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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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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council spokesman John Kirby arrive for a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House begs press to play nice with Joe Biden

Joe Biden has fallen on hard impeachment inquiry times and now the White House wants media organizations to "ramp up scrutiny" of Republicans leading the process. Please, pretty please -- Biden's team is about as desperate as can be. They need distraction and they need it quick. Published September 14, 2023

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham delivers her State of the State address at the opening day of an annual legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 17, 2023. New Mexico's governor and top health officials warned Monday, March 20, 2023, that any caregivers who mistreat and abuse developmentally disabled or other vulnerable individuals will be held accountable. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

N.M. tyrant-in-chief a canary in coal mine for anti-gun Democrats

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham "suspended" the right to carry a firearm for 30 days -- and that's "suspended," in quotation marks, because she actually has no authority to do any such thing -- yet she ordered it anyway citing, wait for it, wait for it, a public health emergency. Published September 11, 2023

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Religious freedom makes a post-COVID comeback

America is not lost so long as religious liberties stay intact. And 2023 is seeing a resurgence of those in America who are successfully fighting the far left intent to crumble the foundations of this country -- which are, in a phrase, based on God-given individual liberties. Can't have God-given without the God. Published September 8, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room, on Sept. 6, 2023, at the White House in Washington. Biden hopes to demonstrate to the world at the upcoming Group of 20 summit and during a visit to Vietnam that the United States and like-minded allies can be more trustworthy partners than China on economic and security issues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP to Biden: Say hello to my little impeachment friend

House Oversight Chairman James Comer said Republicans are very likely to vote this month on an impeachment inquiry against President Biden. We have the votes! -- he said. It's about time Democrats get a taste of their own impeachment-loving ways. Published September 8, 2023

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the opening ceremony of the of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Bold & Blunt: Michelle Obama 2024? Very possibly yes

Cue "Twilight Zone" music. Imagine, if you will, a president worse for America then Joe Biden. If the face of Michelle Obama is what you see -- be afraid. Be very afraid. Published September 7, 2023

Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departure from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. A liberal group has filed a lawsuit to bar Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado. The lawsuit contends Trump is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an “insurrection.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats, on election interference, should quit while they’re ahead

Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate, said on his news show on TBN that if Democrats are able to keep Donald Trump from the White House in 2024 due to his legal troubles, then America's future elections will be decided by "bullets." He's got a valid point. Published September 7, 2023

Dr. Anthony Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 22, 2020, in Washington. Fauci steps down from a five-decade career in public service at the end of the month, one shaped by the HIV pandemic early on and the COVID-19 pandemic at the end. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Fauci is testing waters to take more liberties

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the now-retired face of federal COVID policy, has come forth in recent days to suggest, while denying he's suggesting, that Americans may be forced back into mass face masking once again. The nation's leading liar has risen. Published September 6, 2023

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30. 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)

Bold & Blunt: Joe Biden’s biggest, bloodiest failure

The botched withdrawal of America from Afghanistan, under the leadership of President Joe Biden, has left a trail of devastations in its wake. It's Biden's biggest failure so far. Published September 5, 2023

Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departure from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. Trump has called for the impeachment and removal of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis because of his indictment over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump channels the ‘God-given’

Donald Trump said Americans "will not comply" with any new political push for national lockdowns and moreover, he would cut funding for "any school, college, airline or public transportation system that imposes a mask mandate or vaccine mandate." Yes. Trump gets the meaning of God-given liberties. Published September 1, 2023

A vehicle with a Gadsden flag sticker is parked in the lot at Independence Point, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (AP Photo/Young Kwak) ** FILE **

Gadsden flag flap and the ignorant teachers who should be fired

Sorry, not sorry. American school teachers who aren't informed on the truthful history and meaning of the Gadsden flag shouldn't be trusted to teach America's children. Colorado Springs' charter Vanguard School officials, are you listening? Fire 'em. Fire 'em all. Published August 31, 2023

President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Bold & Blunt: Remembering our roots, reclaiming our rights

So many threats to America's liberty; so much compliance among the American people. It's a sad state of affairs, really -- one that was showcased during the tragedy of COVID years that could go down in history as the time the nation ceded its God-given rights. Published August 29, 2023

A Bible is seen on a chair in the House chamber in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

How another symbol of America’s faith-based culture bites the dust

The Christian-based King's College, a longtime go-to for families seeking biblically based training for their kids, will lose its accreditation by the end of this month. Another blow to Christianity in America. Another symbol of America's faith-based culture bites the dust. Published August 29, 2023

In this May 6, 2021, photo, George Ripley, 72, of Washington, holds up his free beer after receiving the J&J COVID-19 vaccine shot, at The REACH at the Kennedy Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Americans under Biden need more beer, not less

It's laughable, truly, but the Biden administration's guy in charge of alcohol consumption guidelines -- is that really a thing?? -- is actually considering a Canada-like recommendation of two beers max per week. Wait. What? Shouldn't the recommendation be for more beer, not less? Published August 29, 2023

FILE - President Joe Biden listens during a joint news conference with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden, most of America agrees, is totally ineffective

Fully 77% of Americans say Joe Biden is too old to be effective if he is indeed reelected as president. The stragglers are finally catching up. The only question is: What took these people so long? Published August 28, 2023

In this Sunday, April 12, 2020, file photo, a parishioner prays outside the closed doors decorated with Easter lily flowers at the Christ the King Church Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles. A federal appeals court has denied a Southern California church's request to overturn the state's coronavirus restrictions barring worship services indoors during the coronavirus pandemic. The Sacramento Bee says Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals leaves the door open for addressing Gov. Gavin Newsom administration's limits on church attendance if a California county is in a less-restrictive COVID-19 tier. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Government spies in California church slapped with lawsuit

Calvary Christian Fellowship -- formerly Calvary Chapel San Jose -- has slapped Santa Clara County officials with a lawsuit for spying on members during the state's mandated COVID-related lockdown. Honestly. The U.S. government, with each passing day, is growing more and more like a China CCP cancer. Published August 25, 2023

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, top row from left, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy, bottom row from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. (AP Photo)

Bold & Blunt: Searching for sanity in an insane world

Democrats have gone socialist -- Marxist -- communist! Republicans have gone quiet on matters they need to go loud on. And the president is a puppet whose biggest concern is more focused on ice cream stops than on Maui, anti-American globalism, CCP dominance and the U.S. economy. What's happening? Published August 24, 2023