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Joy reid is managing editor of grios.com. msnbc analyst. ryan grim is the washington bureau chief for the "huffington post." he me start with you, joy. ive spent a lot of time trying to find out how they get the wizes past people. and they do it real quick. so they appeal to peoples emotions about 9/11, fair enough. they even sing country western songs about it. all of a sudden you remember how you felt? all of a sudden were fighting in iraq. that has nothing to do with it. youre legitimately an...

To put my boot through the television set. >> it may be necessary to have a special counsel. >> we have politics thats stuck. >> now you see what happens when i have brians credit card in my bra. >> people think about the next election than the next generation. >> you get your credit card back. >> its broken right now for a particular reason. >> the irs has been used by jfk, lbj, nixon, clinton, bush, obama as a political weapon. >> its not permanently broken. >> theres only one way to fix this....

Admitting the white house mishandled it here. yesterday, things came full circle and lois lerner was placed on administrative leave. after refusing an order to sign. shes off the job for a while. robert gibbs is a former white house press secretary. he was part of the may 17th white house strategy session when the smart guys came in and smart women. joy reid, also smart. shes with grios.com. still an independent lady on the outside of this business. robert, youve been in there. i dont know how m...

Monday white house press secretary jay carney comes clean with a more detailed timeline of what administration officials knew and when they knew it. wednesday carney strikes an apologetic tone with the press admitting the white house mishandled it here. yesterday, things came full circle and lois lerner was placed on administrative leave. shes off the job for a while. robert gibbs is a former white house press secretary. he was part of the may 17th white house strategy session when the smart guy...

Our strategy evolves. lets get right to our panel now. here with me in new york, msnbc contributor joy reid whos managing editor of the grios.com. in washington, msnbc political analyst david corn of "mother jones" magazine. david, in your latest piece you refer to the presidents speech, as, im quoting you, a new realism in dealing with terrorism. when the president said that our actions are effective and legal, but not always moral and wise, do you think he was critiquing his own policy on dron...

Grios.com. joy, shes got to figured out. abolish the irs, repeal obama care. everybody gets a tricornered hat. thats where were going. >> we solved americas problem. at a certain point, you start to look ridiculous. with the right, thats an omnipresent risk. in this case, its as if alex jones is now the head of the republican party because every conspiracy theory about barack obama as this evil, evil thug are all coming together and theyve created this narrative but its all out of their talk rad...

Of the 300 groups the irs singled out for heightened review, about 25% of them featured those words in their paperwork according to agency officials. in the end, none of them were found to have violated any rules. in fact, not a single one of them have had their applications turned down to this point, although some reviews are still ongoing. if the words "tea party" and "patriot" are what youre screening for, its hardly a surprise our next guest was one of those targeted. joining me now, jenny b...

>> the fbi is coordinating with the justice department to see if any laws were broken in connection with those matters related to the irs. those were, i think, as everyone can agree, if not criminal, they were certainly outrageous and unacceptable. >> and joining us now is goldie taylor, an msnbc contributor, and joy reid, whos the managing editor of the grios.com. a delight to have you both. i want to start with you, joy. you would agree, would you not, that focusing on one particular political...

Rulss. it did so with an apparent political motive, essentially hand picking groups that had terms like "tea party" or "patriot" in their application. of the 300 groups the irs singled out for heightened review, about 25% of them featured those words in their paperwork according to agency officials. in the end, none of them were found to have violated any rules. in fact, not a single one of them have had their applications turned down to this point, although some reviews are still ongoing. if th...

Ladies and gentlemen -- wherever he wants to go. thats fine. >> congo, kenya, zair, what difference does it make? lets bring in radio and tv talk show host, armstrong williams, joanne reid for the grios.com, and kelly goff, author of "the gq candidate." whats it going to take to end the birther allegations? is this not enough, joanne, kelly? >> i think for a certain part of the republican base their sort of hatred of barack obama, really their disappointment at not having had their preferred can...