Cheryl K. Chumley

‘Christian’ group — and that’s ‘Christian’ in quotes — warns of faith-based nationalism

Christians Against Christian Nationalism, a movement driven by church leaders, just put pen to paper to warn Americans that "Christian nationalism" is becoming a concern because, in their words, it often serves as a cover for "white supremacy and racial subjugation." Sounds dire. Until you peer past the curtain, that is.

July 30, 2019

Americans at long last awakening to dangers, darkness of Big Tech

A new survey from Pew Research shows that the number of Americans who view Big Tech through star-studded eyes has fallen the last four years -- by 21%, no less. It's about time.

July 30, 2019

Siri’s secret sneak peek of your ‘sexual encounters’

File this under "Yet Another Reason To Keep Siri Voice Assistant Out Of Your Home." A whistleblower who works for Apple, the maker of Siri, said the voice assistant can accidentally activate during the most private of times -- like when people are discussing sensitive business or medical matters. Or cutting drug deals. Or having sex.

July 30, 2019

Democrats and the art of the parse

There must be a special place in hell for politicians and political operatives who dance and spin and pirouette around truth with such expert movement that only trained polygraph examiners and skilled behavioral analysts can discern the fact from the fiction. And mark these words: That place is going to be filled with Democrats.

July 29, 2019

Pete Buttigieg scrambles for his ‘in’ with black voters

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has had a polling problem with blacks since he announced his run for the presidency months ago -- with recent numbers from CNN showing him at zero percent with this community. Zero. But now he think he's found his "in."

July 29, 2019

Democrats do love their subpoenas

Democrats took over the House in November and between then and now, they've been busily issuing what seems, by best count, to be beaucoup subpoenas for anyone and everyone who wears an "R" pin or dons a "MAGA" cap. And their relatives. Ah, well. Hope does spring eternal, doesn't it?

July 27, 2019

CNN’s ‘Jewish pigs’ problem

CNN has just accepted the resignation -- code for "resign or we'll fire you" -- of photo editor Mohammed Elshamy over messages he posted on Twitter in 2011 that went, in part, like this: Die, all you "Jewish pigs." No doubt there'll be some sensitivity training coming 'round the mountain for CNN's remaining.

July 26, 2019

Democrats: Deflated, deluded — but still not defeated

One after another Democrat has come forward and admitted Robert Mueller's Capitol Hill testimony wasn't all it was cracked up to be, and that the party, overall, had suffered a big red-faced blow from his bumblings and mumblings. And yet: The left still won't quit.

July 26, 2019

Ilhan Omar, New York Times, partners in latest anti-Trump hit

Rep. Ilhan Omar took to the pages of The New York Times to trash-talk President Donald Trump and paint him as a certain racist, worthy only of tossing on the trash heap of politics and history. That's not really the story. The story here is why The New York Times would give her this voice.

July 25, 2019

‘Lord’ monument scrubbing a shameful sign of the times

So the Tega Cay City Council decided that the reference to the "Lord" on a monument honoring fallen police officers was too controversial, and they scrubbed and scrubbed until the offending word was removed. And when that wasn't enough, they removed the memorial completely. What a sad, sorry sign of modern American times.

July 25, 2019

California progressives up in arms over ‘straight pride parade’

Progressives in the California city of Modesto are shocked and outraged and appalled -- that last, a good liberal's favorite expression, particularly when pronounced Ah-Paaahhhled -- because officials are poised to approve a permit to hold a "Straight Pride Parade" in the community. Well, note to progressives: Too bad.

July 25, 2019

America’s Joe Q. Public biggest loser on Robert Mueller

Former special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited testimony on Capitol Hill died a quick death, with pundits sloshing around words like "painful" and "frail" to describe the special counsel's presence and performance. It's time for the left to move on. It's time for Democrats to admit defeat and focus on policy.

July 25, 2019

Donald Trump’s not-so-insignificant kudos from gay guy with AIDS

A self-described "gay man living with HIV/AIDS" issued a strong defense on Twitter of President Donald Trump, telling the social media world that under this administration, he's finally received the necessary treatment cure of his ailment. Imagine that. This is not your Democrats' vision of Trump.

July 24, 2019

Rashida Tlaib, the lunatic fringe of politics

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, in a speech delivered from the floor of the House, likened the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel to America's boycott of Nazi Germany. And that's just the latest of her madness.

July 24, 2019

Lessons on immigration from ‘Little House on the Prairie’

NBC network COZI TV just played Season 2, Episode 20 of "Little House on the Prairie," the one titled the "Centennial" -- and boy, what a face-slapping reality check of how far our country has strayed, in the span of about 40 years, from its moral, political and cultural compasses. Particularly, pertaining to immigration.

July 20, 2019

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not a socialist

Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC fame said during a recent television sit-down with a couple guests that calling the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a socialist was patently untrue -- that it was simply "opposition research" garbage from conservatives and Republicans and President Donald Trump's supporters and base. Come again?

July 19, 2019

Ted Cruz, Bill Cassidy take on ‘terrorist organization’ antifa

Sens. Ted Cruz and Bill Cassidy introduced a resolution to formally label antifa a domestic terrorist organization and saying, in follow-up written remarks, that the group "must be stopped," that its members are fascists "protected by liberal privilege," and that it's high time elected officials stepped in and did something. Agreed.

July 19, 2019

Tucker Carlson, Berkeley’s idea of a ‘white supremacist goblin’

Berkeley City Council member Rigel Robinson turned down an invitation to talk about the renaming of manholes as "maintenance holes" on Fox News with Tucker Carlson, calling the host a "white supremacist goblin" and a "racist" and a bunch of other stuff. It's always a good thing when crazy people denounce you.

July 19, 2019

Pentagon’s weaponized ticks wouldn’t be worst military secret

Rep. Christopher Smith added an amendment to a defense bill ordering the Pentagon to admit whether it experimented with ticks for biological weaponry, and if those experiments contributed to the massive Lyme disease explosion. If true -- it wouldn't be the worst secret experimentation conducted by the U.S. government.

July 18, 2019

Racism alert: 32% Democrats say white pols can’t criticize blacks

In what has to be one of the most interesting polls of the day, Rasmussen Reports finds that "one-in-three Democrats think it's racism any time a white politician criticizes a politician of color."

July 17, 2019