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John Avlon's book, *Wingnuts*, was written about the rise of extremism in politics and provided historical context to the trend.
And I remember when I started the extremist beat as a columnist, Daily Beast and what came into the books wingnuts.
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John Avlon's book, *Wingnuts*, was written about the rise of extremism in politics and provided historical context to the trend.
And I remember when I started the extremist beat as a columnist, Daily Beast and what came into the books wingnuts.
And the whole point was it was like this is happening. Pay attention, but also look at the history behind this stuff.
Episode: John Avlon: Is the Center Finding Its Spine?
The speaker started writing this book in 2009 and it came out in 2010, based on observations of Tea Party activists consciously mirroring Saul Alinsky's tactics.
When I started writing Wingnuts a decade ago, I began writing it in 09, came out in 2010. And it was based on my reporting at then what was sort of this idea of an extremist beat, which hadn't really become a thing yet.
