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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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Singer Aretha Franklin, left, hugs outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, as President Barack Obama applauds, at an event celebrating Holder at the Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Franklin (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Eric Holder, Barack Obama merger means more chaos at the polls

Barack Obama's Organizing for America is poised to merge with Eric Holder's National Redistricting Action Fund, and the end result -- an "All On The Line" campaign -- will bring on a massive grassroots push to redistrict in a way that solidifies progressive influence for years to come.

February 21, 2019
Illustration on the Democratic party's push for socialism by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The folly of focusing on ‘Socialism’ with a capital ‘S’

Raise the red flags on socialism -- warn about the rising acceptance of socialism as based on polls and surveys -- and soon, a media pundit or scholarly spokesperson will point out to a worried America that this is not a real socialism we're talking about here. Well, so what? Socialism is Big Government and that's all that matters.

February 21, 2019
A proposal by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, for a "Green New Deal" could put the U.S. in the red financially, analysts say. (U.S. House of Representatives)

Democrats in deliciously difficult spot with ‘Green New Deal’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is poised to get Democrats on record with the "Green New Deal" by forcing a vote. It should be interesting. Some Dems have signed on; many others have stayed silent, no doubt realizing the mocking they'll take from the saner citizens of the nation for supporting such a delusional plan.

February 20, 2019
In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Bernie Sanders already branded a liar

Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his campaign for president on "This Morning" on CBS -- and within minutes, he was already raising eyebrows about his ability to stick with the truth. It's not good to kick off a campaign already branded a liar.

February 20, 2019
In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump declares a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo Evan Vucci, File)

A border wall poll that matters

A survey from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist found 85 percent of Republicans say they're A-OK with President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall.

February 19, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., delivers her inaugural address following her swearing-in ceremony at the Renaissance School for Musical Theater and Technology in the Bronx borough of New York on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, like wow, confuses ‘Berlin Wall’ with America

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist with the mostest, unleashed a new wave of fire and fury against this White House, telling a listening America that President Donald Trump's push for border protection, like, is nothing but "a moral abomination," like because it like reminds of like, the Berlin Wall and all. Like wow.

February 19, 2019
In this Oct. 31, 2018, file photo, a screen displays images of a Watrix employee walking during a demonstration of their firm's gait recognition software at their company's offices in Beijing. A Chinese technology startup hopes to begin selling software that recognizes people by their body shape and how they walk, enabling identification when faces are hidden from cameras. Already used by police on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai, “gait recognition” is part of a major push to develop artificial-intelligence and data-driven surveillance across China, raising concern about how far the technology will go. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China’s duplicitous call for ‘arms race’ controls on A.I.

China, according to a report from the Center for a New American Security, is warning that global controls and international agreements on artificial intelligence are needed, or else a technological "arms race" will soon enough lead to world war. America shouldn't be fooled. This is the same China that demands countries "pay their debts" on climate change, all the while bucking controls on its own production.

February 19, 2019
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, "60 Minutes" reporter Lara Logan takes part in a panel discussion at the Showtime Winter TCA Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Logan is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel for three weeks as a precaution after visiting an American-run hospital treating Ebola patients in Liberia for a "60 Minutes" report that aired Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Lara Logan, of CBS fame — a hero to truth

Here's something you won't read about every day -- a journalist in the mainstream media speaking publicly about the left-leaning bias of the mainstream media. But that's what Lara Logan, who worked for years as a foreign correspondent for CBS, just did. Somebody give this woman a gold star.

February 18, 2019
Actor Alec Baldwin walks out of the New York Police Department's 10th Precinct, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in New York. Baldwin was arrested Friday after allegedly punching a man in the face during a dispute over a parking spot outside his New York City home, authorities said.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Alec Baldwin, sorry — Donald Trump has free speech rights, too

President Donald Trump, doing as he does, doing as he always does, took to Twitter to express his displeasure with a "Saturday Night Live" skit that mocked him. And for that, Alec Baldwin, who plays Trump on "SNL," wondered: Did the president threaten my safety? Sorry, Baldwin. Free speech rights run both ways.

February 18, 2019
Former Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks to a crowd inside a ball park across the street from where President Donald Trump was holding a rally inside the El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Rudy Gutierrez)

Donald Trump builds; Beto O’Rourke destroys

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to free up funding and build his long-promised border wall. And on the other side of town, Beto O'Rourke -- Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke -- says let's bust 'em all down. The campaign lines for 2020 couldn't be any clearer.

February 16, 2019
President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump’s ‘egregious’ border ‘overreach’ hardly ‘egregious’

So President Donald Trump announced he was poised to declare a national emergency at the border, setting leftist tongues a-waggin' about the "egregious" lines of power he was crossing, and "egregious" bypass of Congress he was committing, and "egregious" political precedents he was setting. Hmm. Can you say Barack Obama?

February 15, 2019
FILE- In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. A report says Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating a "multibillion dollar" fine for the social network's privacy lapses. The Washington Post said Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, that the fine would be the largest ever imposed on a tech company. Citing unnamed sources, it also said the two sides have not yet agreed on an exact amount. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Facebook turns censorship eyes toward anti-vaccination crowd

Company executives told Bloomberg News that they're considering cutting from their pages any news that undercuts vaccinations -- meaning, anyone who disagrees with the government about the need to vaccinate kids will see one of their key platforms completely shuttered.

February 15, 2019
Former Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at Drake University, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Eric Holder for president? Run — we’d love a Fast and Furious vetting

Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under Barack Obama, announced his mulling of a presidential campaign. Run, Eric, run. Americans are still waiting for answers to certain Justice Department issues from the Obama years -- and what better way to get them finally answered than during a presidential campaign vetting?

February 14, 2019
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a "meet and greet" with local residents, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Double standard of racism, anti-Semitism

Sen. Cory Booker said Americans need to give each other "grace" and engage in "honest conversations" about racism and blackface and the breakdown of political leadership in Virginia. Great. But if conversation doesn't start with the double standard of how racism is perceived in this country -- then it's all for naught.

February 12, 2019
In this Feb. 6, 2019, photo House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., head of the bipartisan group of House and Senate bargainers trying to negotiate a border security compromise in hope of avoiding another government shutdown, walks with reporters to a Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Donald Trump wins the optics on looming government shutdown

Once again, headlines are warning of a government shutdown if Congress and the White House can't strike a deal on border security. But this shutdown, if it comes, will be a public relations win for President Donald Trump.

February 11, 2019
Actor Chris Pratt poses for the media to open the Lego pop-up cafe "The Coffee Chain" in, London, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. The pop-up cafe promotes the new "The Lego Movie 2" film and is in partnership with UNICEF to raise awareness and proceeds. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Chris Pratt inspires with God-talk on Stephen Colbert show

Without a doubt, Hollywood's Chris Pratt is an anomaly. He's not only a Christian in Hollywood. He's an open Christian in an anti-Christian Hollywood crowd -- and just recently, he took that Christian message to Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show," of all places.

February 8, 2019
The State Capitol is illuminated in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Three of the top elected Democrats in the state are embroiled in controversy. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Blackface, ‘dark makeup’ and Dems — and the confusing politics of hate

All eyes may be on Virginia and its gubernatorial blackface scandal right now -- but really, the juicier story is watching members of the media duck and dodge for the Democrats caught between a rock and a racist place. It's getting confusing to keep track of when blackface is racist, when it's not and just whom we're supposed to hate.

February 7, 2019