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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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**FILE** The Rev. Jesse Jackson (Associated Press)

Jesse Jackson: ‘Tea party is the resurrection of the Confederacy’

The Rev. Jesse Jackson said in a Tuesday interview with a national news outlet that there's no question about it — Republicans are constantly pushing the race button on all matters of policy and politics, and tea party activists are akin to redneck racist throwbacks from the Civil War era.

August 27, 2013

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich (AP Photo/dapd, Timur Emek)

Calif. lawmaker calls on Obama to stop violating Fourth Amendment

A Republican lawmaker in California has brought forth a resolution to compel Congress and President Obama to quit the unlawful National Security Agency surveillance and to halt the Fourth Amendment violations.

August 27, 2013

N.J. black teen in majority-white school caught sending racist texts to self

A black teen in New Jersey seeking to win election to a student government office at a mostly white school was busted for sending racist text messages to himself, ostensibly to garner attention, sympathy and votes, school officials said.

August 27, 2013

People gather at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, during a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Black clergy members cite MLK in call to Congress to crack whip on guns

A group of black faith leaders citing Martin Luther King Jr. have taken to Capitol Hill to push lawmakers to crack down on gun ownership and pass a national law requiring background checks for all purchases.

August 27, 2013

Boston strong: Condo owner called ‘fake’ patriot for fighting flag rule

A Boston condominium owner says management can threaten and fine all they want – he’s not taking down his 6-foot-by-10-foot American flag that’s hanging in his window.

August 27, 2013

**FILE** Apollo, a service dog belonging to U.S. Army Spc. Mike Ballard, is seen here on May 17, 2012, in Puyallup, Wash. Ballard says his dog helps him get through the worst symptoms of the post-traumatic stress disorder that is a remnant of an explosion in Afghanistan that ended his career as an Army medic. (Associated Press)

Massachusetts military veteran tossed from diner for service dog

A military veteran recently tossed from a Massachusetts diner after the owner objected to the presence of his certified service dog said he felt "belittled" and wants an apology.

August 27, 2013

Demetrius Glenn (right), a teen who allegedly took part in the robbery and beating of 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert Belton, is moved swiftly back to the juvenile detention center near the Spokane County Courthouse after a first appearance, via video, in District Court in Spokane, Wash., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. The youth, who will be charged as an adult, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery and was ordered held on $2 million bail. (AP/The Spokesman-Review, Jesse Tinsley)

WWII veteran Delbert Benton died trying to defend self from thugs: police

The 88-year-old World War II veteran who was beaten to death with a flashlight as he crossed a parking lot in Washington state may have died because he tried to defend himself, police said.

August 27, 2013

Christopher Lane was fatally shot on a street in Duncan, Okla. The Australian was attending college on a baseball scholarship in the U.S. and was visiting his girlfriend. (Essendon Baseball Club via Associated Press)

Obama spokesman sends condolences to family of Australian killed in Oklahoma

Through his spokesman, President Obama sent out a statement this week expressing condolences to family members of the Australian baseball star who was attending college in Oklahoma when he was shot and killed in a random act of violence.

August 27, 2013

Wisconsin lawmaker pushes English as official state language

A Republican lawmaker isn’t giving up the fight to make English the official language of the state of Wisconsin, and reintroduced a bill this week that would do just that.

August 27, 2013

Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (center), Liu Wang (left) and Liu Yang sit inside the capsule after the launch of China's manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Saturday, June 16, 2012. Shenzhou-9 blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. (Associated Press)

China’s trouncing of U.S. in space race: ‘Unmistakable warning signs’

It's irrefutable, said one political science professor from Georgia: China is moving full speed ahead with its race to space, while other nations — including the United States — have entered yawn status.

August 27, 2013

**FILE** In this May 30, 2013, file photo provided by the Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan (center), celebrates the 100th day of her stay in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with her parents Fran and Janet. (Associated Press)

Sarah Murnaghan: Pennsylvania girl who sparked transplant debate heads home with new lungs

The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who sparked a nationwide debate about the rights of children versus adults who are on organ transplant lists headed home on Tuesday with new lungs in place.

August 27, 2013

Angelique Neuman, left, and Jen Roper, right, celebrate their wedding at Christus St. Vincent Regional Cancer Center, where Roper is undergoing treatment, Friday Aug. 23, 2013 in Santa Fe, N.M. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, T.S. Last)

ACLU ‘stunned’ as New Mexico judge rules gay marriage legal, despite law

New Mexico doesn't have a specific constitutional provision or law that allows same-sex marriages, but a judge said on Monday that prohibiting the unions is a form of sexual discrimination — and by proxy, ruled gay marriage legal.

August 27, 2013

Flying kid-free: Singapore airline offers adults-only seating

For a paltry $14, fliers on one Singapore-based airline can now kick back in kid-free zoned seating.

August 27, 2013

** FILE ** Then-Army Pfc. Bradley Manning poses wearing a wig and lipstick in an undated photo. Manning emailed his military therapist the photo with a letter titled, "My problem," in which he described his issues with gender identity and his hope that a military career would "get rid of it." (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Bradley Manning ratchets hormone fight, as pressure builds to call him a ‘her’

The attorney for Army Pvt. Bradley Manning — the convicted soldier who now wants the world to call him Chelsea Manning — says his client is more than willing to pay for estrogen treatments himself, if the military allows.

August 27, 2013

** FILE ** Afghan men prepare the graves of 14 civilians, killed a bomb explosion in Nangarhar province’s Ghany Khel district, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban kill 12 civilians in Afghanistan, including aid workers

Taliban militants in Afghanistan shot and killed on Tuesday 12 civilians, six of whom had been in the country to assist with government-related projects.

August 27, 2013

** FILE ** In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a Malmstrom Air Force Base missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an ICBM at a Montana missile site. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, John Parie)

Montana nuclear missile chief fired for failed safety inspection

The head of security at a nuclear missile base in Montana was fired from his position after failing to pass a recent safety inspection, a military spokesman said on Monday.

August 27, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria and accused Assad of destroying evidence. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Syria to Secretary of State John Kerry: You’re lying

Syria on Tuesday issued a formal reply to Secretary of State John Kerry’s claim of “undeniable” evidence of chemical weapons use by government forces on a rebel stronghold near Damascus: You’re lying.

August 27, 2013

** FILE ** A Chinese man uses a computer at an Internet cafe in Beijing in 2010. (Associated Press)

China hit by biggest hacklike attack in history

Internet users in China received a single message on Sunday while trying to get online: service denied.

August 26, 2013

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a University of Colorado Law School event on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Jeremy Papasso) ** FILE **

Ruth Bader Ginsburg blames Supreme Court colleagues for judicial activism

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg faulted her colleagues recently for creating a judicial atmosphere of activism, and she suggested she's going to stick around and try to turn back that tone, for at least another year.

August 26, 2013

** FILE ** Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Ohio Democrat (http://fudge.house.gov/)

Congressional Black Caucus chair: Race relations backsliding since Obama’s election

The chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus said race relations in America haven’t improved any since the election of President Obama — and as a matter of fact, they’ve even gotten worse.

August 26, 2013