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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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President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. The president said he supports the move by Senate Democrats to make it harder for Republicans to block his nominees. Obama spoke shortly after the Senate voted 52-48 to weaken the power of the filibuster. The rule change will make it harder for minority Republicans to block confirmation of the president's nominees for judges and other top posts.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democratic aide says Obamacare price hikes ‘shock to the system’

Aides to certain House Democrats who have worked for years on Capitol Hill say the price hikes they’re seeing in certain insurance plans due directly to Obamacare are both shock and awe, and some may leave their jobs to find more affordable options.

November 22, 2013
**FILE** The Internet homepage of WikiLeaks is shown in this photo taken in New York on Dec. 1, 2010. (Associated Press)

Web creator warns of Big Brother tide on Internet

Tim Berners-Lee, the scientist who’s largely credited with creating the World Wide Web, issued a stark warning on Friday about the trend of surveillance that’s been springing in the Internet.

November 22, 2013
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, talks with navigator Frantcia Thenor, left, and Carmen Celeiro, center, about health care options available under the Affordable Care Act, at the North Shore Medical Center, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Miami. Sebelius visited Miami and Orlando Tuesday to talk up the Affordable Care Act as fallout from the new law grows. The computer screen, which is on the healthcare.gov website, reads " Sorry, our system is temporarily down." (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Obama stages private meet with press for Obamacare damage control

President Obama invited several members of the media — notably, the more liberal members — for an off-the-record, behind-the-scenes chance to chat about Obamacare, in what some are describing as a Hail Mary attempt to do some much-needed damage control.

November 22, 2013
** FILE ** Mike Steenhout, comptroller of Washington state's Liquor Control Board, takes photos as he tours a marijuana growing facility in Seattle on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington permit offices flooded with marijuana applications

Hundreds of hopeful marijuana business operators have flocked to local permitting authorities and filed applications to open pot shops — and that's in just the first week of the enactment of a state law that lets recreational sales and production commence.

November 22, 2013
A Santa Claus figurine is part of a holiday window display at Macy's, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

S.C. charter school bans Christmas carols with religious tone

A music director at one charter school in Rock Hill, S.C., reportedly said students are more than welcome to sing their celebrations of Christmas at upcoming performances – just not those songs that refer to Jesus Christ, or that have overtly religious overtones.

November 22, 2013
** FILE ** Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

FBI scrambles to find Iraqi terrorists living off U.S. welfare

Federal investigators are sifting through the records of thousands of Iraqis who came to the United States as "war refugees" in recent years, trying to discern how many more are like the two they recently arrested: Admitted terrorists who left Iraq for America, accepted public housing and welfare assistance, then continued with their plots to kill.

November 20, 2013
Actor James Woods (Associated Press) ** FILE **

James Woods, the science geek: U.S. future ‘built on dreams’

Actor James Woods, a Hollywood hero for conservatives who's been outspoken against President Obama and his policies, took the Comic-Con stage in New York to speak on what he saw as a more inspirational subject: America's future ability to make great scientific leaps and bounds.

November 20, 2013
A McDonald's sign towers above one of the fast-food chain's restaurants in Chicago on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

McDonald’s goes gourmet? Pilot menu kicks off custom-made burgers

Want guacamole on that burger? McDonald's is making waves in the fast-food market with a proposed change to its 70-year-old model of made-to-order burgers, announcing a custom-made burger pilot program that provides customers with a range of choices, including 20-plus specialty sauces and toppings.

November 20, 2013