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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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CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin shouts at President Obama as she is removed from the back of the auditorium during his speech about national security on May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (Associated Press)

CodePink activist Medea Benjamin jailed in Egypt, begs for U.S. help

The co-founder of the peace activist group CodePink, Medea Benjamin, said Egyptian police have grabbed her and put her in jail, breaking her arm in the process.

March 4, 2014

People watch TV reporting North Korea's missile test at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. South Korea says North Korea has fired seven suspected artillery shells into the seas following its recent series of Scud missile launches. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea accused of firing 7 artillery shells into seas

North Korea has fired off seven suspected artillery shells into ocean waters, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

March 4, 2014

Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock on the second day of his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Antoine de Ras, Pool)

Oscar Pistorius murder trial takes dramatic turn with judge’s warning

Day two of the murder trial of Olympian Oscar Pistorius was marked by a stern warning from the judge, who told a local television channel in no uncertain terms to quit broadcasting photographs of a key witness.

March 4, 2014

In this picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets families of the participants in the assembly of Italian Federation for the Spiritual Exercises at the Vatican, Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

Pope Francis drops f-bomb during Vatican blessing

Pope Francis gave yet more show of his regular guy persona during a recent blessing he issued from the Vatican -- during which he dropped the f-bomb by accident.

March 4, 2014

From left, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch, react as they are introduced as the guest speakers at the beginning of a forum on The Economics and Politics of Immigration In Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

New York City falls to ‘leftist activists,’ says Rupert Murdoch

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch didn't pull punches in a recent Twitter comment about what's gone wrong in New York City: The leftists have taken over, he said.

March 3, 2014

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The debate about whether to continue the dragnet surveillance of Americans&#8217; phone records is highlighting divisions within the Democratic and Republican parties that could transform the politics of national security. While some leading Democrats have been reluctant to condemn the National Security Agency&#8217;s tactics, the GOP has begun to embrace a libertarian shift opposing the spy agency&#8217;s broad surveillance powers _ a striking departure from the aggressive national security policies that have defined the Republican Party for generations. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Marco Rubio wades into Arizona gay-rights debate: ‘We’ve got to find a way’

Sen. Marco Rubio flexed his political and diplomatic muscles this weekend, wading into the Arizona debate that pitted gay rights versus religious freedoms to issue a rather wishy-washy summary: We've got to do something.

March 3, 2014

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama listening as Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year should the Afghan government refuse to sign a security agreement with the US the White House said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Hamid Karzai expresses ‘extreme anger’ at U.S. government

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the United States hardly kept his nation's best interests in mind during the 12 years of war in the country.

March 3, 2014

In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, Piers Morgan, host of CNN's &quot;Piers Morgan Tonight,&quot; leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) ** FILE **

Piers Morgan to stay at CNN for ‘big name’ interviews: report

Piers Morgan is out at CNN -- except when a big celebrity names come calling.

March 3, 2014

Demonstrators who are strapped to the White House fence in Washington, chant during a protest against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, Sunday, March 2, 2014. They were later arrested. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Hundreds arrested in anti-Keystone protests at White House

Police arrested at least 300 anti-Keystone XL protesters who took to grounds outside the White House to press President Obama to turn down the pipeline project.

March 3, 2014

This image released by Ellen DeGeneres shows actors front row from left, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Peter Nyong’o Jr., and, second row, from left, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o and Angelina Jolie as they pose for a &quot;selfie&quot; portrait on a cell phone during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ellen DeGeneres)

Ellen DeGeneres breaks Obama’s Twitter record with star-studded selfie

Ellen DeGeneres broke President Obama's Twitter record Sunday, as social media posters went nuts over a selfie the Oscars host snapped with a crowd of celebrities at the ceremony.

March 3, 2014

Matthew McConaughey accepts the award for best actor in a leading role for &quot;Dallas Buyers Club&quot; during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Matthew McConaughey’s speech: ‘First off, I want to thank God’

Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey took the stage for his Best Actor acceptance speech Sunday night and first on his thank you list: God.

March 3, 2014

Victor Holmes, left, clutches the hand of partner Mark Phariss as they leave the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in San Antonio. District Judge Orlando Garcia said Wednesday he would issue a decision later after the two Texas men filed a civil rights lawsuit seeking permission to marry, and a lesbian couple sued to have their marriage recognized. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas gay men together 53 years wed ‘in the name of God’

Two gay men in Texas who say they've been together for 53 years took advantage of the recent open door a federal judge gave to gay marriage in the state, and traded wedding vows before a crowd of hundreds.

March 3, 2014

A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, center, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 3, 2014. North Korea fired two additional suspected short-range missiles into the sea Monday amid ongoing military exercises between Seoul and Washington, which the North calls a preparation for an attack, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea fires off 2 more missiles into sea

North Korea has sent a couple more short-range missiles into waters off its coast, the second apparent show of aggression and might to oppose joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises.

March 3, 2014

FILE - In this June 18, 2013, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, by National Security Agency Gen. Keith B. Alexander. Al-Qaida&#8217;s Afghanistan leader is laying the groundwork to relaunch his war-shattered organization once the United States and international forces withdraw from the country, as they have warned they will do without a security agreement from the Afghan government, U.S. officials say. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

GOP to John Kerry, Obama: You make U.S. look ‘weak’ to world

The GOP has a message for Secretary of State John Kerry, and it's not a kind one: Your penchant for all talk, no action, is making the United States look weak on the Ukraine situation. The same goes for President Obama, key Republicans said.

March 3, 2014

Emergency workers respond to a massive pileup accident on Interstate 25 in Denver, Saturday, March 1, 2014. Authorities say one person was killed and 30 others were injured in the giant pileup. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Hyoung Chang) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; NEW YORK POST OUT; NEW YORK DAILY NEWS OUT

Denver highway 104-car pileup kills 1, injures 30

Dozens were injured and at least one killed in a highway pileup in snowy Denver that involved 104 vehicles.

March 3, 2014

A Ukrainian armored personnel carrier is stationed behind the gate of a military base in the port of Kerch, Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014. Pro-Russian troops controlled a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Ukraine's Crimea region close to Russia on Monday, intensifying fears that Moscow will send even more troops into the strategic Black Sea region in its tense dispute with its Slavic neighbor. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Ukraine mobilizes: ‘This is a red alert’ of war

Ukrainian interim Prime Minister Arsenly Yatsenyuk issued a blunt assessment of Russia's military force invasion and subsequent blockage of military bases: This is war.

March 3, 2014

Coughing among pilots and fears that contaminants were leaking into their breathing apparatus led the experts to suspect flaws in the oxygen-supply system of the F-22 Raptor. A back-up system is expected to be installed by the end of 2012. (U.S. Navy via Associated Press)

Navy pilot killed during flight training in Nevada

The U.S. Navy said Monday one of its pilots was killed during a training flight in Western Nevada.

March 3, 2014

Oscar Pistorius inside the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, March 3, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder with premeditation in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine's Day 2013. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey, Pool)

Oscar Pistorius pleads not guilty as murder trial opens

Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian gold medalist dubbed the Blade Runner, pleaded not guilty Monday during the opening phase of his murder trial.

March 3, 2014

Mark Ndesandjo, one of President Barack Obama's half-siblings, attends a news conference for his new book "Nairobi to Shenzhen" with the background written "Obama" in Chinese characters, in Guangzhou, southern city of China Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Obama’s half-brother: Barack acted ‘too black’ during youth

When Kenyan-born Mark Obama Ndesandjo first met his half-brother, Barack Obama, one of his initial impressions was that the man who would go on to become president of the United States was just "too black," he said, in an interview with Newsmax.

February 28, 2014

California parents astonished at superintendent’s salary: $663K

Parents of students in one California school district were astounded and outraged after learning the base salary of their district superintendent — $663,000 in 2013.

February 28, 2014