On Tuesday’s show, Ed is joined by John Nichols from The Nation Magazine to discuss Sen. Jeff Flake’s announcement that he will retire at the end of his term and the latest in the Trump/Corker...
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More than 100,000 pages of long-classified material related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is set to be released to the public on Thursday. Jefferson Morley, author and Washington correspondent for Alternet, joins “News with Ed” to discuss what the release might bring to...
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New NAFTA rules seek to eliminate incentives to outsourcing jobs and freeing member-countries to set their own policies on trade. Canada’s chief NAFTA negotiator told the US not to push too hard in renegotiating the agreement, likening Canada to “the girl next door” and easily taken for granted. Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, joins “News with Ed” to offer her...
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President Donald Trump spoke on healthcare reform today, calling Obamacare “a wreck, a mess [that’s] destroying lives,” but remained vague about specific policy goals. There is no official repeal of the Affordable Care Act under consideration for now, although his executive orders remain. Former congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) joins “News with Ed” to argue that we can expect to see “fake accomplishments” throughout the administration and that all Trump has done is taken billions of dollars away from the sick and the...
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President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a joint press conference today, publicly signaling that they’re “closer than ever before” and “totally together on this agenda to move America forward.” Trump spoke optimistically about their plans for healthcare reform and doubled down on his criticism of the NFL’s “Take a Knee” movement. Ted Harvey of the Committee to Defend the President and talk-show host Rob Taub join “News with Ed” to weigh in on the show of Republican unity and the likely success, or lack thereof, of the Trump...
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