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I Agree To See: Progressive Group Deep Fries Fast Food Tycoon Andy Puzder with Wave of Attack Ads
Allied Progress, has launched “damning” new TV ads, calling on Senators to reject President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, fast food mogul Andy Puzder. And it seems like it worked, because this morning Puzder withdrew his nomination.
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ABC News: New Ads Against Puzder
The progressive group Allied Progress is launching new TV ad buys today calling on Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, to vote no on President Donald Trump’s labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder.
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Bloomberg: Trump to Name New Labor Nominee
Karl Frisch, executive director for Allied Progress, a labor group that fought Puzder’s nomination, said, “Working Americans have a simple message to President Trump: we’re watching you and we’ll hold you accountable.”
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Washington Examiner: Smelling Blood, Left Ups Pressure on Puzder
Another liberal group called Allied Progress called on Oprah Winfrey to release a tape of Fierstein appearing on her program in a late 1980s episode devoted to domestic violence in the late 1980s. Fierstein has said that she appeared anonymously on the show, stating that she was “caught up in the notion of a free trip to Chicago and being a champion of women’s issues.”
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Housing Wire: Mixed Reaction to Mnuchin Officially Taking Over As Treasury Secretary
“Steven Mnuchin’s confirmation is further proof that Donald Trump never intended to keep his campaign promise to drain the swamp,” said Karl Frisch, the executive director of Allied Progress.
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Consumerist: Bank-Backed Congressman Introducing Law To Gut Consumer Financial Protections
Hensarling’s revisions and original legislation targeting the CFPB aren’t entirely a surprise, as he — and the Financial Services Committee he leads — has strong ties to Wall Street and big banks, Allied Progress reports.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer: Sen. Rob Portman Targeted by Ad to Fight Trump Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, [Allied Progress Action,] and the Communications Workers of America are fighting Mnuchin with ads on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News in Portman’s hometown of Cincinnati. The organizations are spending “six figures” to run the ads in Ohio, as well as Maine, Alaska, Nevada and Washington D.C., said spokeswoman Kaitlin Sweeney.
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Vanity Fair: “Foreclosure King” Steven Mnuchin upgraded to Foreclosure Emperor
Now, it turns out, OneWest’s robosigning may have been even more extensive. New York Post reports that “OneWest or its affiliates robo-signed documents in New Jersey, California, Nevada, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas, according to Allied Progress, which analyzed lawsuits.”
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New York Times: Andrew Puzder, Trump’s Labor Pick, Admits to Hiring Undocumented Maid
Progressive groups have echoed that sentiment. “It’s long past time for Mr. Puzder to deliver on his commitment to file paperwork with the Senate and let the American people know what issues are causing so many headaches for the Trump administration,” Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, said on Monday.
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Politico’s Morning Money: Puzder Has a Nanny Problem
Allied Progress’s Karl Frisch: “Late tonight we learned that the GOP Senate has delayed Trump Labor nominee Andy Puzder’s confirmation hearing for a FIFTH TIME with no explanation. What are they hiding? Each time this hearing is delayed, we’ll send this statement out just like we did after the third and fourth delay.”