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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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NAACP takes a stand at George Zimmerman trial: ‘No one tells us … what to do’

Members of the NAACP rallying around the Trayvon Martin family at George Zimmerman's trial for second-degree murder, which continued Tuesday, said they wouldn't stay within the marked protest area set up by law enforcement.

June 25, 2013

Tax-bill debate sparks lawmaker brawl in Taiwan

A brawl broke out Tuesday in a parliamentary session in Taiwan as angry lawmakers scuffled over a tax bill — belying the remarks of a visiting Chinese activist who was hailing the island's democracy in the very next room.

June 25, 2013

Men’s Wearhouse breaks silence: George Zimmer fired over power-hungry push

Men's Wearhouse directors caved to public pressures to explain last week's sudden firing of George Zimmer, the company's founder and former executive chairman, painting him as a power-hungry leader who was straying from company principles.

June 25, 2013

Iran commander: Syria conflict will end when Israel falls

A commander in one of Iran's volunteer military units said that the world will know when the conflict in Syria ends — it will be marked by the fall of Israel.

June 25, 2013

Delta CEO gives up seat, wins big PR points with desperate mom

Delta Air Lines just got a huge public relations boost after a woman took to Facebook to thank the CEO for ceding his seat on an overbooked flight so she could pick up her child, who suffers from diabetes, from camp.

June 25, 2013

Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s widow: PTSD doesn’t justify murder

The wife of killed Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who was shot by a Marine reservist he was trying to help, said that she does not forgive her husband's killer and that she rejects arguments that post-traumatic stress disorder was the reason for the murder.

June 25, 2013

W.Va. radio station to give away rifle to show Second Amendment support

A radio station in West Virginia is sending a pro-Second Amendment message with a rifle giveaway contest, with the winner to be announced on the Fourth of July.

June 25, 2013

German police uproot suspected student terror plot

Police in Germany have rooted out what they believe is an Islamist plot by aeronautics students at the University of Stuttgart to carry out a terrorist attack using remote-control model airplanes equipped with bombs.

June 25, 2013

U.S. union head praises Brazil violence, warns of same transit protest here

The leader of the global Amalgamated Transit Union, headquartered in Washington, D.C., said the violence that's spreading through the streets of Brazil is a good example of solidarity and citizens' action, and that the United States might soon see the same.

June 25, 2013

Bill Maher mocks conservatives, Fox News watchers who ‘hate socialism’

Bill Maher, the host of HBO's "Real Time" show, told CNN in a recent interview that he doesn't get conservatives who on one hand say they hate socialism but on the other hand accept entitlements such as Social Security and Medicaid.

June 25, 2013

‘Sopranos’ cast outraged with fellow actor’s interviews on James Gandolfini

Cast members of "The Sopranos" are outraged at one of their fellow actors, describing his recent media sweep to discuss his so-called relationship with deceased James Gandolfini as a hypocritical show of self-promotion.

June 25, 2013

Pope Francis blows off concert, shocking cardinals with snub

Pope Francis sent a pretty clear message to the Catholic Church with a weekend snub of a high-brow concert planned to honor his appointment: I'm not interested in pomp and social whirl.

June 25, 2013

Lightning strikes, sending 23 Boy Scouts to New Hampshire hospital

Nearly two dozen Boy Scouts were sent to the hospital on the heels of a lightning strike in New Hampshire on Monday evening.

June 25, 2013

Police detain 6 near Paris on suspected terror plot

Police detained six people near Paris who are suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in France, and prosecutors say they are members of a militant Islamic cell.

June 25, 2013

Taliban attack Afghanistan presidential palace

Taliban militants staged an attack on the presidential palace in Afghanistan on Tuesday, but were killed in the process.

June 25, 2013

NYPD defends reprimand of cop who spoke Spanish on the job

A New York police officer was reprimanded for speaking Spanish on the job — and supervisors aren't apologizing, saying the cop was clearly in violation of departmental policy.

June 24, 2013

Store locks in shopper who refuses to provide ZIP code

A woman who was trying to return an item at a beauty care store in California was prevented from leaving — by lock and key — after she refused to provide the cashier with her ZIP code.

June 24, 2013