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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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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks with reporters in advance of votes on two broad immigration bills, deriding the Republican immigration legislation as a "compromise with the devil," at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 21, 2018. The Democratic leader says the bills make House Republicans "complicit" in President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy that has resulted in more than 2,000 children being separated from their parents at the border. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The biblical case for closed borders

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a huge public relations hit for daring to quote scripture while explaining why borders should be secure, even if it means separating children from the adults who've carted them into the nation illegally in the first place. But let's get this straight, and straight-away: Borders are indeed biblical. Published June 23, 2018

Former New York City Mayor and U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Action Michael Bloomberg speaks at World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington, Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Michael Bloomberg, man of few principles, vows $80 million for Democrats

Michael Bloomberg, the Democrat who turned Republican so as to better his chances to become New York City mayor -- and who later morphed again and became an Independent -- is now turning back to his blue roots and pledging $80 million to help the party of donkeys win in coming elections. Published June 21, 2018

In this Oct. 16, 2017, file photo, MSNBC television anchor Rachel Maddow, host of "The Rachel Maddow Show," moderates a panel, at a forum called "Perspectives on National Security," at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Maddow broke down on her show live Tuesday evening, June 19, 2018, while trying to read an exclusive Associated Press story about babies and toddlers taken from their parents at the southern border and being sent to "tender age" shelters. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Democrats don’t cry for U.S. citizens — or aborted babies

The left has certainly been crying their share of tears over the border kids who've been pulled from their illegally crossing parents' sides -- in fact, almost as many tears as the little kids themselves. Who knows. Maybe they really are that sad. Published June 21, 2018

In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Facebook fundraiser rakes in $6 million to reunite border kids

Facebook, in just the span of a few days, raked in more than $6 million in donations to help reunite families who were detained then separated at the border because they tried to enter the country illegally. That's the power of a crying child -- a price tag of $6 million. Published June 20, 2018

In a March 11, 2015 photo, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., right, speaks to attendees at a meeting of the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in Mount Pleasant, S.C., to take public comment on opening areas off the Atlantic coast to drilling for oil and natural gas. The views of the five coastal congressmen in the Carolinas vary on the issue in states where the governors are advocates for offshore drilling but 18 coastal communities have gone on record against it. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Donald Trump ‘loyalty pledge’ the language of disgruntled losers

A great deal has been made in recent times about this so-called "loyalty pledge" members of the Republican Party must make to President Donald Trump, else face the wrath of the -- umm, the voters? The White House? Ghosts of right-wing pasts? Exactly. Who knows. But let's not confuse a loyalty pledge with voter will. Published June 16, 2018