Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Jennifer Lawrence: Hurricanes ‘Mother Nature’s rage’ over Donald Trump
Hollywood's Jennifer Lawrence, who won an Oscar for best actress in 2017, took a dive into U.S. politics to basically blame President Donald Trump for the hurricanes. Published September 8, 2017
Donald Trump accused of siding with George Soros on DACA
The Americans for Legal Immigration PAC has sent out a statement accusing President Donald Trump of siding with billionaire George Soros on DACA. This is probably not true. Published September 8, 2017
Betsy DeVos, like Donald Trump, dinged for ‘cruel’ leadership
The left has found its newest talking point, and it's one that goes like this: All you Republicans are simply cruel and heartless -- vicious, even. That's what they're calling President Donald Trump, for DACA. That's what they're now saying about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Published September 8, 2017
D.C. school stabbing highlights outrages of diplomatic immunity
A girl police say stabbed a boy at her D.C. school is going to escape criminal charges -- at least for the time being -- because she is the daughter of a diplomat and therefore, seen as exempt from normal U.S. laws. Published September 7, 2017
ISIS scum call for jihad hits on Hurricane Harvey victims
ISIS terrorists have put out a call for jihadists to head to disaster areas in Texas and do whatever they can to put those outside the Islam faith "out of their misery." Published September 7, 2017
Donald Trump still beats Hillary Clinton, any poll day of the week
A new survey from NBC/Wall Street Journal finds that -- and this is the yada, yada, yawn part -- President Donald Trump's popularity with the American people has hit a new low. But here's the part that actually means something: The same survey found voters still like Trump more than Hillary Clinton. Published September 7, 2017
Hillary Clinton makes clear in new book: You’re all to blame
Hillary Clinton, failed Democratic nominee for president, said in her new book -- the one that's aptly titled, "What Happened" -- that conceding the White House to Donald Trump was "one of the strangest" moments of her life. Published September 7, 2017
DACA is unconstitutional and Obama’s the ‘cruel’ one
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, DACA, came into being on the wings of an unconstitutional act. That's the core theme here -- not that President Donald Trump is cruel. Published September 7, 2017
White Christians, the dwindling population
A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute finds that the number of white Americans who self-identify as Christian has fallen below the 50 percent line. Published September 6, 2017
Martha Plimpton, ‘Goonie’ actress, and her abysmal brag of ‘best’ abortion
Liberals like to say law-and-order Republicans who want to control border incursions and turn back illegals from America are cruel and heartless, haters of humankind. But they'll cheer this -- the bragging of an actress who commends Seattle for providing her the "best" abortion ever? Published September 6, 2017
Michael Reagan: My dad wouldn’t ‘kick the dreamers out’
Michael Reagan tweeted: "Fyi, my father would not kick the dreamers out of the US. He would find a way to work with Congress and lead." And now Reagan's tweet, taken out of context of several others he put out on social media, can be used to feed the narrative of the left, which wants to paint Trump as the cowboy who's riding into Illegal Town to lasso some cowering kids. Published September 6, 2017
Virgin Islands, poised for Irma, preps to seize guns, fight NRA
In the Virgin Islands -- the government's coming for your guns.Why? Hurricane Irma's on the way, and the governor thinks the National Guard, not you, ought to have them. Published September 6, 2017
Regnery’s New York Times shot heard ‘round the publishing world
Regnery, the nation's premier publisher of conservative books, has cut ties with The New York Times over long-simmering allegations the newspaper took a decided left-leaning slant in picking which books to feature on its best-seller lists. Published September 5, 2017
First Amendment on skids as free expression falls to fears of discrimination
A recent poll from Virginia Commonwealth University found that half of the state's residents think freedom of speech should play second fiddle to concerns of discrimination. Another way to put it: A growing number of U.S. citizens say censorship is a good thing. Published September 5, 2017
New York Times seeks readers who’ve stopped ‘supporting Trump’
The New York Times has a new feature on its opinion pages, and it's one that goes like this: "Did You Stop Supporting Trump? We Would Like to Hear From You." Funny, but if memory serves, the newspaper didn't put out a call to such masses when Barack Obama was president. Published September 5, 2017
Utah nurse vs. cop shows dangers of militarized police
A standoff between a Utah nurse and a local detective shows the slippery slope of awarding police departments military cast-off equipment -- and the aggressive mindset that can result. Published September 5, 2017
Nikki Haley puts foot down: ‘Enough is enough’; North Korea ‘begging for war’
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley put out a blunt assessment of U.S.-North Korea relations that went like this: The regime is "begging for war," she said. Published September 5, 2017
Hillary Clinton, Lindsey Graham: Standing tall together for DACA
President Donald Trump is expected to put a halt to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but only after allowing Congress six months to create a replacement. And now RINOs are tripping all over themselves to join forces with the Democrats to save young illegals from deportation. Published September 5, 2017
Donald Trump’s poll showing: Candid, but non-‘presidential’ — but that’s all good
President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from Fox News, gets high marks when it comes to speaking his mind, decent marks for competency, and not-so-great marks for displaying a "presidential" manner. This is good news. Simply put: Who cares if America's top leader is perceived as cooperative and -- worse -- nice? Published September 2, 2017
Donald Trump, amid whispers of ‘hard time’ with John Kelly, tweets only praise
President Donald Trump, according to various media reports -- which, to be fair, always paint this White House as a stumbling block of inefficiency, infighting and chaos -- is having a tough time adjusting to his Chief of Staff John Kelly's way of doing business. Is this the media's way of suggesting Trump's about to fire another? Published September 1, 2017
