<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: The Big-Data Ploy to Defeat Trump
Michael Bloomberg builds up a powerful political operation. Plus the race to monetize a viral Instagram post, when Black English is misunderstood, and more
by Saahil Desai
Jan 31, 2019
3 minutes
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Two very,Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has flirted with a presidential bid for nearly a quarter century. Though he hasn’t yet announced if he’ll make the plunge, Bloomberg is already pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Beto O’Rourke skyrocketed into a potential Democratic front-runner by raising record-breaking sums of money that brought him close to winning a Senate seat in Texas. But he’s stopped fundraising in recent months, which means he
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