Mueller Hearings A Seminal Moment for Trump Admin, Country

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s scheduled testimony before the House Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees represents yet another seminal moment in this administration’s history and also our country’s. What the country is readying to witness is unprecedented, and for an administration that seemingly produces a new crisis every 12 hours, the only consistent source of controversy since Trump’s inauguration has been the ongoing scandal surrounding Russian interference in the 2016 election.

While it remains highly unlikely that the investigation will have an outsized electoral impact in 2020, the reality is this: every moment Americans are consuming information about the president’s corruption, his ties to a hostile foreign entity that tampered with the 2016 election, and crimes committed by members of his inner circle is a net positive for progressives. Failing to amplify these controversies would be malpractice.

With that focus in mind, Bridge Project is doing its part. In advance of tomorrow’s […]

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Bridge Project Exposes Local Impact of Trump’s Disastrous Policies in PA

Articles First in Series That Will Also Focus on Local Impacts in FL, MI, & WI

Today, Bridge Project announced the launch of a series of articles on the group’s digital media site, American Ledger, that exposes the economic impact of Donald Trump’s disastrous policies at the local level in Pennsylvania and details how the president has betrayed many of his core voters. The articles will be promoted using Facebook advertising – targeting each article to pertinent counties in the state. The initial launch is the first part of a continuing five figure effort to spotlight, in depth, the detrimental effects that the Trump administration’s policies have had on local communities in Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Additional promoted articles will be launched as a part of this effort in these states over the coming weeks.

“In communities across Pennsylvania and across the country, Donald Trump’s destructive agenda is hurting […]

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Following Campaign Launch, Trump Charging Taxpayers for Another Stay at His Failing Florida Golf Course

During his two and half years in office, Donald Trump has so far charged American taxpayers over $100 million for stays at his golf courses. Fresh off the launch of his reelection campaign, he’s at it again. Trump is set to spend the night at his failing golf course in Doral, Florida tonight, and he’s leaving taxpayers with the bill. 

With business going so badly at Trump’s Doral course, it looks like Trump is eager to place the burden on taxpayers to bail out another one of his failing business ventures.

Tonight, Bridge Project is launching locally targeted Twitter ads reminding taxpayers that Trump keeps padding his pockets while forcing the rest of us to pay his skyrocketing bills.

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Bridge Project to Air Orlando Radio Ads as Trump Kicks Off Reelection on One Year Anniversary of Family Separation

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Ads are part of an ongoing five figure Trump accountability campaign from Bridge Project 

As Donald Trump kicks off his reelection campaign in Orlando today, Bridge Project will begin airing radio ads to hold him accountable for caging children and separating families at the southern border. The ads will run Tuesday on Pandora in the Orlando area, and come on the one year anniversary of ProPublica publishing the heart-wrenching audio of crying children who had been separated from their families at the border.

One year later, the policy still stands. The ads feature the audio from the ProPublica recording and are the latest phase in an ongoing five-figure campaign from Bridge Project that began last week in Iowa.

“Nothing sums up Donald Trump’s presidency more than him kicking off his reelection campaign on the anniversary of this horrific audio becoming […]

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One Year Ago

One year ago ProPublica released heart-wrenching audio of crying children who had been separated from their families at the southern border. They were innocent victims of a cruel Trump Administration policy that one year later still stands.

One year later, many children have yet to be united with their families and in some cases are being forced to live in what were described as “cages” in detention facilities.

To mark the one-year anniversary of the release of this recording, Bridge Project is today launching a radio ad to remind voters of Trump’s cruel policy that continues to this day. Its release coincides with the launching of Donald Trump’s re-election campaign in Orlando, Florida.

To listen to the ad, airing on Pandora, click here:

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After Nielsen Resignation, American Bridge Repeats Call for Corporations to Deny Board Seats to Trump Administration Officials Involved with Family Separation

Days before the Trump Administration announced that it could take years to identify and reunite thousands of immigrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, American Bridge 21st Century Foundation joined TrumpAdminSeparation.org, a coalition of progressive organizations urging corporations and CEOs not to hire administration officials who played leading roles in the outrageous practice of tearing families apart.

Now, following the resignation of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen as well as the removal of Secret Service Director Randolph Alles — both of which signify that Donald Trump plans to double down on his draconian border policies — American Bridge reiterated how crucial it is that the senior administration officials who designed and implemented this policy be completely shut out of the private sector executive and board room positions that are frequently given to former federal officials at that level.

“This appalling, brutal Trump Administration policy of family separation […]

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TRADE WAR WATCH: The Week In Trade War News

As Trump’s trade war intensifies, voters across the country are reading about the tariffs’ brutal effects on farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses — and they’re seeing Republican candidates fail to stand up to Trump’s reckless policies.

In Kentucky, WHAS News reports, “Soybean farmers in Indiana and Kentucky could earn hundreds of millions of dollars less this year if prices do not rebound soon.”

In Indiana, grain and beef cattle farmer Dale Whittsit says, “To say that it’s going to get better, that doesn’t do any good. With the farm economy as it is, some farmers may not be around next year.”

In Florida, with hurricane season underway, WEAR TV reports the price of hurricane shutters is on the rise, and “customers could pay at least 20-percent more because of the tariff.”

And in Spartanburg, South Carolina, major employer BMW has said “it might cut investment […]

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MEMO: Republican Candidates Side With Trump as the Trade War Punishes Key Midterm Voters

MEMORANDUM

 

To: Interested Parties

From: Bradley Beychok, President, American Bridge 21st Century

Date: 7/19/18

Subject: Republican Candidates Side With Trump as the Trade War Punishes Key Midterm Voters

President Trump’s reckless trade war is slamming American farmers, workers, and manufacturers in battleground states and congressional districts with lower profits and higher costs — and Republican candidates are refusing to fight for them. From Florida to Montana, Republican candidates are betraying their constituents as the Trump administration’s reckless trade war goes on unabated — killing jobs, squeezing small businesses, and driving up taxes on American consumers.

This memo is part of American Bridge’s new accountability campaign, #TradeWarWatch. In the coming months before Election Day, American Bridge will be holding Republican candidates accountable for failing to stand up to Trump’s trade war. To learn more about this effort, visit TradeWarWatch.com.

 

Here’s what you need to know about how Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting key midterm voters — and how Republican candidates have no […]

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American Bridge Launches “Trade War Watch”

New Campaign Will Hold Republicans Accountable
for Trump’s Trade War

 

Today American Bridge is launching Trade War Watch, a campaign to hold Republicans accountable for failing to stand up against Trump’s reckless trade policy as the trade war slams states and districts across the country.

Trade War Watch will use a multi-pronged approach to spotlight the damage Trump’s trade war has done to communities across the country and highlight GOP candidates who have endorsed and enabled these reckless policies:

1. This morning American Bridge released a strategic memo on the impact of Trump’s trade waron the 2018 midterm elections. Click here to read the memo.

2. Today, American Bridge is also launching an inaugural digital ad campaign highlighting individual Republicans who are failing to stand up for their constituents. Trade War Watch’s first targets are Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley (ad here) and Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr (ad here).



3. American Bridge has launched TradeWarWatch.com, a real-time clearinghouse of state and local media clips and news coverage of the real life impact of Trump’s trade war. TradeWarWatch.com willserve as an information hub for progressives across […]

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New Ad Slams Josh Hawley for Applauding Trade War That’s Devastating Missouri’s Economy

The trade war begun by the Trump Administration is heaping damage on Missouri – hitting manufacturing and farming jobs alike  –  but Senate candidate Attorney General Josh Hawley is praising Trump’s reckless policy and refusing to fight back.

Even though family farms, manufacturing, and thousands of Missouri jobs are at risk — including a nail factory that employs 500 people — Josh Hawley has failed to endorse a single plan to protect Missourians from the escalating costs of this trade war.

As those costs grow, American Bridge’s Trade War Watch campaign is launching a new digital ad, “Josh Hawley Turned His Back On Missouri,” blasting Hawley for his weak response to the economic pain being felt by people who thought they could count on him.

In a recent radio interview, Hawley said he supported Trump’s reckless tariffs: “So my view on this is I support his goals… I think the president’s doing the right thing.”

“The reckless trade war that Josh Hawley welcomed is now pounding Missouri, and despite mounting costs, he won’t lift a finger for the people whose livelihoods are under attack,” said American Bridge spokesperson Joshua Karp. “This cowardly inaction is not something that […]

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