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Cheryl K. Chumley

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Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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Republican presidential candidate then-former President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, April 10, 2024, after arriving in Atlanta. Trump on Wednesday questioned the mental fitness of Jewish voters who back President Joe Biden and framed this year's election as a referendum on the strength of Christianity in the U.S. as part of a blunt effort to appeal to evangelical conservatives who are a critical element of his political base. (AP Photo/Jason Allen) ** FILE **

Christians are failing America

In the wake of massive Democrat midterm wins, political strategist Tiffany Marie Brannon went on News24 and said, "One very telling demographic was that out of the evangelical church-attending Christians," "only 17 percent showed up to vote in this election."

November 5, 2026
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. Speaks outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center before the arrival of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is testifying before U.S. House lawmakers as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Chappaqua, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Democrats will now use tax dollars to extract their revenge

The votes had barely been counted and Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia sent out a social media message to Republicans, to President Trump and family and MAGAs in general: "Lawyer up." And with that, the Democrats have ushered in their plans for the next two years

November 4, 2026
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks at a campaign event in Plano, Texas, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

James Talarico is a hypocrite

Just because it's harder to track the billionaires' club money that's flowed to Talarico's campaign doesn't mean it's nonexistent. Actually, it means it's less transparent.

October 29, 2026
Homeland Security officers leave the Washington residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after a search, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Not to my knowledge’ is often admission of guilt

Rep. Ilhan Omar, if indeed that is her name, replied to a question about marrying her brother that was asked by MS NOW host Chris Hayes -- who went out of his way, by the way, to coddle and sugarcoat and cover for his guest. Her answer: "Not to my knowledge."

October 24, 2026
A mural by Croatian-American artist Maxo Vanka titled "Christ on the Battlefield" is seen inside St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, Pa., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

WATCH: Making small churches great again

American churches have been facing tough times these past years, with memberships dwindling and finances dwindling and even the level of preaching of biblical truths dwindling.

October 24, 2026
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a campaign event Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat Party’s new master of obfuscation

Ask Michigan Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed if he condemns the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian regime, or if he regards Israel as a staunch American ally and supports the Jewish state's right to exist as a nation, and his answers lead to more questions.

October 21, 2026
In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, file photo, Texas gubernatorial hopeful Allen West speaks at the Cameron County Conservatives anniversary celebration, in Harlingen, Texas. West, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas, said Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, that he has received monoclonal antibody injections after being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

LISTEN: The left’s pretend diversity

Democrats love to pretend they're open and welcome of those with all viewpoints, even when those viewpoints are completely contrary to their own. But they're not.

October 20, 2026
Arizona voters come and go as they cast their ballots at a polling location on primary election day, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Everybody is a pollster. Few are accurate

Welcome to the world of political polling -- where anybody with a pen and phone can become the prophet du jour. Say the right stuff and an MS NOW or CNN star is born!

October 20, 2026
Migrants form lines outside the border fence waiting for transportation to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, May 10, 2023. A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. Republicans are insisting on pairing the funding with changes to America’s immigration and border policies. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

WATCH: Democrats’ midterm wish: to reopen borders

If Democrats win control this November, and then win more control in 2028, and take back Congress and the White House, the one act they will speedily implement is to open up America's borders wide.

October 17, 2026
Most people, when they think of adult videos, they think of men -- they see it as a male issue, a male problem, a male addiction and that the only role women play is as the subject. Not so.

WATCH: The growing problem of women and adult videos

Most people, when they think of adult videos, they think of men -- they see it as a male issue, a male problem, a male addiction and that the only role women play is as the subject. Not so.

October 14, 2026
Democratic presidential candidates then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., right, speaks as then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens during a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Hillary Clinton, tasteless and petty to the last

Hillary Clinton jumped back into the political headline world with a sideswipe at President Trump, made during a Barack Obama-Michelle Obama event. The event took place months ago, but she was proud of her wittiness and had to share it with the world.

October 13, 2026
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Jan. 28, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File)

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s walls are closing in

Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant for the D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, reportedly as part of a long-running investigation into fraud allegations concerning the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork. Finally.

October 12, 2026
A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

America the great slaps ICC right in its big, fat, whiny face

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a video address that the United States was sick and tired of the globalists at the International Criminal Court trying to steal away America's sovereignty and, as such, was slapping sanctions on the entity. And then the ICC put out a release saying -- blah, blah.

October 10, 2026