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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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The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, July 31, 2017, as the Senate returns for two weeks after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., delayed the start of the traditional summer recess until the third week of August to catch up on uncompleted work. The White House is insisting that the Republican-controlled Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace the nation's health care law even after those efforts failed last week because of GOP defections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell halts recess in face of Trump Twitter storm on Obamacare

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told his troops to get back to business, rather than take their traditional August recess. Call it the President Donald Trump Effect. Call it the Voter Effect. Whatever it's called, fact is: Outrage over failed Obamacare repeal has forced the Senate's hands.

July 31, 2017
American Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, center, leaves after attending a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Nikki Haley: ‘Done talking’ about North Korea

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley sent out some strong messaging via Twitter about North Korea, telling the world of social media readers that the time of simply tough talking was nearing an end. Agreed. Nobody likes to bring it up. But regime change is the only way to stop North Korea from its global aggressions.

July 31, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 28, 2017, after the Republican-controlled Senate was unable to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer gets nanny tough on fast-food sandwich wraps

Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, has found a new fight -- and fast-food wrapper is thy name. He wants the feds to investigate them. And not just fast-food wrappers. Cups and cartons, too. Wonder which industry forgot to pay off Schumer this month -- chemicals or fast food?

July 31, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans said their last resort would be to ditch Obamacare's unpopular mandate requiring individuals to hold insurance, its rule requiring large employers to provide coverage and its tax on medical device sales. (Associated Press/File)

Republicans and Obamacare: Sound and fury, signifying nothing

Republicans may have tried to present as if they were fighting the good fight on Obamacare since 2010. But truly, they've been missing the mark, not just recently, but for years. Their whole messaging has been one big sound, one rush of fury, all signifying nothing.

July 29, 2017
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017. The Senate voted decisively to approve a new package of stiff financial sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, sending the popular bill to President Donald Trump for his signature after weeks of intense negotiations. The legislation is aimed at punishing Moscow for meddling in the 2016 presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine and Syria, where the Kremlin has backed President Bashar Assad. McCain said the bills passage was long overdue, a jab at Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress. McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has called Putin a murderer and a thug.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

John McCain: Traitor to the conservative cause

There are video clips floating about devoted entirely to showing the dramatic few seconds on the Senate floor when Sen. John McCain cast his no-vote to Obamacare repeal. Pick one and watch it. They're good visuals of what betrayal looks like.

July 28, 2017
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., with the committee's ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., lower right. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Six Republican senators we don’t need

There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him -- likewise, there are six Republicans who voted for Obamacare repeal two years ago, seven who voted against it now.

July 27, 2017
In this July 25, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is likely to sign a tough new sanctions bill that includes proposed measures targeting Russia _ a remarkable concession that the president has yet to sell his party on his hopes for forging a warmer relationship with Moscow. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump’s greatest tweet ever

President Donald Trump, just a few hours ago, put out what's probably his Best. Tweet. Ever. In all caps, he blasted: "IN AMERICA WE DON'T WORSHIP GOVERNMENT -- WE WORSHIP GOD." Bam.

July 27, 2017
Passengers embark on a Princeton Branch New Jersey Transit train after a service disruption due to a lack of train engineers to operate it, Tuesday, July 18, 2017, in Princeton, N.J. The train is also known as the Dinky, as the train runs only a 2.7-mile route from Princeton Junction station in West Windsor, N.J., to Princeton University. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE**

Princeton on the prowl to emasculate men

Princeton University just announced a new position, the "Interpersonal Violence Clinician and Men's Engagement Manager." They're seeking qualified candidates now. The best will be the man who most acts like a woman.

July 27, 2017
In this March 27, 2008, file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. President Donald Trump says he will bar transgender individuals from serving “in any capacity” in the armed forces. Trump said on Twitter Wednesday, July 26, 2017, that after consulting with “Generals and military experts,” that “the U.S. Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.” (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Trump trans-ban: A gun control Dems should love

So President Donald Trump's banned transgenders from serving in the U.S. military, and now, the left's gone nuts. The question is: Why? Transgenderism is a mental disorder. And we know the left is all about curbing the Second Amendment access to those with mental disorders. Right?

July 26, 2017
In this July 12, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to federal, state and local law enforcement officials about sanctuary cities and efforts to combat violent crime, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Jeff Sessions — happily — to get hot on criminal leakers

First Anthony Scaramucci -- now Jeff Sessions. The attorney general -- the one whose come under fire by President Donald Trump for recusing himself weeks ago from all-things-Russia tied to the 2016 election -- is about to get hot on criminal leakers. This can only be a boon to the White House.

July 26, 2017
Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Dr. Rudolph Crew, president of Medgar Evers College, arrive for commencement at Barclay's Center, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton’s upcoming book: Make way for the pity party

Hillary Clinton, of "I Should've Won the White House!" fame, apparently isn't content to deliver 10- and 20-second talking points from her national podium about the dang Russians who worked with President Donald Trump to give him that presidential title. She's gotta write a book about it, too.

July 26, 2017
House Budget Committee member Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., questions Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, during the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. Fellow committee member Rep. Susan DelBene, D-Wash. is at left. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Pakistani IT guy arrested at airport

Debbie Wasserman Schultz's top information technology guy, the Pakistani-born Imran Awan -- who was under investigation by the FBI for theft and cybersecurity-tied abuses -- was arrested at Dulles International Airport as he tried to flee the country. And now Democrats are rushing to defend him, saying he's the target of massive federal Islamophobia.

July 26, 2017
President Donald Trump pauses as he participates in a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, July 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Psychiatrists agree: It’s OK to smear Trump

A noted psychiatrists' association put out a memo to members to suggest it's quite OK for them to publicly comment on President Donald Trump's mental state -- the heck with a longstanding "Goldwater rule" prohibiting such opining. And the circle of sharks about Trump's White House grows wider.

July 25, 2017
Palestinian women pray at the Lion's Gate following an appeal from clerics to pray in the streets instead of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Dozens of Muslims have prayed in the street outside a major Jerusalem shrine, heeding a call by clerics not to enter the site until a dispute with Israel over security arrangements is settled. This comes after Israel removed metal detectors earlier on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

California imam should be watched; his Islamic center monitored

A California imam who was captured on video calling for the annihilation of Jews ought to be investigated for subversive behaviors. And the Islamic center that welcomed his sermon? That site should be infiltrated with counterterror authorities.

July 25, 2017