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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

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 Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump hits all the right notes in border speech

President Donald Trump delivered a winner of a border speech to the American public, uncommonly scripted to the end as it was -- and the Democrats, in return, in response, sadly sank to their usual low levels of partisan jibbing and political jabbing. Published January 9, 2019

In this photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board via the Florida Highway Patrol shows a Tesla Model S that was being driven by Joshua Brown, who was killed when the Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode on May 7, 2016. A source tells The Associated Press that U.S. safety regulators are ending an investigation into a fatal crash involving electric car maker Tesla Motors' Autopilot system without a recall. (NTSB via Florida Highway Patrol via AP, File)

Tesla self-driving car mows down, ‘kills’ robot in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- The Consumer Electronics Show, CES 2019, opened with a bit of embarrassment for Tesla, to put it mildly, when its self-driving model car ran over and "killed" an autonomous robot, Promobot. Making matters worse: It was a hit-and-run. Oh my, you just can't make this stuff up, people. Published January 8, 2019

Host Rush Limbaugh says the media has destroyed the conservative "brand" and offers a way to neutralize the negative effects. (Rush Limbaugh) ** FILE **

Rush Limbaugh: ‘Why does Trump have to go it alone?’

Radio's Rush Limbaugh took to airwaves this week to condemn the Democrats who are stymying President Donald Trump's border agenda, as well as the media, filled with members who serve as little more than lapdogs and mouthpieces for the left's talking points. But he reserved his harshest points for the Republicans. Published January 8, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House after meeting with lawmakers about border security, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump’s border stance an inspiration, no matter what polls say

President Donald Trump has taken a hard-core stand for his long-promised border wall, and this has put him in a deep, deep dump with the American people -- so go the polls. But let's remember: These are the same polls that put Hillary Clinton in the White House. By wide margins, in some cases. Published January 8, 2019

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., second from left, walk down the House steps to take a group photograph of the House Democratic women members of the 116th Congress on the East Front Capitol Plaza on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, as the 116th Congress begins. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Even when leftists win, they embrace hate

Democrats, listen up: You won the House. So here's a question: Why the need to keep up the hate-filled rants against conservatives? Published January 8, 2019

A voter leaves his booth as election workers GayLee Erickson, left, and Debbie Redmond, second from left, confer at the Valley Bible Chalet, on election day, Tuesday Nov. 4, 2014, in Indian, Alaska, south of Anchorage.  First-term Democratic Sen. Mark Begich is facing a strong challenge from Republican former state Attorney General Dan Sullivan.  (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

New year, new chance to reclaim ‘God-given’

It's 2019 and if this new year should bring anything, it's a national reclamation of what makes this country the absolute best in the world -- the notion that here, in America, individual rights are recognized as coming from God, not government. There's a resolution worth keeping, wouldn't you say? Published January 5, 2019

In this Nov. 6, 2008, file photo, Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, is photographed outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Rashida Tlaib, Michigan’s newest Muslim lawmaker, sets Dem tone: ‘Impeach the mother—!’

Rep. Rashida Tlaib is Michigan's newest lawmaker on Capitol Hill, and because she's a Muslim woman raised in "southwest Detroit who didn't speak English," as she self-identified on Twitter, that makes her elevation to public office worthy of historic note. And then she crowed this, right after her swearing-in ceremony, about President Donald Trump: "Impeach the motherf--!" Published January 4, 2019

Mitt Romney speaks with customers during a campaign stop at the R&R BBQ restaurant on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in South Jordan, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney’s dance with disgrace

Mitt Romney used to be a man of high moral principles -- a gentleman among the coarse, a voice of reason in the political rough. Or so it seemed. Published January 3, 2019

Talk radio host Michael Savage does not mince words in his 26th book, titled "Stop Mass Hysteria: America's Insanity from the Salem Witch Trials to the Trump Witch Hunt," which will be published Oct. 9. (Courtesy of Center Street Books)

Michael Savage target of death threats, called ‘crypto Jew’

City, state and federal agencies are taking a look at a vicious, hateful email sent to a restaurant frequented by talk radio icon Michael Savage that threatens to shoot up the establishment if he's not denied future service. Published January 2, 2019

In this Dec. 26, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the military at a hangar rally at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. President Donald Trump tells troops serving in Iraq that he got them their first pay raise in 10 years and it’s a big one. No, and not exactly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Media’s military MAGA hat-signing obsession fueled by jealousy, hatred

Members of the mainstream media have been harping on President Donald Trump for signing MAGA hats brought by military troops he visited in Iraq and Germany. As if he were doing something shamefully wrong? Truly, these critics have hit bottom-of-the-bucket for reasons to hate on Trump. Published December 28, 2018

In 2005, Tennis magazine selected Martina Navratilova as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005. Navratilova was World No. 1 for a total of 332 weeks in singles, and a record 237 weeks in doubles, making her the only player in history to have held the top spot in both singles and doubles for over 200 weeks. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Martina Navratilova, the latest victim of transgenderism wrath

Openly lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been a hero of sorts to the LGBTQ crowd -- until now, that is, when she dared to tweet that males who simply "proclaim" themselves females to compete in female sporting events is unfair and wrong. Thing is: Navratilova only spoke the truth. Published December 28, 2018

European and French flags are flapping at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and local, national political leaders, unions, business leaders and others to hear their concerns after four weeks of protests. French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to speak to the nation at last after increasingly violent "yellow vest" protests against his leadership. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

European Union guides members to strike ‘mankind,’ ‘manpower,’ ‘man-made’

The European Union has sent a guidebook to member states telling them that words like "mankind," "manpower" and "man-made" are no longer acceptable -- that rather they should sub in "humanity," "staff" and "artificial," and any number of other genderless options. Doesn't the EU have enough to worry about, with Brexit and borders and burning fires in the streets and all? Published December 27, 2018

Former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listen during the State Funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) ** FILE **

Michelle Obama topples Hillary Clinton in ‘most admired’ poll

For the first time in 17 years, Hillary Clinton is not the "Most Admired Woman in America," according to Gallup polling -- Michelle Obama is. Perhaps the bigger story here is that Hillary Clinton managed to hang on to "most admired" status for 17 years. Who are these people? Published December 27, 2018

In the Ohio House, Democratic State Rep. Bill Patmon of Cleveland introduced House Bill 119, making it illegal to manufacture, sell or display toy guns. The ban would apply to any toy gun that a "reasonable person" could confuse with a real one and comes with a possible $1,000 fine and up to 180 days in jail. An earlier bill was introduced in Ohio requiring some fake guns to be brightly colored. That bill hasn't moved forward and Rep. Patmon has said it doesn't go far enough.

Toy gun buyback for pansies

Hempstead, New York, officials, citing concerns for the safety of children, warned parents off buying toy guns as gifts this Christmas -- and also hosted a toy gun buyback event. Welcome to the new USA, home of the pansies. Summer camps, for crying out loud, used to provide BB guns to kids to fire at mounted balloons. Published December 27, 2018

Christmas decorations are displayed at a shopping mall as the territory prepares to celebrate the Christmas holidays, in Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Record retail sales rain on anti-Donald Trump parade

So the left has been up in arms for days now about the government shutdown, pitching wails over the Wall Street numbers and stock market showing and predicting nothing but gloom and doom and financial suffering because of President Donald Trump. Then along come retail sales and put all that blather in its place. Published December 26, 2018

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is shown in this file photo from Dec. 6, 2018, at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

Claire McCaskill on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Rhetoric is cheap’

The outgoing senator from Missouri, Democrat Claire McCaskill, went on CNN and told the host and listening national audience she was "confused" why the House's newest soon-to-be-seated member, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was "the thing," given her all talk, no action state of reality. Well, aren't we all. Published December 26, 2018

Promoters dressed as Christmas characters get on an escalator at a shopping mall as the territory prepares to celebrate the Christmas holidays, in Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

When Christmas used to matter

Family Dollar stores, at least some, are open "the usual hours" on Christmas Day, Fox Business reported. Certain Dollar Tree locations are open, as well, Country Living reported. Just in case -- what, somebody needs that plastic tumbler for eggnog or those half-priced candy canes to hang on the soon-to-be-tossed tree? Sigh. Published December 25, 2018

In this July, 21, 2017, file photo, then-White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Anthony Scaramucci’s Christmas story of humility, faith

Appearances can be deceiving. Case-in-point: The Anthony Scaramucci of ten-second television soundbite, of two-minute media interview, of five minute pundit appearance, is not the Anthony Scaramucci of in-person or on-the-phone. He's actually refreshing. And low key. And frank. Published December 22, 2018