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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Ocala International Airport, in Ocala Fla., Friday, May 1, 2026, after speaking at an event in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump hilariously turns impeachment tables

President Trump called for Republicans to start impeachment proceedings against Hakeem Jeffries for comments the New York congressman made following the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act. And this is why MAGA Americans love Trump. He's hilarious. And unbeatable.

May 4, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pauses after swearing in Mark Esper as defense secretary during a ceremony with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, July 23, 2019. A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house owned by Alito, according to a report published May 22, 2024, by The New York Times. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

WATCH: Justice Alito, a powerhouse of influence

When it comes to Supreme Court justices, one of the lesser-known is Samuel Alito. But he's truly the voice of constitutional influence on the High Court, cutting through the complex and alerting his fellow justices to what's really at stake in each of the cases.

May 2, 2026
President Joe Biden, with from left, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., pray and listen during the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden’s legacy of persecuting Christians

The Department of Justice released a report that found the Joe Biden administration had spent considerable time and energy, not to mention taxpayer dollars, investigating Christians for high crimes and misdemeanors.

May 1, 2026
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., raises his fist after speaking at a campaign event for a proposed "billionaires tax" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

LISTEN: Tax cuts are great, but debt reduction’s better

The tax cuts this White House are championing are having a positive effect on the American consumer, putting more money and decision-making power back into the hands of the worker. But they will prove meaningless if politicians don't deal with the deficit.

May 1, 2026
Former FBI Director James B. Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

‘Dangerous speak’ is a dangerous slope

There isn't a constitutional reference to dangerous speak, or dangerous speech. Neither is there one for hate speak, or hate speech. These are terms fabricated by the left to censor speech, with an end game of stifling political dissent. Republicans shouldn't play that game.

April 30, 2026
An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court reels back race card on elections

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Louisiana's newly redrawn congressional maps, creating a second district made up primarily of Black voters, were an "illegal" gerrymander based on race. But this is a great ruling for Americans who believe in the spirit of the nation, rather than the divisiveness of the Democrat Party.

April 29, 2026
President Barack Obama makes a face as they show his video during his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Barack Obama wants the violence to stop (wink, wink)

Barack Obama penned a social media message in the hours after President Trump was nearly assassinated -- again -- that called for calmer voices and cooler heads in the political realm; that said, "It's incumbent upon all of us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy."

April 28, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Geofence warrants are Fourth Amendment nightmare, fit for police state

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case dealing with geofence warrants, also called reverse warrants -- and more aptly so because of the potential for law enforcement to surveil and arrest without a warrant, a reversal of Fourth Amendment intents -- and the end result, depending on how justices rule, could be: police state.

April 27, 2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responds to accusations by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the origin of COVID-19, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) ** FILE **

WATCH: Leftists dominate college commencements

Anthony Fauci, the face of tyrannical COVID clampdowns on freedoms, is scheduled to deliver the keynote commencement address at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. As Emily Sturge, journalist with the Leadership Institute's Campus Reform said, "What a slap in the face."

April 25, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani claps during a visit to Learning Through Play Pre-K with former President Barack Obama in the Bronx in New York, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Socialism for thee, heck not for me

Such is the way of socialists and communists and Marxists -- they always love the warmth of collectivism until the collectivists come calling at their own doors. Collectivists is great from a distance.

April 24, 2026
A man walks near a large sculpture of the Communist Party flag at the Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

LISTEN: China’s shop of influence and horror

Communist China has been making great inroads around the world with its method of economic enslavement, the Belt and Road Initiative. But there are far worse evils taking place under the CCP's watch. Take the new title, "Killed to Order: China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary."

April 22, 2026
When it comes to winning the midterms, the best chance Republicans have of besting Democrats is if they play back the left's own words. So says Allen West, retired Army lieutenant colonel and executive director of the American Constitutional Rights Union.

WATCH: Republicans must strike hard for midterm wins

When it comes to winning the midterms, the best chance Republicans have of besting Democrats is if they play back the left's own words. So says Allen West, retired Army lieutenant colonel and executive director of the American Constitutional Rights Union.

April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump waves to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival at the White House, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump deletes social media post — but not memory — of him as Jesus

President Trump's Truth Social posted an artificial intelligence image of him as a sort of Jesus to the people, dressed in a white robe and arrayed with a red cloth, a ball of light from one hand, a ray of light from the other, fingers pressed against the forehead of a man he was apparently healing. Too much.

April 14, 2026
California gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., talks with reporters after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Eric Swalwell was expendable, and that’s why Democrats turned on him

If party leaders had stood by him, there's a very good chance Eric Swalwell would still be in the California gubernatorial race. It's only when Democrats outlive their usefulness and their liabilities become too much effort for too little return that the party machine ousts one of its own.

April 13, 2026
Pope Leo XIV blesses faithful as he starts his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo’s ties to Iran cloud his judgment

Pope Leo, in what church watchers are describing as unprecedented, issued public condemnations against the U.S. military operation against Iran, even calling out by name President Donald Trump. But 'lest we forget: The Holy See has maintained full diplomatic relations with Iran since 1954.

April 10, 2026