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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” 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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"I'm just a proud American and wanted to come down here and stand in front of the White House and wave my flag," says Danny Parker of Shamokin, Pa., who drove to Washington, D.C., Sunday night after hearing the news that Osama Bin Laden was killed. He arrived in the nation's capital Monday at 5 a.m., and spent the morning standing in front of the White House in Lafayette Park. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Donald Trump, winning on ISIS: Where’s that black flag now?

Let's poke the bear for a moment. Or, more truthfully -- because of this White House's strength and boldness and utter disregard for the left's preferred method of dealing with terrorists, known as the Diplomatic Dance -- let's poke the widdle baby bear for a moment and ask: Whatever happened to all those boldfaced ISIS threats against America?

May 12, 2018
Former President Jimmy Carter signs copies of his new book "Faith: A Journey For All" Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) ** FILE **

Jimmy Carter, wrong on Donald Trump once again

Jimmy Carter has called out President Donald Trump as misguided for withdrawing America from the terrible Tehran nuke deal. That's expected; Carter's no Trump fan. But what's eyebrow-raising is the reason for Carter's scorn -- that history dictates Trump honor past presidents' actions. Wrong. On history, it seems, Carter knows not of what he speaks.

May 10, 2018
"Thank you to Rasmussen for the honest polling," President Trump tweeted. "Just hit 50%, which is higher than Cheatin' Obama at the same time in his Administration." (Associated Press)

Donald Trump vs. Barack Obama: Veni, vidi, vici

For eight years, the sane-minded of America suffered under a socialist-minded Barack Obama who scoffed law, mocked the Constitution and destroyed all that mattered on pretty near all matters tied to virtue, tradition, humble service and competent leadership. Now Donald Trump has come and with just over a year of leadership, has steadily and surely begun to repair what Obama broke.

May 10, 2018
Iranian lawmakers burn two pieces of papers representing the U.S. flag and the nuclear deal as they chant slogans against the U.S. at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Iranian lawmakers have set a paper U.S. flag ablaze at parliament after President Donald Trump's nuclear deal pullout, shouting, "Death to America!". President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal on Tuesday and restored harsh sanctions against Iran. (AP Photo)

Iran deal — and then there were none

President Donald Trump has taken yet another campaign promise and turned it to reality and pulled America from the detestable Iran nuclear deal. Thank goodness. This Barack Obama-forged piece of madness was -- well, nothing but madness. Who cuts deals with Satan and calls it a good thing, a win-win?

May 9, 2018
In this April 22, 2018, file photo, New York University's Washington Square News creative director Rachel Buigas-Lopez, left, and managing editor Sayer Devlin haul pizzas in an elevator after ordering them while meeting a middle-of-the night deadline at the newspaper's headquarters in New York. College journalists are speaking up for themselves in a coordinated campaign to combat some of the same forces that have battered newspapers across the country. More than 100 college newsrooms across the U.S., including the Washington Square News, are using social media campaigns, public awareness events and editorials Wednesday, April 25 to call attention to the important roles they play. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

AI in the newsroom — a mixed blessing of fact vs. compassion

There could very well come a time when journalists -- who've never made it to the top of favorability polls with the people, anyway -- may be phased out, replaced by robotic reporters. Not today. But someday. One day. It's already in the works. And it's a mixed-bag blessing, at best.

May 9, 2018
In this Nov. 25, 2013, file photo, then-President Barack Obama and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., greet each other on the tarmac upon his arrival on Air Force One at San Francisco International Airport. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Barack Obama, you said it — ‘like, facts are really useful’

Barack Obama told a crowd in San Diego gathered at the Association for Talent Development Conference that "like, facts are really useful" to sound decision-making. Agreed, Mr. Ex-President. Like, facts are really useful. And like, facts could've been really useful during the Obama administration as well -- something this former president seems to have overlooked while taking potshots as this current White House.

May 8, 2018
Michelle Obama speaks at College Signing Day, an event honoring Philadelphia students for their pursuit of a college education or career in the military, Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at Temple University in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Michelle Obama, take your snottiness and go

Michelle Obama, the former first lady who seems to have appointed herself the spokesperson for the fairer gender, has taken to criticizing her fellow women for voting for Donald Trump for president in 2016. She's "concerned" about women. She's wondering "what is going on in our heads." Well, she needn't be. In fact, better yet, she ought to just go away. And take that trail of condescension, too.

May 8, 2018
State Rep. Marty Moylan speaks on the floor before members of the House vote on legislation prohibiting bump stock and trigger cranks during a session at the State Capitol Wednesday Feb. 28, 2018, in Springfield, Ill. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) ** FILE **

Illinois ‘sanctuary’ counties buck state on gun control

Several counties in Illinois have taken gun control matters into their own hands and told the state, in essence, sorry -- you're not stripping us of our Second Amendment rights. And thus the showdown begins. But honestly, the state has no constitutional leg in this fight.

May 7, 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace each other after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

Donald Trump effect: Kim Jong-un crosses DMZ, hugs Moon Jae-in

North Korea and South Korea put to paper a formal intent to officially end the Korean War. And they did that in a historic sit-down that saw dictator Kim Jong-un actually cross into South Korea -- actually cross the infamous DMZ and set foot in enemy land. And none of that would've happened if President Donald Trump hadn't stood strong against the angry rhetoric of Kim and pressed on for nuclear talks.

April 27, 2018
Kanye West poses for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York with then-President-elect Donald Trump, Dec. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Kanye West stirs Twitter pot with ding at Barack Obama

Kanye West, already in hot water with the left for daring to step outside the box of Proper Speech it so strictly imposes, has now started a new hot thread by sending this into Twitter Land: "Obama was in office for eight years and nothing in Chicago changed." Ouch. As expected, right on cue, the leftist screamers have hit back hard.

April 26, 2018
Randa Jarrar attends the 2017 Vulture Festival Los Angeles "Feminist AF" at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Randa Jarrar and the inequalities of the First Amendment

Randa Jarrar, the California State University, Fresno professor who called now-deceased Barbara Bush a racist, will not be fired because of First Amendment protections. How come some professors with tenure get First Amendment protections, but others don't?

April 26, 2018
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, kisses Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, goodbye at a news conference during a summit on climate change involving mayors from around the globe. The conference comes after President Trump said the U.S. will pull out of the Paris agreement. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Rahm Emanuel admits ‘Impeach Trump!’ foolish campaign talk

Even Rahm Emanuel, the guy who once famously said no crisis should ever go to waste, now admits the whole "Impeach Trump" rhetoric is a foolhardy tack to take on the Democratic campaign trail. Careful, Democrats. Is that common sense sneaking up on you?

April 25, 2018
In this Oct. 21, 2016, file photo, Chinese students work on the Ares, a humanoid bipedal robot designed by them with fundings from a Shanghai investment company, displayed during the World Robot Conference in Beijing. U.S. officials have a name for their frustration with Beijing’s technology ambitions: “Made in China 2025.” Issued in 2015, it calls for China to develop its own global competitors in fields from information technology to electric cars to pharmaceuticals. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Sex robots, bringing dysfunction to a community near you

For less than $2,000, men the world over can order and have shipped their very own handmade woman -- their very own artificially intelligence-responding, machine-programmed moving, software-generated moaning portable flesh-like robotic sex doll. Yep. They have to leave their dignity at the door, of course.

April 24, 2018