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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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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives another stellar theater performance

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in an interview on "This Week" on ABC, said -- well, you just have to read it because there's no easy way to sum up what she said. She doesn't even know. Welcome to the show. Lights, camera, action!

August 10, 2026

Burritos — who knew? — could decide the election

It's not really about burritos. It's about the free market, perception versus reality, the concept called "affordability" the leftists like to push, individual responsibility and accountability, and also, elitism.

August 8, 2026

WATCH: Data centers are key to winning AI wars

There's a pushback in the United States against the construction of data centers. But these buildings aren't just job opportunities. They're national security. And fact is, if America can't beat China on the global war for technology dominance, then communism wins and freedom loses.

August 8, 2026

Republicans must counter the lies of socialists with inspiration and truth

Socialists always know the right words to say, and they say them with full confidence that their friends in the media won't hold them to account.

August 6, 2026

LISTEN: Communism grows footprint in America

Between China's CCP and the Cuban regime, America is being squeezed on all fronts by far leftists who want to destroy all that's great and free about this country.

August 5, 2026

Democrats don’t learn so much as double down to destroy

These socialists, these DSA-ers, these communists are seeing some success and are unseating longtime, long-standing, long-serving entrenched Democrat Party loyalists. That has the entrenched worried.

August 4, 2026

California Democrats kill economy, condemn wealthy, then demand billionaires save them

California's Democrat Party delegates voted to put a one-time 5 percent special tax on billionaires on a ballot for voters' consideration this November. This is a fine classic textbook example of the government tapping into citizens' pockets to pay for a problem the bureaucratic class itself created.

August 3, 2026

WATCH: The ripple effect of Israel’s upcoming elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a tough reelection battle this October, and polls aren't painting him as the winning candidate. But what does this mean for the future of America's allied war with Israel against Iran?

August 1, 2026

Democratic socialist is socialist, and socialist is communist

For the sake of the low-information voter -- and by the looks of recent polling, there are quite a few of them -- let's clarify that democratic socialism is one and the same as socialism. Moreover, socialism is one and the same as communism.

August 1, 2026

Foldergate: Fauci’s lasting legacy of dodging truth and deceiving America

Dr. Anthony Fauci's legacy will be the unyielding and arrogant face of America's dark times of turmoil and tyranny. Fauci is forever the guy so impressed with himself, and so fearful of accountability, he couldn't even look at a folder and acknowledge its existence.

July 30, 2026

LISTEN: The Judeo-Christian worldview is what matters most

America's at a crossroads and to the left is a burdensome government with a collectivist mindset; to the right, freedom and liberty for the individual. At issue is which worldview will win.

July 29, 2026

Democrats want DSA-ers to stop saying the quiet part out loud

The Democratic Socialists of America and its radical goals for America don't worry Democrats so much as the fact that DSA members are saying them out loud, and potentially ruining the chances for all the socialists who've quietly infiltrated the Democrat Party to a) win their own elections and b) push the socialist agenda secretly.

July 29, 2026

Midterms may be ‘the economy, stupid’ — but then why vote socialist?

Voters want candidates to start talking about economic issues, because those are the issues that matter most to voters, Pew Research Center found in a newly released survey. But if the economy is the top concern, then the worst outcome of November's elections would be wins by socialists.

July 28, 2026

The myth of the America-loving Democrat

Stumbling across a Democrat who openly claims love for this country is like finding a $50 bill on the side of the road -- or seeing a unicorn. It just doesn't happen.

July 27, 2026

WATCH: George Soros’ types infiltrate even the Girl Scouts

Nothing's safe from the left -- not even the Girl Scouts, an organization that began in the early 1900s with a mission rooted in Christianity, but that has since become corrupted and gone woke and secular.

July 27, 2026

Communism cannot exist when citizens know their rights are from God

Remember when Barack Obama used his presidency to declare a "Cuban thaw" and in December 2014, threw open America's doors wide to forge a "new course in relations" with Cuban President Raul Castro and his communist government? Yeah. That went about as well as could be expected. Fast-forward to today.

July 25, 2026