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Washington Times: Liberal Activists Look to Torpedo Trump Economic Team
Allied Progress, a liberal group focused on combating Wall Street power and influence, said the website TrumpTransparency.org would provide “extensive research and rapid response activities” targeting Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross and Deputy Commerce Secretary-designate Todd Ricketts.
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‘Trump Transparency Project’ Launches to Hold New Administration Accountable on Appointments, Policies
New initiative of Allied Progress will provide research and rapid response material on economic appointees ahead of confirmation hearings in January.
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NBC News: Democratic Groups Take Aim at Trump’s Economic Appointments
The Trump Transparency Project, launched Monday by the group Allied Progress, provides opposition research and ready-made talking points on Trump’s economic picks, beginning with the president-elect’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, Steven Mnuchin, his choice for Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, and Ross’ would-be deputy, Todd Ricketts.
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Politico: Warren Allies Ramp Up Campaign Against Trump Treasury Pick
A separate site created by Allied Progress (alliedprogress.com/foreclosureking) offers a form that will send complaints about Mnuchin to a voter’s two senators. Allied Progress executive director Karl Frisch said the group had started activating social media and email alerts and was “not taking anything off the table.”
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Reuters: Trump to Name Goldman Executive to Key Economic Post
The abundance of Wall Street faces on his team exposes Trump to criticism he is veering away from pledges to protect American workers from powerful interests. “Gary Cohn’s bank helped cause the 2008 financial crisis (and) he shouldn’t have anything to do with America’s economic policies,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a left-leaning nonprofit group.
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Broadcasting & Cable: CWA Has Troubles With Puzder for Labor Secretary
“With Andy Puzder’s nomination it is becoming even clearer that President-elect Trump’s appetite for helping hard working Americans was nothing more than campaign rhetoric and that his hunger for fast food extends far beyond his diet but to his cabinet as well,” agreed Allied Progress executive director Karl Frisch.
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Newsweek: Public Thinks President-elect Is Too Close to White Nationalist Groups
Again, criticism of Trump’s pick was quick to emerge. Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group that focuses on special interests, called it “bad decision-making on steroids” and claimed that McMahon “is far more interested in looking out for her own bottom line than the well-being of her employees.”
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Trump’s Appetite for Helping Workers Evaporates, Fast Food CEO Picked for Labor Secretary
Labor Secretary pick Andy Puzder hostile to low-wage workers, opposes minimum wage increases, overtime pay, more.
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Trump’s Pick of Wrestling’s McMahon to Lead SBA: Example of “Bad Decision-Making on Steroids”
Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon has always looked out for her own bottom line at the expense of her employees.
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Morning Consult: Trump to Pick Fast Food Executive Puzder to Lead Labor Dept.
“The Secretary of Labor should actually care about workers. Instead Andy Puzder has shown them nothing but contempt,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of the left-leaning advocacy group Allied Progress, in a statement.