Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Republicans, you’ve been warned: Stephen Bannon’s coming for you
Stephen Bannon, of Breitbart-turned-White-House-turned-back-to-Breitbart fame, has sent out a stern warning Republicans' way, and it's one that goes like this: I'm coming for you. For you and your pretty dog, Toto, too -- minus Sen. Ted Cruz. Published October 10, 2017
Donald Trump border plan puts Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer where they belong
President Donald Trump just released his White House's immigration priorities -- and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi aren't happy. Good. They shouldn't be. That means the White House is doing something right. Published October 10, 2017
Mike Pence, mocked for principles the left just can’t fathom
Mike Pence, post-Colts-49ers walkout, has been mocked mercilessly by a vicious left as little more than a media hog and public relations stuntman for daring to leave the game in protest of players' national anthem kneeling. The left, the suspicious, mega-partisan, ever-political left, just can't believe that someone would actually stand on principle. Published October 9, 2017
California crazy: Calling a ‘he-she’ a ‘he’ can now get you jailed
It's madness in California, as Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, of course, just signed into law a bill that creates special rights for LGBT senior-age adults in long-term nursing care that requires them to be referred to by their gender pronouns of choice. Those who don't? It's off to jail they go. Free speech, anyone? Published October 9, 2017
Chris Murphy admits bump stock ban path to universal background checks
Sen. Chris Murphy, in a recent CNN interview with Jake Tapper, admitted that if bump stocks are banned, the next gun control step Democrats will take is to press for national background checks. Apparently, the goal is for us all to become like Chicago. Published October 9, 2017
NFL players union still doesn’t get it
Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence walked out of the Colts-49ers football game after players fell to their knees in protest of the national anthem. Shortly after, the NFL Players Association released a statement of support for the kneelers. Make that: The tone-deaf NFL Players Association released a statement. Published October 9, 2017
Hey, Republicans, you’re blowing it
Republicans in Congress are letting slip through their fingers a chance of a lifetime. Published October 7, 2017
Dr. Seuss character incredulously deemed racist
Is nothing sacred any longer? A Massachusetts museum that was created in honor of Dr. Seuss is under fire for a mural of a Chinese character from one of his books that critics say is stereotypical to the point of offensive. Published October 6, 2017
Donald Trump dumped on by ex-NBCer, who accuses anti-Semitism
Russia collusion it ain't, but the next scandal that appears to be looming over the White House involves a former NBC producer and his claim that President Donald Trump has been captured on camera making a number of "unfathomably despicable" racist, sexist and anti-Semitic comments. Published October 6, 2017
‘Slippery slope’ of bump stock ban
Even House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi admits any bans on bump stocks could bring on more Second Amendment controls. Published October 6, 2017
California goes sanctuary — let’s push it in the ocean
California, with a stroke of Gov. Jerry Brown's pen, just became an entire sanctuary state for illegals. The state should secede. And if it won't? The remaining 49 should push it into the ocean. Published October 6, 2017
Donald Trump — decertify Iran nuclear plan
Come Oct. 15, President Donald Trump may decertify the Iran nuclear deal, leaving Republicans in Congress to figure out how to manage the nuclear designs of the rogue nation. Trump should. Decertify away. The pact is nothing but a false hope of the previous administration. Published October 6, 2017
Atheists win right to pray — really, right to mock
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is cheering a recent federal court ruling that allows atheists the right to deliver invocations before local government meetings, same as if they were just another pastor or preacher or priest or true man or woman of God. Of course they're cheering. Atheist rabble-rousers always cheer when they're able to ram their ridiculous suits through court. Published October 3, 2017
Hillary Clinton — this is why you lost
The nation mourned, the law enforcement investigated, the president and his White House prayed -- and Hillary Clinton called for gun control and attacks on the National Rifle Association. Published October 2, 2017
ISIS — absent proof — claims Las Vegas committed by one of theirs
ISIS terrorists sent out a message on Monday saying the shooter in the Las Vegas massacre had converted to Islam some months back, and had committed the shootings as a "soldier" of its terror circle. Published October 2, 2017
Donald Trump strikes right spiritual note: ‘Act of pure evil’
President Donald Trump struck a heavy and most appropriate spiritual note during delivery of remarks at the White House about the horror that unfolded overnight in Las Vegas. Published October 2, 2017
John Kasich — make like a Nike shoe and just do it, leave the GOP
Ohio Gov. John Kasich hinted during a CNN interview that he might consider leaving the Republican Party, if party members couldn't get it together and fix what ails. Good. Go. Make like a Nike shoe and just do it. Published October 2, 2017
ISIS had threatened Las Vegas in May
Authorities say they still don't know the motives behind a massacre in Las Vegas that left dozens of Mandalay Bay-area country concert-goers killed and another 500-plus injured. But back in May, ISIS actually sent out a propaganda video threatening Las Vegas. Published October 2, 2017
Marilou Danley, Mandalay Bay person of interest, ‘proud mom & grandma’
At least 50 are dead and another 400 or so wounded after a shooter set up shop in a hotel across the street from a country music concert at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino in Las Vegas, and began firing at men, women and children attending the event. Radical Islam? Racial tensions? We don't know. Published October 2, 2017
National anthem supplanted by national anger
The worst part of this whole NFL fiasco is that the Star Spangled Banner is supposed to unify, not divide, but that anger has crept onto the fields and stolen even this small show of national peace. Published September 30, 2017