The group hoping to shift Montclair’s municipal elections to the fall has collected enough signatures to force a ballot referendum on the matter, organizers say. A committee of five petitioners and advocacy group Vote Montclair plan to present the Montclair Township Clerk with the signatures Tuesday. If the clerk certifies their petition, voters will be […] Read more
Hawkfish, a tech firm founded by billionaire former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg, has signed on with a pro-Joe Biden super PAC after missing out on working directly with the presumptive Democratic nominee’s campaign. The super PAC, American Bridge, recently signed a contract with the Bloomberg firm. The PAC has spent millions of dollars on ads […] Read more
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s campaign hired a contractor that used prison labor to make phone calls for the former New York mayor’s White House bid. The Intercept first reported that ProCom, a New Jersey-based company hired by the Bloomberg campaign through a third-party vendor, operates two call centers out of state prisons in Oklahoma. […] Read more
Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg, in a new transparency push, will reveal the identities of his campaign bundlers and the clients for whom he worked while a consultant at McKinsey & Co. nearly a decade ago, his campaign said on Monday. In addition, the 37-year-old Democrat will open up his campaign fundraisers to reporters, appearing […] Read more
Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary just a day ago, but members of her wealthy finance committee are already seeing outreach from allies of rival campaigns in an effort to recruit them to their cause. Harris’ most affluent fundraisers, spanning from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, have been receiving calls and […] Read more
President Donald Trump is revoking press credentials for Bloomberg News employees in response to its decision to refrain from investigating Mike Bloomberg or his Democratic rivals during the presidential primaries, a campaign spokesman said Monday. The announcement highlights the precarious situation the news organization faces as the billionaire owner of its parent company runs for […] Read more
