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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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This photo provided on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, by an anti-Islamic State group and anti-Bashar Assad activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, showa burned cars and damaged buildings on a street after Syrian government forces airstrikes struck a popular market near a museum and an industrial neighborhood in Raqqa city, north Syria. The death toll from a series of Syrian government airstrikes on the Islamic State group's stronghold in northeastern Syria has risen to at least 95, making it one of the deadliest attacks on the city of Raqqa in the past three years. (AP Photo/Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently)

British jihadi skips on U.K. bail and flees to Syria

A British jihadi who once said during an interview with "60 Minutes" that he didn't love his mother because she wasn't Muslim — and who was arrested in September on alleged ties to a terrorist organization — has jumped his bail, skipped past U.K. authorities, and crossed into Islamic State-controlled territory.

November 26, 2014
A view of Tower Bridge over the river Thames in London, Thursday, June 19, 2014. London has never been graced with the elegant arches of Venice or Paris. A new exhibition at Museum of London Docklands wants visitors to look again, peering on, under and even inside the structures spanning the River Thames. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

London Tower Bridge’s new glass walkway shattered by beer bottle

London Tower Bridge is falling down — or at least, that was the ostensible fear of pedestrians, who strolled onto the iconic walkway and tourist hotspot and discovered a portion of the newly installed 140-foot-tall glass walkway had been completely shattered.

November 25, 2014
Slurpees are good to go at a 7-Eleven store in Concord, N.H. But there is no word yet on whether elected officials will be sipping the sweet slushy drink Thursday while discussing tax cuts in the White House at a gathering jokingly dubbed the "Slurpee Summit." (Associated Press)

Obamacare’s newest mandate: Post calorie counts of slushies

Obamacare's newest mandates are due for rollout — a requirement for restaurants, bars, grocery stores, and gas stations to list the calorie counts of many foods and drinks they sell, to be overseen by the Food and Drug Administration.

November 25, 2014
A demonstrator holds a protest sign in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, after the announcement of the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

FAA declares no-fly over St. Louis due to gunshots

The Federal Aviation Administration has banned at least 10 flights from touching down in St. Louis, diverting the planes to other area ports due to gunshots that were fired into the sky during Ferguson protests.

November 25, 2014
St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announces the grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cristina Fletes-Boutte, Pool)

Ferguson’s late-night ruling called ‘foolish and dangerous’

At least one political analyst is looking at the timing of the release of the grand jury ruling in Ferguson, Missouri, with disdainful eyes, calling the late-night announcement both "foolish and dangerous" and suggesting it practically dared protesters to unleash violence under cover of the night.

November 25, 2014
Crowds watch the Remembrance Day ceremony from Parliament Hill near the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Patrick Doyle)

Canada government sites taken over by hackers

Several government websites in Canada have been hit by hackers -- specifically, those belonging to Parliament, the Supreme Court, the city of Ottawa and the police forces of both Ottawa and Toronto.

November 25, 2014
In this Nov. 13, 2014, photo, a passenger airliner flies past smokes emitted from a coal-fired power plant in Beijing, China. A coalition of rights groups wants G-20 leaders to take action to improve the lives of the most vulnerable in society, reduce inequality and address climate change. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Mark Steyn heads to D.C. on ‘Big Climate alarmism’ defamation suit

Notable conservative pundit and writer Mark Steyn is heading to the D.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday over a defamation suit brought by climate scientist Michael Mann, who says those who outed his "hockey stick" theory as fraudulent were wrongfully assailing his work and character.

November 25, 2014
World Taekwondo Federation President Choue Chung-won (left) gives an honorary taekwondo black belt and uniform to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Vladimir Putin earns 8th-degree black belt in karate

Russian President Vladimir Putin — known for his shirtless photo ops, including one on horseback that grabbed international headlines — can now lay claim to another feat related to physical fitness: He's earned a new high rank in karate.

November 25, 2014