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Bold & Blunt Podcast

Washington Times online opinion editor Cheryl Chumley brings her no-holds-barred take on the big issues of the day.

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Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a mayoral debate, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

Mamdani couldn't be any more open about his un-Americanism

- The Washington Times

Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner candidate for New York City's mayoral seat, stood side-by-side, arm-in-arm for a photo with a Muslim cleric named Sir Wahhaj, who's been linked to the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, as well as to other terror plots. It really doesn't get any clearer than this.

A proposed WallBuilders ad depicting George Washington kneeling in prayer was rejected by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as controversial, prompting a federal lawsuit backers say may eventually reach the Supreme Court. (Photo courtesy of First Liberty Institute, used with permission.)

Manning up: More men than women heading back to church

- The Washington Times

Newly released findings from Barna's State of the Church initiative show that 43 percent of men are attending weekly church services versus 36 percent of women and that it's the males in the Generation X and millennial age groups especially who are filling the pews.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post via AP, Pool)

Bold and Blunt: Israel makes peace, Hamas fights peace

- The Washington Times

Israel has won back its hostages from Hamas -- but the future of the 20-point peace plan forged in large part by the White House has some sticking points. And it's not clear if the terror group is going to abide all the terms. This is not to say peace is not possible, though

Members of the Pentagon press corp carry their belongings out of the Pentagon after turning in their press credentials, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Sign zee papahs! The Pentagon's absurd new press policies

- The Washington Times

Just because Democrats are tyrants and just because the press pools are filled with Democrat-loving, tyrant-enabling journalists who carry water for their Dem friends doesn't mean conservatives have to behave like Democrats. Tit-for-tat is not a solution.

An officer with the Department of Homeland Security's Special Response Team stands against a protester outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as protests against the Trump administration continue in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

The naked truth: Democrats lose a few more voters to jail

- The Washington Times

Several naked bicyclists riding in front of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, to protest the presence of the federal agents in the city were arrested for blocking ICE's driveway. And all the Democrats go -- dang. There go more Dem voters, off to prison!

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally with Hotel & Gaming Trades Council workers, in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Zohran Mamdani chased from park -- great. Now chase him from USA

- The Washington Times

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was chased out of a Manhattan park by a man who called him an antisemite, and who demanded he denounce the terror group Hezbollah as well as Sharia law. Good. Mamdani, a proud socialist, i.e. communist, should be chased out of America, too.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, center left, waits for the continuation of former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Meet the new Letitia James, woman of faith

- The Washington Times

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted in federal court on charges of bank fraud and lying to a financial institution. Now the woman who was the smiling face of lawfare against President Trump has turned herself into the calm-but-resolute civil rights-fighting prayer warrior.

People gather in a park to demand Hamas the release of hostages who remain in captivity in Gaza, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, on the two-year anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Hamas doesn't really want peace

- The Washington Times

Hamas and Israel may have agreed to a peace deal, one that was forged in large part by President Donald Trump who successfully created the collaborative conditions that brought the two sides to the table at all. But this peace deal could turn into simply a pause.

A fire erupts amid buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations, following an Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Americans, tragically, immorally, are turning against Israel

- The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee marked the two-year anniversary of the Hamas terror attack against Israel by saying the U.S. "stands unwaveringly with our close ally and partner Israel because we know in our hearts that it is right." Hold that thought. Pew Research says otherwise.

In this screenshot taken from video provided by WRIC News, Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones speaks with an interviewer Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Richmond, Va., about widely condemned text messages he sent in 2022. (WRIC via AP) ** FILE **

Democrats have a dream -- and it's to murder MAGA

- The Washington Times

The Republican Attorneys General Association just called on the Democratic Attorneys General Association to stop supporting Jay Jones for attorney general for Virginia. That's because Jones has been outed for his fantasies of putting bullets into the head of a political opponent.

This Wednesday, March 27, 2019 photo shows the exterior of the Christ Church in Philadelphia.  The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $500,000 grant to the historic church to restore its steeple and church tower. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Bold and Blunt: Civics could save America

- The Washington Times

When it comes to teaching the next generation of the greatness of America, the wisdom of the Founding Fathers, and the direct link that exists between faith and long-term liberty for the individual, the nation's public schools are failing miserably.

Bad Bunny performs during the final concert of his summer residency in his homeland at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Bad Bunny the next bad NFL choice to headline Super Bowl halftime

- The Washington Times

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny has been chosen to headline the Super Bowl halftime show -- and his selection is sparking backlash from those who wonder if this is still America. That is: The guy performs his songs in Spanish. So why is he singing at America's most American sporting events?

People protest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Republicans, independents crave unity. Democrats? Better bricks

- The Washington Times

Republicans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country when it comes to violence and crime and the state of national unity -- but those who self-identify as political independents, even more so. Democrats? Apparently, they weren't dissatisfied enough to warrant mention as a separate group.