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Cheryl K. Chumley

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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The parents of sick baby Charlie Gard, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, right, stand together as a statement is read by a family friend to the media, outside the High Court during an adjournment of their legal hearing to allow treated of their son with an experimental therapy, in London, Monday July 10, 2017. Charlie Gard is on life support at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and remains at the centre of a legal battle to allow the terminally ill infant to receive experimental treatment for his rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome. (Nick Ansell(/PA via AP)

Charlie Gard v. U.K.: Evil is thy name

A British judge told the parents of young Charlie Gard they have two days to prove why their son should be kept alive. Think about that for a second: A government body has just told the parents they have to explain why their son should live. Published July 11, 2017

Birney Bervar, center, addresses reporters outside the federal courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, July 10, 2017. Bervar was appointed the attorney for Ikaika Kang, a 34-year-old active duty soldier who has been accused of trying to aid the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Hawaii 15: Blue states, plus Iowa, battle Trump ban

Hawaii just won't let it go -- and neither, now, will 14 other Democratic-leaning states keeping up the legal challenges to President Donald Trump's travel ban. The summer of resistance is in full swing. Published July 11, 2017

Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his speech during the 4th Congress of Indonesian Diaspora Network in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) ** FILE **

Obama rides back into politics — atop a dead Democratic horse

Barack Obama's going to headline a fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group seen as crucial to the rebuilding of the party. What delicious irony. What delightful incongruity -- for Republicans. Published July 11, 2017

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders shelved a vote on their prized health care bill Tuesday until at least next month, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion that left them lacking enough votes to even begin debate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chuck Schumer’s newest cause: Regulate Coco Loko

Sen. Chuck Schumer has a new cause -- a whammy and a whopper, rolled into one nice tight regulatory package with possible power to tax and fine. What's it called? Regulation. And this time, the target is chocolate powder. Published July 10, 2017

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham right, speaks during a press conference at the Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is seen left. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Lindsey Graham bares anti-Trump teeth, blasts prez’s ‘dumbest idea’

Sen. Lindsey Graham bared some sharp teeth against President Donald Trump during a recent television news interview, calling out the commander-in-chief for his "dumbest idea" on working with Russia on cybersecurity. Why do Republicans -- make that, elitist, entrenched Republicans -- always have to jump to the forefront of criticizing and condemning this president on national TV? Published July 10, 2017

The U.S. Senate is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Obamacare repeal teeters for GOP from yes to ‘50-50’ to ‘dead’

Obamacare repeal, once upon a time, the stuff of Republican Party platform, has now moved into fairy-tale status. Sad but true. Republicans, it seems, are going to bank the 2018 elections on a hope in a good case of collective conservative Alzheimer's. Published July 10, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, waves along with Poland's President Andrzej Duda, as U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, left and Poland's first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, right, stand by, in Krasinski Square, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 6, 2017.(AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Trump lassos spirit of America

President Donald Trump, from Poland, put to words what courses in spirit across America, and drives her greatness: the never-ending quest for freedom, not as a government grant, but as a God-given right. Published July 8, 2017

Sarah Palin, political commentator and former governor of Alaska, walks on the sideline before an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams, in Seattle, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Scott Eklund) ** FILE **

Bret Stephens rudely rips ‘rank-and-file conservatives’ as idiots

Bret Stephens, of New York Times fame, took pen to paper to shred the notion that Fox News' Sean Hannity deserved the William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence -- but along the way, managed to 'diss the entire class of conservatives who've emerged in recent years, post-Sarah Palin, and brand them as idiotic. Published July 7, 2017

In this May 7, 2015, file photo, former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr speaks to media outside his lawyer Dennis Edney's home in Edmonton, Alberta. Khadr, who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, has received a multimillion-dollar payment from Canada's government after a court ruling said his rights were abused, a Canadian official said Thursday night, July 6, 2017. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Canada’s egregious multimillion dollar payout to American-killing jihadist

Omar Khadr, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, was just given a multimillion dollar apology payout from Canada. What a face-slap to the widow and other family and friends of the now-deceased U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer. Published July 7, 2017

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 13, 2017, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses climate change at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Brown, lawmakers, business groups and environmentalists are working to reach a deal on extending cap and trade, California’s landmark program aimed at slowing global warming. If a deal is inked, the Legislature can take a vote next Monday, July 10, before Democratic Assemblymen Jimmy Gomez heads to Congress on July 11 and takes a reliable vote for cap-and-trade with him. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California charts sellout of America, Trump on climate

President Trump may be pulling out of the Paris climate change agreement to save America the fiscal heartache of complying with ridiculous emission controls. But California? The state, under the leadership of Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown, is reeling in the opposite direction. Published July 6, 2017

CNN President Jeff Zucker attends the Turner Network 2017 Upfront presentation at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, May 17, 2017. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

CNN’s Jeff Zucker, playground bully, oddly blames Donald Trump

CNN's president, Jeff Zucker, responded to the fiasco surrounding his network this week with a jab President Donald Trump's way, asserting it's the White House chief who's the aggressor in this tiff -- that the news organization is the victim. Zucker's like the playground bully, trying to weasel out of blame. Published July 6, 2017

In this July 5, 2017, photo United States U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, respond to Russia's statements, during United Nations Security Council meeting on North Korea's latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, at U.N. headquarters.Having lost patience with China, the Trump administration is studying new steps to starve North Korea of cash for its nuclear program, including an option that would infuriate Beijing: sanctions on Chinese companies that help keep the North’s economy afloat. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.S. commander in South Korea rumbles of war

A combined statement from the top U.S. and South Korea military leaders said North Korea's aggressions may very well prove the match that lights a war -- and if so, they're ready and willing. Another empty threat? Published July 6, 2017

An NYPD vehicle with a cracked window sits on the scene where a police officer was fatally shot in the Bronx section of New York, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Police said Officer Miosotis Familia died at a hospital early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘F—- Tha Police’ debuts amid poorly timed cop-killing

BET Networks just aired its first episode of "Tales," a television scripted take-off of NWA's "F--- Tha Police" musical hit. And the left cheered. But then a cop was shot in New York City, ambush-styel. And the left -- well, the left is left must be a bit puzzled how best to respond. Published July 6, 2017

Protesters rally outside a Trump hotel to call for the impeachment of President Trump, Sunday July 2, 2017, in New York. A statement from the organizer's website said President Trump "has been in blatant violation of the Constitution" and that the House of Representatives has the power to impeach him. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The list of Democrats who aren’t crazy

Democrats, fueled by a hatred of President Donald Trump and a never-ending grief that their heir apparent Hillary Clinton lost the White House, have definitely gone off the deep end. But not all. Here's a list of those who've managed to remain level-headed. Published July 5, 2017