Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Claire McCaskill on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Rhetoric is cheap’
The outgoing senator from Missouri, Democrat Claire McCaskill, went on CNN and told the host and listening national audience she was "confused" why the House's newest soon-to-be-seated member, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was "the thing," given her all talk, no action state of reality. Well, aren't we all. Published December 26, 2018
When Christmas used to matter
Family Dollar stores, at least some, are open "the usual hours" on Christmas Day, Fox Business reported. Certain Dollar Tree locations are open, as well, Country Living reported. Just in case -- what, somebody needs that plastic tumbler for eggnog or those half-priced candy canes to hang on the soon-to-be-tossed tree? Sigh. Published December 25, 2018
Bob Corker exiting Senate, ‘sour grapes’ award in hand
Sen. Bob Corker is leaving office at the end of this term -- and, given his ongoing Twitter spat with President Donald Trump, taking a well-earned "sour grapes" award with him. Published December 24, 2018
Anthony Scaramucci’s Christmas story of humility, faith
Appearances can be deceiving. Case-in-point: The Anthony Scaramucci of ten-second television soundbite, of two-minute media interview, of five minute pundit appearance, is not the Anthony Scaramucci of in-person or on-the-phone. He's actually refreshing. And low key. And frank. Published December 22, 2018
The eight Republicans who bucked on border funding
The eight Republicans in the House who voted against the border wall funding measure are: Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Carlos Curbelo, both from Florida; Justin Amash and Fred Upton, both from Michigan; Ken Buck from Colorado; Will Hurd from Texas; Erik Paulsen from Minnesota; and David Valadao from California. Published December 21, 2018
Donald Trump gets his $5 billion from House — and then some
President Donald Trump won his requested $5 billion for a border wall -- and then some -- in a House stopgap bill that passed on Republican-dominated votes, 217-185. It won't pass the Senate. But the point is this: At least Republicans were willing to fight for the wall. Senate GOP, are you watching? This is how you fight. Published December 21, 2018
Amazon busted for ‘immoral, almost voyeuristic’ Alexa eavesdropping ‘error’
An Amazon user in Germany was just able to gain access to an estimated 1,700 voice recordings of an Alexa user -- because, get this, of a glitch at the Amazon company. That's some glitch. But the bigger glitch is these erroneously shared files gave eavesdroppers the access to enough snippets of private in-home conversations they were soon able to piece together the Alexa user's identity. Published December 20, 2018
Afghanistan ‘boy play culture’ seeps to America
Eleven-year-old boys don't have drag hobbies. They have parents who don't properly protect and who toss what's supposed to be their prized priorities -- their children -- to the predatory clutches of child molesters. And when the media applauds such sickness, the path of America's culture leads right to the door of Afghanistan, where "boy play" is accepted. Published December 20, 2018
Senate sidesteps border, puts squeeze on Donald Trump
The Republican-led Senate, no doubt concerned with the politics of a government shutdown and the media-generated storm that would come, sent a stopgap funding measure to the House absent President Donald Trump's requested $5 billion for a border wall. That's called: Putting the squeeze on Trump. Published December 20, 2018
Nikki Haley, exiting stage right — leaving us wanting more
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has no regrets. Nor should she. Published December 19, 2018
Tucker Carlson boycott latest in Fox News hatchet jobs
Once again, Fox News has been set in the crosshairs of angry left-leaning activists who still haven't grasped the concept that freedom of speech runs both ways -- both liberal and conservative -- and who are now, currently, as we speak, drooling up boycotts of the media giant. This time? It's Tucker Carlson. Published December 18, 2018
William Peduto, Pittsburgh mayor, sets sights on gun bans, confiscations
The government has no right to take what doesn't belong to it in the first place. The Second Amendment, after all, is not a government-granted allowance. It's a God-given right -- it's an individual's right -- as are all the amendments that make up the Bill of Rights. Published December 18, 2018
Michael Savage being silenced by ‘corporate censorship,’ attorney says
The voice of New York, come Jan. 7, may be no more. That's because WABC, one of the city's premiere, preeminent stations, is poised to boot Michael Savage -- to deplatform him, in broadcast-speak, said his attorney, Daniel Horowitz, in a telephone interview. Published December 17, 2018
Government shutdowns, in perspective
Sen. Chuck Schumer said in a recent NBC "Meet the Press" appearance that Republicans ought not allow President Donald Trump to shut down the government over a "temper tantrum" about the need to fulfill campaign pledges and build a border wall. But really, a government shutdown is not all that. It's actually quite a yawner. Published December 17, 2018
Tennessee doing pro-life right
The worst abortions opponents, the ones who give pro-lifers a bad name, are the ones who stand safely away from the pregnant woman, shouting righteously and defiantly of the need to protect the unborn and preserve the sanctity and save the innocence and so forth -- then go home and pat themselves on the back for jobs well done. Published December 15, 2018
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye leaves GOP — good riddance
So Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of California, has left the Republican Party, in part, because of the backlash from all the sexual allegations that swirled about Brett Kavanaugh, newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court justice. Well, goodbye and good riddance. Published December 14, 2018
Democrats shaken by the Donald Trump-fueled fight
Poor Democrats. They just aren't used to being treated this way. They just aren't used to the fight. Published December 14, 2018
Mika Brzezinski by a different name would be fired
Mika Brzezinski of "Morning Joe" fame made a tasteless joke about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as possibly a "wanna dictator's butt-boy" during an MSNBC segment with Sen. Dick Durbin. And much as she apologized, fact is: If Brzezinski were named, say, Tucker Carlson, or Sean Hannity, or Laura Ingraham, today's mainstream media would be filled with expressions of outrage. Published December 13, 2018
Chuck Schumer and his ‘petty campaign pledge’ shows penchant for lying
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer chastised President Donald Trump for his "petty campaign pledge" of building a border wall -- and bam, that's what's wrong with today's batch of elitist politicians. Campaign pledges aren't "petty." Published December 13, 2018
The censorship of the American mind
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education found in its recent "Spotlight on Speech Codes 2019" that across the country, at 466 of America's so-called "top colleges and universities," students are not allowed to fully exercise their First Amendment freedom of speech rights. My, how the pendulum has swung far from the 1960s. Published December 13, 2018
