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'''Mark Reed Levin''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|'|v|ɪ|n}}; born September 21, 1957) is an American broadcast news analyst, columnist, lawyer, political commentator, ], and writer. He is the host of ] '']'', as well as '']'' on ]. Levin worked in the ] of President ] and was a chief of staff for Attorney General ]. He is the former president of the ], an author of seven books, and contributor to media outlets such as '']''. Since 2015, Levin has been editor-in-chief of the '']''<ref>{{cite web |title=Firebrand talk host Mark Levin to lead Conservative Review |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2015/09/01/firebrand-talk-host-mark-levin-to-lead-conservative-review/81234112/}}</ref> and is known for his incendiary commentary.<ref name=":4" />
'''Mark Reed Levin''' (born September 21, 1957) is an ] ], ], and ]. He is the host of ''The Mark Levin Show'', a ] ] that airs throughout the United States on ] (formerly known as ]). Levin earned his ] and ] at ].<ref>{{Cite book| isbn = 1416559132, 9781416559139| page = 28| last = Levin| first = Mark R.| title = Rescuing Sprite| date = 2007|publisher=Simon and Schuster}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://author.nationalreview.com/bio/?q=MjQyMg==|title=Mark R. Levin Bio on National Review Online|site=National Review Online |accessdate=12/01/2008}}</ref> His book ''Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto'' debuted at #1 on the ] (hardcover nonfiction) the week of April 3, 2009.<ref name="bestsell">{{cite news
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Nicknamed “The Great One,” Levin has been described as "right-wing" by '']'', ], ], and '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/06/media/mark-levin-joel-pollak-breitbart-trump-obama/index.html |title=Trump's wiretap claim: How a conspiracy theory got its start |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=March 6, 2017 |website=] |access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Raju |first=Manu |title=Graham takes on conservatives |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/07/graham-takes-on-conservatives-025361 |work=] |date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |title=Fox News to Bolster Its Conservative Lineup With Mark Levin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/business/media/fox-news-mark-levin.html |work=] |date=November 21, 2017 |access-date=November 22, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Quinn, Annalisa (May 21, 2019). NPR. Retrieved: August 11, 2021.</ref> He is known for his strident criticisms of ] and encouragement of primary challenges to congressional ] that he considers to be "]" (RINO). He endorsed ] in the ] and declared himself "]", but reluctantly endorsed ] after he won the Republican nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chaitin |first=Daniel |title=Mark Levin: 'I'm gonna wind up voting for Donald Trump'|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mark-levin-im-gonna-wind-up-voting-for-donald-trump |access-date=June 5, 2018 |work=The Washington Examiner |date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> Since the start of the ], Levin's commentary has become pro-Trump.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/21/mark-levin-fox-trump-host-255549|title=Fox adds another pro-Trump host|last=Schwartz|first=Jason|date=November 21, 2017|work=]|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref>
==Career and honors==
Beginning in ], Mark R. Levin served as advisor to several members of ] ]'s ], eventually becoming Associate Director of Presidential Personnel and ultimately Chief of Staff to ] ]; Levin also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education at the ], and Deputy Solicitor of the ]. He has practiced ] in the private sector, and is president of the ] in ]. He holds a B.A. from Temple University, where he graduated ] and '']'', as well as a J.D. from the ].


==Early life and education==
In 2001, the ] gave Levin its ] Award.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
Mark Reed Levin, one of three boys, was born in ] to a Jewish family,<ref>{{cite web |last=Topaz |first=Jonathan |date=July 16, 2014 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/mark-levin-jon-stewart-gaza-israel-reaction-108971 |title=Levin: Stewart not funny on Israel |work=] |quote=Levin, who is Jewish, suggested on multiple occasions that Stewart is a self-hating Jew}}</ref> and grew up in ] as well as ]. His father, Jack E. Levin (1925–2018), authored several books.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jack E. Levin |title=Jack E. Levin &#124; Official Publisher Page |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jack-E-Levin/70699872 |publisher=Authors.simonandschuster.com |access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref> He graduated from ] after three years, in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cheltenhamalumni.org/archived-home-page.htm |title=Cheltenham alumni website |publisher=Cheltenhamalumni.org |access-date=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707003055/http://cheltenhamalumni.org/archived-home-page.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Philly">{{cite web |last=Carey |first=Art |title=Looking at liberty and tyranny: Author and radio host Mark Levin offers a conservative view. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20090716_Looking_at_liberty_and_tyranny.html |work=] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |date=July 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718194424/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/50920827.html |archive-date=July 18, 2009}}</ref> Skipping his senior year of high school, Levin enrolled at ] and graduated '']'' and ] with a ] in Political Science in 1977 at age 19.<ref name="Philly" /><ref name="NR">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/author/900154/bio |title=Mark R. Levin |magazine=National Review Online |access-date=April 5, 2016 |date=May 18, 2006}}</ref> Later in 1977, Levin won election to the Cheltenham school board on a platform of reducing ]es.<ref name="Philly"/> In 1980, Levin earned a ] from ].<ref name="bystorm">{{cite news |last1=Jeffrey |first1=Terence P. |last2=Ryskind |first2=Allan H. |title=Mark Levin Takes Talk Radio by Storm |work=] |date=October 2, 2006 |url=https://humanevents.com/2006/10/03/mark-levin-takes-talk-radio-by-storm/ |access-date=February 1, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021003911/http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=17298 |archive-date=October 21, 2006}}</ref>


==Legal and political career==
==Radio host==
Levin worked for ] after law school.<ref name="Philly"/> Beginning in 1981, Levin worked in the administration of President ]. Levin began at ], the federal agency that oversaw ] and other volunteer agencies, before serving as deputy assistant secretary for ] at the ] and deputy solicitor of the ]. He ultimately became chief of staff to ] ].<ref name="TDB20131019">{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/radios-mark-levin-might-be-the-most-powerful-conservative-you-never-heard-of|title=Radio's Mark Levin Might Be the Most Powerful Conservative You Never Heard Of|last=Freedlander|first=David|work=]|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=July 27, 2019|orig-year=October 19, 2013}}</ref>
===The Mark Levin Show===
Levin began his radio career in ] as a Sunday afternoon host on ]. His radio show, a mix of political and social commentary from a ] point of view, covers legal issues in some detail, including decisions of the ]. Levin follows the traditional ] model of taking listener phone calls throughout the show. In the fall of ], his show filled the 6-8 p.m. (ET) time slot. As of ], ], his show was expanded to three hours, to take the 6-9 p.m (ET) time slot.<ref name="bystorm">{{cite news
| last =Jeffrey
| first =Terence
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| title =Mark Levin Takes Talk Radio by Storm
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| date =2006-10-02
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After leaving the ], Levin practiced law in the private sector. In 1991, Levin joined public interest law firm ].<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Levin|first=Mark R. |user=marklevinshow |number=1189332140640604162 |date=October 29, 2019 |title= Check out Landmark Legal Foundation's website, a fantastic conservative legal group I've been associated with for 28 years!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Limbaugh|first=Rush|title=Mark Levin In-Studio on "Rescuing Sprite"|url=http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2007/11/16/mark_levin_in_studio_on_rescuing_sprite2|work=The Rush Limbaugh Show|access-date=January 24, 2012|date=November 16, 2007}}</ref><ref>Levin, ''Rescuing Sprite'', p. 9.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.landmarklegal.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=14|title=Contact Us|publisher= ]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222143350/http://www.landmarklegal.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=14|archive-date=February 22, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref> At Landmark, Levin served as director of legal policy and the foundation's Washington-based Center for Civil Rights before becoming president in 1997.<ref name="Landmark 1997">{{cite web|title=Landmark Senior Staff|url=http://www.landmarklegal.org/html/body_senior_staff.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970709042743/http://www.landmarklegal.org/html/body_senior_staff.html|archive-date=July 9, 1997|access-date=January 20, 2020|publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{citation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990224192512/http://www.landmarklegal.org/landmark/newsletter/vol1no1.html#6|archive-date=February 24, 1999|title=Landmark Legal Foundation: Forceful Advocacy for Over 20 Years|work=Landmark Legal Foundation Newsletter|volume=1|issue=1|date=Fall 1997|access-date=January 20, 2020|url=http://www.landmarklegal.org/landmark/newsletter/vol1no1.html##6}}</ref><ref name="National Review">{{cite web|title=Mark R. Levin|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/author/mark-r-levin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814081014/http://nationalreview.com/author/900154/bio|archive-date=August 14, 2013|access-date=February 14, 2016|work=National Review}}</ref> Under Levin's presidency, Landmark Legal filed a complaint with the ] in 2000 alleging that the ], the largest teachers' union in the U.S., did not disclose spending on political activity in ] documentation.<ref name="union activism">{{citation|url=https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2000/11/01/09landmark.h20.html|title= Complaints Point Up 'Murky' Areas In Union Activism|last=Archer|first=Jeff|work=Education Week|volume=20|issue=9|page=32|date=November 1, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020111075006/http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=09landmark.h20|archive-date=January 11, 2002|url-status=dead}}</ref> Landmark Legal also filed similar complaints with the ] in 2002 regarding NEA and political activity; by 2006, the NEA and smaller ] had filed new documents with the Labor Department revealing over $100 million combined in political action spending.<ref name="union filings give">{{citation|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200121063512/https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/01/11/18unions.h25.html|archive-date=January 21, 2020|title=Union Filings Give In-Depth Look at Spending Patterns|url=https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/01/11/18unions.h25.html|last1=Keller|first1=Bess|last2=Honawar|first2=Vaishali|work=Education Week|date=January 10, 2006|volume=25|issue=18|page=7|access-date=January 21, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
As of ], his show is syndicated by ] on over as well as on the XM ] and ] channels. Levin's show has been rated number one in its time slot in ], ], ], ] - ] and ]<ref name="bystorm"/> According to ''Talkers' Magazine,'' ''The Mark Levin Show'' is tied for the fourth ] with ] on commercial radio in the United States, with more than 5.5 million listeners weekly.<ref name=talkers2009>{{cite news|url=http://talkers.com/online/?p=71=The Top Talk Radio Audiences |accessdate=2009-05-15 |date=May 2009 |publisher=] }}</ref>


Following ] requests in August 2012 of documents that would show if ] officials sought to delay regulations until after the ], federal judge ] ruled in 2015 that although Landmark Legal did not establish that the EPA acted in bad faith, the EPA either carelessly or intentionally neglected Landmark's FOIA request.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/judge-blasts-epa-for-suspicious-handling-of-conservative-groups-foia/2015/03/02/7f49fee0-c100-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html|title= Judge blasts EPA for 'suspicious' handling of conservative group's FOIA |newspaper=]|last=Hsu|first=Spencer S.|date=March 2, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310042833/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/judge-blasts-epa-for-suspicious-handling-of-conservative-groups-foia/2015/03/02/7f49fee0-c100-11e4-9ec2-b418f57a4a99_story.html|archive-date=March 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Lamberth previously ruled in 2013 that the EPA might have attempted to evade Landmark's FOIA request.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-may-have-tried-to-evade-freedom-of-information-request-judge-says/2013/08/14/d21f27d0-0522-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html|title= EPA may have tried to evade Freedom of Information request, judge says |last=Bernstein|first=Lenny|newspaper=]|date=August 14, 2013|access-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817124815/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-may-have-tried-to-evade-freedom-of-information-request-judge-says/2013/08/14/d21f27d0-0522-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html|archive-date=August 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
Levin has participated in the ], an annual benefit concert to aid the families of fallen soldiers, and he uses his show to promote the concerts.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Levin is also involved with Troopathon, a charity which sends care packages to soldiers serving overseas.<ref></ref>


In 2001, the ] awarded Levin its Ronald Reagan Award for his work with Landmark Legal.<ref>{{cite web
Levin occasionally has guests on his show, including Republican politicians, conservative pundits and commentators, and right-leaning entertainers such as ], ], and ].
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'']'' reported in 2014 that Levin received a salary of more than $300,000 per year as president of the non-profit ], whose donors include the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and ExxonMobil.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/tea-party-radio-network-105774_Page2.html|title=The tea party radio network|last1=Vogel|first1=Kenneth P.|last2=Weinger|first2=Mackenzie|author-link1=Kenneth P. Vogel|work=]|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Levin stepped down as president of Landmark Legal but remained on its board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.landmarklegal.org/people|title=People|website=Landmark Legal Fdtn|access-date=January 19, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145232/https://www.landmarklegal.org/people|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===Other programs=== ==Radio broadcasting==
{{see also|The Mark Levin Show}}
Levin began his broadcast career as a guest on conservative talk radio programs. For many years he was a frequent contributor of legal opinions to '']'', where Limbaugh referred to him on-air as "F. Lee Levin," a tongue-in-cheek reference to the famous defense attorney ]. He was also a contributor to '']'' and eventually got a radio slot of his own, on ], following ]'s program. Hannity has nicknamed Mark Levin "The Great One." Levin and Hannity remain frequent contributors to each other's programs, often calling in and facetiously referring to each other as "Doctor Hannity" and "Doctor Levin."
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Levin began his broadcasting career as a guest on conservative talk radio programs. For many years, he was a contributor of legal opinions to '']'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crane |first1=Michael |title=The Political Junkie Handbook |year=2004 |publisher=S.P.I. Books |isbn=978-1561718917 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ChqGIvW-rsC&q=f.+lee+levin.+limbaugh&pg=PA592 |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> appearing more regularly as the ] developed. About this time, ] became aware of him, and he began to feature in Hannity's radio show.<ref name="TDB20131019" /> Eventually, Levin gained a radio slot of his own on ], initially on Sundays beginning in 2002, then in the timeslot following Hannity's program in 2003. ] began syndicating ''The Mark Levin Show'' nationally in 2006.<ref name="TDB20131019" /><ref name="pr2016-02-18">{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mark-levin-one-of-the-nations-most-listened-to-radio-hosts-launches-television-show-300222779.html|title=Mark Levin, One of the Nation's most listened to Radio Hosts, Launches Television Show|author=CRTV Public Relations|publisher=]|date=February 18, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marklevinshow.com/about-the-show/|title=The Mark Levin Show: About The Show|publisher=]|website=MarkLevinshow.com|language=en-US|access-date=July 6, 2019|quote=He is perhaps more well-known for his nickname, "The Great One", coined by his friend Hannity.}}</ref>

Levin has participated in ], an annual benefit concert to aid families of fallen soldiers, and uses his radio program to promote aid to military families.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/09/11/2007-09-11_montgomery_gentry_loves_country_and_sing.html
|title=Montgomery Gentry loves country and sings for "Freedom"
|newspaper=]
|date=September 11, 2007
|access-date=December 4, 2009
|archive-date=July 14, 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714142900/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/09/11/2007-09-11_montgomery_gentry_loves_country_and_sing.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> Levin is also involved with ], a charity that sends care packages to soldiers serving overseas.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.troopathon.org/index.php
|publisher=]
|title=Troopathon Homepage
|access-date=December 4, 2009}}</ref>

On February 11, 2016, Levin signed a ten-year contract extension with Westwood One, which will take his show through 2025, its 19th year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marklevinshow.com/2016/02/11/westwood-one-announces-lifetime-extension-for-the-mark-levin-show/|title=Westwood One Announces Lifetime Extension for The Mark Levin Show|date=February 11, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

On November 16, 2018, he was inducted into the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiohalloffame.com/mark-levin|title=Mark Levin|website=]}}</ref>

==Television shows==
Since 2014, Levin has been the founding editor-in-chief of ], a multi-platform online television network that later merged with ]'s terrestrial network TheBlaze in 2018 to form ]. Programs airing on the network include ''Levin'', ''Roaming Millennial'', ''Truth Be Told'', ''Allie'', ''In the Woods with Phil'', ''Kibbe on Liberty'', '']'', ''America Bolling'', and more.

In November 2017, ] announced that it had signed Levin for a weekend show titled '']'' to air on Sunday nights beginning in February 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last=Concha|first=Joe|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/361332-mark-levin-to-host-fox-news-show-report/|title=Mark Levin to host Fox News show|work=]|date=November 21, 2017|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> According to a pre-debut network news release, the program's intention was to explore "the fundamental values and principles undergirding American society, culture, politics, and current events, and their relevance to the nation's future and everyday lives of citizens."<ref>{{cite news|last=Concha|first=Joe|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/374682-mark-levins-new-fox-news-program-to-launch-sunday-night/|title=Mark Levin's new Fox News program to launch Sunday night|work=]|date=February 20, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> Episodes feature one or two guests for the hour-long program discussing political events, news, and history. In September 2023, Fox News announced that Levin's show would air new episodes on Saturdays as well as its usual Sunday timeslot, starting on September 16.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Steinberg |first1=Brian |title=Fox News Expands Mark Levin's Weekend Show |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/fox-news-mark-levin-weekend-expand-1235716688/ |website=variety.com |date=September 7, 2023 |publisher=Variety Media, LLC. |access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref>


==Writer== ==Writer==
Levin wrote the 2005 book ''Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America'', in which he advanced his thesis that ] on the ] (from all parts of the political spectrum) have "legislated from the bench". '']'' magazine's ] wrote that Levin asks readers "to identify with ']' who look to the text of the Constitution and the intent of its framers, and to reject the 'activists' who construe the Constitution broadly and are more concerned with getting to their own 'desired outcomes'".<ref name=MIBLevin>{{cite web|last=Seligman|first=Dan|title=Men in Black by Mark R. Levin|url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/men-in-black-by-mark-r-levin/|work=]|access-date=March 5, 2014|date=June 5, 2005}}</ref> '']'' magazine's ] wrote that "no serious scholar of the court or the Constitution, on the ideological left or right, is going to waste their time engaging Levin's arguments once they've read this book".<ref>Lithwick, Dahlia. '']'', April 1, 2005.</ref>
===''Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto''===
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'']'' is a non-fiction work written by Levin in 2007 about his experience of rescuing a dog named Sprite from a local animal shelter.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lopez|first=Kathryn Jean|title=Man's Best Friend|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/222722/mans-best-friend-interview|access-date=November 6, 2015|magazine=]|date=November 5, 2007}}</ref>
'']'' (ISBN 1-41656-285-0) was released on March 24, 2009 and became a #1 New York Times best seller for eleven of twelve weeks, as well as #1 on Nielsen's BookScan.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} The book includes discussion of a variety of issues that, according to Levin, need to be addressed in the United States. ''Liberty and Tyranny'' has sold over one million copies according to ], the book's publisher.<ref name="HumanEvents1">{{cite web
| last = Vivian
| first = Jordan
| title = ''Liberty and Tyranny'' Sells a Million
| publisher = '']''
| date = 2009-09-15
| url = http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33558
| accessdate = 2009-09-21}}</ref>


''Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto'' was released in 2009, and became a ] for eleven of twelve weeks,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html?ref=bestseller |work=] |title=Hardcover Nonfiction |date=June 21, 2009 |first=Jennifer |last=Schuessler}}</ref> as well as No. 1 on Nielsen BookScan and No. 2 on ]'s list of bestselling books of 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000444381|title=Customers' Bestsellers: Top 100 Books|website=Amazon |date=2009|access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> The book includes discussion of issues Levin believes need to be addressed in the United States. In ''Liberty and Tyranny'' Levin repudiates the use of the term "progressive" to describe "modern Liberals", and argues that "statist" would instead be a proper term. ''Liberty and Tyranny'' has sold over one million copies according to ], the book's publisher.<ref name="HumanEvents1">{{cite news|last=Vivian|first=Jordan|title=''Liberty and Tyranny'' Sells a Million|newspaper=]|date=September 15, 2009|url=https://humanevents.com/2009/09/15/iliberty-and-tyrannyi-sells-a-million/|access-date=September 21, 2009|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201110320/https://humanevents.com/2009/09/15/iliberty-and-tyrannyi-sells-a-million/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ], in '']'', wrote, "Levin offers not so much a defense as a plan of attack" against "America's Leftist ascendancy".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newcriterion.com/issues/2009/5/the-work-of-generations|last=McCarthy|first=Andrew C.|author-link=Andrew C. McCarthy|title=The work of generations|date=May 2009|department=Books|magazine=]|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> Other reviewers critiqued the book as "analysis utterly useless in understanding more than half of the American political landscape" while opining that "Levin resorts to the same old misinformation to sell his brand of conservatism".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/08/tilting-at-statists/197083/|title=Tilting at Statists|work=]|date=August 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-krepel/liberty-and-tyranny----an_b_203805.html|title=Liberty and Tyranny – And Misinformation|date=June 14, 2009|work=The Huffington Post}}</ref>
] of '']'' in a critique of ''Liberty and Tyranny'' states that "the tantalizing beauty of a Mark Levin's text resides precisely in this ability to attribute any crisis of State to its nefarious indulgences. The current economic meltdown, for instance, should not be blamed on the psychotic greed of Wall Street, but on the State's deranged need to throw money at the poor and undeserving."<ref name="SalonAlmond">{{cite web
| last = Almond
| first = Steve
| title = Glenn Beck is the future of literary fiction
| publisher = '']''
| date = 2009-09-12
| url = http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/12/rightwing_bestsellers/print.html
| accessdate = 2009-09-24}}</ref>


''Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America'' was issued in 2012. In ''Ameritopia'', Levin discusses the origins and development of both the modern day conservative and liberal political philosophies, the latter of which he refers to as "]", through the works of some of the leading figures in American history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marklevinshow.com/upload/Docs/Ameritopiach1.pdf|title=The Tyranny of Utopia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195827/http://www.marklevinshow.com/upload/Docs/Ameritopiach1.pdf|archive-date=May 25, 2014}}</ref> Included are commentaries on works by ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Friedersdorf">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/why-mainstream-media-ignores-conservative-bestsellers/254692/|title=Why Mainstream Media Ignores Conservative Bestsellers|last=Friedersdorf|first=Conor|author-link=Conor Friedersdorf|date=March 19, 2012|department=Politics|magazine=]|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> ]'s review, published in '']'', criticized the text's argument that ] is based on ]ism,<ref name="Friedersdorf" /> and ], in '']'', wrote that "''Ameritopia'' is really ''Ameritastrophe''. It's disastrously bad from beginning to end."<ref>{{Cite news|title='Ameritopia': How Dumb Can Political Philosophy Get?|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/ameritopia-how-dumb-can/131485|last=Romano|first=Carlin|author-link=Carlin Romano|date=April 15, 2012|department=Opinion: The Chronicle Review|work=]|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref>
===''Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish''===
In 2007, Levin released a non-political book about his dogs, Pepsi and Sprite, but specifically the book was about Sprite, a Spaniel mix that his wife and son persuaded him to adopt from the local shelter in 2004. The book was titled ''Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish'' (ISBN 1-41655-913-2). Rescuing Sprite chronicles Sprite’s health deterioration over the 2006 year.


In Levin's 2013 book '']'' he suggests eleven new ]. The book debuted at #1 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2013/09/01/why-are-major-media-outlets-ignoring-bestselling-writer-mark-r-levin/|title=Why are major media outlets ignoring bestselling writer Mark R. Levin?|last=Smith|first=Kyle|date=September 1, 2013|work=]|language=en-US|access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref> ] of '']'' called the book "required reading for conservative bloggers".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/357516/amendments-liberty-hans-von-spakovsky|title=Amendments for Liberty|last=von Spakovsky|first=Hans A.|author-link=Hans von Spakovsky|date=September 4, 2013|magazine=]|language=en-US|access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> ], writing in '']'', said the book "contains some radical notions about a complete overhaul of the US constitution, but to debate the specifics of their merits is to ignore the larger insanity of the project" while noting "the ludicrousness of his specific 'fixes' and the near-impossibility of achieving them".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/04/mark-levin-originalist-fantasy|title=1776 and all that: the mysterious appeal of Mark Levin's originalist fantasy|last=Cox|first=Ana Marie|author-link=Ana Marie Cox|date=September 4, 2013|work=]}}</ref> Also in '']'', ] wrote, "If ''The Liberty Amendments'' can help foster a national debate about which corrective actions, including constitutional amendments, are needed to increase liberty and prosperity, Mr. Levin will have performed a great national service".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/27/should-the-constitution-be-amended/|title=Should the Constitution be amended?|last=Rahn|first=Richard W.|author-link=Richard W. Rahn|date=August 27, 2013|department=Opinion: Commentary|work=]|language=en-US|issn=2643-7449|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> ] fellow ] wrote in '']'' that Levin's book used "weak arguments".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/american-millennial/2013/dec/27/nullification-vs-article-v-constitutional-conventi/ |title=Mark Levin is wrong: A lawless gov't, not the Constitution, needs nullified |publisher=Communities.washingtontimes.com |date=December 27, 2013 |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddavenport/2013/08/29/mark-levin-makes-a-strong-conservative-case-with-weak-constitutional-arguments/ |title=Mark Levin Makes A Strong Conservative Case With Weak Constitutional Arguments |magazine=Forbes |access-date=January 6, 2014 |first=David |last=Davenport}}</ref>
===''Men In Black: How The Supreme Court is Destroying America''===
Levin authored the bestselling book, ''Men In Black: How The ] Is Destroying America'' (ISBN 0-89526-050-6) in 2005, in which Levin promotes the thesis that judges (from all parts of the political spectrum) have "]." '']'' described ''Men in Black'' as "a brief, accessible history of judicial activism and offers possible solutions to curb it." <ref>, '']'', February 01, 2005,</ref> On the other hand, '']'' senior editor and legal correspondent ] asserted that "no serious scholar of the court or the Constitution, on the ideological left or right, is going to waste their time engaging Levin's arguments once they've read this book." <ref>Dahlia Lithwick, , '']'', April 1, 2005</ref>


Levin's ''Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future'' was published in 2015,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walters|first1=Ian|title=Book Review: 'Plunder and Deceit'|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/5/book-review-plunder-and-deceit/|access-date=August 10, 2015|work=The Washington Times|date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> and ''Rediscovering Americanism and the Tyranny of Progressivism'' in 2017.
===Other works===
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Levin was a contributing editor for '']'' (NRO) from 2006-2007, and continues to ] occasionally on the NRO site ''''. In addition to his originalist views on the ], Levin holds conservative beliefs on policy and social issues and often ridiculed ] and ] ] in Congress for attempts at moderating their views on social issues under the "]" label.


Levin's ''Unfreedom of the Press'', which was released on May 21, 2019, became the number one best-selling book on ] three days before its official release, as a result of pre-order sales. ''Unfreedom of the Press'' also became a ] on June 6, 2019, in the combined print & e-book nonfiction and hardcover nonfiction categories.<ref name="nyTimes2019-06-09">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2019/06/09|title=The New York Times Best Sellers: June 9, 2019|newspaper=]|access-date=July 7, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-host-mark-levins-new-book-dethrones-howard-stern-from-amazon-best-seller-list/|title=Fox News Host Mark Levin's New Book Dethrones Howard Stern From Amazon Best-Seller List|last=Levine|first=Jon|date=May 20, 2019|website=TheWrap.com|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/mark-levins-press-bashing-book-no-1-three-days-before-its-release|title=Mark Levin's press-bashing book No. 1 — 3 days before its release|last=Bedard|first=Paul|date=May 19, 2019|department=Opinion: Washington Secrets|work=]|language=en-US|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> Lloyd Green was critical of the book in '']'' writing that the book "is not exactly fan fiction but it can get ahead of itself when discussing the special counsel's conclusions, ending up sounding like the 'fake news' the author and Trump both purport to abhor."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/18/mark-levin-unfreedom-of-the-press-trump-book-review|title=Unfreedom of the Press review: Mark Levin's Trumpist take on the first amendment|last=Green|first=Lloyd|date=May 18, 2019|work=]|access-date=May 27, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Annalisa Quinn, writing for ], stated: "the book is largely filler. Quotations and paraphrasing make up the majority of the book's central chapters. Lengthy and irrelevant block quotes from historians about, say, colonial printing practices... give the book the air of a padded student essay."<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/05/21/724983201/unfreedom-of-the-press-is-full-of-bombast-and-bile|title='Unfreedom Of The Press' Is Full Of Bombast And Bile|last=Quinn|first=Annalisa|date=May 21, 2019|website=]|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> Quinn also wrote, " conducts no interviews, presents no original research, and visits no newsrooms", and "When Levin does offer his own analysis, it can approach parody."<ref name=":5" /> On June 8, 2019, Levin appeared on C-SPAN2's '']'' to discuss ''Unfreedom of the Press'', "in which he argued that the press has lowered its standards in providing objective and trustworthy journalism."<ref name="cSpan460745-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?460745-1/unfreedom-press|title=Unfreedom of the Press: C-SPAN|website=]|language=en-US|access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref>
==Controversies & Criticism==


In 2021, Levin published '']'', a book written in reaction to the events that have transpired so far in 2021 and also seeks to characterize the Marxist attributes of the American Left.<ref name="Fox News Interview with Mark Levin">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-big-tech|title="Fox News-'American Marxism' author Mark Levin blasts 'appalling' Big Tech censorship: 'Do I miss Twitter? No'"|website=]|date=July 19, 2021 |language=en-US|access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kazin |first=Michael |date=2021-12-27 |title=The Anti-Intellectual Intellectuals of the Conservative Movement |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mark-levin-american-marxism/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |issn=0027-8378}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Group |first=Sinclair Broadcast |date=2021-07-29 |title=Levin warns of rise of American Marxism: 'It's not a fad' |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/levin-warns-of-rise-of-american-marxism-its-not-a-fad |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=WCIV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Levin's American Marxism Is an Insult to Your Intelligence |url=https://jacobin.com/2022/06/mark-levin-american-marxism-conservative-right-wing-book-review |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref> As of November 14, 2021, the book had spent 16 weeks on the ] for nonfiction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/|access-date=October 10, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Levin has been criticized for statements he has made on his and others' shows. The progressive media watchdog group ] has been a frequent critic of Levin, citing his remarks on several occasions.<ref name="MMFA1">{{cite web
| title = Search Results: The Mark Levin Show.
| publisher =]
| url = http://mediamatters.org/search/tag/the_mark_levin_show
| accessdate = 2009-08-19 }}</ref> ], a conservative journalist and former speechwriter for ], has also criticized Levin's confrontational approach as an example of an " increasingly angry tone of incitement being heard from right-of-center broadcasters" and has accused him of contributing to an atmosphere that "invites, incites, and prepares a prefabricated justification for violence."<ref name="Frum1">{{cite web
| last = Frum
| first = David
| title = The Reckless Right Courts Violence.
| publisher = New Majority
| date = 2009-08-13
| url = http://www.newmajority.com/no-wonder-people-hate-us
| accessdate = 2009-08-19}}</ref>Mark McKinnon, a Republican political consultant to George W. Bush and John McCain, has called Levin "truly a hate-monger" who "spews venom."<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-04/obamas-george-bush-problem/?cid=hp:mainpromo2</ref>


==Political views==
Levin has been criticized by journalist ],<ref name="Goldstein1">{{cite web
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| last = Goldstein
A 2016 study which sought to measure incendiary discourse on talk radio and TV found that Levin scored highest on its measure of "outrage". The study looked at 10 prominent radio and television programs, known for incendiary discourse on political matters, and scored content on the basis of whether it used "emotional display", "misrepresentative exaggeration", "mockery", "conflagration", "slippery slope", "insulting" or "obscene language", and other factors, finding that Levin was the radio host who engaged in the most outrage. The study found that he utilized "outrage speech or behavior at a rate of more than one instance per minute."<ref name=":4">{{cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-outrage-industry-9780190498467|title=The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility|last1=Berry|first1=Jeffrey M.|last2=Sobieraj|first2=Sarah|publisher=]|year=2016|isbn=9780190498467|series=Studies in Postwar American Political Development|location=Oxford / New York City|pages=38–39, 115, 245–249}}</ref> In '']'', Harvard University political scientists Daniel Ziblatt and ] write that Mark Levin was among the popular right-wing talk radio hosts who "helped to legitimate the use of uncivil discourse" in American politics, and contribute to the erosion of democratic norms.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562246/how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt/9781524762933/|title=How Democracies Die|publisher=Penguin|year=2018|isbn=978-1-5247-6293-3|language=en-US}}</ref> According to ''Politico'', Levin has a "penchant for hysteria."<ref name=":9">{{cite news|last=Alberta|first=Tim|title=The Election That Broke the Republican Party|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/06/the-election-that-broke-the-republican-party-434797|date=November 7, 2020|access-date=November 7, 2020|work=]}}</ref>
| first = Dana
| title = Do Conservative Talk Radio Hosts Ever Have Sex?
| publisher = ]
| date = 2009-05-22
| url = http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?base_name=do_conservative_talk_radio_hos&month=05&year=2009
| accessdate = 2009-08-19}}</ref> of sexism for derogatory remarks that he has made about the appearance of female politicians and members of organizations he disagrees with, including the ], which he has called the "National Organization of Women Who Look Like Men" and the "National Organization of Really Ugly Women".<ref name="MMFA2">{{cite web
| title = Levin on his 'National Organization of Ugly Women' remark: 'or now on, it's the National Organization of Really Ugly Women'.
| publisher = ]
| date = 2008-09-09
| url = http://mediamatters.org/research/200809050025
| accessdate = 2009-08-19 }}</ref> He also referred to ] ] ] as "] plus about 50 pounds",<ref name="MMFA3">{{cite web
| title = Mark Levin: Sotomayor is "Ruth Bader Ginsburg plus about 50 pounds"
| publisher = ]
| date = 2008-07-15
| url = http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907150018
| accessdate = 2009-08-19 }}</ref> and has nicknamed former ] ] and current Secretary of State ] "Hillary Rotten Clinton" and "Her Thighness".<ref name="MMFA4">{{cite web
| title = On Hannity radio show, WABC's Levin said of Pelosi:'You could bounce a dime off her cheeks'
| publisher = ]
| date = 2007-04-06
| url = http://mediamatters.org/research/200704060008
| accessdate = 2009-08-19 }}</ref> Levin has singled out Democratic ] ] ] on a number of occasions, frequently referring to her as "Stretch" because of his stated belief that she has had multiple ].<ref name="MMFA4" />


===Views on politicians and other individuals===
During his May 21, 2009 broadcast, in response to a female caller who spoke in defense of President ] plan to close ], Levin shouted at the woman, "I don't know why your husband doesn't put a gun to his temple. Get the hell out of here."<ref name="Friedersdorf">{{cite web
According to ''The Guardian'', "constant attacks on Democrats and the left are important components" of Levin's ''modus operandi.''<ref name="guardian_2017-03-07" /> According to ''Politico'' in May 2009, Levin pronounced "almost daily" that Obama "was a failure, a liar, and a 'statist' who is trying to destroy individual freedom."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2009/07/obama-bashers-see-literary-gold-024544|title=Obama-bashers see literary gold|work=]|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> According to ] political scientist ], Levin tends to use "socialism" as a "catch-all term to condemn any policy that strengthens the social welfare function of the state."<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6363-the-bitter-taste-of-hope.aspx|title=The Bitter Taste of Hope|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> In July 2014, he called ] "a knee-jerk idiot", and suggested that Stewart was a ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/mark-levin-jon-stewart-gaza-israel-reaction-108971|title=Levin: Stewart not funny on Israel|work=]|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> He has stated that "]'s politics comes as close to a form of modern-day fascism as I've ever seen".<ref name=":4" /> In January 2019, he said Pelosi was "America's first fascist. And that's a fact". Levin said the new Congressional Speaker had "hijacked" the federal government by deciding to block the financing of President Trump's border wall.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/426868-mark-levin-calls-pelosi-americas-first-fascist/|title=Mark Levin calls Pelosi 'America's first fascist'|last=Concha|first=Joe|date=January 24, 2019|work=]|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> Levin has also mocked how Pelosi looks, referred to ] as a "weak man", and called ] a "pathetic, loathsome liar".<ref name=":5" />
| last = Friedersdorf

| first = Conor
He has criticized Republicans – including ], ],<ref name=":0" /> ], and ]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346091-trump-threatens-mcconnell/|title=Trump threatens McConnell|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=August 10, 2017|work=]|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> – with whom he disagrees. He sometimes refers to such individuals as ].<ref name="guardian_2017-03-07" /> Levin endorsed ] when he faced a primary challenge in 2012, but later apologized for his endorsement when Hatch said that he would be willing to support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.<ref name=":1" /> Since then, he endorsed a number of Republican primary challengers to incumbent Republican senators.<ref name=":1" /> Levin supported the ]' campaign to "fire" House Speaker ].<ref name=":1" /> Earlier in 2010, Levin criticized ] for his criticism of congressional Republicans.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2010/02/levin-beck-acting-like-a-clown-033353|title=Levin: Beck 'acting like a clown'|work=]|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> He has referred to ] as an "ass"<ref name=":5" /> and called ] host ] a "creep".<ref name=":5" />
| title = I don't know why your husband doesn't put a gun to his temple.

| publisher = The American Scene
Levin supported U.S. Representative ] in his campaign in the ] against incumbent ], who had received a temporary appointment earlier that year.<ref name="Brooks">{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/336746-mark-levin-endorses-alabama-rep-in-senate-race/|title=Mark Levin endorses Alabama rep in Senate race|last=Hagen|first=Lisa|date=June 7, 2017|newspaper=]|access-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref>
| date = 2009-05-22

| url = http://theamericanscene.com/2009/05/22/-i-don-t-know-why-your-husband-doesn-t-put-a-gun-to-his-temple-
Levin strongly defended former EPA head ] while he was under a dozen separate ethics investigations. Levin said Pruitt's "policies on the whole have been outstanding," and "I don't throw good people under the bus because the left targets them."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/13/media/laura-ingraham-scott-pruitt/index.html|title=Top conservative media personality turns on EPA chief Scott Pruitt: He's 'gotta go'|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|work=]|access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref>
| accessdate = 2009-08-19 }}</ref> Levin's outburst drew condemnation from both liberals<ref name="MMFA5">{{cite web

| title = Levin to female caller: "I don't know why your husband doesn't put a gun to his temple. Get the hell out of here."
===Sponsorship and conflicts of interest===
| publisher = ]
During the 2012 election cycle, Levin's show was paid at least $757,000 in sponsorship by the ]-backed ] to run ads for the group, a deal which began in the summer of 2010.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last1=Vogel|first1=Kenneth P.|last2=McCalmont|first2=Lucy|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/top-radio-talkers-sell-endorsements-056997|title=Top radio talkers sell endorsements|work=]|date=June 15, 2011|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> After the sponsorship ended, Levin began making ads for the ].<ref name=":1" /> The ] paid ] at least $427,000 for copies of Levin's ''Liberty or Tyranny'' in September and October 2013.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-right-wing-groups-dollar400k-purchase-of-mark-levins-book-sets-off-a-ruckus|title=A Right-Wing Group's $400K Purchase of Mark Levin's Book Sets Off a Ruckus|work=]|date=April 14, 2017|orig-year=January 13, 2014|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> During the same period, on his radio show and Facebook page, Levin frequently promoted the group, which has funded primary challengers of Senate Republicans.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/01/mark-levin-dismisses-pay-to-play-charge-180896|title=Mark Levin dismisses pay-to-play charge|work=]|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> Levin did not disclose that the group had made $427,000 of purchases of his book.<ref name=":3" />
| date = 2009-05-22

| url = http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200905220010
Levin endorsed ] when Levin was being sponsored by ] which also endorsed Hatch. Levin withdrew his endorsement of Hatch when Levin was being sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Levin dismissed the allegations that he engages in "]".<ref name=":3" />
| accessdate = 2009-08-18 }}</ref> and conservatives, including David Frum, who said that if a random listener overheard his remarks, their reaction would be " something like, 'I dont know what’s wrong with that horrible man, but I do know this: whatever side he’s on, any decent person would have to be on the opposite.'"<ref name="Frum2">{{cite web

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===Barack Obama===
| first = David
In 2009, Levin described as "absolutely right" the statement by ] that ] includes ] to decide whether elderly people or sick children were worthy of medical care.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2009/11/18/mark-levin-to-palin-youre-absolutely-right-abou/157233|title=Mark Levin to Palin: "You're absolutely right about" "death panels"|date=November 18, 2009|work=Media Matters for America|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714193444/https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2009/11/18/mark-levin-to-palin-youre-absolutely-right-abou/157233|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health/policy/14panel.html|title=False 'Death Panel' Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots|date=August 14, 2009|newspaper=]|last1=Rutenberg|first1=Jim|last2=Calmes|first2=Jackie}}</ref> In 2011, a caller to Levin's show, claiming to be a neurosurgeon, said that the ] had issued a document saying that people over age 70 would not be allowed to receive medical treatments. Levin said to the caller, "so Sarah Palin was right." The call was later revealed to be a hoax and the death panel claims were revealed to be false.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2012/01/neurological-death-panels/|title=Neurological 'Death Panels'? |date=January 5, 2012|publisher=FactCheck.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/neurosurgery.asp|title=Obamacare No Neurosurgery for Patients Over 70|date=September 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2013/01/09/why-it-is-so-difficult-to-kill-the-death-panel-myth/#431f2ee11c08|title=Why It Is So Difficult to Kill the Death Panel Myth|first=Peter|last=Ubel|website=] |access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> In late 2013, Levin said there were similarities between a gathering of "hand-picked" supporters of the Affordable Care Act chosen by the ] to Nazi '']'' or "Brownshirts" drawing comparisons of the propaganda techniques of the two groups.<ref name="TDB20170306">{{cite news|first=Asawin|last=Suebsaeng|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-levin-who-compared-obamacare-fans-to-nazis-is-behind-trumps-obama-wiretap-meltdown|title=Mark Levin, Who Compared Obamacare Fans to Nazis, Is Behind Trump's Obama-Wiretap Meltdown|work=]|date=April 10, 2017|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>
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Levin stated in 2013 that "the ] has infiltrated our government" and described President Obama as a ] "sympathizer". He speculated in November 2014 that, after the 2014 mid-term elections, Obama might go "full ]".<ref name="TDB20170306" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mark-levin-explodes-the-muslim-brotherhood-has-infiltrated-our-govt-its-called-barack-obama/|title=Mark Levin Explodes: 'The Muslim Brotherhood Has Infiltrated Our Gov't – It's Called Barack Obama'|website=www.mediaite.com|date=February 2013 }}</ref>
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In February 2015, Levin stated that President Obama was "seeking to destroy Israel" because "Obama has an affinity for Islam far more than Christianity or Judaism." He blamed Obama for the ] crisis: "the political policies of this administration which opens the door wide to people from the poorest parts of the world. We don't know who they are, we don't know if they have diseases."<ref name="TDB20170306" />
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===WMDs in Iraq===
In 2014, Levin claimed that the ]'s original ] ] had been vindicated by citing reports of U.S. soldiers in Iraq that were wounded by the decayed remnants of ]'s ]. The remnants in question were degraded and unusable chemical weapons shells from the 1980s. Levin faulted the Bush administration for not doing more to publicize these remnants of Iraq's former WMD program.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maloy|first=Simon|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/10/21/meet_the_iraq_war_truthers_bush_was_right_on_wmds_but_the_truth_was_covered_up_by_bush/|title=Meet the Iraq War truthers: Why they're convinced Bush was right on WMD|work=]|date=October 21, 2014|access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>

===Donald Trump===
In March 2016, Levin endorsed ] for the ].<ref name="Cruz">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/10/mark-levin-endorses-ted-cruz-president/|title=Mark Levin endorses Ted Cruz for president: 'He has fought for the Constitution'|last=Harper|first=Jennifer|date=March 10, 2016|work=The Washington Times|access-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref> Over a month after ] was nominated, in September 2016, Levin stated on this radio program that he would vote for Trump in the ], following his declaration earlier that year that he was in the "]" camp and would never vote for Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/09/07/radio-host-mark-levin-says-hell-end-voting-donald-trump|title=Mark Levin Will Vote for Trump After Previous 'Never Trump' Declaration|date=September 7, 2016|publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/where-republicans-stand-on-donald-trump-a-cheat-sheet/481449/|title=Which Republicans Oppose Donald Trump? A Cheat Sheet|last=Graham|first=David A.|date=November 6, 2016|website=]|language=en-US|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/mark-levin-i-wont-back-trump-in-the-general-221754|title=Mark Levin: I won't back Trump in the general|last=Trudo|first=Hanna|work=]|date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> He qualified his support by stating: "I take no responsibility for the dumb things he says or the dumb things his surrogates say."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mark-levin-im-gonna-wind-up-voting-for-donald-trump/article/2601131|title=Mark Levin: 'I'm gonna wind up voting for Donald Trump'|date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>

====Wiretap claim====
In March 2017, Levin alleged that the Obama administration had used "police state" surveillance tactics against the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. The ] said that Levin "voiced without evidence the idea that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower".<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/eae4bee334fb4e358bfb1217d3e0ee74|title=Media the enemy? Trump sure is an insatiable consumer|last=Lemire|first=Jonathan|date=March 10, 2017|website=]|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> Levin protested the AP report vigorously, demanding a retraction and an apology on the grounds that his sources for the statement included '']'' and other newspapers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/13/mark-levin-rips-ap-demands-correction-on-trump-sto/|title=Mark Levin rips AP on Trump story: 'You persist in your false reporting'|last=Ernst|first=Douglas|date=March 13, 2017|work=The Washington Times|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> His statement was reprinted by '']'' and reportedly became the basis of President Trump's unfounded ].<ref name="guardian_2017-03-07">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/07/mark-levin-trump-wiretap-tweets-obama|title=Mark Levin: the talkshow host behind the baseless Obama wiretap rumor|last=Wilson|first=Jason|date=March 7, 2017|work=]|access-date=March 8, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-investigation-wiretap-fbi-obama-658888|title=Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped his campaign is false, says U.S. Department of Justice|website=] |date=September 2, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref> In September 2017, reports emerged of a court-ordered ] (FBI) wiretap on Trump campaign chairman ]; while certain Trump supporters alleged that this surveillance vindicated Levin and Trump's unsupported assertions, '']'' commented: "This is not true&nbsp;– Trump claimed he had been the subject of Obama-ordered, politically motivated surveillance, for which there remains no evidence."<ref>{{cite web|last=Graham|first=David A.|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/does-the-latest-manafort-news-vindicate-trumps-wiretap-claim/540321/|title=Is Trump's 'Wiretap' Claim Vindicated?|work=]|date=September 19, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2017}}</ref>

===="Deep State" conspiracy theories====
Levin has said that there was a "coup" occurring against the ] waged by Obama loyalists.<ref name=":7">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4692178/donald-trump-deep-state-breitbart-barack-obama/|title=Trump's Allies Keep Talking About the 'Deep State'. What's That?|last=Abramson|first=Alana|magazine=Time|access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-levins-anti-mueller-rant-is-so-unhinged-even-a-fox-and-friends-host-is-stunned|title=Mark Levin's Anti-Mueller Rant Is So Unhinged, Even a 'Fox & Friends' Host Is Stunned|last=Baragona|first=Justin|work=]|date=April 19, 2019|access-date=July 10, 2019}}</ref> Levin's coup claim was referring to investigations of the ] and of alleged ] by Trump. He has suggested that former FBI Director ] used the ] "to blackmail the president."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/watch-fox-host-accuses-comey-trying-blackmail-trump-russian-hooker-pee-tape/|title=WATCH: Fox host accuses Comey of trying to blackmail Trump with the Russian hooker pee tape|date=April 20, 2018|work=Raw Story|access-date=June 7, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/04/20/Mark-Levin-accuses-James-Comey-of-blackmailing-Trump-with-so-called-pee-tape-allegations/220004|title=Mark Levin accuses James Comey of blackmailing Trump with so-called "pee tape" allegations|date=April 20, 2018|work=Media Matters for America|access-date=June 7, 2018}}</ref> He has claimed that Special Counsel ] engaged in a "Deep State" coup against Trump.<ref name=":8" />

====Trump–Ukraine scandal====
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After President Trump pressed the President of Ukraine to start an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate ] and his son, Levin strongly defended Trump's actions. Asked on '']'' whether Levin was "okay" with Trump asking a foreign leader for "dirt" on Biden, Levin lashed out at the ''Fox & Friends'' host and repeatedly shouted there was "no problem" with what Trump did. Shortly thereafter, Trump praised Levin and retweeted more than 20 tweets by viewers praising Levin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-boosts-attack-on-lying-sht-head-fox-news-reporter-ed-henry|title=Trump Boosts Attack on 'Lying Sh*t Head' Fox News Reporter Ed Henry|last=Baragona|first=Justin|date=September 29, 2019|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/463555-levin-grapples-with-fox-news-host-over-trumps-ukraine-conduct-your-question-is/|title=Levin grapples with Fox News host over Trump's Ukraine conduct: 'Your question is not honest'|last=Coleman|first=Justine|date=September 29, 2019|website=]|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-29/trump-retweets-20-plus-replies-to-mark-levin-on-fox-friends|title=Trump Retweets 20-Plus Replies to Mark Levin on 'Fox & Friends'|date=2019|website=]|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> Levin also accused Joe Biden of being the one who "did something illegal", though he did not provide evidence or any elaboration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463549-trump-praises-mark-levins-questioning-of-fox-news-hosts-stance-on/|title=Trump slams Fox News' Ed Henry, praises Mark Levin for interview on whistleblower complaint|last=Coleman|first=Justine|date=September 29, 2019|website=]|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>

In October 2019, while Trump was the subject of the ], Levin said that on his Blaze TV show: "While he's been president there hasn't even been a hint of scandal. Not a hint!" He was highly critical of Mitt Romney who increased his criticisms of President Trump during this period.<ref name="Baragona_10/22/2019">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-levin-hasnt-even-been-a-hint-of-scandal-since-trumps-been-president|website=]|title=Mark Levin: 'Hasn't Even Been a Hint of Scandal' in Trump's Presidency|last=Baragona|first=Justin|date=October 22, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref>

====2020 election====
Following the ], as all significant media organizations reported Joe Biden had won,<ref name=":9" /> Levin told his radio audience that the Democrats were "stealing the election". He insisted on Twitter to his 2.4 million followers: "there's lots of evidence of voter fraud and election screw-ups."<ref>{{cite news|last=Berr|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanberr/2020/11/09/conservative-media-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims/?sh=41c198fb35af|title=Conservative Media Divided Over Trump's Election Fraud Claims|work=]|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> On the same platform, on November 5, Levin called on Republican-controlled state legislatures to disregard the results of the 2020 election and send electors to the ] who would vote for Trump.<ref name=":9" /> The suggestion was retweeted by ]<ref>{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Tim|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/11/donald-trump-jr-just-promoted-a-brazen-plan-to-steal-the-election/|title=Donald Trump Jr. Just Promoted a Brazen Plan to Steal the Election|work=]|date=November 5, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>

He praised ], a member of Trump's legal team, for what he considered to be her patriotism after she promoted ] about the 2020 election and sought to overturn election results.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peters|first=Jeremy W.|date=November 20, 2020|title=Tucker Carlson Dared Question a Trump Lawyer. The Backlash Was Quick|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/us/politics/Tucker-Carlson-trump.html|access-date=November 21, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He frequently had guests on his show who led the audience to think Joe Biden's win in the presidential election could be overturned.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peters|first=Jeremy W.|date=December 15, 2020|title=Inside the Right-Wing Media Bubble, Where the Myth of a Trump Win Lives On|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/politics/trump-media.html|access-date=December 15, 2020|issn=0362-4331|quote=All along, Trump-friendly media personalities like Mark Levin, who hosts one of the most popular talk radio shows in the country, have led their audiences to believe that it was possible to pressure state lawmakers to reject Mr. Biden's victory. They have often based their confidence on the wild accusations of people with political motives and diminished credibility.}}</ref>

On January 5, 2021, Levin insisted Congress's imminent counting of the Electoral College votes was an act of "tyranny" because of the supposed fraud.<ref name="WaPo20210111">{{cite news|last1=Farhi|first1=Paul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/cumulus-radio-conservative-election-fraud/2021/01/11/e12ec46e-537c-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html|title=Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric|newspaper=]|date=January 11, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021}}</ref> He told his listeners, "If we don't fight on Jan. 6 on the floor of the Senate and the House... then we are done."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Folkenflik|first1=David |last2=Dreisbach|first2=Tom |date=January 13, 2021|title=After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric|publisher=]|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/13/955694096/after-deadly-capitol-riot-fox-news-stays-silent-on-stars-incendiary-rhetoric|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> Following the next day's ] in Washington, he continued in the same vein. "It appears nothing has changed in 24 hours... Not a damn thing. The never-Trumpers, the RINOs, the media — same damn thing,"<ref name="WaPo20210111" /> although he was critical of the rioters.<ref name="NYT20210111">{{cite news|last=Hsu|first=Tiffany|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/business/media/cumulus-election-fraud-bongino-levin.html|title=The talk radio network that airs Dan Bongino and Mark Levin warned staff to stop 'dog-whistle talk'|work=]|date=January 11, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021}}</ref> Meanwhile, on the same day as the riot, Cumulus Media circulated a memo instructing its presenters, a roster which includes Levin, to cease implying the 2020 presidential election was stolen or face the end of the right to broadcast via Cumulus.<ref name="NYT20210111" />

=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
During the ], Levin downplayed the threat of the virus, arguing that the media was overreacting and that the death toll from the flu was higher than the coronavirus.<ref>{{cite web|last=Willis|first=Jack Gillum, Derek|title=Even After Trump Declared a National Emergency, Some Talk Radio Hosts Weren't Convinced|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/even-after-trump-declared-a-national-emergency-some-talk-radio-hosts-werent-convinced?token=r1lj90AOnclNHz78Mel_3jAWvczxarxk|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=ProPublica|date=March 25, 2020 }}</ref>

=== Russo-Ukrainian War ===
Following the ], Levin has supported Ukraine, saying that if Russia defeated Ukraine, ] would take further aggressive action.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-russia-ukraine | title=Mark Levin predicts what may happen if Russia defeats Ukraine | website=] | date=March 7, 2022 }}</ref> He also criticized the Joe Biden administration for its response, which he considered to be lacking, and the isolationists and the "Putin wings" of the media, Democratic Party and the Republican Party. He also called for the US to arm Taiwan to defend themselves from China and call off the negotiations with Iran.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-ashamed-us-ukraine-invasion-biden-muscling-up-military | title=Mark Levin 'ashamed' of US response to Ukraine invasion, urges Biden to start 'muscling up' US military | website=] | date=April 10, 2022 }}</ref>
At the 2022 CPAC, Levin criticized populism and nationalism and called for the US to support Ukraine, saying that the CPAC means Conservative Political Action Committee, not "McGovern, populist or nationalist action committee" and "We love America because it's America, not because we're nationalists. I mean, the Russians are nationalists. The Chinese are nationalists. America First is about Americanism, first", and "You want a world war? Then become an ostrich, put your head in the sand and let the Russians roll through one country after another".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mediaite.com/politics/mark-levin-utterly-trashes-populism-and-nationalism-from-the-cpac-stage/ | title=Mark Levin Trashes Nationalism and Populism at CPAC | date=February 26, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bigleaguepolitics.com/neocon-talk-radio-host-mark-levin-promotes-war-propaganda-slams-nationalism-and-populism-in-cpac-speech/ | title=Neocon Talk Radio Host Mark Levin Promotes War Propaganda, Slams Nationalism and Populism in CPAC Speech | date=February 26, 2022 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Levin suffered a heart attack in 2000 and had open heart surgery.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lopez |first1=Katherine Jean |title=Man's Best Friend |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2007/11/mans-best-friend-interview/ |website=nationalreview.com |date=November 5, 2007 |publisher=National Review |access-date=March 3, 2021}}</ref> He is currently married to Julie Strauss Levin <ref>{{cite web |last1=CPAC |title=A Conversation with Mark Levin and Julie Strauss Levin - CPAC FL 2022 |url=https://cpac.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-mark-levin-and |website=substack.com |date=December 21, 2022 |publisher=CPAC |access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref>

== Selected publications ==
* Levin, M. R. (2005). ''Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America''. ]
* Levin, M. R. (2007). '']''. (1st ed.) ]
* Levin, M. R. (2010). ''Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto''. (Reprint ed.) ]
* Levin, M. R. (2012). ''Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America''. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
* Levin, M. R. (2014). '']''. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
* Levin, M. R. (2017). ''Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism''. Threshold Editions
* Levin, M. R. (2019). ''Unfreedom of the Press''. Threshold Editions
* Levin, M. R. (2021). '']''. Threshold Editions<ref>{{cite web|last=ThriftBooks|title=Mark R. Levin Books {{!}} List of books by author Mark R. Levin|url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/mark-r-levin/198369/|access-date=July 13, 2021|website=ThriftBooks}}</ref>
* Levin, M. R. (2023). ''The Democrat Party Hates America''. Threshold Editions.


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Mark Levin
Levin speaking at Turning Point USA, 2019
BornMark Reed Levin
(1957-09-21) September 21, 1957 (age 67)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationTemple University Ambler (BA)
Temple University (JD)
Occupation(s)Broadcast news analyst, columnist, political commentator, radio personality, writer
AwardsNational Radio Hall of Fame
Websitemarklevinshow.com

Mark Reed Levin (/ləˈvɪn/; born September 21, 1957) is an American broadcast news analyst, columnist, lawyer, political commentator, radio personality, and writer. He is the host of syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show, as well as Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News. Levin worked in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese. He is the former president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, an author of seven books, and contributor to media outlets such as National Review Online. Since 2015, Levin has been editor-in-chief of the Conservative Review and is known for his incendiary commentary.

Nicknamed “The Great One,” Levin has been described as "right-wing" by The New York Times, CNN, NPR, and Politico. He is known for his strident criticisms of Democrats and encouragement of primary challenges to congressional Republicans that he considers to be "Republican In Name Only" (RINO). He endorsed Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries and declared himself "Never Trump", but reluctantly endorsed Donald Trump after he won the Republican nomination. Since the start of the first Trump presidency, Levin's commentary has become pro-Trump.

Early life and education

Mark Reed Levin, one of three boys, was born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, and grew up in Erdenheim as well as Elkins Park. His father, Jack E. Levin (1925–2018), authored several books. He graduated from Cheltenham High School after three years, in 1974. Skipping his senior year of high school, Levin enrolled at Temple University Ambler and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Political Science in 1977 at age 19. Later in 1977, Levin won election to the Cheltenham school board on a platform of reducing property taxes. In 1980, Levin earned a J.D. from Temple University School of Law.

Legal and political career

Levin worked for Texas Instruments after law school. Beginning in 1981, Levin worked in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Levin began at ACTION, the federal agency that oversaw VISTA and other volunteer agencies, before serving as deputy assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the U.S. Department of Education and deputy solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior. He ultimately became chief of staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese.

After leaving the Reagan administration, Levin practiced law in the private sector. In 1991, Levin joined public interest law firm Landmark Legal Foundation. At Landmark, Levin served as director of legal policy and the foundation's Washington-based Center for Civil Rights before becoming president in 1997. Under Levin's presidency, Landmark Legal filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in 2000 alleging that the National Education Association, the largest teachers' union in the U.S., did not disclose spending on political activity in Internal Revenue Service documentation. Landmark Legal also filed similar complaints with the United States Department of Labor in 2002 regarding NEA and political activity; by 2006, the NEA and smaller American Federation of Teachers had filed new documents with the Labor Department revealing over $100 million combined in political action spending.

Following Freedom of Information Act requests in August 2012 of documents that would show if Environmental Protection Agency officials sought to delay regulations until after the 2012 presidential election, federal judge Royce Lamberth ruled in 2015 that although Landmark Legal did not establish that the EPA acted in bad faith, the EPA either carelessly or intentionally neglected Landmark's FOIA request. Lamberth previously ruled in 2013 that the EPA might have attempted to evade Landmark's FOIA request.

In 2001, the American Conservative Union awarded Levin its Ronald Reagan Award for his work with Landmark Legal. Politico reported in 2014 that Levin received a salary of more than $300,000 per year as president of the non-profit Landmark Legal Foundation, whose donors include the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and ExxonMobil. In 2018, Levin stepped down as president of Landmark Legal but remained on its board of directors.

Radio broadcasting

See also: The Mark Levin Show
Levin speaks at the 2011 Defending the American Dream Conference hosted by Americans for Prosperity

Levin began his broadcasting career as a guest on conservative talk radio programs. For many years, he was a contributor of legal opinions to The Rush Limbaugh Show, appearing more regularly as the Monica Lewinsky scandal developed. About this time, Sean Hannity became aware of him, and he began to feature in Hannity's radio show. Eventually, Levin gained a radio slot of his own on WABC, initially on Sundays beginning in 2002, then in the timeslot following Hannity's program in 2003. Cumulus Media Networks began syndicating The Mark Levin Show nationally in 2006.

Levin has participated in Freedom Concerts, an annual benefit concert to aid families of fallen soldiers, and uses his radio program to promote aid to military families. Levin is also involved with Move America Forward, a charity that sends care packages to soldiers serving overseas.

On February 11, 2016, Levin signed a ten-year contract extension with Westwood One, which will take his show through 2025, its 19th year.

On November 16, 2018, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Television shows

Since 2014, Levin has been the founding editor-in-chief of Conservative Review, a multi-platform online television network that later merged with Glenn Beck's terrestrial network TheBlaze in 2018 to form Blaze Media. Programs airing on the network include Levin, Roaming Millennial, Truth Be Told, Allie, In the Woods with Phil, Kibbe on Liberty, Louder with Crowder, America Bolling, and more.

In November 2017, Fox News announced that it had signed Levin for a weekend show titled Life, Liberty & Levin to air on Sunday nights beginning in February 2018. According to a pre-debut network news release, the program's intention was to explore "the fundamental values and principles undergirding American society, culture, politics, and current events, and their relevance to the nation's future and everyday lives of citizens." Episodes feature one or two guests for the hour-long program discussing political events, news, and history. In September 2023, Fox News announced that Levin's show would air new episodes on Saturdays as well as its usual Sunday timeslot, starting on September 16.

Writer

Levin wrote the 2005 book Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America, in which he advanced his thesis that activist judges on the Supreme Court (from all parts of the political spectrum) have "legislated from the bench". Commentary magazine's Dan Seligman wrote that Levin asks readers "to identify with 'originalists' who look to the text of the Constitution and the intent of its framers, and to reject the 'activists' who construe the Constitution broadly and are more concerned with getting to their own 'desired outcomes'". Slate magazine's Dahlia Lithwick wrote that "no serious scholar of the court or the Constitution, on the ideological left or right, is going to waste their time engaging Levin's arguments once they've read this book".

Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish is a non-fiction work written by Levin in 2007 about his experience of rescuing a dog named Sprite from a local animal shelter.

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto was released in 2009, and became a #1 New York Times best seller for eleven of twelve weeks, as well as No. 1 on Nielsen BookScan and No. 2 on Amazon.com's list of bestselling books of 2009. The book includes discussion of issues Levin believes need to be addressed in the United States. In Liberty and Tyranny Levin repudiates the use of the term "progressive" to describe "modern Liberals", and argues that "statist" would instead be a proper term. Liberty and Tyranny has sold over one million copies according to Threshold Editions, the book's publisher. Andrew C. McCarthy, in The New Criterion, wrote, "Levin offers not so much a defense as a plan of attack" against "America's Leftist ascendancy". Other reviewers critiqued the book as "analysis utterly useless in understanding more than half of the American political landscape" while opining that "Levin resorts to the same old misinformation to sell his brand of conservatism".

Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America was issued in 2012. In Ameritopia, Levin discusses the origins and development of both the modern day conservative and liberal political philosophies, the latter of which he refers to as "statist", through the works of some of the leading figures in American history. Included are commentaries on works by Plato, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu and Alexis de Tocqueville. Conor Friedersdorf's review, published in The Atlantic, criticized the text's argument that statism is based on utopianism, and Carlin Romano, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, wrote that "Ameritopia is really Ameritastrophe. It's disastrously bad from beginning to end."

In Levin's 2013 book The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic he suggests eleven new Constitutional amendments. The book debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Hans A. von Spakovsky of National Review Online called the book "required reading for conservative bloggers". Ana Marie Cox, writing in The Guardian, said the book "contains some radical notions about a complete overhaul of the US constitution, but to debate the specifics of their merits is to ignore the larger insanity of the project" while noting "the ludicrousness of his specific 'fixes' and the near-impossibility of achieving them". Also in The Washington Times, Richard W. Rahn wrote, "If The Liberty Amendments can help foster a national debate about which corrective actions, including constitutional amendments, are needed to increase liberty and prosperity, Mr. Levin will have performed a great national service". Hoover Institution fellow David Davenport wrote in Forbes that Levin's book used "weak arguments".

Levin's Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future was published in 2015, and Rediscovering Americanism and the Tyranny of Progressivism in 2017.

Levin and Ted Cruz at the 2017 CPAC conference

Levin's Unfreedom of the Press, which was released on May 21, 2019, became the number one best-selling book on Amazon.com three days before its official release, as a result of pre-order sales. Unfreedom of the Press also became a New York Times #1 best-seller on June 6, 2019, in the combined print & e-book nonfiction and hardcover nonfiction categories. Lloyd Green was critical of the book in The Guardian writing that the book "is not exactly fan fiction but it can get ahead of itself when discussing the special counsel's conclusions, ending up sounding like the 'fake news' the author and Trump both purport to abhor." Annalisa Quinn, writing for NPR, stated: "the book is largely filler. Quotations and paraphrasing make up the majority of the book's central chapters. Lengthy and irrelevant block quotes from historians about, say, colonial printing practices... give the book the air of a padded student essay." Quinn also wrote, " conducts no interviews, presents no original research, and visits no newsrooms", and "When Levin does offer his own analysis, it can approach parody." On June 8, 2019, Levin appeared on C-SPAN2's Book TV to discuss Unfreedom of the Press, "in which he argued that the press has lowered its standards in providing objective and trustworthy journalism."

In 2021, Levin published American Marxism, a book written in reaction to the events that have transpired so far in 2021 and also seeks to characterize the Marxist attributes of the American Left. As of November 14, 2021, the book had spent 16 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List for nonfiction.

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A 2016 study which sought to measure incendiary discourse on talk radio and TV found that Levin scored highest on its measure of "outrage". The study looked at 10 prominent radio and television programs, known for incendiary discourse on political matters, and scored content on the basis of whether it used "emotional display", "misrepresentative exaggeration", "mockery", "conflagration", "slippery slope", "insulting" or "obscene language", and other factors, finding that Levin was the radio host who engaged in the most outrage. The study found that he utilized "outrage speech or behavior at a rate of more than one instance per minute." In How Democracies Die, Harvard University political scientists Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky write that Mark Levin was among the popular right-wing talk radio hosts who "helped to legitimate the use of uncivil discourse" in American politics, and contribute to the erosion of democratic norms. According to Politico, Levin has a "penchant for hysteria."

Views on politicians and other individuals

According to The Guardian, "constant attacks on Democrats and the left are important components" of Levin's modus operandi. According to Politico in May 2009, Levin pronounced "almost daily" that Obama "was a failure, a liar, and a 'statist' who is trying to destroy individual freedom." According to Rutgers University political scientist Stephen Eric Bronner, Levin tends to use "socialism" as a "catch-all term to condemn any policy that strengthens the social welfare function of the state." In July 2014, he called Jon Stewart "a knee-jerk idiot", and suggested that Stewart was a self-hating Jew. He has stated that "Nancy Pelosi's politics comes as close to a form of modern-day fascism as I've ever seen". In January 2019, he said Pelosi was "America's first fascist. And that's a fact". Levin said the new Congressional Speaker had "hijacked" the federal government by deciding to block the financing of President Trump's border wall. Levin has also mocked how Pelosi looks, referred to Beto O'Rourke as a "weak man", and called Dick Blumenthal a "pathetic, loathsome liar".

He has criticized Republicans – including Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Mitch McConnell – with whom he disagrees. He sometimes refers to such individuals as RINOs. Levin endorsed Orrin Hatch when he faced a primary challenge in 2012, but later apologized for his endorsement when Hatch said that he would be willing to support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Since then, he endorsed a number of Republican primary challengers to incumbent Republican senators. Levin supported the Tea Party Patriots' campaign to "fire" House Speaker John Boehner. Earlier in 2010, Levin criticized Glenn Beck for his criticism of congressional Republicans. He has referred to Mitt Romney as an "ass" and called CNN host Brian Stelter a "creep".

Levin supported U.S. Representative Mo Brooks in his campaign in the 2017 Alabama special election against incumbent Luther Strange, who had received a temporary appointment earlier that year.

Levin strongly defended former EPA head Scott Pruitt while he was under a dozen separate ethics investigations. Levin said Pruitt's "policies on the whole have been outstanding," and "I don't throw good people under the bus because the left targets them."

Sponsorship and conflicts of interest

During the 2012 election cycle, Levin's show was paid at least $757,000 in sponsorship by the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity to run ads for the group, a deal which began in the summer of 2010. After the sponsorship ended, Levin began making ads for the Tea Party Patriots. The Senate Conservatives Fund paid Simon & Schuster at least $427,000 for copies of Levin's Liberty or Tyranny in September and October 2013. During the same period, on his radio show and Facebook page, Levin frequently promoted the group, which has funded primary challengers of Senate Republicans. Levin did not disclose that the group had made $427,000 of purchases of his book.

Levin endorsed Orrin Hatch when Levin was being sponsored by Americans for Prosperity (AFP) which also endorsed Hatch. Levin withdrew his endorsement of Hatch when Levin was being sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots. Levin dismissed the allegations that he engages in "pay-to-play".

Barack Obama

In 2009, Levin described as "absolutely right" the statement by Sarah Palin that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) includes death panels to decide whether elderly people or sick children were worthy of medical care. In 2011, a caller to Levin's show, claiming to be a neurosurgeon, said that the Department of Health and Human Services had issued a document saying that people over age 70 would not be allowed to receive medical treatments. Levin said to the caller, "so Sarah Palin was right." The call was later revealed to be a hoax and the death panel claims were revealed to be false. In late 2013, Levin said there were similarities between a gathering of "hand-picked" supporters of the Affordable Care Act chosen by the Obama administration to Nazi Sturmabteilung or "Brownshirts" drawing comparisons of the propaganda techniques of the two groups.

Levin stated in 2013 that "the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated our government" and described President Obama as a Muslim Brotherhood "sympathizer". He speculated in November 2014 that, after the 2014 mid-term elections, Obama might go "full Mussolini".

In February 2015, Levin stated that President Obama was "seeking to destroy Israel" because "Obama has an affinity for Islam far more than Christianity or Judaism." He blamed Obama for the Ebola crisis: "the political policies of this administration which opens the door wide to people from the poorest parts of the world. We don't know who they are, we don't know if they have diseases."

WMDs in Iraq

In 2014, Levin claimed that the Bush administration's original WMD rationale for the Iraq War had been vindicated by citing reports of U.S. soldiers in Iraq that were wounded by the decayed remnants of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons arsenal. The remnants in question were degraded and unusable chemical weapons shells from the 1980s. Levin faulted the Bush administration for not doing more to publicize these remnants of Iraq's former WMD program.

Donald Trump

In March 2016, Levin endorsed Ted Cruz for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Over a month after Donald Trump was nominated, in September 2016, Levin stated on this radio program that he would vote for Trump in the presidential election, following his declaration earlier that year that he was in the "Never Trump" camp and would never vote for Trump. He qualified his support by stating: "I take no responsibility for the dumb things he says or the dumb things his surrogates say."

Wiretap claim

In March 2017, Levin alleged that the Obama administration had used "police state" surveillance tactics against the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. The Associated Press said that Levin "voiced without evidence the idea that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower". Levin protested the AP report vigorously, demanding a retraction and an apology on the grounds that his sources for the statement included The New York Times and other newspapers. His statement was reprinted by Breitbart News and reportedly became the basis of President Trump's unfounded Trump Tower wiretapping allegations. In September 2017, reports emerged of a court-ordered Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wiretap on Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort; while certain Trump supporters alleged that this surveillance vindicated Levin and Trump's unsupported assertions, The Atlantic commented: "This is not true – Trump claimed he had been the subject of Obama-ordered, politically motivated surveillance, for which there remains no evidence."

"Deep State" conspiracy theories

Levin has said that there was a "coup" occurring against the first presidency of Donald Trump waged by Obama loyalists. Levin's coup claim was referring to investigations of the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and of alleged obstruction of justice by Trump. He has suggested that former FBI Director James Comey used the Trump-Russia dossier "to blackmail the president." He has claimed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller engaged in a "Deep State" coup against Trump.

Trump–Ukraine scandal

Further information: Trump–Ukraine scandal

After President Trump pressed the President of Ukraine to start an investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Levin strongly defended Trump's actions. Asked on Fox & Friends whether Levin was "okay" with Trump asking a foreign leader for "dirt" on Biden, Levin lashed out at the Fox & Friends host and repeatedly shouted there was "no problem" with what Trump did. Shortly thereafter, Trump praised Levin and retweeted more than 20 tweets by viewers praising Levin. Levin also accused Joe Biden of being the one who "did something illegal", though he did not provide evidence or any elaboration.

In October 2019, while Trump was the subject of the impeachment inquiry, Levin said that on his Blaze TV show: "While he's been president there hasn't even been a hint of scandal. Not a hint!" He was highly critical of Mitt Romney who increased his criticisms of President Trump during this period.

2020 election

Following the 2020 presidential election, as all significant media organizations reported Joe Biden had won, Levin told his radio audience that the Democrats were "stealing the election". He insisted on Twitter to his 2.4 million followers: "there's lots of evidence of voter fraud and election screw-ups." On the same platform, on November 5, Levin called on Republican-controlled state legislatures to disregard the results of the 2020 election and send electors to the Electoral College who would vote for Trump. The suggestion was retweeted by Donald Trump Jr.

He praised Sidney Powell, a member of Trump's legal team, for what he considered to be her patriotism after she promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and sought to overturn election results. He frequently had guests on his show who led the audience to think Joe Biden's win in the presidential election could be overturned.

On January 5, 2021, Levin insisted Congress's imminent counting of the Electoral College votes was an act of "tyranny" because of the supposed fraud. He told his listeners, "If we don't fight on Jan. 6 on the floor of the Senate and the House... then we are done." Following the next day's storming of the Capitol in Washington, he continued in the same vein. "It appears nothing has changed in 24 hours... Not a damn thing. The never-Trumpers, the RINOs, the media — same damn thing," although he was critical of the rioters. Meanwhile, on the same day as the riot, Cumulus Media circulated a memo instructing its presenters, a roster which includes Levin, to cease implying the 2020 presidential election was stolen or face the end of the right to broadcast via Cumulus.

COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Levin downplayed the threat of the virus, arguing that the media was overreacting and that the death toll from the flu was higher than the coronavirus.

Russo-Ukrainian War

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Levin has supported Ukraine, saying that if Russia defeated Ukraine, Vladimir Putin would take further aggressive action. He also criticized the Joe Biden administration for its response, which he considered to be lacking, and the isolationists and the "Putin wings" of the media, Democratic Party and the Republican Party. He also called for the US to arm Taiwan to defend themselves from China and call off the negotiations with Iran. At the 2022 CPAC, Levin criticized populism and nationalism and called for the US to support Ukraine, saying that the CPAC means Conservative Political Action Committee, not "McGovern, populist or nationalist action committee" and "We love America because it's America, not because we're nationalists. I mean, the Russians are nationalists. The Chinese are nationalists. America First is about Americanism, first", and "You want a world war? Then become an ostrich, put your head in the sand and let the Russians roll through one country after another".

Personal life

Levin suffered a heart attack in 2000 and had open heart surgery. He is currently married to Julie Strauss Levin

Selected publications

  • Levin, M. R. (2005). Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America. Regnery Publishing
  • Levin, M. R. (2007). Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish. (1st ed.) Pocket Books
  • Levin, M. R. (2010). Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
  • Levin, M. R. (2012). Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
  • Levin, M. R. (2014). The Liberty Amendments. (Reprint ed.) Threshold Editions
  • Levin, M. R. (2017). Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism. Threshold Editions
  • Levin, M. R. (2019). Unfreedom of the Press. Threshold Editions
  • Levin, M. R. (2021). American Marxism. Threshold Editions
  • Levin, M. R. (2023). The Democrat Party Hates America. Threshold Editions.

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