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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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A portable data center solution featuring rows of server racks and integrated cooling units within a modified shipping container, ready for deployment. File photo credit: Snide12 via Shutterstock.

WATCH: The realities of losing the A.I. war

America's facing significant challenges in the global war for technology dominance, not the least of which is the line that must be maintained between citizen privacies and the need to capture data to fuel artificial intelligence development -- something that does not concern China at all.

July 11, 2026
A "Happy 250th Birthday" signs seen near the entrance at Lucky Patriot Fireworks in Batavia, Ohio, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Happy 250th: Let’s reclaim ‘innocent until proven guilty’

The key to maintaining liberty is to understand that the roots of tyranny grow and spread in a godless society. As America grows more secular -- as America turns from God and church and traditional values and morals -- so crime spikes and lawlessness spreads and government grows.

July 10, 2026
The U.S. Capitol is seen during Independence Day events honoring the nation's 250th anniversary, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Civics, as a matter of national security

A survey found 58 percent don't know the main purpose for the Constitution; and 57 percent don't understand why we declared independence from Great Britain. That's not just a sad commentary on the state of the education system. It's a frightening harbinger of the country's loss of freedoms.

July 10, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

Democrats happily blow tax dollars filing frivolous court cases

And so begins another round of reckless, feckless, frivolous, costly court dramas, courtesy of Democrats who love, love, love to spend tax dollars on their anti-constitutional designs. If Democrats had to pay for their own legal lawfare, court dockets everywhere would suddenly clear.

July 9, 2026
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during the Democratic National Convention Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Randi Weingarten, the teaching world’s exploiter-in-chief

House Republicans are investigating American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to see if she used union dues to pay for the writing and promoting of her book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers." It's expected that her primary defense will be to call out Republicans as fascists.

July 8, 2026
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters as he walks to his office following a vote at the Capitol, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Republicans aren’t guilt-free on the growth of DSA

Former President Ronald Reagan used to talk about government as the enemy of freedom. He used to warn that the scariest words in the English language were, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Republicans seem to have forgotten that, though.

July 6, 2026
People listen before President Donald Trump speaks at the opening of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WATCH: America, 250 years strong

America's 250th year kicks off and my, what a tremendous republic we still are. Challenges abound, but American Exceptionalism is going strong.

July 3, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani partakes in the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 28, 2026 in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Democrats’ own lies have brought about the DSA scourge

Socialists are such a scourge. It's impossible to be a socialist without also being a liar. It's also impossible to be a socialist without being a communist-loving, Marxist-embracing, collectivist-worshipping tool of the devil.

June 30, 2026
A rocket hit a mobile bomb shelter donated by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in Sderot, southern Israel. None of the occupants were hurt, the charity said (Photo by International Fellowship of Christians and Jews/Baz Ratner)

WATCH: Israel cannot let Hezbollah strike without answer

Israel is on high alert due to Hezbollah, Iran's proxy terror group, which has been striking the Jewish nation from Lebanon. Meanwhile, the end of military operations between Israel and Hezbollah remains the main sticking point in the ceasefire and peace plan for America's war with Iran.

June 27, 2026
More than 300 Texas school districts and charter schools have signaled plans to use a state-developed reading and language arts curriculum that attracted national attention last year for its heavy references to the Bible and Christianity. File photo credit: joshimerbin via Shutterstock.

LISTEN: Bible morals being taught in public schools

A new survey shows parents by a vast majority would like to see morals and character as a course to be taught their children during the school day. And LifeWise Academy is responding, advancing on curriculum that was already approved by the courts years ago.

June 25, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Democrat — what Democrat? They’re all Marxists now

The New York Times blasted this insightful headline in the lead to New York's primary elections on Tuesday: "Democratic Socialists Took City Hall. Now They're Aiming at Congress." The thing is, Democrats have been socialists in ideology for years. Now that the socialist label has gone mainstream, their next step is to make Marxism and communism the norm.

June 23, 2026
The United States of America dealing with Iran illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Iran is trying to turn America against Israel

Iran is certainly not victorious when it coms to withstanding America's military might. Where Iran is making inroads, though, is with its deceptive influences through the world's media.

June 19, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a working lunch with other leaders during the G7 summit, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)

Trump’s shocking savior-of-Israel claim

President Trump, speaking to reporters at the Group of Seven summit in France, said that without him, "there would be no Israel," and "without the United States, there would be no Israel." Yikes. God may have a difference of opinion on that one.

June 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trumptalkas to the media after disembarking Air Force One at Paris Orly Airport, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Orly, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

LISTEN: The war is over — or is it?

President Trump announced the end of the war with Iran, and said a peace deal was in the process of being signed. A day later, he announced the Strait of Hormuz would soon reopen and that the peace deal was in the process of being signed. But questions remain: Are we at war or not?

June 17, 2026