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    1. Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

      NEW: How Bloomberg spent $10 billion+ building a political & philanthropic empire His wealth has forged alliances, earned goodwill – & muzzled critics who fear or depend on him From @nkulish & me, the most detailed account ever of his influence & power👇https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html …

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    2. Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

      Bloomberg's money is an enormous deterrent against dissent. In 2018, Emily's List debated uninviting Bloomberg from a major event after he questioned #MeToo, but decided it could not risk alienating him. He has given the group $6mm over the years.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html …

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      Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

      In 2015, Center for American Progress researchers wrote a report on U.S. Islamophobia, w/a 4300-word chapter on the Bloomberg-era NYPD. When the report was published, the chapter was gone. By then, Bloomberg had given CAP ~$1.5mm. That number has grown.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html …

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        2. Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

          Much of Bloomberg's giving is to causes that aren't explicitly political, and have no apparent linkage to his 2020 campaign: global public health, higher education, culture and the arts, etc. The biggest recipient of his donations, by far, has been Johns Hopkins, his alma mater.

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        3. Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

          But there are also areas where Bloomberg's philanthropic and political giving overlap, turning cities or states into focal points for concentrated spending. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html …pic.twitter.com/1B6rDAp4BV

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        4. Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

          Most recipients of Bloomberg's political and charitable donations have not endorsed his campaign. But a good number of them have, and their support has helped make Bloomberg a major national force while other candidates have been tied up in Iowa and NH.pic.twitter.com/Ptr7cXGlB1

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        5. Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

          Top Dems say Bloomberg is already their most important donor. His campaign makes plain the financial incentive it is presenting for 2020. "If Mike Bloomberg is the nominee, he will ensure that the Democratic Party has the greatest funding in its history."https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html …

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        6. Alex Burns‏Verified account @alexburnsNYT Feb 15

          Hope many of you will read the whole story, and if you are not already, please follow the great @nkulish and graphics wizards @LazaroGamio & @KarlNYT, whose visual journalism really captures the arc of Bloomberg's risehttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/15/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html …

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        2.  🏴‍☠️Not waiting for Godot‏ @DianaMcBlue Feb 15
          Replying to @alexburnsNYT @nkulish

          So. He’s given to good causes instead of the Federalists or RNC & those causes accepted and benefitted greatly, not to mention his fight on climate change. Philanthropist donate all the time. I’d rather a guy like him than the one in the WH who steals from his own foundation.

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        3. BP‏ @pfendii Feb 15
          Replying to @DianaMcBlue @alexburnsNYT @nkulish

          He gives to decent causes so that they will whitewash and cover up his deep participation in the evil they're highlighting. thats not ok

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        2. jon ben-menachem‏ @jbenmenachem Feb 15
          Replying to @alexburnsNYT @nkulish

          hey @neeratanden could you say a little more about this?? What happened to that chapter??

          3 replies 6 retweets 212 likes
        3. Mangy Jay‏ @magi_jay Feb 15
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          They made it into a video and linked to it in the report:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf_HmuoC-P8 …

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