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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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A demonstrator holds up a sign during a protest against abortion bans, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in New York. Abortion-rights supporters held rallies across the country Tuesday in opposition to the wave of sweeping abortion bans being enacted this year in Midwestern and Southern states. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Abortion a sad asterisk on suffragist anniversary

We're coming 'round the time when women earned the legislative right to vote in America. And it's an interesting time in America because abortion is one of today's most talked-about matters. Is this what suffragists fought to win -- the legislative right to abort on demand? Published May 23, 2019

Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, is backed by supporters of the courts ruling on same-sex marriage on the step of the Texas Capitol during a rally Monday, June 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay

Gay marriage support dips — but traditionalists need not cheer

Gallup pollsters just found that gay marriage, while still supported by the majority of Americans, is losing a bit of its luster and falling in favor. It's a dip, albeit a small one. What used to come in at 67% favor -- in 2018 -- is now registering at 63%. But the numbers aren't significant enough for traditionalists and Bible-believers to cheer. Published May 22, 2019

In this May 13, 2019, photo, former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden interacts with a supporter during a campaign stop at the Community Oven restaurant in Hampton, N.H. North Korea has labeled Biden a "fool of low IQ" and an "imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being" after the Democratic presidential hopeful during a recent speech called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a tyrant. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Joe Biden, a ‘fool’ whose candidacy makes ‘a cat laugh’

Joe Biden's presidential campaign has drawn the notice of Kim Jong-un -- whose state-run media called him out as a "fool" of such proportions, he could "make a cat laugh." That's at least a little bit funny. Everybody knows cats can be quite persnickety with their humor. Published May 22, 2019

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2017 file photo, the evening sun shines through a U.S. flag flying in the wind in Tacoma, Wash., against a sky made hazy with smoke from wildfires, as the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for western Washington and Oregon. An AP data analysis of records from 1999-2019 shows that in weather stations across America, hot records are being set twice as often as cold ones. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Americans would vote socialist for president, Gallup finds

Nearly half of Americans told Gallup pollsters they'd vote for a socialist candidate for president. Roughly 58% of American adults said they'd vote for an atheist. And 43% said socialism would be a "good thing" for the country, not a "bad thing," Gallup wrote. What the freak, America. Published May 21, 2019

The American flag flies over the White House as vehicles move along 16th Street, in northwest Washington, Friday, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Three ways the soulless left is winning

America was founded on the idea that rights come from God, not government. In order to keep this idea in place -- in order to keep America the dream of the free -- Americans must fight for the right to keep God in the public arena. It's the only way to save America from the socialists, and worse. Published May 21, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks speaks during a FOX News Channel town hall, Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Claremont, N.H. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Pete Buttigieg’s senseless attack on Fox News shows fear, elitism

Pete Buttigieg went on the attack against Fox News and Fox News news hosts and Fox News television pundits and commentators -- while on Fox News. How gauche. Classless. Democratic, even. But this is just the cries of a left that pines for the days of full media control -- of three big news networks, and that's it. Published May 20, 2019

"Some people did something" was how Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Democrat, described the 9/11 attacks. Her critics were dismissed with the "Islamophobic" label. (Associated Press/File)

Ilhan Omar’s stuff and nonsense ‘abolish ICE’ talk

Rep. Ilhan Omar called on America to abolish ICE, to quit all deportations -- to basically open U.S. borders wide to all who would cross, friend or enemy, apparently. How did this woman manage to work through her oath of office without giggling? Published May 17, 2019

An electronic screen shows the drop in the Dow Industrials, Monday, May 13, 2019, at the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks moved sharply lower Monday on Wall Street and extended the market's slide into a second week as investors seek shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Greed will sink America

President Donald Trump is pushing to balance out the unfair trade deals, particularly with China, that have harmed America for years -- and businesses and farmers and politicians are biting nails, predicting massively higher prices on consumers. But their short-term selfish way of thinking has to stop. Published May 16, 2019

Dana Sweeney chants during a rally against HB314, the near-total ban on abortion bill, outside of the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Alabama abortion fight shines light on wrongful Roe v. Wade

Alabama has become ground zero in the fight over abortion because lawmakers just voted on restrictions that make the procedure nearly impossible to perform, and the left, as the left is wont to do, is going nuts. But the fact is, the morphing of abortion from an act of outlaw to lawful was based on flimsy judicial reasoning in the first place. Published May 15, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during an American Federation of Teachers town hall event, at the Plumbers Local 690 Union Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Elizabeth Warren’s anti-Fox sneer a campaign misstep

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who's running for president of the United States, turned up her nose and turned down a Fox News town hall, calling out the cable giant as a "hate-for-profit" racket. This is a big political misstep. Published May 14, 2019

In this undated photo made from video, 12-year-old cancer patient Ethan Daniels at a medical facility in Atlanta speaks with Aaron Horowitz, co-founder and CEO of Sproutel, who designed "My Special Aflac Duck" to promote emotional well-being by helping children living with cancer develop a sense of control and manage stress through interactive technology. (AP Photo/Marina Hutchinson) ** FILE **

Cage the rage, punch a robot

Researchers say they've come up with a way to help those with anger management issues using the latest in technology -- robots trained to take a punch. It's probably too soon to call for a end to barroom brawls, broken furniture and smashed phones. But maybe these 'bots can help some angry birds better cope. Published May 14, 2019

FILE - In this April 20, 2019 photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker listens during a campaign event at a restaurant in Las Vegas. Booker rose to fame as a New Jersey mayor and senator but his mom and other relatives have lived in Las Vegas for years. Now, he’s working those local connections to set himself apart from the crowded pack in a state that could be decisive. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Sorry, Sen. Booker, Second Amendment is God-given, not government-granted

Sen. Cory Booker, in recent remarks about the Colorado school shooting and need to crack down on Second Amendment freedoms, said toy guns are actually subjected to stricter and tighter regulatory controls than real firearms. And even The Washington Post said -- huh? Published May 13, 2019

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill Washington, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, after a second closed-door interview with two Republican-led committees investigating what they say was bias at the Justice Department before the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

James Comey just accused Donald Trump of a thought crime

Former FBI director James Comey, in a recent CNN town hall, told host Anderson Cooper that yes indeed, based on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's redacted Russia collusion report, "it sure looks like" President Donald Trump had "criminal intent" to commit obstruction. In other words, Comey is accusing the president of a thought crime. Published May 11, 2019

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 7, 2019 file photo, police officers and students are seen outside STEM School Highlands Ranch, a charter middle school in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch, Colo., after a shooting. Both suspects in the suburban Denver school shooting are due back in court Friday, May 10, as prosecutors file charges in the violent attack that killed a student and wounded multiple others. Authorities have identified the suspects as 18-year-old Devon Erickson and 16-year-old Maya McKinney, whose attorney said uses male pronouns and the name Alec. (Courtney Harper via AP, File)

CNN’s cringe-worthy veer into anti-gun propaganda

There's news, there's fake news, there's not news (also called the non-story), and now, courtesy one recent CNN clip with anchor Brooke Baldwin about the recent school shooting in Colorado, there's blatant propaganda masked as primetime news. Come on, CNN. Quit insulting the intelligence of viewers. Published May 10, 2019

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a rally with members of a painters and construction union, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump calls it: ‘SleepyCreepy Joe’ will beat ‘Crazy Bernie’

President Donald Trump tweeted, "Looks to me like it's going to be SleepyCreepy Joe over Crazy Bernie," President Donald Trump tweeted Friday. "Everyone else is fading fast!" True. Polls show it's true. But guess what: Neither will be Trump in the general election. Published May 10, 2019