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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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Coca-Cola, USDA partner on environment to protect federal watersheds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has partnered with Coca-Cola company executives in a landmark public-private partnership to upkeep watersheds on federal properties.

September 13, 2013

Bomb, rockets found outside Cambodia parliament

Explosive experts safely detonated a bomb that was discovered early Friday outside the building that houses Cambodia’s parliament.

September 13, 2013

Tina Brown’s high-profile foundation big on celebrities — short on charity

Scores of celebrities may have lent their names to departing Daily Beast editor Tina Brown's nonprofit, Women in the World Foundation — but a year later, these same high-profile backers may be having second thoughts.

September 13, 2013

California poised to pass law giving driver licenses to illegals

California on Friday is about to become the latest, and largest, state to give illegal immigrants the right to obtain driver licenses, via a bill that’s on the desk of Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, awaiting his signature.

September 13, 2013

Enslaved man who died 200 years ago finally gets his honors in Conn.

A man who was a slave in life and a tool for medical research in death was finally given the rest and honors he deserved — albeit 200 years late — with an elaborate funeral that included a Capitol rotunda viewing following by full Hartford police escort to the church cemetery for burial.

September 13, 2013

New Jersey inferno takes out 50 boardwalk businesses

So much for Superstorm Sandy comeback. Firefighters on Friday morning were still trying to put out a massive fire that tore across the Jersey Shore boardwalk, devastating at least 50 businesses and dampening New Jersey's hopes to rebound and build back the beachfront that was decimated 10 months ago.

September 13, 2013

Boulder, Colo., bolts, as 30-foot ‘surge of water, mud, rocks’ slides toward city

Several Colorado communities entered red-flag, near-panic mode early Friday, as the National Guard began evacuating the entire town of Lyons, and high-mobility vehicles were sent to relocate nearly 2,000 people to safety.

September 13, 2013

Taliban attack at U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan leaves several dead

Taliban suicide bombers and armed militants drove a truck toward the U.S. Consulate in the city of Herat early Friday, managing to kill two Afghan police and a security guard.

September 13, 2013

Al Qaeda leader calls for strikes on U.S. soil to ‘bleed’ America’s finances

Al Qaeda terror network leader Ayman al-Zawahri sent out a message marking Sept. 11, 2001, with a call for more attacks on U.S. soil, aimed at hitting America hard in the pocketbook.

September 13, 2013

AFL-CIO gives gays, transgenders a nod at unionization

The AFL-CIO voted this week to allow transgender and gay organizations the right to organize under the union’s umbrella, amending its guiding documents to embrace those of all genders and expressions.

September 12, 2013

Pope’s summer home evacuated for WWII bomb detonations

Roughly 400 residents of a Rome community, along with the pope’s summer residence, were evacuated this week to make way for the detonations of two discovered World War II bombs in the lakefront area.

September 12, 2013

Boulder County, Colo., mulls rules recognizing rights of plants

Boulder County planners are poised to consider a proposal that would give plants rights the same rights of existence as those enjoyed by humans and animals, based on the logic that are all living, breathing entities.

September 12, 2013

John McCain rebuked by Ariz. GOP for ‘unbecoming’ deal-making with Dems

The Legislative District 26 Republican Party in Arizona has spoken, and they're not happy with Sen. John McCain. The group issued a sharp and formal written rebuke of their senator, calling his work across party lines — particularly with Democratic Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid — destructive to GOP party principles.

September 12, 2013