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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

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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The Capitol is seen framed through a window in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Seats for sale: Campaign costs skyrocket, fueling elites in politics

The price of a political seat has skyrocketed over the years, and according to OpenSecrets.org, the 2026 election cycle now requires candidates to be able to raise several million dollars just to make a run for office. How can the average American compete? So much for equality.

December 19, 2025
The front and back of a commemorative ornament released by America250 as part of events leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, is photographed Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Bold and Blunt: American liberty comes from God

If you want to know the source of Americans' liberties, look up: It's God. Government, as the Declaration of Independence makes clear, is only put in place to secure the rights and liberties God already bestows to the individual.

December 17, 2025
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Democrats lie so much they confuse themselves

As Democrats express horror at the antisemitism that fueled the Bondi Beach massacre in Australia, they simultaneously demand this: more gun control, please. More gun control -- but zero calls for knife control, despite the Reiner stabbings. Democrats never met a bit of logic they couldn't tear asunder.

December 16, 2025
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

Mamdani’s pick of convict for crime reform is classic Marxist

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani hired a man who served seven years in prison for armed robbery to now work on his transition team -- specifically, to advise him on criminal justice system reform. This is such a Marxist move.

December 12, 2025
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks to supporters after announcing her run in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Jasmine Crockett: Vote for me — or I’ll kick your butt

Rep. Jasmine Crockett announced in a fundraising email she's running for the U.S. Senate, vowing to "take on Donald Trump, the Texas Republican political machine and all of their shady special interest donors." That's her official line. Her unofficial message is this: Vote for me, or I'll kick your butt.

December 10, 2025
An official prepares to cane people who violate Shariah law including two men accused of hugging and kissing, acts the court ruled can lead to banned sexual relations, in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/ Reza Saifullah)

Bold and Blunt: Muslims destroying America with sharia, says pastor

Persecution of Christians around the world is resulting in a national security risk in America, according to Pastor William Devlin, a Vietnam veteran and the founder of two nonprofit organizations, one called Redeemed and the other, Widows and Orphans.

December 10, 2025
This Oct. 7, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Mamdani should open his mayor’s mansion to illegal immigrants

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani put out a video over the weekend advising illegal immigrants how to evade ICE and promising to protect the millions of illegals in the city from deportation. How about now moving them into the mayor's mansion that Mamdani and his family are about to occupy?

December 9, 2025
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Americans don’t care about deaths of drug-running scum buckets

Headlines are alive with news of Pete Hegseth's supposed "war crime" and Adm. Frank "Mitch" Bradley's supposed "illegal order" and double-tap this, double-tap that, and international law and "kill them all, kill them all!" -- yada, yada. It's all very exciting stuff. Too bad nobody really cares.

December 8, 2025
Illustration on attacks on homeschooling by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

WATCH: Bold and Blunt: Post-Trump, school boards still attacking parents

President Trump may have fixed a large portion of the problems caused by the previous administration and by Democrats in positions of political leadership. But when it comes to public schooling, school boards across the country are still stripping parents of their authority.

December 6, 2025
Thousands of protesters look at at a rally following a march in favor of gun control at the Seattle Center Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Seattle. Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam era. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Young people will lead America into tyranny if not stopped

Only 15 percent of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 say they follow news all or most of the time, Pew Research Center reported. Compare that to the 62 percent of those above the age of 65 years old who say the follow news regularly. No wonder youth vote Democrat. They're ignorant.

December 5, 2025
A woman looks at products in the aisle of a store as her daughter naps in the shopping cart in Waco, Texas, on Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Ultra-processed food the new tobacco? Lawsuits loom

San Francisco filed a lawsuit against 10 food companies for marketing and selling ultra-processed products allegedly known to be harmful to consumers' health and addictive in nature. This is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. Expect more to come.

December 4, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) weather images illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Morality key in keeping AI safe

A new survey conducted by Rasmussen and the Heartland Institute has found 41 percent of likely voters between the ages of 18 and 39 years old are A-OK with letting artificial intelligence make policy decisions for American citizens. No need to vote. No need for politicians. Just let AI do all the thinking -- is this how it's going to be in America?

December 2, 2025
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WATCH: A.I. holds power to enslave

A new Rasmussen-Heartland Institute survey shows a large percentage of likely voters between the ages of 18 and 39 years old would happily turn over policy and governing decisions for this country to -- get this -- artificial intelligence.

November 28, 2025
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out to participate in a pardoning ceremony of the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Thankful that Democrats aren’t in charge

It's Thanksgiving, and what Americans should most be thankful for is that Democrats don't control the White House, the Senate and the House. That's because we can mostly all eat turkey and cranberry sauce in peace.

November 27, 2025
President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bold and Blunt video: America’s potentially entangling foreign alliances

President Trump has been a busy bee of foreign policy of late, forging peace and economic deals while upholding America First principles. But if religious freedom were to be a standard of business dealings, then the question emerges: Is America on a safe path for long-term liberty?

November 22, 2025