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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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In this March 25, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington after returning from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Donald Trump’s rising popularity only confounding to elites

President Donald Trump's approval numbers have just jumped. And it's not that difficult to see why. This is the direct fallout of positive White House economic moves coupled with rebound resistance to the overreach of the media and political left to paint Trump as all that ails the world.

March 29, 2018
Demonstrators march through the downtown during the March for Our Lives protest for gun legislation and school safety, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Cincinnati. Summoned by student survivors of the Florida school assault, thousands swarmed into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignite political activism among the young. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

#ProLifeWalkout a tit for tat to the left

Move over left. And be silent and accommodating -- at least as accommodating as for the "March For Our Lives" walk-outs. A #ProlifeWalkout, started by a 17-year-old California student named Brandon Gillespie, is now set for April 11 at spots around the nation.

March 29, 2018
In this Aug. 15, 2012, file photo, a line of people living in the U.S. without legal permission wait outside the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles. California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census. In announcing the lawsuit Tuesday, March 27, 2018, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says adding such a question is a reckless decision that would violate the U.S. Constitution and cause a population undercount. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Sorry, ‘Senadora’ Dianne Feinstein, sorry CAIR: Trump’s census switch not ‘white supremacist’

What a hullabaloo President Donald Trump's decision to add a citizenship question back to the census survey has created. And why? Simply this: Because the left knows that illegals might fear filling out the census if they have to check off illegal on the citizenship box. And that means fewer dollars for Democratic leaning communities -- as well as possibly, fewer Democratic voices in Congress.

March 28, 2018
Dimitry Lazar fires his 9mm pistol at targets at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Democrats, 39 percent, do indeed want to repeal Second Amendment

Fully 21 percent of Americans and 39 percent of Democrats think a repeal of the Second Amendment is sane. That's according to a poll taken back in February by the Economist/YouGov. Founding Fathers warned that an uneducated citizenry would never be able to maintain a republic. Well, here we are.

March 28, 2018
This file image released by Disney shows Dan Stevens as The Beast, left, and Emma Watson as Belle in a live-action adaptation of the animated classic "Beauty and the Beast." On the last day of the calendar year, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has surpassed “Beauty and the Beast” as the top grossing film in North America in 2017. (Disney via AP, File)

Planned Parenthood affiliate hits new low with tweet at Disney crowd

The Planned Parenthood of Keystone in Pennsylvania, put up a tweet -- and rapidly deleted it -- that called for Disney movie makers to include a princess character who's had an abortion. It takes a twisted mind to go this low. And the $1.3 trillion omnibus just passed by Republicans funded this vicious agency?

March 28, 2018
Former President Jimmy Carter told CBS' "Sunday Morning" that he would prefer not to see President Trump impeached and that he's willing to give the president the "benefit of the doubt" in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. (CBS)

Jimmy Carter’s distaste for John Bolton a good sign

So former President Jimmy Carter can't stand John Bolton as national security adviser -- and that's supposed to be a concern? Listen up. Any member of government who deals with foreign policy who receives a thumbs-down from Carter is golden. It's only when Carter approves that we should worry.

March 27, 2018
Attendees participate in the Las Vegas March for Our Lives event, which started at Symphony Park and ended in Las Vegas City Hall, on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Andrea Cornejo/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Children should be seen and not heard

Decades ago, the prevailing attitude -- the oft-expressed attitude -- of parents toward their little ones was that children should be seen and not heard. Harsh and humbling as that sounds, fact is, we could use a bit more of this adult-driven 'tude today.

March 27, 2018
This image released by CBS News shows Stormy Daniels, left, during an interview with Anderson Cooper that aired on Sunday, March 25, 2018, on "60 Minutes." (CBS News/60 Minutes via AP)

Stormy Daniels, the ‘news cycle America deserves’

Perhaps the best tweet from all of the twitterings that tore up Twitter during and after the already-infamous Stormy Daniels sex tell-all on "60 Minutes" on CBS went, in part, like this: "This is the news cycle America deserves."

March 26, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves a news conference with Republican leaders, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The D.C. swamp is alive, well and flush with $1.3 trillion

Congress, led by Republicans, passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill to keep the government operational through the end of the fiscal year, September 30. And on this, the only clear winners are the swamp creatures slinking about Capitol Hill, the ones who pretend at fighting for the good for the country while robbing all that's truly good for the country.

March 24, 2018
Roseanne Barr sits down for an interview with ABC's "20/20" to discuss the return of her iconic television show. (Image: ABC screenshot)

Roseanne Barr to Jimmy Kimmel: Yeah, I voted Trump ‘cause left went nuts’

Roseanne Barr told Jimmy Kimmel on a recent "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" segment that yes, indeed, she voted for Donald Trump for president -- and she did so because the left went so far left that it left even liberals like her buzzing. It's such fun when liberals turn on their own, even when the tone is joking.

March 23, 2018
In this Feb. 24, 2017, file photo, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md. President Donald is replacing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with Bolton. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

John Bolton, a real ‘America First’ kinda guy

John Bolton has been criticized as a hawk, condemned by the left for shrugging in the face of overseas' threats and countering warlike talk with warlike talk. But that makes him a perfect fit for Trump's team.

March 23, 2018
In this Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, during a meeting with members of Congress to discuss school and community safety. With the president from left, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas,, the president, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. Not two weeks ago, Trump scolded a Republican senator for being “afraid of the NRA” and declared that he would stand up to the powerful gun lobby and finally get results on quelling gun violence. Now Trump is striking a very different tone as he backpedals from his earlier demands for sweeping reforms. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Gun control’s snaky sneak into omnibus

Lawmakers in the Republican-led Congress managed to sneak into the $1.3 trillion omnibus that's due for passage this week a measure that strengthens background checks on gun buyers. And what's worse -- what's the bigger 'diss to voters and the constitutional process -- is that the gun control provision is one and the same as a bill that previously stalled in Congress.

March 22, 2018
The Capitol is seen before dawn Wednesday after a night of negotiating on the government spending bill, in Washington, March 21, 2018. Talks over a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed out deals on a first round of funding for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans’ $1.3 trillion ‘pass it to read it’ boondoggle

Republicans, following months of negotiations, finally came up with an omnibus spending bill, and in a word, it "sucks." It's 2,232 pages of $1.3 trillion taxpayer expenditures. And lawmakers only have until Friday to pass it, or face yet another shutdown.

March 22, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump hits the heartbeat, tells GOP go ‘further right’

President Donald Trump told Republicans during a recent party fundraising dinner that the way to win big at the ballot box was to go right -- politically speaking, that is. In other words, he cautioned: Don't cave on the conservative principle. He's absolutely correct.

March 21, 2018
Pico Rivera City Councilman and El Rancho High School teacher Gregory Salcido listens to public remarks during a city council meeting at Pico Rivera City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Pico Rivera, Calif. The city council was to consider a resolution asking for the resignation of Salcido, who was recorded making anti-military remarks to his students in January. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Gregory Salcido, anti-military teacher, fired — and good riddance

A teacher with the El Rancho Unified School District in Southern California named Gregory Salcido was fired after Board of Education members decided his anti-military comments caught on tape were so vicious that they -- as well as he -- didn't belong in the classroom. Apparently, the good guys do win once in a while.

March 21, 2018
This is Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, file photo of CIA Director Michael Pompeo, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Mike Pompeo’s Jesus-loving reputation brings strength

Mike Pompeo, secretary of state nominee, is sparking some worry among the high-brow crowd because he believes in Jesus and thinks Christianity is the way to go. Let the nail-biters gnash and gnaw. This is what makes America great, and what will continue to keep America great -- the fight of the faithful to bring biblical principles out of the pews and into public life.

March 21, 2018