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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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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responds to reporters outside a secure underground room in the Capitol where senators are being briefed on a new FBI background file on sexual allegations that have been made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Lindsey Graham, a GOP giant who’s finally awakening

Something's happened to Sen. Lindsey Graham. He's gone full court, full steam ahead conservative, fully on the same side as President Donald Trump. And have to say, it's not only about time. It's refreshingly, cheeringly, notably high-fives-all-around time.

October 11, 2018
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo, Michael Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Climate Action, speaks during the plenary session of the Global Action Climate Summit in San Francisco. The global media company founder on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 said he has registered as a Democrat, which would be especially significant if he decides to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Michael Bloomberg, man of all parties, no principle

This is why nobody in their right minds buys into politicians as examples of principled people. Michael Bloomberg, who's changed his political party affiliation three times, is a Democrat once again.

October 10, 2018
Protesters rally in front of Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Hundreds of people rallied in front of Trump Tower then walked to Times Square to protest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rand Paul’s right — ‘someone is going to be killed’

Sen. Rand Paul hit the nail on the head in an interview with Kentucky radio host Leland Conway when he predicted this hotly charged political atmosphere was going to move from mayhem to murder. Remember Rep. Steve Scalise? It already very nearly did.

October 10, 2018
In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, people walk by Google offices in New York. Google is closing the consumer version of its long-spurned Plus social network after discovering a bug earlier this year that leaked some of the personal information about up to 500,000 people who still have accounts on the dying service. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Google’s disturbing DeepMind: Potatoes, potahtoes, A.I. could kill or could save

A few months ago, Google's DeepMind department discovered that in a gathering game over Who Can Get the Most Apples, vying artificial intelligence systems wouldn't hesitate to go aggressive and shoot to injure, stop or even kill, if need be. That's a bit of problem, given the push to integrate A.I. into nearly all aspects of humanity.

October 9, 2018
Protesters opposed to President Donald Trump's embattled Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh stand quietly with fists raised in Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court, forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. President Donald Trump is so far standing by his nominee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats could use a good party cleansing

Democrats, at one time, when JFK was president, for instance, may have been able to make a sensible case for serving as a party that puts its people first, its country at the forefront, and its compass fixed directly on helping the downtrodden and forgotten of society. But those days are long gone.

October 6, 2018
A demonstrator protests against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and chant slogans during a rally in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Brett Kavanaugh protesters anti-American, tilting toward mental illness

It's one thing to exercise a First Amendment right to assemble and petition the government for redress -- to "peaceably" gather together for a protest, as the exact language of this particular Bill of Right specifies. It's another thing entirely to chase senators through the halls of Congress.

October 5, 2018
In this photo dated March 12, 2018, a guests asks robot Robby Pepper for information at the front desk of hotel in Peschiera del Garda, northern Italy. Robby Pepper, billed as Italy's first robot concierge, has been programed to answer simple guest questions in Italian, English and German, the humanoid, speaking robot will be deployed all season at a hotel on the popular Garda Lake to help relieve the desk staff of simple, repetitive questions. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ** FILE **

Robot sex doll brothel slimes toward Texas

A brothel of robotic sex dolls set to open shop in Texas this month hit a snag after local authorities, fueled by a field of concerned petitioners, found a building inspection gig and put a temporary stop to KinkySDollS' plans. There's a blessing in disguise. Sometimes regulation really does work for good, yes?

October 5, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber after meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans in fine form — finally

Republicans, it must be said, are actually showing some bold stripes on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. And it's about time, wouldn't you say?

October 4, 2018
Protesters rally against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as the Senate Judiciary Committee debates his confirmation, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Sons of America, beware

As President Donald Trump noted in recent comments about the runaway train called Supreme Court Nomination, it's "a very scary time for young men in America." Yes, it is. This is no joke.

October 4, 2018
United States delegation Vice President Mike Pence, left center, National security adviser John Bolton, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, second from right, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, far right, listens as President Donald address the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.N. court, laughably, orders U.S. to dump sanctions

You had me at the headline."U.S. ordered to lift some Iran sanctions by International Court of Justice," blared NBC News, above its Associated Press story. Ordered is a pretty funny word, given U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton's recent takedown of another global judicial body, just last month.

October 3, 2018
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (L) and Kamala Harris (R) chat as Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 2018.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Kamala Harris, in the Judiciary cloak room, with letter accusing Brett Kavanaugh of rape

Subtitle this: Thanks a lot, Sen. Jeff Flake, for handing the Democrats an extra week. Now, in the midst of the FBI investigation that Flake demanded go forth against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in exchange for his confirmation vote, Sen. Kamala Harris has tossed a letter out there for consideration that comes courtesy of a woman who says she was allegedly raped by the good judge and his friend after they drove her home from a party.

October 2, 2018
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, from left, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and other minority members, appeal to Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to delay the confirmation hearing of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Democrats in glass house as they toss stones at Brett Kavanaugh

Judge Brett Kavanaugh has a clean background -- a point which is most troubling for the Democrats, who are trying to make a case from Christine Blasey Ford's dotted, foggy memories that his supposed sexual assaulting past ought to halt his Supreme Court nomination in its path. Their problem is: The allegations don't match.

October 2, 2018