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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 woman walks past a Palestinian flag set up between French and European flags at the Malakoff's town hall, outside Paris, as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Hamas wins, evil marches on, and civil society shudders

Britain, Australia, Portugal, Canada -- these countries all just recognized Palestinian statehood, a move aimed at exerting extra pressure on Israel and the White House to get in line with the two-state solution that's not so much a solution as an antisemitic means of eradicating the Jewish people.

September 22, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel arrives for a special screening of the film "Saturday Night" at the Vista Theater, Sept. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Democrats learning lesson of toddlers

ABC has yanked "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" from its late-night lineup -- "indefinitely," no less -- after the talk show host spread false statements about the political leanings of the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk.

September 20, 2025
In this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, photo, a group of anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter demonstrators march in front of the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia in anticipation of the anniversary of the previous year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Antifa first — Democrat Party next

President Trump announced on his Truth Social platform his intent to designate Antifa a terrorist organization and to launch an investigation into those who fund the group for possible criminal prosecution. Next up: the Democrat Party.

September 18, 2025
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, attends the European Council on Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting, May 29, 2018, in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

George Soros — it’s RICO for thee, and your little son Alexander, too

President Trump said that the Democrats' sugar daddy, George Soros, is "a bad guy" who ought to be "put in jail" for his role in funding what's been accused -- albeit denied by the billionaire -- as some of the most violent uprisings in the nation. Soros has certainly sown political discord.

September 16, 2025
A memorial for Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk is seen at Utah Valley University, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) ** FILE **

Exploiting Charlie Kirk’s death

An email from a prominent conservative figure's chief operating officer goes like this: "I'm writing to ask you to join me in backing our security needs for ... our team" -- "we need to raise an initial $24,000" -- "please donate." Making money off Charlie Kirk's murder. It just doesn't seem right.

September 15, 2025
A priest and aman light candles next to a nativity scene decorated to honor the victims in Gaza and asking for peace, displayed in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 23, 2023. Bethlehem is having a subdued Christmas after officials in Jesus' traditional birthplace decided to forgo celebrations due to the Israel-Hamas war.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Bold and Blunt: Halloween in August? Taking back the holidays

Once upon a time in America, Christmas was celebrated even in public schools as the birth of Jesus, and Halloween was at best a one-day affair -- a few cupcakes in class followed by a trick-or-treating at night. Now? Halloween starts in August.

September 5, 2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the Tampa Electric Company offices in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Florida’s end to vaccine mandates is due to Democrat tyrants

Florida is poised to become the first state in the nation to put an end to any and all state-imposed vaccines to children. And predictably, the left is going nuts, warning of lives lost and death counts and dire circumstances. But the leftists have only themselves to blame for Florida's action.

September 4, 2025
A woman reads the bible during a church service at the Christian Mission for the Deaf in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Bold and Blunt: Is the Bible anti-woman?

Women weren't made to be servants, says Daniah Greenberg, author of "Biblical Feminism." And those who use the Bible to insist a woman's place is solely in the home are twisting biblical truths for their own reasons.

September 1, 2025
President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Shootings and transgenders and ADHD drugs, oh my

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, in the wake of the Minneapolis deadly Catholic school shooting by a transgender, said he is investigating whether certain prescribed drugs to youth are fueling acts of violence. At long last. This is a much-needed investigation that should include all ADHD drugs, too.

August 29, 2025
Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Washington on Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Kamala Harris and her petulant, entitled Secret Service expectation

President Donald Trump revoked the Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris, raising a collective outcry from the Democrats who quickly spun the move as dangerous.The real story is Joe Biden sneakily signed a directive adding an extra year to the six months Harris is allowed by federal law.

August 29, 2025
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during an AI summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) ** FILE **

Climate change propaganda infects U.S. judiciary and more

Republican state attorneys general are petitioning Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin to stop funding an Environmental Law Institute program that trains judges in the radical climate change way to go. Less propaganda. More justice is blind -- that's always a good thing.

August 28, 2025
Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Democrats need to take their losses like adults

President Trump announced the firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud -- and like a broken record struck on repeat, attorneys for Cook have responded with a promise for a court challenge based on their view that the firing is illegal.

August 27, 2025
Radio studio on air - Photo credit: Andrei_Diachenko / Shutterstock *FILE*

Bold & Blunt: Christian media surging

There's a new trend in media and it's one that's bound to send the leftists howling: it's called Christian Media Surge. And it means that at a time when fake news is everywhere, and corporate media is reeling, more Americans are turning to Christian media for their trusted sources of news.

August 26, 2025
A school classroom. (File photo credit: cactus_camera via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Public schools finally feeling pinch from poor teaching

Leftists blame COVID, crackdowns on illegals, family relocations and even dwindling birth rates. But at root, it's all due to poor teaching. If children were being educated as they ought to be educated, parents wouldn't be seeking alternative schooling to such a degree.

August 26, 2025
Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. Leaders from Northwestern University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Rutgers University are expected to testify before Congress on Thursday, the latest in a series of hearings spearheaded by House Republicans into how colleges have responded to pro-Palestinian protests on their campuses. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Bold & Blunt: Trump reels back the campus radicalism

It's back-to-school time -- but with the new Donald Trump administration, the atmosphere on college campuses and within the K-12 system is very different. Less DEI. More learning. It's certainly a return to common sense and sanity in the schools.

August 24, 2025
The moon rises behind the cross on top of St Paul's Church in Ealing, London, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. "I hear a lot about "Deconstruction" today in the big evangelical churches. Can you comment on this and help us understand whether the move to "deconstruct" contemporary Christianity is a good or bad thing?" (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Bold & Blunt: Overcoming adversity: stories of faith

One common human experience is struggle -- the guarantee that everyone, no matter background, no matter circumstances, no matter anything, will all face struggles and challenges. The key to success is in the response.

August 23, 2025
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Christian media surging in face of fake news

A new survey from Barna and National Religious Broadcasters finds more and more Americans are turning to Christian media as a source of news -- and moreover, it's mostly younger consumers, the Gen Z types, who are leading the charge. Fake news has met its match.

August 22, 2025