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>> doesn't it also point to maybe the sort of lack of clout among business leaders in the republican party. i'll give you the last word, bob. walmart wants people to get these benefits. that's where people are buying with lower in come, supermarkets want people have to money to spend. old business might say a good economic reason for this but new tea party doesn't care. >> they don't care about it. even if the traditional wing of the republican party told them this, they won't believe them. they simply do not believe anybody other than themselves. that's why we have the debt ceiling crisis of ...

Decade and 50 years from now. do not sell that art. >> sounds like we're not going to get a quorum. bob is alone. we're running out of time. the snoop thing is completely on the other side of seriousness and, of course, snoop released this app in may called snoopify. he was just on late night television a few days and comeback into play. we thought it would be fun to let our panelists do this app. lets go through and see the snoopification of jonathan capehart looking fantastic. >> i love my crown. >> alex looking snoopirific. bob. luke. >> i like it. >> genius. >> was i snoopified? i don't th...

I just blew up twitter. >> you just crushed the spirit. keeping in mind, alex, a lot of people came back from art basel and may be highly offended by your next answer. >> i'll take the middle opinion. i love art, i agree absolutely with what bob said. on the other hand, the city needs money. there is a huge art bubble. it's setting records. it's the perfect time for the city to sell this art and put it where it will really help real, human people. >> here is the question, what is the guarantee that the money would be plowed back into pensions? why wouldn't the completely arbitrary manager, who...

just after house speaker john boehner accused conservative groups of using the american people for their own goals yesterday, the top staffer on the right wing republican study committee was fired for sharing sensitive conversations between members and outside advocacy groups. a who's who of right wing agitators, heritage action, tea party patriots wasted no time firing back issuing a joint statement saying it is clear conservative movement under attack on capitol hill today. boehner doubled down or tripled down in a press conference just moments ago. >> when groups come out and crit...

Joining me now, bob herbert, senior fellow, and schwartz economic policy analysis, i want to talk about the inequality, social mobility, the conversation i just had with michelle rhee about those issues. >> well, when you look at the education, my personal opinion is the so-called education reform movement is the biggest fraud in my opinion. one is we have been cutting funds to schools, look at chicago, we have been firing teachers over the past several years. >> particularly in the wake of the great recession. >> not responding when the economy has gotten a little bit better, so the idea we'r...