On Thursday’s show, Ed is joined by Larry Cohen, former President of the Communications Workers of America and Chair of the Democracy Initiative, to discuss the fight to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We are joined by Ruth Conniff, Editor of the Progressive Magazine, to discuss the news of the day including Republicans playing the “birther” card on Sen. Ted Cruz. Joe Cirincione, Author of “Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late,” joins Ed to discuss North Korea’s claims of a Hydrogen bomb test and the response from Republicans.

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Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.