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Beyoncé Becomes 5th Music Billionaire + Clueless Tourist Questions Gay Couple + More

Beyonce scores 11 Grammy nominations

Some news items you might have missed:

• Forbes: Following her blockbuster Cowboy Carter tour, Beyoncé achieved billionaire status becoming only the fifth musician on Forbes‘ billionaires list. She joins her husband Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Bruce Springsteen.

• Instinct Magazine: While resting after their morning run in Hawaii, a married gay couple were questioned by a clueless tourist who apparently couldn’t grasp the concept. “Oh, you’re two of those…” Continue reading “Beyoncé Becomes 5th Music Billionaire + Clueless Tourist Questions Gay Couple + More”

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Mike Bloomberg Building ‘Parallel, Unofficial Party Structure’

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg (image via campaign)
Axios took a deep dive into how billionaire Mike Bloomberg is putting his money where his mouth is in terms of building a huge campaign operation as he runs for the Democratic nomination for president.

The big picture: Bloomberg’s campaign has repeatedly said it will spend “whatever it takes” to defeat President Trump. There’s nothing stopping Bloomberg from topping $2 billion.

    • With 2,100 paid staff, Bloomberg has three times as many as Trump, five times as many as Joe Biden and more than twice as many as Elizabeth Warren, according to data the campaigns provided to Axios.
    • He pays his staff more than any other 2020 Democrat’s campaign and offers housing if they have to move to New York City, according to a campaign official.

By the numbers: In just over a month, Bloomberg spent more than the top 2020 contenders spent for the whole final quarter of 2019 combined, according to Federal Election Commission data. He also outspent the entire RNC and DNC.

(image via Axios)
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Bloomberg Trolls Trump: “Two Billionaires? Who’s The Second One?”

Talk about next-level trolling. During an interview with CBS News, Mike Bloomberg was asked about his feud with Donald Trump, and whether people want to see two billionaires fighting on Twitter. Bloomberg: “Two billionaires? Who’s the second one?” Bloomberg is a self-made billionaire worth an estimated $56 billion. Trump claims he’s a billionaire, but no one has ever seen any proof of that as he is the first president in over 40 years to refuse to release his tax returns.