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Tampa Bay Times: TV Ads in Florida Ask Rubio, Nelson to Oppose Trump’s Treasury Pick Mnuchin
The ad is airing in Tampa, Orlando and Miami and is part of a “six-figure” buy that extends to markets in Missouri, Colorado, Delaware and Virginia. It is paid for by PCCC, Allied Progress Action, and Demand Progress Action, which had previously run the ad in Nevada, Arizona and Iowa.
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Arizona Republic: Trying to Get a Message to Sens. John Mccain and Jeff Flake? Good Luck
Liberal groups are encouraging constituents to call Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake about President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations. The result is that McCain and Flake’s voice-mail boxes are full.
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Law360: Mnuchin’s Testimony Leaves Many Regulatory Questions
Liberal groups that oppose the new administration and its plans for potentially weakening Wall Street regulations were less sanguine about Mnuchin’s statements on Volcker. Any move to provide more definition to Volcker may be a way to make it less effective, said Karl Frisch, the executive director of Allied Progress. “I think it’s a way to help banks get around it,” he said.
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Statement on Confirmation Hearing of Trump Treasury Nominee Steven “The Foreclosure King” Mnuchin
“Today, Steven Mnuchin demonstrated why he is unfit to serve as Treasury Secretary” – Karl Frisch, Allied Progress
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Foreclosure Victim to Mnuchin Following Hearing Remark: You’re Nothing More Than a Crook
Mnuchin failed to disclose nearly $100 million of assets. Blamed difficult paperwork.
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Phoenix Business Journal: Trump Treasury Pick Mnuchin’s Confirmation Hearings Open Old Wounds From Last Real Estate Crash
A progressive group called Allied Progress sent 61,000 mailers critical of the Mnuchin pick to households in Arizona and Nevada.
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NBC News: To Save Obamacare, Democrats are Looking for a Few Good Stories
“In this hyper-partisan political climate, people who have been directly impacted by a policy can break through the noise and connect with voters. I think it’s a tactic you’ll see employed consistently to fight the Trump Administration,” said Mike Czin, a spokesperson for Allied Progress, one of the groups behind the ad.
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I Agree to See: Can This Woman Stop Steve Mnuchin?
In a last-ditch attempt to derail the nomination of Steve Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary, liberal groups Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Demand Progress Action and Allied Progress Action have a released a video featuring a woman who accuses Mnuchin and his bank of cruelly foreclosing on her house.
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MSNBC’s Maddow Calls Ad Featuring Mnuchin Victim “Really Powerful”
The ad features a widow who was wrongly foreclosed on by Trump Treasury nominee Steven Mnuchin’s bank.
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Forward: Widow Blasts Steve Mnuchin for Evicting Her From Home in Political Ad
Allied Progress has already aired commercials against the Mnuchin nomination, targeting voters in Arizona and Nevada, whose Republican senators Jeff Flake and Dean Heller could be decisive in the success of the appointment.