Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Donald Trump’s travel ban hits Supreme Court: It’s sanity time!
President Donald Trump's administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its temporary ban on travelers from six terror hot spots -- terror hot spots that happen to be populated mostly by Muslims. It's sanity time, folks. Published June 2, 2017
Judicial Watch sues for George Soros funding records
Judicial Watch just launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, for records related to taxpayer funding of George Soror-tied political activities. Specifically, the watchdog group wants to know how much of America's tax dollars have been sent to the Open Society Foundation's Albania offices, or FOSA. Published June 1, 2017
MSNBC dings HIllary Clinton for Russian ‘conspiracy theory’
On a recent MSNBC "Rachel Maddow Show" broadcast, NBC's Andrea Mitchell -- a lover of all things left-leaning, if ever there was one -- publicly chided Clinton for blaming her loss on Russia. Wow. When you lose the adoration of the left, there's really no where else to turn. Published June 1, 2017
‘Covfefe’ tweet leads media to spin Donald Trump’s unfit to lead
Just when you think "covfefe" had fallen from the media cycle -- and bam, CNN brings it back, only this time with a politically partisan spin that somehow manages to take a typo and turn it into a failure of leadership. Want to know why President Donald Trump is unfit to lead? "Covfefe," according to CNN. Published June 1, 2017
Obamas buy $8.1 million fat cat home — their second
Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their two kids have a new home -- an $8.1 million dwelling, the same one they've been renting in Washington, D.C., these past few months. The fat cat's come home to roost. Published June 1, 2017
James Madison school name petitioned for chopping block
Let the history revising go on -- on the heels of tear-downs and petitions for tear-downs of Civil War-era monuments and statues, now comes this: A student at James Madison Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin, wants the school's name changed, because it offends. Madison was a slave owner. And that makes the school "unsafe" for black students, senior Mya Berry whined. Published June 1, 2017
America’s colleges: Where the stupid become stupider
Are America's colleges becoming little more than breeding grounds for the next generation of stupid? They very well could be, given all the leftist agitation that marks places of higher learning these days. The smartest high-schoolers may want to rethink their plans and just keep away from college. Published June 1, 2017
Wisconsin college fascists, be warned: Expulsion on horizon
Lawmakers in Wisconsin, the Republicans ones at least, are pushing forward a bill that may very well lead to unruly, disruptive, fascist students on University of Wisconsin campuses -- the ones who disrupt invited speakers and shut down scheduled speaking events -- getting what they deserve: suspension and expulsion. Published May 31, 2017
Massachusetts, California, take your anti-Trumpness and secede
Yet another Massachusetts city has jumped aboard the Impeach President Donald Trump bandwagon, bringing the Bay State total to five. I'm from Massachusetts and even I think the state needs to go. Where? With California -- where four cities have called for impeachment. To some other place, far, far away. Published May 31, 2017
Kathy Griffin — can you imagine if it’d been Obama’s head?
Kathy Griffin, sometimes-CNN host, sometimes-comedian, stoked angry fires by sending out a picture of herself holding a severed head of President Donald Trump. Can you imagine if this had been Barack Obama's head? Published May 31, 2017
Trump ‘negative press covfefe’ tweet turns Twitter heads
So President Donald Trump sent out a midnight Twitter message that contained a spelling error -- and in double quick time, it became the joke of the world. It was worse -- way, way, way worse -- than when Barack Obama thought there were 57 states. Published May 31, 2017
Barack Obama’s spy games ignored by yawning media
Barack Obama, the president who rode a wave of promises for uber-transparency into eight years at the White House, has apparently been -- well, not. Lucy, I think you got some 'splainin' to do. Published May 30, 2017
Captain America hates on Donald Trump
The actor who plays Captain America, Chris Evans, has launched a fight against President Donald Trump, taking his public platform in a new political direction to talk up how bad the commander-in-chief is to any fan who will listen. Talk about 'dissing your fans. Doesn't Evans know Marvel fans and Trump fans are often one and the same? Published May 30, 2017
John Bolton’s right — Israeli-Palestinian peace ‘undoable’
Former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said President Donald Trump may have the best of intentions, but his attempts to forge peace between Israel and the Palestinians with a two-state deal would most certainly fail. "It's undoable," Bolton said. And he's very, very likely quite right. Published May 30, 2017
Manchester bomber funded terror with tax dollars
Police say Salman Abedi, the terrorist who targeted mostly women and children at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, used government dole-outs and low-interest education loan dollars to fund his suicide bomb plot. Published May 30, 2017
Ramadan bombings target shoppers, families eating ice cream
ISIS terrorists targeted a popular ice cream shop in Baghdad for their next hit, detonating a bomb in the nighttime hours where families -- families with children -- went for a snack to mark the end of the day's Ramadan fast. A second bombing hours later targeted bustling shoppers in the Shawaka region. Happy Ramadan. Published May 30, 2017
Ramadan’s here — let the killing begin
It's Ramadan, and for followers of Islam the world over, the monthlong celebration of their prophet's unveiling of the Koran means fasting, spiritual introspection -- and apparently, murder, mayhem and bloody attacks against infidels. That's not polite to say, of course. But it can't help but be noticed. Published May 30, 2017
Hillary Clinton still blaming press, Russia, FBI
Hillary Clinton, who lost the presidential election, just can't quite seem to get it through her head -- that she lost the presidential election. In a recent interview with New York Magazine, she told the writer she should've won -- she would've won -- had it not been for those dang, pesky Russians. Published May 29, 2017
James Mattis rocks: He fights people, not weather
Defense Secretary James Mattis rocks. Why? He considers the threats America's flesh-and-blood enemies bring -- not the weather reports, like Barack Obama's defense chiefs did. Published May 29, 2017
Maxine Waters: Less lawmaker, more circus act
Rep. Maxine Waters, once again, has gone on national television to talk about impeaching President Donald Trump -- to double down that time's a-tickin' and Americans are weary of waiting. This is a woman who has been blinded by hate. Published May 29, 2017
