Cheryl K. Chumley (Stafford, VA) is an author, commentary writer, podcast host and the online opinion editor for The Washington Times. She is the host of the twice-weekly podcast Bold and Blunt and the "EYE ON A.I." columnist for the good, bad, ugly and underreported of artificial intelligence for The Washington Times. She is an award-winning journalist, columnist and public speaker with more than 15 years of experience covering Capitol Hill, state and local politics, courts, the Constitution, the United Nations, the environment, technology and artificial intelligence, and private property rights. Her publication credits include The Blaze, The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner, The Heritage Foundation, The Heartland Institute, Lifezette, [...] and more.

Chumley is a skilled public speaker and media guest, and has made hundreds of appearances on national and local television and radio, including: Fox News, C-SPAN, CBN and Michael Savage, and in person at various forums and events, to discuss politics and culture, the role of Christianity in government, media bias and limited government principles.

Chumley is the author of four books, including: LOCKDOWN: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom, The Devil in DC: Winning Back the Country From the Beast in Washington with a foreword by Mike Huckabee and Police State USA: How Orwell’s Nightmare Is Becoming Our Reality with a foreword from Rep. Louie Gohmert. And she is a US Army veteran and a licensed private investigator.

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Socialists Don't Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall

Table of Contents

1. Why America is GREAT in the first place

America was founded on a principle that rights come from God, not government. And this, simply put, is what makes us great. Atheists, secularists, humanists, progressives, the far left, socialists and the like would have it believed otherwise; they scoff at any notion that framers and founders would want any mention or influence of God at all in the public arena. But fact is: Take God out of America's society, and first the culture, then the politics, fall. The concept that "we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights" isn't just a guarantee - it's a responsibility. If we want America the free to stay free, then we have to make sure government doesn't grow so big as to supplant God and squelch our individual rights. This chapter looks at some of the key principles that make America great in the first place, including the bedrock idea of individual rights coming from God, not government, and makes the case that without this core idea, without preserving the principle of the God-given, not the government granted, the country will crumble from within - America the Free, America the Great, will exist no more.

2. What's Happened to the Democrats?

Once upon a time, Democrats used to stand for the little guy, the oppressed woman, the blue-collar worker, the union member - or did they? This chapter looks at the morphing of the Democrat Party through the years, from one of an "ask not what you your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" kind of attitude, to one of becoming the protector of the illegal immigrant, the voice of the abortion-on-demand crowd. This chapter also separates the truths from fiction, and shows how some misconceptions over the years about what this party has actually represented have hardened into rather ridiculous beliefs. (Democrats, for instance, have been able to lay claim to being the party of minorities despite the fact that in 1964, a greater percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for the Civil Rights Act - despite the fact the Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, filibustered the measure for more than 14 hours). Regardless, the lurch left of the Democrat Party in the most recent years has not only divided the party and set the stage for in-fighting for years to come, but also ushered in a brash brand of "democrat" politics that is nothing like the Democrats of John F. Kennedy days. The overall effect to the nation has been dramatic as its portrayed conservativism as radicals, shifted moderate Democrats to the side and seemingly embraced the most socialistic of ideas as practical. As the country moves ever farther left, another question looms: Can today's Democrats simultaneously serve both party and God? This is a grave matter of importance that goes to the ability of our nation to keep its republic - to preserve this form of government that demands a virtuous and principled people. This chapter challenges the reader to take a hard look at the party, its platforms and politics, its rhetoric and leanings - and decide.

3. Republicans Have Some Explaining to Do, Too

It's not as if an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sprung into socialist being in the House overnight. Or, a self-declared Democratic-Socialist like Sen. Bernie Sanders, for that matter. For decades, a committed, well-funded, organized and determined left has been pressing forward an agenda that, as President Donald Trump might say, puts America second, not first. But while Democrats have walked rather rapidly in recent years down the path toward socialism, Republicans haven't exactly been keepers of the freedom flame. Plenty of Republicans protecting their big business interests and payrolls and profits have gone silent when it comes to clamping the borders, or arresting illegals at work, or fining companies that hire illegals. Too many Republicans have turned blind eyes and deaf ears on the encroaching Big Government designs, and put personal finances or private interests before those of the people. One way to look at it: If Democrats have become the party of the give-away to illegals and minorities, Republicans have become the party of the give-away to big business - and either way, it's the individual whose rights are being trounced. It's the notion of God-given rights that's being crushed, in favor of government-granted. Republicans have also bent backwards, post-September 11, especially, to make sure police and law enforcement have all the tools they need to keep communities safe - even when those tools come with questionable civil rights and privacy dings, and give negligible results. This chapter looks at the damage Republicans have done to America's sovereignty in recent years, all in the name of "for the people," "for the children," or "for the safety and security of the nation," and provides the reader with an understanding of how the socialist mindset can travel just as quickly on wings of fear, which Republicans often float, as on wings of entitlement.

4. Education or Propaganda? Selling Socialism Through the Schools

For the longest of time, America's public school systems were routinely tops in world rankings. Now? The most recent Pew Research Center findings from 2018 show that the United States places 38th of 70 countries when it comes to math scores, and 24th on science. Curiously, this fall has taken place most dramatically in the last few years. In 1990, for example, America was ranked in this same Pew poll as sixth in the world for education and for health care. What's going on? Schools have forgotten their primary jobs: to educate. Today's schools are now more interested in making sure diversity and tolerance are their priorities for teaching; math, English, science, social studies, the second-tier concerns. America's public schools have become less places of reading, writing and arithmetic and more places for filling the minds of youth with propaganda, where the likes of Founding Fathers are presented as racist white men who, by logical extension, created for America some racist governing documents - and therefore, that means America is inherently racist. The propaganda persists at the places of higher learning. America's colleges and universities, many of which were founded on the principles of advancing Christian evangelism and Judeo-Christian virtues - think Harvard, Yale, Princeton - have become breeding grounds for leftist professors and administrators, who bring forth the next generation of leaders and movers and shakers in this country. So what to do? How to deal? Radical solutions are necessary. Parents who can afford to take their children from public schools and teach them at home, or place them in private schools, ought to do so. Immediately. Public schools receive funding in part based on head-counts of students; one surefire way of grabbing administrators' attention to talk about necessary reforms is to hit them in the pocketbooks. Another way to push the schools in the direction of teaching actual core course, not just social justice? Have more Christian conservatives and constitutionally-minded, limited government types run for School Board. Their voices will help balance the board discussions. These are but a couple of solutions this chapter explores.

5. Jesus the Socialist, Jesus the Capitalist

Progressives in the 1920s insisted their giveaways of government entitlements were rooted clearly in Christian teachings, backed by biblical verses. Today's Christian conservative camp would say otherwise - that the Bible unequivocally states that only those who work should eat, and that government handouts are hardly the way of Jesus. So who's right? Who's wrong? Fact is, there has been a movement of late in certain church circles and in some spiritual denominations to cite Bible verses as justification for opening America's borders wide; for sheltering illegals from the deportation storm; for providing free - that is, tax payer funded - healthcare to all, including those in-country illegally; for providing all with free college, low-cost housing, free prescription pills, and more. And while some in this church-based movement might very well believe America's government must do all it can to help the less fortunate, even if it means losing borders, or prosperity, or security, fact is, many in these denominations are false teachers of biblical principles of convenience. They're leaders of LGBTQ rights' movements, for instance, or gay pastors pushing same-sex marriage onto the next generation of believers, or simply open border zealots and social justice warriors masquerading as clerical servants of the faith. Whatever their calling, it's not so much one for Jesus as for personal ambition or political gain. This chapter looks at some of these church-tied organizations and at the backgrounds of the leaders and members, to show how they're pressing into society a socialist vision that tears down traditional norms and subs in radicalized notions of identity, family and even faith. The message is simple: Before joining these ranks, at least know their true intents. At root, the question becomes: Is the Bible a living breathing document - or not? This chapter challenges the reader to decide. The larger point, as it pertains to American politics, is this: If the Bible is living and breathing, open to interpretation, subject to whims of mankind, then a nation that's built on Judeo-Christian principles is certainly changeable. If the Bible can mean what we want, certainly the Constitution, the framers' limited government views, the founders' free market ideals, can just as easily be shifted and tossed.

6. Children and Guns and Chaos in the Streets

Twenty-five million children are being raised in homes without fathers, according to...