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I would hope that the house would act to try to stop this cheating and this fraud from continuing. >> house speaker john boehner is angry about what he sees as food stamp fraud. thats not a new thing for republicans, as weve covered extensively here on "all in." many conservatives are convinced theres an epidemic of food stamp fraud. its everywhere they look and they cant take it anymore. >> meet jason. food stamp recipient. he gets by with a little help from his friends, and you, the taxpayer. ...

>> well, krystal, you know, he is supposed to be the poverty expert for the gop. and unfortunately, the kind of talk about the poor has become fairly common from the gop, period. listen to this. >> washington is making the poverty trap much worse. the left is making a big mistake here. what theyre offering people is a full stomach and an empty soul. the american people want more than that. >> we dont want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into lives of dependenc...

Symbolic? >> where was the pizza? they should be doing each others hair and pajamas. these slumber party experts have ignored the recent data on climate change, that its been flat lining for four decades. that the faulty models are responsible for the exaggeration in warming. a slight increase in warming saves lives. the colder the world is, the more people die. the solution for that, they dont have any except more money. they ignore recent data on climate change. they ignored their own data on ...

Paper bag because it could help him avoid the stigma of getting food assistance. and even though that actual boy who is now an adult and the author of the story regularly makes appearances to advocate for free school lunches, point taken. >> but while ryans story is a joke to jon stewart, its a talking point on the right. the national review said paul ryans moving story that explains the difference between hard work and dependency. its all part of a growing trend from some on the right, attack k...

Showing no signs of acting down. my next guest says there are five big myths from the ukraine crisis with the first being were back in the cold war, that vladmir putin is hitler, its all obamas fault and that bombing syria would have saved ukraine and ukraine can have a hollywood ending. joining me is the vice president and distinguished scholar at the wood row wilson center and also a mideast negotiator. let me start with the final point first about whether or not this could have a hollywood en...

Meanwhile russian president putins government is pushing president obama not to impose further restrictions or sanctions on russia. the russian foreign ministry put out a statement yesterday telling the u.s. to avoid, quote, hasty poorly thought out steps that could harm russian/u.s. relations. especially concerning sanctions which would unavoidably boomerang on the u.s. itself. also, house republican speaker john boehner is responding today to a letter sent to him by the ambassadors from hungar...

Some military, small-scale exercises, such as maybe with poland and other countries, because i think thats the type of message you have to send to a dictator and an international bully who has invaded a sovereign nation. >> how about two things, we go back and put missile defense in poland and the czech republic. and number two, we approve the keystone pipeline and the president opens up the vast energy resources in this country. would that not put pressure on putin in terms of driving down the ...

Some military, small-scale exercises, such as maybe with poland and other countries, because i think thats the type of message you have to send to a dictator and an international bully who has invaded a sovereign nation. >> how about two things, we go back and put missile defense in poland and the czech republic. and number two, we approve the keystone pipeline and the president opens up the vast energy resources in this country. would that not put pressure on putin in terms of driving down the ...

Block increasing the minimum wage? >> its bad economics, andrew. >> we dont want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency. >> teach a man how to fish, he can feed himself for a life. dont simply feed fish. >> i mean, do these kinds of comments inspire confidence, sister simone? >> well, not for me, reverend. but i think what really needs to be pointed out is that our pope francis, paul ryan and i share the same faith. and pope fra...

For women to say you have the freedom for us to take your job away, pick your poison, you dont get to say there is a wage gap and hostile environment for women, you just wanted to stay home all along. the president continues to make it rational to seek to make it rational, to act and behave in ways right now that ensure poverty and dependency in the long-term. >> you want to know what is absolutely insulting about this, while obama and his administration is looking to expand the entitlement cult...