Grotesque Corruption: Emilys List, Center for American Progress Sold Out to Michael Bloomberg!
(2020-02-15 at 17:16:11 )

Grotesque Corruption: Emilys List, Center for American Progress Sold Out to Michael Bloomberg!

It was "disconcerting" to be asked to remove the chapter "because of how it was going to be perceived by Mayor Bloomberg."

Michael Bloombergs millions kept Neera Tandens group, the Center for American Progress, from publishing reports critical of Mr. Bloombergs NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities.

Billionaire Republican-turned-Democrat Presidential Candidate Michael Bloomberg was hit with two damaging front-page headlines Saturday.

The Washington Post reported, "Bloomberg for years has battled womens allegations of profane, sexist comments."

"Now, as Mr. Bloomberg is increasingly viewed as a viable Democratic candidate for president and the #MeToo era has raised the profile of workplace harassment, he is finding that his efforts to prevent disclosure are clashing against demands that he release former employees and complainants from their nondisclosure agreements."

"The allegations that he tolerated a hostile office culture could undercut his ability to criticize President Donald Trumps alleged sexual misconduct and efforts to keep such claims private."

And in a headline titled "Bloombergs Billions: How the Presidential Candidate Built His Influence" the New York Times exposes the corruption of two faux-progressive DNC-affiliated organizations, Emilys List and the Center for American Progress who sold out their organizations missions in return for millions of Mr. Bloombergs influence buying:

"In the fall of 2018, Emilys List had a dilemma. With congressional elections approaching and the Supreme Court confirmation battle over Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh underway, the Democratic womens group was hosting a major fund-raising luncheon in New York. Among the scheduled headline speakers was Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor, who had donated nearly $6 million to Emilys List over the years."

"Days before the event, Mr. Bloomberg made blunt comments in an interview with The New York Times, expressing skepticism about the #@MeToo movement and questioning sexual misconduct allegations against Charlie Rose, the disgraced news anchor.

Senior Emilys List officials seriously debated withdrawing Mr. Bloombergs invitation, according to three people familiar with the deliberations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity."

"In the end, the group concluded it could not risk alienating Mr. Bloomberg."

And the Times on the Center for American Progress:

"In interviews with The Times, no one described being threatened or coerced by Mr. Bloomberg or his money. But many said his wealth was an inescapable consideration - a gravitational force powerful enough to make coercion unnecessary."

"They are not going to criticize him in his 2020 run because they do not want to jeopardize receiving financial support from him in the future," said Paul S. Ryan, vice president of policy and litigation at the good-government group Common Cause."

"That chilling effect was apparent in 2015 to researchers at the Center for American Progress, a liberal policy group, when they turned in a report on anti-Muslim bias in the United States. Their draft included a chapter of more than 4,000 words about New York City police surveillance of Muslim communities; Mr. Bloomberg was mentioned by name eight times in the chapter, which was reviewed by The Times."

"When the report was published a few weeks later, the chapter was gone. So was any mention of Mr. Bloombergs name."

"Yasmine Taeb, an author of the report, said in an interview that the authors had been instructed to make drastic revisions or remove the chapter, and opted to do the latter rather than "whitewash the N.Y.P.D.s wrongdoings." She said she found it "disconcerting" to be asked to remove the chapter "because of how it was going to be perceived by Mayor Bloomberg."

For more on CAPs grotesque corruption - remember they only stopped accepting millions from the despots of the UAE last year under pressure - Glenn Greenwald February 15, 2020

We now know that the PAC Emilys List, which confirmed it was affiliated with an attack ad against Mr. Sanders (despite his 100% pro choice record), has taken $6M from Mr. Bloomberg.

We deserve better feminism. Meet Matriarch, helping progressive working-class women run for office:-francesca fiorentini February 15, 2020

Neera Tanden was 80,000 votes away from being the WH Chief of Staff. Now we have learned she was paid off by Mr. Bloomberg and helped bury a story for him. Corrupt-aaron j February 15, 2020

Consider that the most prominent liberal think tank scrubbed its report that made Mr. Bloomberg look bad "at the expense of honestly analyzing Islamophobia."

The report whitewashed massive wrongs in the biggest city in the by at the expense of the people who were wronged.-Alex Kotch February 15, 2020

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