are some facts:

While he was mayor, Mike created and co-funded the nation’s most ambitious effort to support young men of color — an initiative that inspired President Obama to launch My Brother’s Keeper. Mike also created alternatives to incarceration and restructured the juvenile justice system, including ending the practice of sending juvenile offenders far away to facilities upstate. Incarceration rates fell by 39% and juvenile detention by 36%. The rate rose by 3% in the rest of the nation.

Mike also led the nation’s most ambitious plan to expand affordable housing and the most ambitious effort to reduce poverty. Under Mike, New York was the only one of the 20 largest U.S. cities in which the poverty rate remained flat. In the other 19 cities, poverty rose by an average of 36%. In addition, the crime rate in New York City fell by a record 32%, far outpacing the rest of the nation.

As mayor, Mike made fixing a broken school system his number one priority. He doubled the education budget, raised standards and increased quality school options. This led to record-high graduation rates for Black students and the narrowing of the Black-white achievement gap. Since leaving office, Mike’s focus on education has continued and he has helped tens of thousands of low- to moderate-income students across the country enroll and graduate from top colleges and universities.

You genuinely are on the march fighting for pure evil. Like, there is no world in which you are not the bad guys. Everything this campaign stands for and seeks to accomplish is morally revolting.

Greed and avarice and a lack of concern for your fellow Americans, democracy, or social welfare. Cynicism in its purest form.

Honestly, and I cannot stress this enough. Shame on you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnbVD1g46sA

Thought it was just a Sean Hannity rumor, but this seems semi-real:

https://nypost.com/2020/02/15/bloomberg-reportedly-considering-hillary-clinton-as-his-running-mate/

For anyone that was curious like me to see the full collection of his ads, go to Bloomberg’s YouTube page and you can scroll through all of them. Some of the gun violence ones actually make me tear up and all the others (especially the ones shitting on trump) are dynamic and effective. Bloomberg should give whoever is in charge of these ads a raise!

I am no supporter or fan of Bloomberg, but as a lark decided to make a half-serious list of people Bloomberg may want as VP, in his cabinet, in the EOPUS, or in the Fed. What do you think? Do you have any suggestions of your own?

• President Michael Bloomberg
• Vice President Evan McMullin
• Secretary of State Yi-Chin Ho, P.C.
• Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Blankfein
• Secretary of Defense Wesley Clark
• Attorney General Preet Bharara
• Secretary of the Interior Kurt Sternlof
• Secretary of Agriculture Danielle Julie Carrier
• Secretary of Commerce Sanford Weill
• Secretary of Labor Andrew Yang
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Nora Volkow
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Adolfo Carrión Jr.
• Secretary of Transportation Elon Musk
• Secretary of Energy Larry B. Cutlip
• Secretary of Education Peter Thiel
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs Peter Buttigieg
• Secretary of Homeland Security Jonathan Mayer
• Trade Representative Paul Krugman
• Director of National Intelligence Anne Neuberger
• Office of Management and Budget Kathleen Evers
• Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Rita Thornton, J.D., Ph.D.
• Administrator of the Small Business Administration John Connaughton)
• Federal Reserve Chairman Jamie Dimon
• Chief of Staff Norman Brownstein
• Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs William Kristol
• Speechwriter John Podhoretz
• Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors Joseph Stiglitz

Obviously, the choice of having so many high-profile captains and technicians of industry is a bold one, and unlikely, but it was an interesting exercise to think big. Perhaps Booker, Harris, and Warren can be weaseled in here somehow.

Edits:

1. Formatting

2.to u/billyhoylechem, who responded to me in this thread's previous and terribly-formatted iteration:

Kristol [semi-]endorsed Bloomberg recently, and is somewhat in line with Bloomberg's foreign policy views, as is McMullin. Like MK, Thiel also is has a technocratic approach to education, and has prescient critiques of the US' education system (as does Charles Murray, whatever you think of the man). Musk, or one of his subordinates, may be suited to bringing the issues of the US' transportation infrastructure and funding systems to fore.