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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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**FILE** Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 16, 2013. (Associated Press)

Tea party-type lawmakers take mysterious, off-books trip to Mideast

Reps. Michele Bachmann, Steve King — from Iowa, not New York — and Louie Gohmert made a hush-hush trip to the Middle East this week, flying commercial into high-profile danger zones like Beirut, Cairo and Tripli, attending embassy briefings but declining to release information. Published December 20, 2013

U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel Nov. 7, 2012, during a U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (Associated Press) **FILE**

China hackers breach Washington Post website

China is being blamed for hacking into the Washington Post’s servers — the third time in three years — and accessing employee user names and passwords. Published December 19, 2013

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, center, arrives at the capital airport for a flight to North Korea, in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. Rodman is flying to North Korea to help train the national team and renew his friendship with the North’s young leader Kim Jong Un, a visit unaffected by the recent execution of Kim’s uncle in a dramatic political purge. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Dennis Rodman lands in North Korea, and propagandists prepare

Dennis Rodman landed Thursday on North Korean soil, a touted trip to train the nation’s top basketball stars that was scheduled before Kim Jong-un executed his uncle — a world-watched event that didn’t dissuade the NBA legend from staying clear of the dictator he describes as a friend. Published December 19, 2013

White House plots new Obamacare PR path: Go for the heartstrings

Just because poll numbers show the American public is experiencing a growing dislike for Obamacare, along with a related growing distrust of President Obama – who promised repeatedly that constituents could keep their doctors – doesn’t mean the White House is giving up its hard-sell push of the health care overhaul. Rather, it’s quite the opposite. Published December 19, 2013

** FILE ** In this Oct. 28, 2011, file photo, Daniel, who is better known as the "Miracle Dog", waits for a treat in the home of Mark and Jill Pavlik in Rochelle Park, N.J., where he was being fostered upon his arrival in the state. The stray beagle mix, who walked out unscathed from the carbon monoxide administered by the Animal Control Department in Florence, Ala., will be among eight shelter dogs riding on a float in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Dogs that talk: Researchers seek $10K for ‘No More Woof’ technology

Researchers have launched a fundraising campaign to help them create what they suggest will be the next biggest pet product on the market — bigger even than the automatic food dispenser or the hole in the door that lets dogs and cats enter and exit at will: The "No More Woof" that reads and translates thoughts. Published December 19, 2013

Firefighters light a backfire a backfire along Highway 1 between Pfeiffer Ridge Road and the Big Sur Station in Big Sur, Calif. on Wednesday Dec. 18, 2013. Calm winds helped crews as they closed in on fire in Los Padres National Forest near state Highway 1. The blaze had consumed 769 acres, or a little over a square mile, as the 20 percent containment figure officials gave earlier Wednesday was expected to climb. (AP Photo/ Monterey County Herald, David Royal)

1,000 firefighters called to battle stubborn Big Sur wildfire

The Big Sur wildfire that’s been raging across the California region, destroying dozens of homes and forcing dozens more to evacuate, has now brought out the firefighting cavalry, and more than 1,000 were on the scene Thursday. Published December 19, 2013