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Ann Coulter is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers -- Guilty: Liberal Victim and Their Assault On America (January 2009); If Democrats Has Any Brains,They'd Be Republicans (October 2007); Godless: The Church of Liberalism (June 2006); How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) (October, 2004), Treason: Liberal Treachery From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism (June 2003); Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right (June 2002); and High Crimes and Misdemeanors:The Case Against Bill Clinton (August 1998).

Ann Coulter is the legal correspondent for Human Events and writes a popular syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate. Ann Coulter is a frequent guest on many TV shows, including Hannity and Colmes, Wolf Blitzer Reports, At Large With Geraldo Rivera, Scarborough Country, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, The O'Reilly Factor, and Good Morning America; and has been profiled in numerous publications, including TV Guide, the Guardian (UK), the New York Observer, National Journal, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle magazine, among others. Ann Coulter was named one of the top 100 Public Intellectuals by federal judge Richard Posner in 2001.

Ann Coulter clerked for the Honorable Pasco Bowman II of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and was an attorney in the Department of Justice Honors Program for outstanding law school graduates.

After practicing law in private practice in New York City, Ann Coulter worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she handled crime and immigration issues for Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan. From there, Ann Coulter became a litigator with the Center For Individual Rights in Washington, D.C., a public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual rights with particular emphasis on freedom of speech, civil rights, and the free exercise of religion.

A Connecticut native, Ann Coulter graduated with honors from Cornell University School of Arts & Sciences, and received her J.D. from University of Michigan Law School, where she was an editor of The Michigan Law Review.

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Ann Coulter revealed details of how she was banned and subsequently unbanned from Fox News Channel in a Wednesday-aired interview on SiriusXMs Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Marlow drew on a recently published New Yorker column referencing Coulters recollection of a conversation she had with President Donald Trump regarding the aforementioned banning.

There was a great anecdote in there where you were banned from Fox and then Trump got you unbanned instantly, said Marlow. That was pretty funny.

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Coulter noticed the anecdote as shared by Anntensity, a fan profile on Twitter dedicated to her.

Coulter replied:

I saw that. It was tweeted on Anntensity, a fantastic Ann fan Twitter site. And only as a point of pride I would like to point out that technically it was during the transition I was telling I was begging the president to hire Kris Kobach at HHS. He said, Murdoch is calling me every day, Im only saying this because its out now, anyway Murdochs calling me every day, and I said, Yeah, he opposed you during the campaign and got me banned from Fox when I supported you. Look, Im giving up my career to get you in the White House. Please, just hire Kris Kobach, and he said, Oh, wait. Youre not allowed on Fox? Want me to call Murdoch?And as a point of pride, Id like to say that I said, No. No, Mr. President-elect. All I care about is that you hire Kris Kobach. Were trying to save the country, here.

Coulter then revealed, It was later when I found out it wasnt Murdoch, at all. It was always Hannity. Turns out it wasnt Murdoch, at all. So I guess he called Hannity.

[Former] Goldman Sachs employees have served Trump so well, mused Coulter sarcastically. Its great that Gary Cohn leaked that thing this week about how Trump ordered him to crush some merger because CNN has been bad to him. Yeah, that was fantastic. It was great that you brought in Gary Cohn. Who wouldve thought that hed be a traitor, Mr. President?

It looks really, really bad, said Coulter of claims that Trump directed former White House economic adviser Gary Cohn to block a merger between AT&T and Time Warner: It may not be against the law, but that looks bad if true.

Who did that [allegation] come from? added Coulter, speculating that Cohn shared the aforementioned allegation with the New Yorker. Just the most loyal person you will ever find: Gary Cohn from Goldman Sachs. Another great hire by Jared, she quipped.

President Kushner, joked Coulter along with other members of Trumps family had brought in all the Never Trumpers, and the RNC; the precise people he was running against in order to win the nomination.

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By Ann Coulter

The Democrats sudden discovery of 77-year-old eminence grise Joe Biden has the electric feeling of Republicans settling on George H.W. Bush in 1992.

Its Democrats convincing themselves in 2004 that John Kerry was the safe choice.

Heres a proposed Biden campaign slogan: OK, I guess hell do.

This is good news for President Donald Trump. Sen. Bernie Sanders is his greatest nightmare. True, the media, the donors and the Democratic Party are convinced that Sanders is a sure loser just as, four years ago, Fox News, the donors and the Republican Party knew that Trump was a sure loser.

What made both Trump and Sanders unique in their respective primaries was their voluble opposition to Wall Street, war and immigration. Im beginning to suspect that Americans hate Wall Street, hate war and hate mass, low-wage immigration. I take no position on these preferences. I am simply stating facts.

Recall that, in 2016, Trump and Sanders were the only presidential candidates opposed to the mass importation of low-wage workers immiserating our working class.

Sadly, they both moved left on the issue at about the same time: Bernie when he went from being a Socialist to a Democrat, and Trump when he went from the campaign to the White House.

On war, Sanders is certainly consistent. Good war, bad war, necessary war, stupid war hes against em all! As he recently tweeted about Trumps assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, raising the prospect of war with Iran: I was right about Vietnam. I was right about Iraq. I will do everything in my power to prevent a war with Iran. I apologize to no one.

At this moment in time, 20 years into a war without end in Afghanistan unless Trump really does end it in the fourth year of his presidency with foreign policy experts constantly demanding military intervention against some faraway tribe, Sanders anti-war sentiments are a balm to the countrys weary soul.

Four years ago, Sanders probably beat Hillary Clinton minus the finagling of the Democratic National Committee by slogging her for her Iraq War vote. Also, four years ago, Trump destroyed Jeb! Bush during a debate in the most pro-military state in the union, South Carolina, by calling the Iraq War a big, fat mistake and saying Jebs brother had lied us into it. The media heralded this as another Trump gaffe, his riskiest departure from the party line, as Fortune magazine put it. A week later, Trump swept the South Carolina primary, walking away with all 50 delegates.

Trump bragged so much about his opposition to the Iraq War that media fact-checkers worked overtime to prove that he was an Iraq War supporter. I think they were wrong and Trump was right, but the point is: Both Trump (the candidate) and the media knew that the anti-war position was wildly popular with voters.

Then Trump became president, and the only people working overtime on his war stance became his own voters, constantly on edge that hes about to start a war with Syria or Iran.

Sanders has also shown remarkable consistency in his contempt for Wall Street. (Theres a reason poor Mike Bloomberg was running.)

To great acclaim, Sanders says things like, The billionaire class is scared and they should be scared. He vows to break up banks and impose a wealth tax. Were prepared to be their worst nightmare, he says.

Similarly, back when he was running, Trump alone among Republicans kept harping about the absurd carried interest tax break that allows hedge fund managers (and private equity and venture capital managers) to pay a tax rate of 20% on their income, rather than the 39.6% the rest of us pay.

Trump complained endlessly about the loophole, saying, the hedge fund guys are getting away with murder. He said some of these people are making a tremendous amount of money and paying virtually no tax, and I think its unfair.

Clueless as ever, a shocked New York Times reported: Defying Republican political gravity, after his heresy of proposing a tax increase, Mr. Trumps popularity among Republicans rose. The sad ending to this story is that then Trump became president and hired half of Goldman Sachs. More Goldman Sachs employees work in the Trump administration than worked for Presidents Obama and Bush combined. Billionaires like Warren Buffett continue to pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries.

Maybe a Fidel-admiring revolutionary was never the best champion of even the most popular ideas just as a vulgar reality TV star wasnt.

Maybe Sanders is dead. But the universal popularity of hating Wall Street, war and immigration will never die.

It could be that a safe choice is all the Democrats need. But I think Trump just dodged a bullet.

Ann Coulter is a syndicated columnist

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The 152 comments, 5,238 people reached and numerous angry faces let us know that we had a problem. A column by Nicholas Kristof, who took issue with how President Trump is responding to the recent coronavirus pandemic, had drawn a lot of attention on social media. First of all, let us just say we are sorry for not making it clear that it was an opinion piece. Second of all, part of our responsibility as a news organization is to explain why we do what we do. This is the first in a series of editorials aimed to do just that.

On our viewpoints page (4A) we strive to present opinions from a variety of sources. Approximately, 60 percent of our column writers are conservative. We run columns from liberal writers, too, since about 40 percent of our readers tend to vote Democrat.

One thing that we have learned over the years, is that both sides will complain about what is in the paper. If both sides are complaining/commenting, then we know we have done our job.

Another question may be if we know the majority of our readers are conservative why dont we run all conservative columnists? Here at the News Messenger, we believe in provoking thoughts, education and we aim for about a 60 percent conservative/40 percent liberal split on columnists. Our conservative columnists include Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin, George Will, who runs twice a week and Byron York. Locally, the conservative viewpoint is led by Jerry Hopkins, who runs on Thursday. On the left, we have Nicolas Kristof and Bret Stephens. Also provided is a daily Bible verse and the thoughts for the day.

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From a local standpoint our focus is and always will be local news coverage. That is our strong suit and what our local readers want the local coverage of city hall, county government, schools and sports. Some of our local columnists that run in the paper that provide information about happenings and events are John Moore, Jack Dillard, Matt Garrett, Seth Buckner, Sam Smith and Louraiseal McDonald who offer important local information for our readers.

Buckner and Smith are our religion columnists. They go on the religion pages either on Wednesday or Saturday.

Moore adds humor each week and is printed on page 5A. McDonald, Garrett and Dillard all provide information about agriculture, but it is written from their points of view. We also print a daily political cartoon just because they are funny. Once again, we try to alternate between conservative and liberal points of view.

One thing that is disheartening in todays world is how quickly fights begin on Facebook. The state of the world today drives some of this thinking. We cant we have a civil discussion without calling each other names and making caustic comments. Viewpoints are great, but lets have a civic discussion. We miss the days when you could respectively disagree and still be friends.

As part of the opinion page, you can write a Letter to the Editor. We like letters! Please feel free to send some our way. We do not accept anonymous letters and nor letters that endorse or oppose specific candidates. Issues of the day are excellent letters and have great value to us and our readers.

Two other features on our opinion page that may be confusing are called Another View and Our View. Another View is an editorial picked up from another newspaper written by that publications editorial board. We try to stay Texas specific if possible.

Our View are editorials written from our editorial boards point of view and include the opinions of those individuals. This board does not include any of our reporters who work diligently covering the local news of the community.

Most importantly, we heard your voices.

As a result of this feedback, The Marshall News Messenger will no longer be sharing non-local columnists on our social media pages. While its easily identifiable because of its location and header in the print edition, it is difficult on social media to make sure people understand these are opinions featured on the opinion page.

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