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Tea Party Cannibalizes Cantor – The Daily Beast

by John Avlon - June 11, 2014

The Republican majority leader fanned the flames of the Tea Party movement, hoping it would help him to take over from John Boehner. Last night he got burned. Winston Churchill once said “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping … Continue reading →

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John Avlon Hillary and the 51% – The Daily Beast

Hillary and the 51% – The Daily Beast

by John Avlon - April 5, 2013

“Extremism thrives on anger and ignorance,” Hillary Clinton declared at the Women of the World Summit, taking aim at the Taliban and the repression of women and girls worldwide—what she called “the great unfinished business of the 21st century.” This … Continue reading →

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