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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” 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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This image made available by the Library of Congress shows a reproduction of a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris titled "First Thanksgiving" made between 1900-1920. (J.L.G. Ferris/Library of Congress via AP) ** FILE **

Thanksgiving vs. Franksgiving: Choose wisely, America

One president marked Thanksgiving with God. The other, with secularism. And on that theme, this is the cultural tension that divides the nation to this day. Choose wisely, America, which path to pursue: Our nation's freedoms depend on the correct selection.

November 25, 2021
A security guard stands outside the Nordstrom store at The Grove retail and entertainment complex in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at the department store at the luxury mall late Monday, the latest incident in a trend of smash-and-grab crimes is part of a national trend. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)

Retail ‘smash-and-grab’ looters are the Democrats’ own making

The CNN headline promised answers: "Why some US cities are facing a spree of 'smash-and-grab' crimes." But it was largely a false flag. Once again, those on the left -- as CNN people lean -- have failed to fully acknowledge the problem lies with themselves.

November 24, 2021
Protesters march on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation's debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Democrats, leftists pick pedophile over Second Amendment

Kyle Rittenhouse was cleared of all charges, but leftists won't accept the jurors' finding and instead are out and about, fanning the flames of outrage, protesting in the streets, protesting online, protesting on the airwaves. Once again, they're putting their ignorance on full display.

November 23, 2021
A woman holds a sign as several hundred anti-mandate demonstrators rally outside the Capitol during a special legislative session considering bills targeting COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida Republicans continued Tuesday to advance legislation to blunt coronavirus vaccine mandates in businesses as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to combat White House virus rules. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

White House pushes lawless vaccine mandates

Law? Schmaw. Legal? Schmegal. Jen Psaki's recent comments that American businesses should move forward with a federal mask mandate despite a court putting them on hold should shred any lingering notions that this administration aspires to respect the rule of law.

November 20, 2021
President Joe Biden arrives with Vice President Kamala Harris to speak before signing into law S. 1511, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act of 2021," S. 1502, the "Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support Counseling Act or the COPS Counseling Act," and S. 921, the "Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act," in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats and their disingenuous sell of inflation as good

The typical Thanksgiving dinner may cost 14% more this year than last. And don't even get started on the price hikes to gas, from $2.12 per gallon of regular a year ago to $3.41, on average. But Democrats' say not to worry. It's all good. It's all a sign of a positive economy.

November 19, 2021
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greets supporters as he departs to United Nations on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) ** FILE **

Biden so weak even Mexico now threatening America

President Biden's inability to show himself as a strong leader on either national or international stages practically wipes out all of the material, military or monetary plusses that America holds. He's weak, weak, weak, and the whole world knows it -- even Mexico.

November 18, 2021
A woman waves a small American flag as a U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard marches past near the start of the 2021 Veterans Day Parade, presented by H.H. Donkersley American Legion Post 19, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Yuma, Ariz. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP) ** FILE **

America speaks: Rights come from God, say 73 percent

Almost three-quarters of Americans who spoke to McLaughlin/Summit pollsters about the origins of individual rights say it's God, not government, who bestows. Hear that? That's the sound of Democrats' heads exploding.

November 16, 2021
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives at the FBI Washington Field Office, Monday, Nov., 15, 2021, in Washington. Bannon has surrendered to federal authorities to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon was taken into custody Monday morning. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows go to Washington

Democrats in Congress have set out to take down former White House adviser Steve Bannon and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows for the crime of contempt. As if all of America didn't regard the Democratic-controlled Congress with contempt. Right?

November 16, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Washington, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats fizzle, but they are too arrogant to change

Republicans, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, hold the largest lead in midterm election favor in 40 years. And Democrats' collective response is, eh, meh, it's not like it's 50 years.

November 15, 2021
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi listens before speaking during an event, at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow has entered its second week as leaders from around the world, are gathering in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Roads are racist, weather is misogynist

America's roads are racist, according to Pete Buttigieg. And weather patterns are misogynist, according to Nancy Pelosi, the United Nations and the many leftists who serve the radical environmentalist cause in the media. The left's divide and conquer politics never end.

November 11, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks in the U.S. Center at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Buttigieg should go back on maternity leave

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came out of weeks of hiding to defend his inept handling of the supply chain and to prod along President Biden's boondoggle of an infrastructure plan. And since, it's become glaringly apparent: America had it better when he wasn't out and about -- speaking.

November 11, 2021
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) is shown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) ** FILE **

Aaron Rodgers is 100 percent right

Aaron Rodgers has been condemned by pundits, media types, leftists and others who think he's compromised the health and safety of the world by refusing a coronavirus vaccine then testing positive for COVID-19 -- all after suggesting he'd been vaccinated. But he did nothing wrong.

November 10, 2021
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate applaud members of the US delegation at the US Center at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow has entered it's second week as leaders from around the world, are gathering in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Barack Obama arrogant, elitist and divisive, now as then

Barack Obama took to the stage in Glasgow to tell his starry-eyed followers that we, we, we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions by watching what we drive, what we fly, what we consume by way of energy -- and by we, of course, he meant thee.

November 10, 2021
Pharmacist Michelle Ng prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccination for distribution at a senior living residents facility Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Plano, Texas. The U.S. is entering the second month of the biggest vaccination effort in history with a major expansion of the campaign. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ** FILE **

Big Pharma, big bamboozlers, turning Americans into medical addicts

The way Big Pharma is headed, it won't be long before every American, every man, woman and child will need a vaccine, booster or pill -- or better yet, a combination of all -- as a means of fighting off infection. It's good for business, dontcha know.

November 9, 2021
Wren Nagata, 7, with his sister 5-year-old Mallory Nagata, of Pasadena, show off their bandaids after receiving their COVID-19 vaccines during an event kicking off coronavirus vaccinations for children age 5-11 at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)

Science says coronavirus vaccines, over time, barely effective

A new study of veterans' medical histories published in the journal Science finds that the effectiveness of all three COVID-19 vaccines available in America dramatically dropped as the months wore on -- by double-digit levels, in fact. That's science, folks.

November 5, 2021
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin greets supporters at an election night party in Chantilly, Va., early Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republicans must not get cocky

Republicans won Virginia. Republicans shocked New Jersey. Republicans beat down "defund police" movements in Minneapolis. But Republicans must not fall into the oft-GOP trap of forgetting why they won, where they go from here, and to whom they owe allegiance.

November 4, 2021
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin greets supporters at an election night party in Chantilly, Va., early Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, after he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democratic Party goes bust, and it’s just the beginning

Virginia's next governor will be a Republican -- Glenn Youngkin, not Terry McAuliffe. Virginia's next lieutenant governor, attorney general, majority in the House -- all will be Republicans, day-after voting counts increasingly show. Everywhere you look, Democrats are being rejected.

November 3, 2021
A woman places her hand over her heart on the deck of the Omni hotel overlooking Truist Park during the playing of "God Bless America" during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) ** FILE **

America’s dangerous decline in faith

The Public Religion Research Institute just found that between 2013 and 2021, the level of Americans who believe God has ordained this country for His special purposes fell from 64% to 44%. That's a massive drop that carries a massive warning about a crumbling America.

November 2, 2021