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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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** FILE ** In this Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, file photo, Aaron Sherman, of Renton, Wash., chants with other protesters as they begin a day-long march in support of fast-food workers, in SeaTac, Wash. Demonstrators planned an eight-hour march Thursday, part of a nationwide-protest for higher wages. Workers, activists and community supporters met in in SeaTac and expected to continue to Seattle City hall, a 12-mile journey. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

SeaTac, Wash.: City’s new $15 minimum wage heads to court

Opponents of SeaTac's recently approved minimum wage — at $15, it's the highest in the nation — have launched a last-minute appeal and taken their objections to the statute to a Friday court hearing, in hopes of winning at least a delay to the pay rule that's due to take effect Jan. 1.

December 13, 2013
** FILE ** A Syrian refugee man looks out of his family room in an old deserted building where they live, as a strong wind blows the fabric door and passes through the alley into the building modified for a dozen Syrian refugee families from storerooms, during a snowstorm in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Obama mulls support for Islamists in Syria, with conditions

A senior U.S. figure said the Obama administration may expand its support for Syrian rebel fighters — to include Islamist groups that seized American equipment and gear stored at a warehouse near the Syrian-Turkey border.

December 13, 2013
** FILE ** Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin pauses while organizing the start of an Election Day demonstration on the lawn of the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

Tea Party Patriots call key GOP firing a declaration of war

The executive director of the House Republican Study Committee has been fired, and the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots said the ouster is little more than the establishment GOP's latest attempt to drive out the strong conservative element from the party — especially since the replacement hails as an ally of House Speaker John Boehner.

December 12, 2013
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson (right) of Atlanta has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair for veterans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2681 in Marietta, Ga., on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

68,000 more file for unemployment — in one week

The number of U.S. citizens who have applied for unemployment benefits soared by 68,000 in one week’s time, bringing the total to 368,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

December 12, 2013
Michigan state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, the state Senate's Democratic minority leader, cited her own rape in criticizing the Republican-controlled Legislature's final approval on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, of a bill that bans commercial insurance policies from covering abortions unless a woman buys a separate rider to include abortion services. (AP Photo/Michigan Legislature)

Michigan bans in-state insurers from covering abortion

Michigan lawmakers passed a ban on all insurance companies in the state from paying for abortions for women, unless the life of the mother is in danger and unless they’ve purchased a special rider for the coverage.

December 12, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron pose for a picture with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (C) next to US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) during the memorial service of South African former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg on December 10, 2013. Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Selfie at heart of Obama fiasco to stay secret

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who actually snapped the photo of herself with British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama during Nelson Mandela's memorial service, said the picture at the heart of the controversy will not be released to the public.

December 12, 2013
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a news conference at City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday Dec. 10 2013. Ford says he stands by every word he said during a televised interview in which he appeared to accuse a reporter of being a pedophile. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

Rob Ford: Redskins RGIII benching ‘a little chaotic’

Even Toronto Mayor Rob Ford – under fire for weeks now for admitting he smoked crack cocaine – said Redskins’ head coach Mike Shanahan has poorly handled the benching of quarterback Robert Griffin III.

December 12, 2013

Megachurch pastor with ties to Obama commits suicide

The Rev. Isaac Hunter, the embattled megachurch pastor who recently resigned his position amid admissions of adultery and accusations of drug and alcohol abuse, has committed suicide, police said.

December 12, 2013