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Bill Maher

2020-11-13T21:42:48Z

Tommy Ray:

[[File:Bill Maher.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Bill Maher]]
'''Bill Maher''' (born 1956) is a [[left-wing]] talk show host. He is also a [[Socialism|socialist]], [[atheist]] and [[liberal]] comedian, actor, writer, producer, and [[Democratic Party]] activist (see also: [[Celebrity atheists]]). Maher supports the legalization of [[marijuana]], [[gay marriage]], [[gambling]] and [[prostitution]]. He is most notable as the host of ''[[Real Time|Real Time with Bill Maher]]'', which airs on the [[HBO]] television network. Maher formerly hosted ''Politically Incorrect'' on [[ABC]].

==Biography==
Maher was born in [[New York City]], the son of Julie (née Berman), a nurse, and William Maher, Sr., a network news editor and radio announcer.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/Bill-Maher.html |title = Bill Maher Biography (1956–)|accessdate = January 17, 2008|publisher = Film Reference}}</ref> He was raised in his Irish American father's [[Catholic]] religion, remaining unaware that his mother was [[Jews|Jew]]ish until his early teenage years.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/24/lkl.00.html|title = Interview With Bill Maher|date = May 24, 2002|accessdate = January 17, 2008|publisher = CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
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|quote= But I never even knew I was half-Jewish until I was a teenager.
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|month= July
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|title= Bill Maher explains his 'apatheism,' apathetic atheism
|publisher= CNN
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|quote= "...and I was raised Catholic. I was never Jewish"
}}</ref> When Maher was 13, his father disagreed with the [[Catholic Church]]'s position on [[birth control]] and stopped taking Maher and his sister to Catholic church services.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221013449/http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2008/10/03/Diversions/Getting.Blasphemous.In.The.Presence.Of.Bill.Maher-3467097.shtml |title=Getting Blasphemous in the Presence of Bill Maher |publisher=Media.www.diamondbackonline.com |date=Oct. 3, 2008|archivedate=Dec. 21, 2008 |accessdate=Aug 13, 2012|url=http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2008/10/03/Diversions/Getting.Blasphemous.In.The.Presence.Of.Bill.Maher-3467097.shtml}}</ref>

Maher grew up in River Vale, New Jersey, and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey in 1974. He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in English literature and [[history]] from [[Cornell University]] in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-ivyleague/18/ |title=Entertainment; Ivy League Celebrities |publisher=Comcast.net|accessdate=Aug 13, 2012}}</ref> Following college, Maher worked as a standup comedian and television actor.

== Television shows and other media ==
ABC decided not to renew Maher's contract for ''Politically Incorrect'' in 2002 after he agreed with a point posed by conservative commentator and guest [[Dinesh D'Souza]] that the terrorists in the September 11, 2001 attacks should not be called cowards. Maher expanded on his point, saying "We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly." <ref>[http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=14941]</ref>

In the aftermath of the attacks, the remark made him too controversial for some of the show's most prominent advertisers. Companies including FedEx and Sears Roebuck pulled their advertisements from the show, causing it to become unprofitable. The show was subsequently canceled on June 16, 2002.

Maher's comment accusing America of cowardice followed another controversial comment he made on ''Politically Incorrect'' where he compared mentally handicapped children to dogs:
{{cquote|But I've often said that if I had — I have two dogs — if I had two retarded children, I'd be a hero. And yet the dogs, which are pretty much the same thing. What? They're sweet. They're loving. They're kind, but they don't mentally advance at all ... Dogs are like retarded children.}}

ABC was still dealing with the fallout from this statement when it decided not to renew Maher's contract.

In 2003, Maher became the host of ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' on the HBO cable television network, a debate show somewhat similar to ''Politically Incorrect'', but with a narrower selection of guests.

== Political claims and statements ==
Despite claims of being a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]], his views are more line with socialism. In fact, most of his views are in direct opposition to libertarian ideology, such as his support of government regulation of corporations, foreign aid, public schooling, a ban on homeschooling, campaign finance restrictions, restricting carbon emissions and creating other radical "environmental protection" laws, affirmative action, minimum wage laws, absolute gun control, support for the [[United Nations]], income redistribution through higher taxation, and socialized medicine. He endorsed Bob Dole in 1996.<ref name=salon>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2001/08/01/maher_4/|title=Is Bill Maher a libertarian?|first=Dan|last=Halem|date=Aug 1, 2001|accessdate=Aug 13, 2012|work=Salon.com}}</ref> He supported [[Ralph Nader]] in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, but not in 2004. He has even praised [[Janet Reno]] and the ATF for its action in the massacre in Waco, Texas. He supports personal choice on moral issues, including abortion, the use of drugs, gambling, and prostitution. Salon.com characterizes him as a "A flaming liberal"<ref name=salon/> In addition, he also infamously encouraged people to "bring on the recession" by crashing the economy in order to force Donald Trump out of the presidency.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/06/08/bill-maher-hopes-for-crashing-economy-to-get-rid-of-trump-bring-on-the-recession/</ref>

Maher was formerly involved in a relationship with model Nancy Johnson a.k.a. "Coco Johnsen". However, Ms. Johnson ended it and in November 2004 sued Maher for palimony amid allegations of verbal and physical abuse.<ref>[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1111041coco1.html]</ref> Maher said that he never promised to marry her and that the claims of abuse were a money making scam.<ref>[http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/12-1-2004-62384.asp]</ref>

Somewhat anachronistically, he voted for [[Bob Dole]] in the 1996 Presidential election, calling him an "old-fashioned" Republican. He is also a personal friend of fellow Cornell ''alma mater'' [[Ann Coulter]], despite (or perhaps because of) their widely divergent views. She was a frequent guest on ''Politically Incorrect.''

==''Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home''==
Not surprisingly, the ''[[New York Times]]'' raved about his 2003 overtly anti-Catholic, one-man Broadway show ''Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home''.<ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/295903/Bill-Maher-Victory-Begins-at-Home/overview NYTIMES review]</ref><ref>http://www.catholicleague.org/annualreport.php?year=2003&id=80</ref>

==''Religulous''==
In 2008, Maher starred in a spoof [[documentary]] movie called ''[[Religulous]]''. It was directed by [[Larry Charles]] (who also directed ''[[Borat]]''). The film derives its name from a combination of the words "religion" and "ridiculous".<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0708/14/lkl.01.html CNN LARRY KING LIVE, Interview With Bill Maher, aired August 14, 2007 - 21:00ET]</ref> Originally destined for an [[Easter]] 2008 release, the film had a limited theater-release in [[October]] 2008 after being first shown at the [[Toronto]] International Film Festival in early [[September]] 2008.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/releaseinfo IMDb: Release dates for ''Religulous'']</ref>

The film criticizes [[religion]], particularly Christianity and to a lesser extent Judaism and Islam. To Maher, radical Islam and its hate-filled terrorism has no difference from regular religious worship, as he blends pictures of the attack on the World Trade center with a benediction by the Pope and Jews praying at the Wailing Wall at the very end of the movie.

In the film, Maher explains his stance on religion as he interviews the faithful from mainstream religions as well as from many lesser known [[cult]]s.

Some individuals featured in the film<ref>[http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmdetails.aspx?ID=707111610451386 RELIGULOUS: A Conversation with Bill Maher and Larry Charles]</ref> include:
*[[Judaism|Hasidic]] scholars
*[[Jesus]] impersonators
*[[Messianic Judaism|Messianic Jews]]
*[[Islam|Muslims]]
*[[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Polygamy|Polygamists]]
*[[Satanism|Satanists]]
*[[Young Earth Creationism|Creationists]]
*Recreational users of [[cannabis]]
*A US senator who believes in the "[[Rapture]]"
*[[Raelism|Rael]]

===Box office performance===
The film made $3.5 million in its opening weekend<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=religulous.htm</ref> in a limited release, surpassing expectations. In total, it made just over $13 million during its theatrical release, and over $7 million in US DVD sales <ref>http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/RELIG.php</ref>

===Controversy===
The already controversial film gained increased notoriety on the morning of 30 September 2008 when Bill Maher made an appearance on ''The View'' to promote ''Religulous''. Maher frivolously suggested during the interview that anyone who hears the "voice" of God should check themselves in to a psychiatric hospital.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/sherri-shepherd-bill-mahe_n_130581.html</ref>

== External links ==
*[http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18224 Bill Maher Owes Another Apology] - A war veteran responds to Maher's anti-military comments
*[http://www.aim.org/aim_column/A3735_0_3_0_C/ Is Bill Maher the Jane Fonda of the Iraq War?] - Another response to Maher's anti-military comments
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/author/bill-maher/ What Liberals Say - Bill Maher], [[Accuracy In Media]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/ ''Religulous''] at IMDB.com

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Ann Coulter

2020-11-13T21:42:25Z

Tommy Ray:

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'''Ann Hart Coulter''' (born December 8, 1961) is a leading [[conservative]] commentator who often criticizes [[liberals]] by cleverly using their own point-of-view to ridicule them. [[Feminists]] are particularly intolerant of her incisive analysis, and many other [[Leftists]] consider her their greatest adversary. They forced a cancellation of her scheduled talk at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] on April 27, 2017. Coulter was an early conservative endorser of [[Donald Trump]]; and early critic of the [[liberal]] push for [[immigration]]; and an early supporter of the nomination of [[Brett Kavanaugh]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. She became critical of President Trump as he appeared to retreat from his campaign promises on immigration.<ref>Byas, Steve (March 13, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31738-coulter-splits-with-trump-on-immigration Coulter Splits With Trump on Immigration]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref>

She is an [[attorney]], legal affairs correspondent, social commentator and a well known maverick political pundit.
She has written five bestselling books on U.S. politics. U.S. Federal Judge Richard Posner included her in a list of America's top public intellectuals.<ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/publicintellect.htm "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner], Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book ''Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline''.</ref><ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE%20II.pdf Table II, which is Posner's data for 607 public intellectuals]. A PDF search of "Coulter" will show she is on Posner's list.</ref>

Coulter's primary focus is exposing what she says are the faults of [[liberalism]], and she has enjoyed a popular following for her strong defense of family values against [[abortion]] and [[same-sex marriage]]. She is well known for her forthright statements against those who she accuses of wanting to hurt the [[United States]].

Coulter is a high-profile female [[conservative]], in line with [[Phyllis Schlafly]] and [[Condoleezza Rice]]. Her books and strong speaking style have endeared her to fans and infuriated opponents, who falsely try to mischaracterize her to the public.

Being an seemingly unabashedly conservative pundit, Coulter's social commentaries often draw the ire of [[liberal]]s. Her comments are frequently controversial and her critics often feign being offended.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030501610_2.html The Long Fuse on Ann Coulter's Bomb] - ''[[Washington Post]]'' - March 6, 2007; She called Democratic women "no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, [[hirsute]], somewhat fragrant [[hippie]] chick pie wagons".</ref><ref>[http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Coulter_Faggot_not_offensive_to_gay_0306.html Coulter: 'Faggot' not offensive to gays, it's a 'schoolyard taunt']; At a [[CPAC]] conference, Coulter joked, "I was going to have a few comments about John Edwards but you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'f*****.'"</ref>

==Political Positions and Views==
Coulter says that the [[Democratic Party]] has a "history of supporting [[slavery]], [[segregation]], racial preferences, [[George Wallace]] and [[Bull Connor]]."<ref>[http://humanevents.com/2010/01/13/harry-reids-negro-problem/ Harry Reid’s Negro Problem], [[Human Events]]</ref>

As a [[Christian]], Coulter adheres to the [[Judeo-Christian]] tradition the view that [[human being]]s are utterly and distinctly apart from other species.

Coulter made headlines during the 2008 Presidential primaries by endorsing [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] for President instead of [[John McCain]]. Coulter asserted that McCain is not conservative, but [[liberal]].

In August 2011 Coulter created a stir by agreeing to join the advisory board of [[GOProud]], the Republican homosexual activist organization. Earlier this year [[WorldNetDaily]] chief Joseph Farah withdrew an invitation to Coulter to speak at [[WND]]'s "Taking America Back National Conference" in Miami in September, because of her appearance at a GOProud fundraiser.

From early 2012 she was a vocal supporter and defender of [[Mitt Romney]] as presidential candidate.

[[Image:Coulter2006.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Coulter on the ''Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.]]
==Books==

Some of her books include
*''[[High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton]]'' (2002)
*''[[Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right]]'' (2003)
*''[[Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism]]'' (2004)
*''[[How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)]]'' (2005)
*''[[Godless: The Church of Liberalism]]'' (2007)
*''[[If Democrats Had Any Brains They'd Be Republicans]]'' (2007)
*''[[Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America]]'' (2009)
*''[[Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America]]'' (2011)
*''[[Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama]]'' (2012)
*''[[Never Trust a Liberal Over Three]]'' (2013)

In ''Godless'', Coulter illustrates the concepts of liberals making a [[religion]] out of their beliefs, following with the sort of intolerant zeal which they claim [[fundamentalist]]s do. "Liberalism is a comprehensive belief system denying the Christian belief in man's immortal soul [and] that we are moral beings in God's image." (pg. 3)

==Quotes==

* "There was more desegregation of American public schools in Nixon's first term than in any historical period before or since." <ref>[http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2013-07-31.html#read_more O'Reilly: Killing History], AnnCoulter.com</ref>

* "Whether they are defending the [[Soviet Union]] or bleating for [[Saddam Hussein]], liberals are always against [[United States of America|America]]. They are either traitors or idiots ... "<ref>''Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism.''</ref>
* "My only regret with [[Timothy McVeigh]] is he did not go to the [[New York Times]] Building." She later clarified "Of course I regret [saying] it. I should have added, 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters."<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-09-coulter-roemer_x.htm 9/11 Commissioner Criticizes Coulter's 'Hate-Filled Attack'] [[Associated Press]] story in [[USA Today]]. "'My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to [[The New York Times]] Building,' The New York Observer quoted her as saying on Aug. 20, 2002. She clarified those remarks with RightWingNews.com: 'Of course I regret it. I should have added, "after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters."'"</ref><ref>John Hawkins, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040213015655/http://rightwingnews.com/interviews/anncoulter.php An Interview With Ann Coulter], [[Right Wing News]]</ref>

* "We just want Jews to be perfected, as they say." (The view that Christians are perfected Jews is a common belief among Jewish converts to Christianity, who view Christianity as a natural continuation of Judaism.)

* "Saddam's barbaric rape rooms, chemical attacks and torture — those, liberals could live with. But now they want us to send troops to [[Darfur]], a country from which no one anticipates terrorism anytime in the next millennium. If you're looking for a good definition of "no imminent threat," Darfur is it... These people can't even wrap up genocide. We've been hearing about this slaughter in Darfur forever — and they still haven't finished. The aggressors are moving like termites across that country. It's like genocide by committee. Who's running this holocaust in Darfur, FEMA?...Darfur is not the threat... though a hostage-taking, [[Holocaust]]-denying lunatic who doesn't own a necktie but is within two years of having a nuclear bomb comes to mind. You can already hear [[Harry Reid]] and [[Nancy Pelosi]] saying, "If the Democrats were in charge, the use of military force wouldn't be necessary because we'd constructively engage them and appease their stated desire to kill us."<ref name=appease>[http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=177 If At First You Don't Appease - Cry Cry Again], AnnCoulter.com,April 4th, 2007</ref>

* "If you want a shorter rebuilding process, then we're going to have to wage less humane wars. The enemy — as well as innocent civilians — must be bombed into quivering terror. Otherwise, we displace aggression but don't destroy it. Americans are weaker for having seen that kind of carnage in [[World War II]]. Recall that the Worst Generation was raised by the Greatest Generation. That tells you how awful war is. The Greatest Generation was so exhausted by the war, it didn't have the spine to stand up to [[pot-smoking]], draft-dodging hippies occupying administration buildings."<ref name=appease />

* "I think [women] should be armed but should not vote. No, they all have to give up their vote, not just, you know, the lady clapping and me. The problem with women voting -- and your [[Communists]] will back me up on this -- is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care."<ref>''Politically Incorrect'', Feb. 26, 2001</ref>

* "...a cruise missile is more important than Head Start."<ref>Nov. 2001 speech rebroadcast by C-Span in Jan. 2002</ref>

* On Sept. 13, 2001 she wrote this about the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|Sept. 11 terrorist attack]]: "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010914224818/https://www.nationalreview.com/coulter/coulter.shtml This Is War], ''[[National Review Online]]'', September 2001</ref>

* "We need to execute people like John Walker [Lindh] in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors," Conservative Political Action Conference, January 2002. Coulter later clarified what she meant; "when I said we should "execute" John Walker Lindh, I mis-spoke. What I meant to say was 'We should burn John Walker Lindh alive and televise it on prime-time network TV'. My apologies for any misunderstanding that might have occurred."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060419101332/http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/coulteriffic.php RWN's Ann Coulter Interview #2] John Hawkins.</ref>

* "Liberals are driven by [[Satan]] and lie constantly.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21345 That Was No Lady -- That Was My Husband], by Ann Coulter, ''[[Human Events]]'', 06/28/2007.</ref>

* "Every concrete example of the racism allegedly sweeping the nation's campuses keeps turning out to be a fraud. Far from "institutional racism," there is "institutional racial hoaxism" run amok in this country."<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22909&email Another Liberal Noose-ance], by Ann Coulter, ''[[Human Events]]'', 10/17/2007.</ref>

* "Rather than own up to their moral blindness to Soviet espionage, Democrats fired up the liberal slander machine, which would be deployed again and again over the next half century to the present day.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23316 McCarthyism: The Rosetta Stone of Liberal Lies], by Ann Coulter, ''Human Events'', 11/07/2007.</ref>

* "By exposing the Democrats' absolute blindness to Soviet [[totalitarianism]], [[McCarthy]] shattered forever the nation's confidence in the Democrats' capacity to govern. For that, the [[Stalin]]ist [[liberal hate speech|hate machine]] attacked him viciously and has never let up."<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23824 They'll Never Forgive You], by Ann Coulter, ''Human Events'', 12/05/2007.</ref>

* "How about having [[Tim Russert]] ask Hillary if she believes the [[New Testament]] is the [[perfection]] of the [[Old Testament]]? She claims to be a [[Christian]]. Let's get it on the table: Is she or isn't she? It doesn't get any more bare-bones than that.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23174 How Long Before the A.D.L. Kicks Out All its Jews?], By Ann Coulter, ''Human Events'', October 31, 2007.</ref>

* "[The New York Times'] reaction to al-Zarqawi's death was to lower the U.S. flag at the Times building to half-staff. (Ha ha — just kidding! Everybody knows there aren't any American flags at The New York Times.)"<ref>[http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter071306.php3 ''N.Y. Times: Better dead than read]</ref>

* "I think our motto should be post-9-11, ‘raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'"<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/02/12/ragheads-and-sambos-and-gooks/ "Ragheads" and "Sambos" and "Gooks"], [[Michelle Malkin]]</ref>

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==See also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/Ann Coulter|Articles about '''Ann Coulter''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Wikiproject:News by Subject#Ann Coulter|Wikiproject:News by Subject- Ann Coulter]]
*[[Conservative Links]]
*[[Lou Dobbs]]

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*[[RealClearPolitics]] [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/03/poll_most_americans_love_coult.html Poll: Most Americans Love Coulter Columns], accessed 6 May 2007.
*[http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2095 Media Research Center 'Funny Video's from 2007'] Watch Ann Coulter present funny videos from 2007 at the 2008 [[Media Research Center|MRC]] DisHonors Awards in DC.
*[http://www.thehill.com The Hill website]
*[http://anncoulter.com/ AnnCoulter.com]
*[http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/07/30/2008-top-conservative-political-websites Top Conservative Political Websites.]

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Ann Coulter

2020-11-13T21:42:08Z

Tommy Ray:

{{Infobox person
| name = Ann Coulter
| image = Ann Coulter1.jpg
| birth_date = December 8, 1961
| birth_place = Hell
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| spouse = [[Bill Maher]]
| religion = [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]
}}
'''Ann Hart Coulter''' (born December 8, 1961) is a leading [[conservative]] commentator who often criticizes [[liberals]] by cleverly using their own point-of-view to ridicule them. [[Feminists]] are particularly intolerant of her incisive analysis, and many other [[Leftists]] consider her their greatest adversary. They forced a cancellation of her scheduled talk at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] on April 27, 2017. Coulter was an early conservative endorser of [[Donald Trump]]; and early critic of the [[liberal]] push for [[immigration]]; and an early supporter of the nomination of [[Brett Kavanaugh]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. She became critical of President Trump as he appeared to retreat from his campaign promises on immigration.<ref>Byas, Steve (March 13, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31738-coulter-splits-with-trump-on-immigration Coulter Splits With Trump on Immigration]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 13, 2019.</ref>

She is an [[attorney]], legal affairs correspondent, social commentator and a well known maverick political pundit.
She has written five bestselling books on U.S. politics. U.S. Federal Judge Richard Posner included her in a list of America's top public intellectuals.<ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/publicintellect.htm "Data for tables in Chapter 5 of Richard A. Posner], Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline" where Posner talks about the data he used for his book ''Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline''.</ref><ref>[http://home.uchicago.edu/~rposner/TABLE%20II.pdf Table II, which is Posner's data for 607 public intellectuals]. A PDF search of "Coulter" will show she is on Posner's list.</ref>

Coulter's primary focus is exposing what she says are the faults of [[liberalism]], and she has enjoyed a popular following for her strong defense of family values against [[abortion]] and [[same-sex marriage]]. She is well known for her forthright statements against those who she accuses of wanting to hurt the [[United States]].

Coulter is a high-profile female [[conservative]], in line with [[Phyllis Schlafly]] and [[Condoleezza Rice]]. Her books and strong speaking style have endeared her to fans and infuriated opponents, who falsely try to mischaracterize her to the public.

Being an seemingly unabashedly conservative pundit, Coulter's social commentaries often draw the ire of [[liberal]]s. Her comments are frequently controversial and her critics often feign being offended.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030501610_2.html The Long Fuse on Ann Coulter's Bomb] - ''[[Washington Post]]'' - March 6, 2007; She called Democratic women "no-bra needing, sandal-wearing, [[hirsute]], somewhat fragrant [[hippie]] chick pie wagons".</ref><ref>[http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Coulter_Faggot_not_offensive_to_gay_0306.html Coulter: 'Faggot' not offensive to gays, it's a 'schoolyard taunt']; At a [[CPAC]] conference, Coulter joked, "I was going to have a few comments about John Edwards but you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'f*****.'"</ref>

==Political Positions and Views==
Coulter says that the [[Democratic Party]] has a "history of supporting [[slavery]], [[segregation]], racial preferences, [[George Wallace]] and [[Bull Connor]]."<ref>[http://humanevents.com/2010/01/13/harry-reids-negro-problem/ Harry Reid’s Negro Problem], [[Human Events]]</ref>

As a [[Christian]], Coulter adheres to the [[Judeo-Christian]] tradition the view that [[human being]]s are utterly and distinctly apart from other species.

Coulter made headlines during the 2008 Presidential primaries by endorsing [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] for President instead of [[John McCain]]. Coulter asserted that McCain is not conservative, but [[liberal]].

In August 2011 Coulter created a stir by agreeing to join the advisory board of [[GOProud]], the Republican homosexual activist organization. Earlier this year [[WorldNetDaily]] chief Joseph Farah withdrew an invitation to Coulter to speak at [[WND]]'s "Taking America Back National Conference" in Miami in September, because of her appearance at a GOProud fundraiser.

From early 2012 she was a vocal supporter and defender of [[Mitt Romney]] as presidential candidate.

[[Image:Coulter2006.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Coulter on the ''Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.]]
==Books==

Some of her books include
*''[[High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton]]'' (2002)
*''[[Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right]]'' (2003)
*''[[Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism]]'' (2004)
*''[[How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)]]'' (2005)
*''[[Godless: The Church of Liberalism]]'' (2007)
*''[[If Democrats Had Any Brains They'd Be Republicans]]'' (2007)
*''[[Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America]]'' (2009)
*''[[Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America]]'' (2011)
*''[[Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama]]'' (2012)
*''[[Never Trust a Liberal Over Three]]'' (2013)

In ''Godless'', Coulter illustrates the concepts of liberals making a [[religion]] out of their beliefs, following with the sort of intolerant zeal which they claim [[fundamentalist]]s do. "Liberalism is a comprehensive belief system denying the Christian belief in man's immortal soul [and] that we are moral beings in God's image." (pg. 3)

==Quotes==

* "There was more desegregation of American public schools in Nixon's first term than in any historical period before or since." <ref>[http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2013-07-31.html#read_more O'Reilly: Killing History], AnnCoulter.com</ref>

* "Whether they are defending the [[Soviet Union]] or bleating for [[Saddam Hussein]], liberals are always against [[United States of America|America]]. They are either traitors or idiots ... "<ref>''Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism.''</ref>
* "My only regret with [[Timothy McVeigh]] is he did not go to the [[New York Times]] Building." She later clarified "Of course I regret [saying] it. I should have added, 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters."<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-09-coulter-roemer_x.htm 9/11 Commissioner Criticizes Coulter's 'Hate-Filled Attack'] [[Associated Press]] story in [[USA Today]]. "'My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to [[The New York Times]] Building,' The New York Observer quoted her as saying on Aug. 20, 2002. She clarified those remarks with RightWingNews.com: 'Of course I regret it. I should have added, "after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters."'"</ref><ref>John Hawkins, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040213015655/http://rightwingnews.com/interviews/anncoulter.php An Interview With Ann Coulter], [[Right Wing News]]</ref>

* "We just want Jews to be perfected, as they say." (The view that Christians are perfected Jews is a common belief among Jewish converts to Christianity, who view Christianity as a natural continuation of Judaism.)

* "Saddam's barbaric rape rooms, chemical attacks and torture — those, liberals could live with. But now they want us to send troops to [[Darfur]], a country from which no one anticipates terrorism anytime in the next millennium. If you're looking for a good definition of "no imminent threat," Darfur is it... These people can't even wrap up genocide. We've been hearing about this slaughter in Darfur forever — and they still haven't finished. The aggressors are moving like termites across that country. It's like genocide by committee. Who's running this holocaust in Darfur, FEMA?...Darfur is not the threat... though a hostage-taking, [[Holocaust]]-denying lunatic who doesn't own a necktie but is within two years of having a nuclear bomb comes to mind. You can already hear [[Harry Reid]] and [[Nancy Pelosi]] saying, "If the Democrats were in charge, the use of military force wouldn't be necessary because we'd constructively engage them and appease their stated desire to kill us."<ref name=appease>[http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=177 If At First You Don't Appease - Cry Cry Again], AnnCoulter.com,April 4th, 2007</ref>

* "If you want a shorter rebuilding process, then we're going to have to wage less humane wars. The enemy — as well as innocent civilians — must be bombed into quivering terror. Otherwise, we displace aggression but don't destroy it. Americans are weaker for having seen that kind of carnage in [[World War II]]. Recall that the Worst Generation was raised by the Greatest Generation. That tells you how awful war is. The Greatest Generation was so exhausted by the war, it didn't have the spine to stand up to [[pot-smoking]], draft-dodging hippies occupying administration buildings."<ref name=appease />

* "I think [women] should be armed but should not vote. No, they all have to give up their vote, not just, you know, the lady clapping and me. The problem with women voting -- and your [[Communists]] will back me up on this -- is that, you know, women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. And when they take these polls, it's always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care."<ref>''Politically Incorrect'', Feb. 26, 2001</ref>

* "...a cruise missile is more important than Head Start."<ref>Nov. 2001 speech rebroadcast by C-Span in Jan. 2002</ref>

* On Sept. 13, 2001 she wrote this about the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|Sept. 11 terrorist attack]]: "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010914224818/https://www.nationalreview.com/coulter/coulter.shtml This Is War], ''[[National Review Online]]'', September 2001</ref>

* "We need to execute people like John Walker [Lindh] in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors," Conservative Political Action Conference, January 2002. Coulter later clarified what she meant; "when I said we should "execute" John Walker Lindh, I mis-spoke. What I meant to say was 'We should burn John Walker Lindh alive and televise it on prime-time network TV'. My apologies for any misunderstanding that might have occurred."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060419101332/http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/coulteriffic.php RWN's Ann Coulter Interview #2] John Hawkins.</ref>

* "Liberals are driven by [[Satan]] and lie constantly.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21345 That Was No Lady -- That Was My Husband], by Ann Coulter, ''[[Human Events]]'', 06/28/2007.</ref>

* "Every concrete example of the racism allegedly sweeping the nation's campuses keeps turning out to be a fraud. Far from "institutional racism," there is "institutional racial hoaxism" run amok in this country."<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22909&email Another Liberal Noose-ance], by Ann Coulter, ''[[Human Events]]'', 10/17/2007.</ref>

* "Rather than own up to their moral blindness to Soviet espionage, Democrats fired up the liberal slander machine, which would be deployed again and again over the next half century to the present day.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23316 McCarthyism: The Rosetta Stone of Liberal Lies], by Ann Coulter, ''Human Events'', 11/07/2007.</ref>

* "By exposing the Democrats' absolute blindness to Soviet [[totalitarianism]], [[McCarthy]] shattered forever the nation's confidence in the Democrats' capacity to govern. For that, the [[Stalin]]ist [[liberal hate speech|hate machine]] attacked him viciously and has never let up."<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23824 They'll Never Forgive You], by Ann Coulter, ''Human Events'', 12/05/2007.</ref>

* "How about having [[Tim Russert]] ask Hillary if she believes the [[New Testament]] is the [[perfection]] of the [[Old Testament]]? She claims to be a [[Christian]]. Let's get it on the table: Is she or isn't she? It doesn't get any more bare-bones than that.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23174 How Long Before the A.D.L. Kicks Out All its Jews?], By Ann Coulter, ''Human Events'', October 31, 2007.</ref>

* "[The New York Times'] reaction to al-Zarqawi's death was to lower the U.S. flag at the Times building to half-staff. (Ha ha — just kidding! Everybody knows there aren't any American flags at The New York Times.)"<ref>[http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter071306.php3 ''N.Y. Times: Better dead than read]</ref>

* "I think our motto should be post-9-11, ‘raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'"<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/02/12/ragheads-and-sambos-and-gooks/ "Ragheads" and "Sambos" and "Gooks"], [[Michelle Malkin]]</ref>

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==See also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/Ann Coulter|Articles about '''Ann Coulter''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Wikiproject:News by Subject#Ann Coulter|Wikiproject:News by Subject- Ann Coulter]]
*[[Conservative Links]]
*[[Lou Dobbs]]

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*[[RealClearPolitics]] [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/03/poll_most_americans_love_coult.html Poll: Most Americans Love Coulter Columns], accessed 6 May 2007.
*[http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2095 Media Research Center 'Funny Video's from 2007'] Watch Ann Coulter present funny videos from 2007 at the 2008 [[Media Research Center|MRC]] DisHonors Awards in DC.
*[http://www.thehill.com The Hill website]
*[http://anncoulter.com/ AnnCoulter.com]
*[http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/07/30/2008-top-conservative-political-websites Top Conservative Political Websites.]

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Tomi Lahren

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Tommy Ray:

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|party=[[Republican]]
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'''Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren''' (born August 11, 1992 (age {{age|1992|8|11}})) is a [[millennial]] political commentator who had a show on [[One America News Network]] from 2014 to 2015, and had a show on [[TheBlaze]] from 2015 to 2017 when she was terminated for publicly supporting abortion. Lahren is currently employed by Great America PAC. She is a supporter of [[Donald Trump]] and is allegedly conservative, but she has publicly stated that she believes that [[pro-life]] conservatives are hypocrites. Lahren is an alumna of a [[public school]] in [[South Dakota]] and attended college at the state-operated [[University of Nevada]], Las Vegas.

Despite supporting Trump's clear and vocal stances on social issues such as immigration, gun rights, free speech, media bias, and standing for the national anthem,<ref>[https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1016076650222583808]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 8, 2018.</ref> Lahren opposed overturning ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', repeating the [[United States presidential election, 2016|discredited]] [[token conservative]] mantra that "we lose when we start messing with social issues."<ref>[https://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/06/tomi-lahren-pushing-new-scotus-justice-overturn-roe-v-wade-would-be-big-mistake Tomi Lahren: Pushing to Overturn Roe v. Wade Would Be a 'Big Mistake' 'We lose when we start messing with social issues.'] ''Fox News Insider''. Retrieved July 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Thomsen, Jacqueline (July 7, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/395963-tomi-lahren-huge-mistake-to-push-to-overturn-roe-v-wade Tomi Lahren: 'Huge mistake' to push to overturn Roe v. Wade]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Russell, Nicole (July 9, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/tomi-lahrens-pro-choice-views-dont-make-any-sense Tomi Lahren’s pro-choice views don’t make any sense]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 9, 2018.</ref>

In 2020, Lahren made [[misandrist]] comments blaming men for relationship failures, saying that, "men are trash."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_LeXWSFYiY</ref>

==See also==
*[[Token conservative]]
*[[Hot Girl]]
==References==
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