Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon shows no signs of slowing down. Having left the administration, he has vowed to oppose Trump’s Republican opponents and hold them accountable, critiquing them from the right in the ongoing effort to “Drain the Swamp.” Media consultant Holland Cooke and conservative commentator Dr. Gina Loudon join “News with Ed” to...
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America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, joins Ed Schultz to talk about the current talks on tax reform taking place in Washington. Transcript of the above video: Ed Schultz: Alright, let’s talk taxes. It’s the easiest thing to get done in Washington. They got the White House, the House and the Senate. My take, and I said this yesterday on this podcast, that there will be no tax reform, that the corporations love paying no tax, what Bernie Sanders talked about on the campaign trail time and time again. And their lobbyists are working over time on a lot of these...
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America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, joins Ed Schultz to talk about the political strategy Donald Trump is using with his immigration policy. Transcript of the above video: Ed Schultz: Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire radio host and host of America’s Lawyer on RT America. Mike, I want to ask you about DACA. What do you make of the president doing this? Is he doing this because he really wants to deport people, or is he doing this because he wants Congress to get off their ass and actually go to work for a living? What do you think? Mike Papantonio:...
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America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, joins Ed Schultz to talk about giant oil companies taking advantage of hurricane victims. Transcript of the above video: Ed Schultz: All right. Now, there’s going to be relief. The Senate has voted for $15.25 billion. The vote was 80 to 17 that they’re going to extend the debt limit. They’re going to get hurricane aid to the folks down in Texas and, of course, they’re set to do something for the folks in Florida. I don’t mean to be critical here in the 11th hour before this storm, but why doesn’t the Federal government...
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Sourabh Gupta, policy specialist at the Institute for China-America Studies, joins “News with Ed” to discuss the latest developments surrounding North Korea, arguing that while “none of us can say exactly what he wants,” we shouldn’t doubt that Kim Jong-un values the security of his regime above all. He also discusses friction in the relationship between US, South Korea and China, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stake in the...
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