Debbie Schlussel (born April 9, 1969) is an American attorney, author, political commentator, movie critic, and blogger. She has been published in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and The Jerusalem Post, as well as many other publications. Schlussel writes movie reviews and commentary regarding American Muslims, assault victims, Polish people, illegal immigrants, female athletes, and Holocaust survivors (see below). She also frequently appears on The Howard Stern Show and Fox News Channel.Schlussel was born in Southfield, Michigan to a family of Polish Jewish descent. She received a BA from the University of Michigan and later earned a JD and MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1990, Schlussel ran for the Republican nomination for the 4th District (Oakland County) of the Michigan House of Representatives. She was defeated by Barbara Dobb by a single vote from around 8500 cast. Schlussel claimed voter fraud led to her defeat, making allegations of impropriety against the family of her opponent and the judge who ruled on the issue. The judge previously represented her opponent in a criminal matter. In 1998, she lost in the same district (now renamed the 39th) against Marc Shulman.
Schlussel is a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, who reviews films for both radio and her web site. She is the official movie critic of the Larry The Cable Guy show on Jeff & Larry's Comedy RoundUp Channel/Great American Comedy XL Channel on SiriusXM. The New York Times described her in 2010 as, "a kind of all-purpose film critic, political commentator and Web opinion spinner." Her columns (mainly about politics) have been published in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and The Jerusalem Post, amongst others. She was a talk show host at radio station WXYT-FM, then known as WKRK, in Detroit from 2002-03.
