Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Social Security gender war exposes bureaucratic bloat
Talk about a bureaucratic nightmare. Stacy Harp, who hosts Bible News Radio with her husband, Randall Harp, is just trying to transfer the Social Security payments for her father, Clayton Perrotte, from Florida to Tennessee. But she can't, because a government error changed her dad's gender from male to female. Published July 15, 2017
Nancy Pelosi’s hilarious, hypocritical tweet on House dress
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tried to score some easy political points against Speaker Paul Ryan. But she just came off looking hypocritical. Published July 14, 2017
Progressives panic as millennials flee: ‘You damn right, I don’t have any loyalty to Democrats’
Progressives are in a bit of a panic lately, looking at the results of a recent focus group study that shows their core base of millennials are abandoning the leftist ideology in droves, jumping out of the Democratic Party's ship to take their votes -- gasp! -- elsewhere. Published July 14, 2017
American Eagle hat tips Islam with denim hijab for sale
American Eagle is reaching out to the Muslim community and offering up a denim hijab for sale at its online locations. So much for the American in the Eagle. Apparently, a hijab is now considered traditional American garb? Published July 14, 2017
Illegals, take note: Donald Trump took shackles off ICE
Thomas Homan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told a Fox News audience that President Donald Trump has removed the shackles from his agency. Wakey, wakey, illegals. The Trump Train is rolling. Published July 13, 2017
Franklin Graham’s right — ‘socialized medicine’ sucks
Worldwide evangelist Franklin Graham cut to the chase about the Charlie Gard vs. Government life-and-death case that's being played out in U.K. courts right now, putting it plainly that parents ought to have the final say over their infants' health care -- not bottom-line bureaucrats feeding into their socialist system. In other words: Socialized medical care sucks. Published July 13, 2017
Kid Rock, ‘Pimp of the Nation,’ hints at Senate run
Kid Rock may be running for the Senate -- or not. Either way, his Kid Rock for Senate webpage has some rocking slogans. Published July 13, 2017
Trump impeachment article brought to House — LOL
Reps. Brad Sherman of California and Al Green of Texas have brought forward a formal article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for "high crimes and misdemeanors." There's a story about monkeys here that seems applicable. Published July 13, 2017
Linda Sarsour, Islam defender, Donald Trump attacker, plays victim
Linda Sarsour, defender of all things Islam and hater of all things President Donald Trump, set the conservative world on notice that she's taking names and taking numbers. Published July 13, 2017
Mexico illegal immigrant drunk during fatal crash, prosecutor says
Here we go again -- another headline, another story about an illegal immigrant involved in a horrific incident that left another innocent individual dead. Published July 12, 2017
Mental health sick days a sign of America’s wussification
There's this story that's been going around the media for a few days now that paints a picture of a sympathetic boss gently cheering on his absent employee for letting him know she's missing work due to "focus" on her "mental health." Let's just nip this crazy in the bud. This is a mark of America's wussification -- nothing to cheer. Published July 12, 2017
Joe Scarborough — gasp! — exiting GOP, stage right
Joe Scarborough, the "Morning Joe" co-host with the mostest hatred on President Donald Trump, is leaving the Republican Party. Umm. You don't say. But -- was he ever really in it? Published July 12, 2017
Media’s might-be, may-be, could-be messaging on Trump crimes
NBC blasted a headline Wednesday that went like this: "Did Donald Trump Jr. Break Any Laws When He Met With Russian Lawyer Veselnitskaya?" And that, of course, tells Americans all that's needed to know about the latest peer into the Russia-Trump collusion hysteria: No. Published July 12, 2017
Seattle goes socialist and hits up rich to save poor
Seattle, home of far leftists, environmentalists and annoying coffee snobs, has gone Robin Hood on its residents and decided the best way to provide for its poor is to snatch from the rich. Can you say socialism? Published July 11, 2017
Joe Scarborough, anti-Trump Extraordinaire, rips into Don Jr.
MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough just can't quit with the low-brow attacks on President Donald Trump and the first family. He's obsessed, that's what he is. Published July 11, 2017
Charlie Gard v. U.K.: Evil is thy name
A British judge told the parents of young Charlie Gard they have two days to prove why their son should be kept alive. Think about that for a second: A government body has just told the parents they have to explain why their son should live. Published July 11, 2017
Hawaii 15: Blue states, plus Iowa, battle Trump ban
Hawaii just won't let it go -- and neither, now, will 14 other Democratic-leaning states keeping up the legal challenges to President Donald Trump's travel ban. The summer of resistance is in full swing. Published July 11, 2017
Obama rides back into politics — atop a dead Democratic horse
Barack Obama's going to headline a fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group seen as crucial to the rebuilding of the party. What delicious irony. What delightful incongruity -- for Republicans. Published July 11, 2017
Chuck Schumer’s newest cause: Regulate Coco Loko
Sen. Chuck Schumer has a new cause -- a whammy and a whopper, rolled into one nice tight regulatory package with possible power to tax and fine. What's it called? Regulation. And this time, the target is chocolate powder. Published July 10, 2017
New York Times claims ‘honest mistake’ led to slam of Sarah Palin
The New York Times, the Gray Lady of journalism, the supposed bastion of reputable news reporting and standard bearer for the rest of the media, just put in a defense to Sarah Palin's claim of defamation, and it went like this: Oopsie. Published July 10, 2017