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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 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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Women burn a mock American flag with the portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally at the U.S. Embassy to mark International Women's Day Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. Women all over the world mark the women's day with rallies and protests to highlight the role of women in society. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Socialist surge: DSA membership soars as snowflakes go politicking

Socialism, in the face of President Donald Trump's rise to the White House, has seen a surge of activism, with membership to the Democratic Socialists of America jumping to record levels and tripling in size over the last year. Call it the year of the snowflakes.

March 13, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 10, 2017, during a meeting on healthcare. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Russia: Hey, we met with Hillary’s peeps, too

This, from Vladimir Putin's spokesman to CNN "GPS" host Fareed Zakaria, in a recent interview: "[Russia's ambassador met with] people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary."

March 13, 2017
Sen. John McCain, R-Az., places his hand over his heart, while Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin watches, after he addressed the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on Department of Veterans Affairs community care program, on Captiol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

John McCain, will you ever be Republican?

Sen. John McCain, the go-to guy for mainstream media members who need a Republican voice in order to claim balance and non-bias in their stories, took to CNN over the weekend to offer up some criticisms of President Donald Trump.

March 13, 2017
Marcel Ast, 10, from New Jersey, holds up a sign during a "Not My Presidents Day" rally at DuPont Circle in Washington, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Anti-President Donald Trump activists seized on Monday's federal holiday to organize rallies in cities around the country to oppose policies by Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Maxine Waters goes fishing for sex scandal on Donald Trump

What is it with Democrats and their seemingly utter aversion to all-things-factual? The latest lie being sold as truth comes by way of left-leaning Rep. Maxine Waters, and her near-slander of President Donald Trump.

March 10, 2017
In this Feb. 5, 2016, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

WikiLeaks punches holes at police state

Applause. That's the only reaction a freedom-loving American should be giving to Julian Assange over his decision to provide private tech companies some special WikiLeaks schooling on how deeply embedded U.S. intel has woven into their business activities.

March 10, 2017
Van Jones, left, a CNN commentator and family friend who once worked as an environmental adviser to the Obama administration, arrives at the Carver County Justice Center for a hearing on Prince's estate, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in Chaska, Minn. All the musician's siblings want the judge to declare the trust company Comerica as a "personal representative," or executor, of the estate. But they're divided on whether to name anyone as co-executor. Four of the six siblings back longtime Prince lawyer L. Londell McMillan. But Tyka Nelson and Omar Baker object. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)

Van Jones returns to ridiculous and warns of Donald Trump clones

Van Jones, the former Green czar for Barack Obama, had a brief moment in the sunshine of punditry truth-telling, when he praised President Donald Trump's joint session of Congress reach-out to widowed Carryn Owens and her deceased Navy SEAL husband, Ryan -- but he blinked, and the moment's passed.

March 9, 2017
Britain's Professor Stephen Hawking delivers a keynote speech as he receives the Honorary Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London, Monday, March 6, 2017. Hawking was presented the City of London Corporation's highest award Monday in recognition of his outstanding contribution to theoretical physics and cosmology. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Stephen Hawking: ‘World government’ only way to save humankind

Stephen Hawking, physicist of the left -- particularly because of his insistence there is no God but rather a Mother Nature that's gone haywire from human-induced climate change -- has just released his brainiac solution to so-called Mankind's Biggest Threat, technology, and it can be summed in this simple, easy-to-remember phrase: "World government."

March 9, 2017
Protesters in the hundreds gather to protest the appearance of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., who was scheduled to speak at a gathering of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Covington, Ky. Protesters have been following McConnell at each of his public events as he tours the state during the congressional recess. They are angry with him for his support of Republican President Donald Trump.  (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Russians hit progressives for anti-Trump hush money: Report

Well here's an interesting twist to the whole "Russians hacked the election thing" the Democrats -- led by the suggestive powers of the former President, Barack Obama -- have been trying to press into the public collective mind: The Russians are now accused of demanding hush money from progressive groups.

March 9, 2017
Kosovo feminist with a sticker on her forehead reading "We March we don't celebrate" march on the occasion of the International Women's Day in Pristina, Kosovo on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Kosovo feminists advocate for gender equality and protest against violence against women. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Women’s Day dawns, as feminists vow not to smile

Here's a campaign that ought to go over big: Women the world over are taking their "Day Without a Woman" pledge so seriously that some are vowing not only to skip work -- but also to do so with stony faces.

March 8, 2017
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, actor Alec Baldwin attends a special screening of his film "Still Alice" in New York.  Baldwin is teaming with author Kurt Andersen on the satirical book You Cant Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump, Penguin Press announced Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The book is scheduled to come out Nov. 7. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Alec Baldwin bolts SNL-Trump skits in disgust

Poor, poor Alec Baldwin. Scarcely had the pampered Hollywood pet placed high on Saturday Night Live's star cast with his President Donald Trump impressions, and he's already leaving the stage.

March 7, 2017