Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
CNN’s ‘#CNNBlackMail’ hashtag of shame
CNN, already down in the dumps about skewed coverage that led to the departure of three network news staffers, is now walking a Twitter hall of shame with a hashtag that showcases the company as less than honorable -- #CNNBlackmail. Published July 5, 2017
Fourth of July, Christian-warrior style
Let's not forget: The Fourth or July is about the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. And the greatness of the Declaration of Independence -- leading to the greatness of America -- is this: the recognition that certain rights come from God, not government. Published July 4, 2017
Charlie Gard makes Trump case for speedy Obamacare repeal
President Donald Trump has just scored some massive political capital by tweeting of America's willingness to help save little Charlie Gard from the evils of socialized health care -- in other words, from government-imposed decision that he must die. Published July 3, 2017
Barack Obama, pre-July 4th, rips Donald Trump-fueled ‘nationalism’
Barack Obama, never one to shy from ripping a Republican in the public eye, took occasion from his childhood hometown Jakarta to tear into President Donald Trump for too much patriotism. Call it Fourth of July celebrations, Obama style. America waves Ol' Glory; Obama beats the global drum. Published July 3, 2017
Donald Trump protesters fill streets, minus the sizzle
The streets of Los Angeles filled with President Donald Trump protesters, doing what the anti-Trump protesters do best -- call for impeachment. Yawn. It's to the point where these protests are bringing out the tepid response, here we go again. Published July 3, 2017
Chris Christie’s elitist beach trip all that’s wrong with government
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used to have a political career, a support base and the respect and admiration. And then he went to the beach. And there, the last remnants of his political capital roasted and burned. Published July 3, 2017
My first-person brush with news bias: ‘You’re fired!’
Talk of the media town lately has focused on the bias of the press, the fake news of the mainstream and whether journalism as an above-the-fray art is dead. My two cents? Dead as a doornail. Dead as dead can be. I know full well. I was fired for just the type of news bias that President Donald Trump blasts on a near-daily basis. Published July 1, 2017
Sanctuary city crackdown best Trump blessing yet
President Donald Trump has offered a lot of positives for this country so far -- but nothing matches his border-control vows that culminated with the House passage of two bills on sanctuary cities. Published June 30, 2017
Donald Trump’s Twitter account apparently The News — to hating left
President Donald Trump uses Twitter. And frequently. In fact, his tweets have become The News -- the Big News of the Day that surpasses all other news. Well, note to media: We don't really care. Not in the way you imagine, anyway. Published June 30, 2017
Hawaii’s nonsensical resistance to borders shows as insanity
Scarcely had President Donald Trump's softened, revised travel ban affecting six terror hot spot nations gone into effect, and the leftists in the legal world were already filing their challenges. First up -- Hawaii. But one has to wonder: What is it truly about the mental state of the left that makes them so blind to border breaches of security? Published June 30, 2017
Obama’s bestie Iran test-fires missile into Star of David
Iran -- the supposed newer, friendlier version ushered in by Barack Obama's administration, the one that would never, never, never take advantage of the forged nuclear treaty to develop weapons of devastating destruction -- just shot off a mid-range ballistic missile into a Star of David. Published June 29, 2017
Social justice socialism being forced down college kids’ throats
It's getting pretty hard to control the seepage of social justice training being pressed and pushed at America's college campuses. Published June 29, 2017
Trump travel ban happily ticks into effect
Come 8 p.m. Thursday, America will be a little bit safer from terrorists. Published June 29, 2017
CNN, NBC fight hard to shake Donald Trump’s blasting
President Donald Trump has been fighting against the media since his campaign days, when he first announced intent to seek the high office. And he's winning. And now the media's doubling down in the bunkers for an even more aggressive fight. Published June 29, 2017
Evangelicals, the last holdouts on gay marriage line
Resistance and opposition to same-sex marriage has been crumbling among Americans -- save for one specific segment of society that's proving the last wall to even wider acceptance: Evangelicals. Standing strong on the side of scripture on this point is going to prove lonely, not to mention intense. Published June 29, 2017
Playboy journo whines of Trump: We’re ‘browbeaten’ daily
A Playboy journalist named Brian Karem who covers the White House said he's been "bullied and browbeaten" daily by this President Donald Trump White House and, by God, he's not going to take it anymore. Boo-hoo. Quit your crying and do your job. Published June 28, 2017
Joy Behar’s juvenile obsession with Trumps’ sex lives
Joy Behar's biggest claim to fame is as a comedian -- we get that. But poking fun of the president's and first lady's sex life? Come on. That's just tasteless, tactless, juvenile, grasping at relevancy, gasping for attention and -- and, well, stupid. Published June 28, 2017
Republicans need to get it together on Obamacare
Republicans in the Senate have delayed a vote on reform and replacement of the Democrat-owned disaster known as Obamacare. They seriously need to get it together on this and pass something -- even if that something is not a final, perfected plan. Voters will not forget this failure. Published June 28, 2017
Sarah Palin strikes one for conservatives with suit against The New York Times
Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, kicked off a lawsuit against The New York Times, alleging the newspaper defamed her when its editorial board tied her to the 2011 shooting of Gabrielle Giffords. Good. The time to challenge leftist mudslinging masked as scholarly opinion and wrapped in a First Amendment bow has definitely arrived. Published June 28, 2017
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, you must recuse
Dozens of House Republicans have penned a letter to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, asking her to recuse from the case of President Donald Trump's travel ban. She should. Published June 27, 2017
