Catherine Merri "Katie" Pavlich (born July 10, 1988) is an American

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

commentator, author, blogger, and podcaster.

Early life and education

Pavlich was born in

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, to a family of Croat and German descent. She grew up in the mountainous areas of

northern Arizona Northern Arizona is an unofficial, colloquially-defined region of the U.S. state of Arizona. Generally consisting of Apache, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo, and Gila counties, the region is geographically dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the sout ...

, where she developed interests in outdoor activities such as

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and

hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

. Pavlich graduated from

Sinagua High School Sinagua High School was the third public district high school in Flagstaff, Arizona. It opened in 1989 and was closed in 2009. Three other schools were also closed at the same time. The school's colors were royal blue and gray. The mascot was the ...

in Flagstaff, where she played volleyball and basketball. In 2010, Pavlich earned a bachelor of arts degree in

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from the

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. As an adult woman with eligible ancestry, she became a member of the

Daughters of the American Revolution The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence. A non-profit group, they promote ...

Career

Pavlich moved to the Washington, D.C., area and became news editor for Townhall.com, a contributing editor to ''

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'', and a

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contributor. In the summer of 2013, she became an alternate co-host for '' The Five'', a panel talk show on the Fox News Channel. She was also a ''

National Review ''National Review'' is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs. The magazine was founded by the author William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief ...

'' Washington Fellow. Pavlich has appeared on media outlets including Fox News, CNN,

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, and

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. Starting in 2018, she co-hosted the podcast ''Everything's Going to Be All Right'' with former White House Press Secretary

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. The

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named her 2013 Blogger of the Year. The

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute Clare Boothe Luce ( Ann Clare Boothe; March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American writer, politician, U.S. ambassador, and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play '' The Women'', which ha ...

gave her the 2014 Woman of the Year Award, and the 2013 Conservative Leadership Award. She authored the books ''Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-Up'' (2012) and ''Assault & Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women'' (2014).

Political punditry

On the March 19, 2019, broadcast of the Fox News show '' Outnumbered'', Pavlich said that America was the first country to end

slavery Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

within 150 years, and receives no credit for it. The remark was disputed by

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, which noted that countries that outlawed slavery earlier and more quickly than the U.S. included El Salvador, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela. In a reversal, she later said she had misspoken, meaning to say that America was "one of" the first countries to end slavery within 150 years "from the point of its founding". In September 2019, she questioned

Greta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...

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activism, saying "She claims that there needs to be more information about the quote 'science,' but actually on the other side there needs to be more information about the hundreds of scientists who actually disagree with the projections of climate change."

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