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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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In this Aug. 5, 2014 file photo, Michael Bloomberg welcomes leaders to the U.S.-Africa Business Forum during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington. The former New York Mayor is returning to lead the financial data and news company he founded in 1981 but left to serve three terms in City Hall. Bloomberg LP said Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, current CEO Daniel Doctoroff will step down at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Michael Bloomberg resumes post as boss of Bloomberg LP

It's out Daniel Doctoroff and in Michael Bloomberg. The former mayor of New York City is taking back the top helm at the news and financial data company he founded, Bloomberg LP, and Mr. Doctoroff is stepping aside.

September 4, 2014

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, has disavowed any intention to make a 2016 White House bid, but backers hope she will reconsider. (Associated Press)

Elizabeth Warren jabs Hilllary Clinton as too-tied to Wall Street

Elizabeth Warren insists she's not running for president in 2016, but she nonetheless took pains to distance herself from her main would-be competitor, Hillary Clinton, grouping the former secretary of state as one of many in Washington with too close of ties to Wall Street.

September 4, 2014

A Chinese man checking on his smartphone walks past an "at" sign on display on a street in Beijing, China Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The editor-in-chief and several employees of an influential Chinese financial news site were taken away by police in an investigation over allegations that the executives and journalists had extorted money from companies by threatening to publish negative news about them, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese police detain 8, including journalists, over extortion plot

Chinese media reported Thursday that police in Shanghai have taken into custody eight suspects -- including journalists -- who were accused of extorting money from companies and threatening those that didn't pay with negative news reports.

September 4, 2014

A crew checks for weak spots in the fence surrounding the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. According to a Department of Children's Services spokesman, more than 30 teenagers escaped from the facility Monday night by overwhelming 16 to 18 staff members, then crawling under a weak spot in the fence. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Nashville detention center where teens escaped faces fresh disturbance

A Nashville youth detention facility that was the focus of national media attention when more than 30 teens escaped just a few days ago is now back in the limelight, this time for a new disturbance.

September 4, 2014

Sen. Tom Coburn says federal seasonal and temporary workers were included on rosters — thereby sidestepping Obamacare penalties. (Associated Press)

Tom Coburn presses to change Constitution via convention of states

Sen. Tom Coburn said it's high time states exercised their Article V powers to hold a convention and change the Constitution -- and he's vowing to spend full-time hours pushing for the cause once he retires in a few months.

September 4, 2014

** FILE ** Jack Nicholson stars in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

New York psych center inmates attack, injure dozen staffers

Twelve staffers at a New York psychiatric center suffered injuries -- including two who had to be taken to the hospital for head wounds -- when inmates suddenly grabbed kitchen tools and went on attack.

September 4, 2014

al Qaeda inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014. The fighting at Beiji comes as Iraq has asked the U.S. for airstrikes targeting the militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. While U.S. President Barack Obama has not fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes, such action is not imminent in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground, officials said.(AP Photo)

Al Qaeda expanding to India to ‘wage jihad’ and ‘liberate its land’

Al Qaeda terrorists say they're expanding operations, and will soon open a new branch in India "to liberate its land," they said.

September 4, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures while speaking during his and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves news conference at the Bank of Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Wednesday's statement came as U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Estonia in a show of solidarity with NATO allies who fear they could be the next target of Russia's aggression. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

N.J. town nixes plan to rename JFK Center after Obama

So much for renaming the John F. Kennedy Center in Willingboro, New Jersey, after President Obama.

September 3, 2014

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 23, 2014 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden speaks on voting rights at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas. Vice President Joe Biden is going to get a firsthand look at work done at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard before another possible round of base closings, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Joe Biden warns Islamic State: We’ll ‘follow you to the gates of hell’

Vice president Joseph Biden opened his speech on the economy in New Hampshire on Wednesday with some words of warning for the Islamic State, reportedly calling them "barbarians" and vowing that America will track them down.

September 3, 2014

Former Missouri player Michael Sam watches pregame festivities before the start of the South Dakota State-Missouri NCAA college football game Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, in Columbia, Mo. The St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team. Coach Jeff Fisher repeated over and over that it was purely a football decision. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Michael Sam signs to Cowboys practice squad; ‘We just want to give him a chance,’ coach says

The Dallas Cowboys announced Wednesday that they've signed Michael Sam — the NFL's first openly gay player — to the team's 10-man practice squad.

September 3, 2014

** FILE ** This Aug. 11, 2009, file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the great Pacific garbage patch. Now, California state lawmakers have introduced a law that if passed would require makers of plastic bottles, bags and packaging to replace plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives. (AP Photo/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mario Aguilera, File)

‘Saving Nemo’: Feds mull ocean rules to save clownfish of Disney fame

Federal authorities are considering new regulations to rid the ocean of more pollutants as a means of saving the orange clownfish made famous in the Disney movie "Finding Nemo."

September 3, 2014

A boy wearing an historical uniform associated with Venezuelan hero Simon Bolivar salutes while standing next to a poster of the late President Hugo Chavez during a military parade commemorating the one year anniversary of Chavez's death, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. The anniversary of Chavez's death was marked with a mix of street protests and solemn commemorations that reflected deep divisions over the Venezuela he left behind. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuelan lawmaker prays: ‘Our Chavez, who art in Heaven’

A Venezuelan lawmaker trying to honor late President Hugo Chavez during a public ceremony rubbed some attendees the wrong way with her rendition of the Lord's Prayer — subbing out God and inserted the Socialist ruler.

September 3, 2014

FILE - This Jan. 10, 2014 file photo shows Piers Morgan of the CNN show &quot;Piers Morgan Live&quot; at the CNN Worldwide All-Star Party, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Piers Morgan exits CNN with vow to NRA: ‘I haven’t finished with you’

Piers Morgan took to Twitter to announce his decision to cut ties with CNN, during which he also sent a stark message to the National Rifle Association: I'm still gunning for you.

September 3, 2014

Phil Robertson addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on May 29, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson on terrorists: ‘Convert them or kill them’

Duck Dynasty's patriarch Phil Robertson didn't pull any punches in his assessment of what the United States should do about Islamic State terrorists: Convert them or kill them.

September 3, 2014

In a Wednesday, July 10, 2013, file photo, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Giuliani said Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, that he finds it "pretty darn credible" that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn't know about an apparently politically motivated plan to create traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Rudy Giuliani on golf: ‘We have to make it simpler and easier’

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had some words of advice for the powers-who-be in the golf world: Ease up.

September 3, 2014

Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski, right, and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck take part in a ceremony marking 75 years since World War II started, at Westerplatte in Gdansk, Poland, Monday Sept. 1, 2014. Some of the first shots of World War II were fired on Sept. 1, 1939 by an attacking Nazi German warship on Westerplatte, a Polish munitions depot that held off for many days. More than five years of brutal, global war followed, taking the lives of tens of millions of people. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

German president: Russia’s ‘severed its partnership’ with Europe

German President Joachim Gauck said Russia has "effectively severed its partnership" with Europe and accused President Putin of trying to bring about a new world order -- with his nation at the helm.

September 3, 2014

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 30, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - This July 17, 2014, file photo shows Hillary Rodham Clinton as she arrives to a signing of her book &quot;Hard Choices&quot; in Ridgewood, N.J. One set of elections ends in early November as another begins when presidential hopefuls cross the unofficial starting line in the 2016 race for the White House. With control of the Senate at stake, the months leading up to the mid-term elections offer a clearer window on a crowd of potential presidential candidates already jockeying for position from Nevada to New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Glenn Beck predicts Hillary Clinton ‘is going to win’ in 2016

Glenn Beck, conservative talk show host and publisher, had a blunt prediction for the White House, circa 2016: It's going to be filled with the Clinton family once again.

September 3, 2014

FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. The Islamic State group holds roughly a third of Iraq and Syria, including several strategically important cities like Fallujah and Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria. (AP Photo, File)

Islamic State terrorists kill 770 Iraqi troops: report

The international Human Right Watch reported Wednesday that Islamic State terrorists conducted a mass execution on hundreds of Iraqi troops who were captured at a military base just outside Baghdad.

September 3, 2014

A Delta Air Lines flight was diverted after two passengers argued over a seat recliner. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren File)

Reclined seat dispute grounds Delta flight to Florida

A plane flying out of New York to Palm Beach, Florida, was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Jacksonville after passengers fought over a reclining seat.

September 2, 2014

Boy Scouts salute as they recite the pledge of allegiance during the “Save Our Scouts” prayer vigil and rally against allowing gays in the organization in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Dallas on Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Florida man removed by police for sitting during Council flag pledge

An angry Florida mayor ordered police to escort a man from a recent City Council meeting after he refused to stand for the opening invocation and for the Pledge of Allegiance.

September 2, 2014