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Politico: Anti-Mnuchin Ads Target Heller, Flake
A progressive advocacy group is launching a television ad campaign designed to pressure Republican Sens. Dean Heller and Jeff Flake to oppose Steven Mnuchin’s nomination as Treasury secretary.
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Politico’s Playbook: Counterprogramming
The Trump Transparency Project, an initiative of Allied Progress, is launching two six-figure ad buys on broadcast and cable TV in Arizona and Nevada urging Sens. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to reject Steven Mnunchin as Treasury Secretary. Their message: the senators have a “simple choice” to stand with Mnunchin and Wall Street or their constituents.
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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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Politico: Dems to Unload on Mnuchin
Allied Progress’ Karl Frisch: “With his selection of former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin to run Treasury and billionaire businessman Wilbur Ross to run Commerce, President-elect Trump has broken his promise to stop the ‘rigged’ system. He has instead sided with the Wall Street insiders, K Street lobbyists, and corrupt politicians that conspire to help each other rather than the hardworking men and women of this country.”
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Politico: Payday-Lending Crackdown Draws 1.4 Million Letters of Protest
“It’s very suspicious,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a left-leaning nonprofit. “We’re not just talking about language that’s nice to payday lenders. Or talks about a generic need for a payday loan. We’re talking about specific experiences that are repeated in letters.”
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Politico: Conservatives Win Big in Landmark Ruling Against Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
Consumer advocates called the opinion politically charged, noting that Kavanaugh and the other judges on the case, Karen LeCraft Henderson and A. Raymond Randolph, are Republican nominees.
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Politico: Pro-Payday CEI Report Authored by Disgraced Payday Attorney
Allied Progress’s Karl Frisch emails on the CEI report in Tuesday’s MM: “I’m not sure if you noticed but the report is actually authored by Hillary Miller, a payday lending industry attorney.”
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Politico: CFPB Urged to Be on the Lookout for Astroturf Efforts
The liberal group Allied Progress urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be on the lookout for suspiciously similar public comments on its proposed payday rule.
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Politico: Warren Wing Clashes With Wasserman Schultz on Payday Lending
The debate has spawned bipartisan legislation backed by Wasserman Schultz to delay the new rules for two years, a move that she says would give states time to adopt stricter laws. That stance has drawn attack ads by opponents of the industry. Allied Progress, a liberal group, recently launched a $100,000 ad campaign against Wasserman Schultz.
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Politico: Uncovering the ‘Astroturf’ Firm Behind the CFPB Attack Ads
Politico is at last able to reveal the force behind “Protect America’s Consumers,” the secretive group that has already spent more than $130,000 on TV and radio ads attacking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.