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9 things to know about Michael Bloomberg

After being discussed as a potential candidate in each of the 2008, 2012 and 2016 races, billionaire businessman, philanthropist and political activist Michael Bloomberg has finally declared his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election — after earlier this year saying he wouldn’t run. Bloomberg’s late entry into the Democratic presidential party comes amid the ascendence […]

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