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To households half below the poverty line. the people republicans characterize as moochers and fraud st fraudsters live in areas that overwhelmingly support republicans. today "bloomberg" reported among the 254 counties where food stamp recipients doubled between 2007 and 2011, republican mitt romney won 213 of them in last year's presidential election. joining me now is msnbc contributor goldie taylor, also a contributor to the grio.com. goldie, given that last statistic which i thought was interesting, i wonder whether you think this political attack is effective or whether the program is no...

Have on both sides of the aisle aren't held accountable for either supporting this or standing aside while our voting rights and our basic rights as citizens are being rolled back. so we're looking forward to 2014 and to this fight and we're in it for the long haul. >> here here,ing thank you for your commitment. joy reid, managing editor of the grio.com, thank you. coming up, may the irs scandal finally rest in peace? our next guest pays his respects to the controversy that wasn't and the fire starter who kept it alive. [ dad ] so i walked into that dealer's office and you know what i walke...

The lawsuit against paula deen has been thrown out. this is the same case in which deane had admitted to using the "n" word and those revelations led to her being dropped by many sponsors. and now many of wondering if today's ruling will help deen help rebuild her brand. joining mess is chris from the grio.com. that's the big question. she's not out of the woods legally, because the sexual drill nation lawsuit still exists, but the linchpin that took down her house of cooking cards was the rasht lawsuit. >> yes, and i read a article that said you have to play in the court of law and the court

I think this movie will be buzzing. >> are your eyes okay staring directly in the sunlight? >> we are okay right now. i'm still on a high and don't believe it actually happened. >> i bet. >> she was amazing. >> chris, thanks so much. "the butler". >> opens august 16th. >> you say it's great. check out the full interview with chris sitting down on the grio.com. we will be back after this. because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet.

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