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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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President Obama greets guests at the second annual White House "Kids' State Dinner" in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. First lady Michelle Obama welcomed 54 children to the Executive Mansion for creating winning recipes as part of a healthy-lunch contest. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Broccoli-headed Obama T-shirt makes debut at PETA

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has jumped on the pro-broccoli bandwagon, releasing on its website pictures of a T-shirt it's now offering for sale. The image on the shirt: a broccoli floret spilling out of President Obama's green-faced head.

July 11, 2013

George Zimmerman arrives for his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Thursday, July 11, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)

George Zimmerman judge opens door to manslaughter conviction

The judge for George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial said Thursday that the jury will be allowed to consider a lesser charge of manslaughter.

July 11, 2013

**FILE** Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russian entrepreneurs while visiting a SIBUR Holding petrochemical plant in Voronezh, 534 km (334 miles) south of Moscow, on May 23, 2013. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin’s Kremlin uses typewriters to prevent computer leaks

Russia is going Back to the Future by taking an old-timey approach to securing top secret communications at the country’s seat of government power, eschewing technology and computers and turning to the typewriter.

July 11, 2013

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is surrounded by the media as he tries to collect signatures for his run for New York City comptroller on Monday, July 8, 2013, in New York. Mr. Spitzer, who stepped down in 2008 from the governorship amid a prostitution scandal, says he is planning a political comeback with his bid for the comptroller's office. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Eliot Spitzer takes Dem lead in NYC comptroller race: poll

Disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is making headway in his race to become New York City comptroller, with a new poll released Thursday showing he's beating his Democratic opponent.

July 11, 2013

** FILE ** This undated image provided by the ASPCA shows animal behaviorists testing a dog for food aggression by using a fake hand to assess the dog's response in Joplin, Mo. Many pets who end up in rehab are victims of abusive owners who have been arrested for dogfighting, hoarding or puppy mill violations. (AP Photo/ASPCA, Mike Bizelli)

Man who killed puppy with bat wins torture case on appeal

An Iowa man who was accused of animal torture for beating to death his 7-month-old puppy with a baseball bat can go free, an appeals court ruled, angering activists who saw the case as a clear-cut example of intentional cruelty.

July 11, 2013

A woman enters an office of GlaxoSmithKline in Beijing on Thursday, July 11, 2013. China’s police ministry has accused executives of the pharmaceutical giant of conducting a large and long-running bribery campaign to persuade doctors to prescribe the firm's drugs. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China accuses drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline of bribery, fraud

China has accused British-based big pharm GlaxoSmithKline of offering bribes and kickbacks in order to boost sales across the country.

July 11, 2013

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks at the National Bureau of Economic Research on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Cambridge, Mass. (Associated Press)

Ben Bernanke: What’s needed is more stimulus

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that what the economy needs is more government stimulus in the form of easy money, or qualitative easing.

July 11, 2013

** FILE ** Case Vermillion answers a customer's question at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, on in 2008. (Associated Press)

Veteran loses gun rights for 1971 misdemeanor marijuana conviction

An Army veteran who retired after 20 years of service is fighting to win back his Second Amendment rights after learning during a gun permit application process that he can't own one — he's got a decades-old misdemeanor for marijuana.

July 11, 2013

Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis tightens laws against child abuse at Vatican

Pope Francis on Thursday tightened Catholic Church laws dealing with abuse against children, specifying that crimes against society's youngest and most vulnerable would be outlawed on Vatican grounds, too.

July 11, 2013

Mimi Fery poses for a photograph Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in New York. Her daughter, Sidonie Fery, was about 10 years old when she and a playmate placed a note inside a ginger ale bottle and threw it in the Great South Bay off Long Island. Sidonie was tragically killed in a fall at a Swiss boarding school in 2010. But two years later, as workers were cleaning up a Patchogue, Long Island, beach after Superstorm Sandy, they discovered the note Sidonie had sent. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Grieving mom’s gift: Message in bottle from deceased daughter washes ashore in Sandy debris

A grieving mother whose daughter died about two years ago was given a bit of comfort from the debris of Superstorm Sandy — a message in a bottle written by the girl at age 10.

July 11, 2013

In this June 27, 2006, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. military guards walk within the Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ** FILE **

Sens. Feinstein, Durbin to Obama: Quit force-feedings at Gitmo

Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin petitioned President Obama in a letter to stop the force-feedings of inmates at Guantanamo Bay prison.

July 11, 2013

** FILE ** In this July 8, 2013, file photo, George Zimmerman sits in the courtroom during his trial in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo /Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool, File)

George Zimmerman tells Florida judge he won’t testify

George Zimmerman put to rest weeks of speculation on Wednesday, telling a Florida judge he won't testify in his defense of second-degree murder for the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

July 11, 2013

Hazem el-Biblawi, a prominent economist who this week was named Egyptian prime minister, meets with interim President Adly Mansour (not pictured) in Cairo on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt’s prime minister will consider Muslim Brotherhood for key posts

Egypt's new prime minister said Thursday that, yes, he would consider key government appointments for members of the Muslim Brotherhood, despite the military coup and ouster of Brotherhood-backed President Mohammed Morsi.

July 11, 2013

**FILE** Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Colorado Democrat (Associated Press)

Colorado pushes law to shield marijuana-friendly banks from prosecution

A Democratic lawmaker in Colorado has introduced a bill that would shield banks from federal prosecution for conducting business with recently legalized marijuana retailers.

July 11, 2013

Greenpeace protesters climb up the Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe, on Thursday, July 11, 2013, in London during a protest against drilling in the Arctic by Royal Dutch Shell. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Environmentalists try to scale London building to protest Arctic oil drilling

A handful of environmental activists took their protest of Arctic oil drilling to new heights on Thursday — they tried to scale the tallest building in Western Europe.

July 11, 2013

** FILE ** In this Sept. 5, 2002, file photo, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington sails in the Persian Gulf. The Pentagon is studying plans to eliminate danger pay for service members in as many as 18 countries and five waterways around the world, saving about $120 million each year while taking a bite out of troops’ salaries, according to defense officials. (AP Photo)

Pentagon: 56,000 troops could lose danger pay

The Pentagon is mulling a plan to cut danger pay for up to 56,000 troops, a money-saving move that will trim about $225 per month from the paychecks of those serving in key strategic military spots around the world.

July 11, 2013

This courtroom sketch depicts Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev standing with his lawyer Miriam Conrad, left, before Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler, right, during his arraignment in federal court Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Boston. The 19-year-old has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ‘smirking’ and ‘yawning’ in court; victims’ families outraged

Families and victims of the Boston Marathon bombing attacks expressed outrage Wednesday at suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's courtroom behavior, characterizing it as a smug show of a blasé and unconcerned attitude.

July 11, 2013

** FILE ** Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. (Associated Press)

Rudy Giuliani: Political correctness opening U.S. to more Boston bombings

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, told Congress that political correctness was killing America, opening the doors to more Boston Marathon-type attacks.

July 11, 2013

A X47-B Navy drone touches down as it lands aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush off the Coast of Virginia Wednesday, July 10, 2013. It is the first landing by a drone on a Navy carrier. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Navy lands unmanned drone on aircraft carrier, ringing in wave of future

For the first time in history, the U.S. Navy landed an unmanned drone aboard one of its aircraft carriers, marking what some are characterizing as the wave of future military sea-based operations.

July 11, 2013

** FILE ** In this July 20, 1969, photo, astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. (AP Photo/Neil Armstrong, NASA)

Lawmakers push for national park on the moon

A couple of lawmakers from Maryland and Texas are pushing for the creation of a new national park — on the moon.

July 10, 2013