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Cheryl K. Chumley

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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NFL Roger Goodell’s ‘#AskCommish’ Q&A takes turn to the comical

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's good intentions no doubt ran awry this week, after he took to Twitter to address serious fan questions via a proffered "#AskCommish" handle -- and found that many weren't quite so somber as he would have liked.

May 7, 2014

MSNBC faces Hispanic fire for on-air ‘abominable’ Cinco de Mayo stunt

MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts was forced to issue a quick apology for an on-air Cinco de Mayo segment that featured a sombrero-wearing, tequila-swilling correspondent — a stunt seen by at least one Hispanic group as downright discriminatory.

May 7, 2014

Fed investigator accuses EPA top dogs of running ‘rogue enforcement’ unit

The inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency is due to testify before a House oversight committee on Wednesday and tell congressional members: The EPA has gone rogue and has been operating a secret enforcement unit.

May 7, 2014

FBI agent arrested in Pakistan for weapons charge at airport

An FBI agent who tried to board a Pakistan International Airlines flight in Karachi was detained by airport police and taken to court, accused of violating the country's anti-terrorism laws.

May 7, 2014

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, en route to U.S. rehab, turns back to Canada and now MIA

Rob Ford, the crack-smoking Toronto mayor who was poised to cross into the United States to enter a Chicago rehabilitation facility for his alcohol problem, curiously turned from the border, went back into Canada — and has now gone missing.

May 7, 2014

Clay Aiken’s race for Congress down to wire: 40.9 percent to 39.5 percent

Clay Aiken, the North Carolinian "American Idol"-turned-congressional hopeful, was still waiting Wednesday for the final results of his primary against fellow Democrat Keith Crisco.

May 7, 2014

Michael Jordan, former NBA star: ‘I was against all white people’

Michael Jordan of NBA fame said in a new book, "Michael Jordan: The Life," written by sportswriter Roland Lazenby, that his path to basketball stardom was anything but easy -- and that along the way, he was actually a racist.

May 7, 2014

Shariah law: Gang-raped Indonesian woman to be caned for adultery

A woman in Indonesia who was caught having an affair with a married man was gang-raped by eight men — as "vigilante" punishment — and is now going to have to suffer a public caning due to Shariah law.

May 6, 2014

Louie Gohmert: Constitution for ‘people who cling to their God and their guns’

Rep. Louie Gohmert sent out first a quote and then a quip to rally-goers in Iowa that if John Adams thought the Constitution was for moral, righteous people, then that meant the legal document was primarily for modern-day Americans who revere both God and guns.

May 6, 2014

Monica Lewinsky breaks her silence on ‘consensual’ Bill Clinton affair

Monica Lewinsky, the famed White House intern known worldwide for her sexual dalliances with former President Bill Clinton, says she's tired of living in the shadows of her past and wants all to know: Her affair was "consensual," she said.

May 6, 2014

Iran vows to take out U.S. aircraft carriers in Gulf if war breaks out

Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned Tuesday that the nation would target U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf if war ever broke.

May 6, 2014

Nebraska GOP Senate primary shapes as tea party versus the establishment

In a week's time, the Republican Party may have its answer on which direction to take in 2014 and 2016 elections -- the path toward the tea party or the one toward establishment conservatism.

May 6, 2014

For sale on eBay: One beached, 40-foot-long sperm whale

A town in Canada has come up with a creative way to simultaneously clean up the beach and make a few bucks: Local officials have put up for auction on eBay a beached, 40-foot-long sperm whale that's being billed as a collector's dream come true.

May 6, 2014

Rick Santorum digs at Rand Paul: He can’t win GOP nod — he’s ‘a Libertarian’

Former senator and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, who may be making moves toward the White House yet again, turned his back on Sen. Rand Paul and said the Kentuckian doesn't stand a chance of winning the nation's high executive seat under the GOP umbrella.

May 6, 2014