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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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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens to questions in the spin room after the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Kamala Harris, the candidate Donald Trump must beat

Team Trump, start your engines. Sen. Kamala Harris isn't just having a good post-debate bump in the polls. She's having a good presidential run and showing why she's the candidate to beat in 2020. This is no plug for Harris, it's a warning to prepare for the fight well.

July 6, 2019
President Donald Trump looks up during the military flyovers at the Independence Day celebration in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Washington. The Washington Monument is in the background. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump soars with July Fourth speech

Naysayers, critics, Democrats and mainstream media talking heads predicted President Donald Trump's Fourth of July speech would go over like a campaign rally, filled with self-congratulatory platform-type talk and grandiose -- well, grandstanding. They were wrong. And even some of the normal naysayers are even admitting as such.

July 5, 2019
In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, file photo, senior Jessica Piper returns a stack of Bibles to the bookshelf after Bible class at Woodland High School in Cartersville, Ga. Georgia was the first state in the country to allow Bible classes in public schools, but the number of districts offering the classes has dwindled to just a handful as budgets remain tight. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

Fourth of July? Have a little Bible with that

Today is the Fourth of July -- and happy birthday, America: How about a little Bible with those celebrations. After all, America's DNA is firmly rooted in the book of Judeo-Christian teachings, in the tenets of the Ten Commandments, in the principles taught by -- gasp -- even Jesus Christ himself.

July 4, 2019
Two Bradley Fighting Vehicles are parked nearby the Lincoln Memorial for President Donald Trump's "Salute to America"event honoring service branches on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Washington. Trump is promising military tanks along with "Incredible Flyovers & biggest ever Fireworks!" for the Fourth of July. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Left’s disingenuous defense of Fourth of July

The left, as it's wont to do, has been busily pretending it's something it's not -- heartily defending the Fourth of July as a completely non-partisan, non-political celebratory time where America draws together in love of country, love of patriotism, love of liberty, while scornfully complaining that President Donald Trump's corrupting the day for personal gain. As if. As if the left, heavily corrupted by its socialist interest as it is, knows patriotism.

July 3, 2019
In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, people fly into the air as a vehicle is driven into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. James Alex Fields Jr., the man accused of driving into the crowd demonstrating against a white nationalist protest, killing one person and injuring many more, has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charges, Friday, June 28, 2019. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)

Charlottesville drops Jefferson — so by logic, U.S. should drop Virginia

The problem with revising history and trying to blot out black facts and sugarcoat and forget is knowing when to stop. Charlottesville, Virginia, is facing just such a conundrum right now. And it's a conundrum that, by logical extension, could only be solved by erasing the entire town history of Charlottesville, the entire county history of Albemarle that encircles Charlottesville -- heck, even the entire state history of Virginia.

July 3, 2019
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, following a closed-door meeting with House Republicans to counter then-President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Louie Gohmert blasts Robert Mueller: He’s an ‘anal opening’

Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican, called out Robert Mueller, the former special counsel for all-things-Russia-collusion -- or, make that all-things-no-Russia-collusion -- as an "anal opening," just days before he's due to appear before the House and answer questions about his investigation. No, really, Rep. Gohmert. Tell us how you really feel.

July 2, 2019
In this May 29, 2018, file photo, George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, listens to the conference after his speech titled "How to save the European Union" as he attends the European Council On Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) ** FILE **

George Soros, Charles Koch bringing another U.N. in America’s gates

If George Soros is the billionaire guy all the ideologically right types love to hate, and Charles Koch is the billionaire of Big Business adoration -- the guy leftists left love to hate -- what's up with their partnering for an "anti-war" Quincy Foundation think tank? Answer: Because Soros and Koch are cut from the same globalist cloth.

July 1, 2019
In this June 28, 2015 file photo, participants carry a rainbow-colored flag down Fifth Avenue in New York during the Heritage Pride March in New York. One of the biggest celebrations of LGBT pride in New York City history will culminate Sunday, June 30, 2019, with not one, but two processions through the streets of Manhattan, after dissidents who believe the annual parade has become too commercialized decided to split off with their own march. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Boston’s ‘Straight Pride Parade’ critics have no cause to cry

Boston authorities gave the thumbs-up to an event application to hold a "Straight Pride Parade" in the city, sparking tensions among the LGBTQ community and prompting critics to call out the organizers as homophobic. Yet another example of the left's famous tolerance for all, right?

June 28, 2019
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses the crowd during the South Carolina Democratic Convention on Saturday, June 22, 2019, in S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) **FILE**

Bernie Sanders, out of the gate, slams Donald Trump as ‘pathological liar’

Five minutes into part two of the Democratic Party's presidential debates, and already the attacks on President Donald Trump were a'comin'. Kudos for Sen. Bernie Sanders, called to defend his socialism, for striking first and hard. He had to; his socialist brand can't withstand scrutiny, so his only choice is to distract with attack.

June 27, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Miami, as Sen. Cory Booker , D-N.J., and former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, listen. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Cory Booker ‘splains funny debate face

Sen. Cory Booker, reacting to widespread laughter at the facial expression he wore while fellow Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke broke into Spanish mid-debate, said he was smiling 'cause he was strategizing.

June 27, 2019
FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook’s plan to create a digital currency used across the world is already raising concern with financial regulators and privacy experts. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook ‘stalking’ never quits — and it’s about to get worse

Facebook insists it doesn't listen on private conversations, and then use the content of those discussions to generate targeted advertisements to the user. But here's the thing: It doesn't have to. Facebook has so many other ways of tracking, recording, surveilling, etc., that it doesn't need ears.

June 27, 2019
In this April 26, 2018, file photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Thomas Homan poses for a portrait in East Point, Ga. President Donald Trump says he’s planning to name Homan as a border czar who’ll report directly to him.  Trump tells “Fox & Friends” that Homan will “probably” work from the White House, but will spend a lot of time on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Thomas Homan, former ICE chief, dings Democrats for border deceits

Thomas Homan, President Donald Trump's pick for "border czar," weighed in on the Democrats' first presidential debate with harsh words that accused the left of selling a deceitful message about the cages used to house children at the border to open America to all crossers -- legal, illegal, whatever. And he's right.

June 27, 2019
In this March 13, 2019, file photo, billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a "Need to Impeach" town hall in Agawam, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Democrats’ glaring blind spot

The Democratic Party's own internal polling shows that likely voters are sick and tired of the impeach-at-all-costs talk and would rather hear what their legislative leaders are doing on, say, health care. The fact that Democrats need a poll shows just how blinded by partisanship and self-interest their party has become.

June 27, 2019