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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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President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Americans don’t care about deaths of drug-running scum buckets

Headlines are alive with news of Pete Hegseth's supposed "war crime" and Adm. Frank "Mitch" Bradley's supposed "illegal order" and double-tap this, double-tap that, and international law and "kill them all, kill them all!" -- yada, yada. It's all very exciting stuff. Too bad nobody really cares. Published December 8, 2025

Illustration on attacks on homeschooling by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

WATCH: Bold and Blunt: Post-Trump, schools boards still attacking parents

President Trump may have fixed a large portion of the problems caused by the previous administration and by Democrats in positions of political leadership. But when it comes to public schooling, school boards across the country are still stripping parents of their authority. Published December 6, 2025

Thousands of protesters look at at a rally following a march in favor of gun control at the Seattle Center Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Seattle. Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam era. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Young people will lead America into tyranny if not stopped

Only 15 percent of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 say they follow news all or most of the time, Pew Research Center reported. Compare that to the 62 percent of those above the age of 65 years old who say the follow news regularly. No wonder youth vote Democrat. They're ignorant. Published December 5, 2025

A woman looks at products in the aisle of a store as her daughter naps in the shopping cart in Waco, Texas, on Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Ultra-processed food the new tobacco? Lawsuits loom

San Francisco filed a lawsuit against 10 food companies for marketing and selling ultra-processed products allegedly known to be harmful to consumers' health and addictive in nature. This is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. Expect more to come. Published December 4, 2025

In this image taken from video provided by the 36th District Court in Michigan, Jacob Wohl, left, and Jack Burkman appear during their arraignment via video, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 in Detroit. (36th District Court via AP, File)

Bold and Blunt: Today’s culture is killing men

Today's culture that warns of toxic masculinity has become so fierce and hateful that the entire concept of masculinity has been feminized. Blame it on the left. Published December 2, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) weather images illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Morality key in keeping AI safe

A new survey conducted by Rasmussen and the Heartland Institute has found 41 percent of likely voters between the ages of 18 and 39 years old are A-OK with letting artificial intelligence make policy decisions for American citizens. No need to vote. No need for politicians. Just let AI do all the thinking -- is this how it's going to be in America? Published December 2, 2025

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WATCH: A.I. holds power to enslave

A new Rasmussen-Heartland Institute survey shows a large percentage of likely voters between the ages of 18 and 39 years old would happily turn over policy and governing decisions for this country to -- get this -- artificial intelligence. Published November 28, 2025

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk out to participate in a pardoning ceremony of the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Thankful that Democrats aren’t in charge

It's Thanksgiving, and what Americans should most be thankful for is that Democrats don't control the White House, the Senate and the House. That's because we can mostly all eat turkey and cranberry sauce in peace. Published November 27, 2025

President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bold and Blunt video: America’s potentially entangling foreign alliances

President Trump has been a busy bee of foreign policy of late, forging peace and economic deals while upholding America First principles. But if religious freedom were to be a standard of business dealings, then the question emerges: Is America on a safe path for long-term liberty? Published November 22, 2025

Attendees stand outside the venue for the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit after they were asked to leave, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Bold and Blunt: The climate change con continues

There's a new climate change con in town and it's called: the first-ever "Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change." But it's really censorship. Published November 21, 2025

A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway at the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Leftists and atheists and their bizarre fear of the Ten Commandments

A federal judge just ordered schools in Texas to stop posting copies of the Ten Commandments after hearing from parents of students who had complained the displays were offensive and infringed upon their First Amendment religious freedom rights. Published November 20, 2025

FILE - President Donald Trump talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, file)

Zohran Mamdani deserves middle finger treatment for ICC remarks

Zohran Mamdani, newly elected mayor of New York City, says he will uphold an International Criminal Court warrant and arrest Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes should the prime minister ever set foot in the Big Apple. So no more in-person U.N. headquarters meetings for Bibi? Published November 19, 2025

Jaqueline Benitez puts away groceries at her home in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Benitez, 21, who works as a preschool teacher, depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, and starting in March she expects a significant cut, perhaps half, of the $250 in food benefits she has received since 2020. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) ** FILE **

Food stamp money better spent for business growth

U.S. taxpayers spent nearly $65 billion for eight months' worth of food stamps, according to data compiled by the Pew Research Center. Seems like it'd be cheaper to send that money to businesses so they can expand and go on hiring sprees and all those taking the taxpayer dime can buy their own food. Published November 18, 2025

Pedestrian walks outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

BBC’s Apology, Not Apology

A genuine apology requires a fix of the damages, if possible. And apologizing for damages, while simultaneously suggesting there really aren't any damages, is about as Not Apology as it comes. Published November 17, 2025

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman, attend a meeting with the local community and police leaders following the announcement of a new police task force to help officers tackle grooming gangs, in Rochdale, England. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP, File)

WATCH: U.K. grooming gangs are warnings to U.S.

Seven men were just convicted in the U.K. for sexually abusing two teenage girls over the course of several years, between 2001 and 2006. The men were part of a massive grooming gang scandal that has darkened that U.K. landscape for years -- albeit the coverup has continued for just as long. Published November 15, 2025

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Oh, SNAP! 186,000 dead people got tax dollars for food

After discovering 186,000 dead men, women and children were receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is going to make all recipients reapply. Published November 14, 2025

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders, from left, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., blame the government shutdown on Democrats during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrat ‘snobbery’ due to atheistic beliefs

Chris Matthews of former MSNBC news host fame said that a big reason working class Americans have started voting more for Republicans and supporting President Donald Trump is that the Democrat Party has become too snobby. Well, that's certainly true. But that's only part of the story. Published November 14, 2025

Marxists and Race in America illustration by The Washington Times

Bold and Blunt: Marxists at the door

The election of Zohran Mamdani to New York City mayor doesn't just say something about a local government or a local citizenry, or even a local culture. It speaks to American society at-large because the U.S.A. of a couple decades ago never would have accepted a card-carrying socialist with open antisemitism as the leader of a free city. Published November 14, 2025

A woman wearing an American Red Cross shirt is seen during a service for the Sunday morning shooting at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Mich., Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) ** FILE **

Religion, schmeligion: Half in U.S. now say it’s not important

Gallup just released its World Poll that found America is shedding religion like a bad habit -- or, in the words of the pollsters, that there has been a "17-percentage-point drop in U.S. religiosity over the past decade." Well, that doesn't sound good. Published November 13, 2025