Bold and Blunt
363 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsBold and blunt: Washington Times online opinion editor Cheryl Chumley brings her no-holds-barred take on the big issues of the day.
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Israelis fight for normalization, post-October 7
April 02, 2024 19:09 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBIsraelis fight for normalization, post-October 7 Imagine laying in bed and hearing rockets streak overhead and not thinking that it's the rockets themselves that are odd, but rather that there are so, so, so many rockets -- so many more than usual -- that's the oddity. That's how October 7 started for Michal Uziyahu and her family in Ein Habesor, a Jewish community located three miles from Gaza, during the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel. She speaks about how the morning ope...
Three miles from Gaza, a Jewish community fights to heal
March 29, 2024 18:57 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBThree miles from Gaza, a Jewish community fights to heal Ein Habesor is located about three miles from Gaza, and produces about 60 percent of all of Israel’s produce. Though the terrorists never breached the gate, and nobody from Ein Habesor was killed, adjacent communities weren’t so lucky. For hours, terrorists from Gaza drove the nearby roads — which included those to Reim forest, where thousands of Jewish youth had congregated for the Nova Festival of music — and they fired off RPGs a...
JFK's assassination gets new look
March 21, 2024 16:29 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBConspiracy theorists, unite! The JFK assassination has a new angle, a new line of thought -- a new piece of evidence and analysis -- and guess what: "The government's been lying and covering up> So says, the coauthor of a new book on the matter, Jerome Corsi, who has taken a look at xrays, along with his coauthor, Dr. David Mantik, and both conclude that evidence has been altered.
Abortion and the lies of the left
March 19, 2024 21:03 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBAbortion and the lies of the left The left loves to twist definitions and words to work for their leftist designs, and nowhere else, perhaps, is that twisting and turning more noticeable than in the arena of abortion. That's where leftists tell women that to abort their babies is a human right; that to abort their babies is freeing; and that to abort their babies is a viable solution that brings no regrets or consequences. It's all a lie. And Marc Aramian and Veronica Dipippo have quite a ...
January 6 is the real state of the union
March 14, 2024 20:22 - 32 minutes - 44 MBJoe Biden wants to say America's in great shape -- that thanks to him and his White House policies, this nation couldn't be doing any better, particularly economically. We know that's bunk. If you want to look at how the nation's doing, take a peek behind the curtains of January 6. Radio host Ed Martin says the justice system is a two-tiered mess, and that's causing chaos throughout society.
Reagan vs. Biden, a real no-brainer
March 05, 2024 20:51 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBComparing Ronald Reagan's success as a president versus Joe Biden's success in the White House is a lesson in opposites. Reagan, to this day, is still counted by Americans as one of the best presidents in U.S. history. Biden will be remembered as worse than Jimmy Carter -- no small feat when you consider the weakness of Carter's administration. As Craig Shirley, author of the new "The Search for Reagan," says: Reagan saw individuals in terms of their inherent worth, and governed accordingly....
America's deplorable antisemitism problem
February 29, 2024 21:32 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBAmerica's colleges and universities have become ground zero for the Jew-hatred movement, and for many, this is a shocking eye-opener. But Dr. Zachary Marschall, w/ Campus Reform and Leadership Institute, says the antisemitism has been festering on America's places of higher learning for decades. The rot must be cleansed. As Marschall said, yes this is America -- but guess what: antisemitism, Jew hatred, violence against Jews -- a call to eradicate Jews from the face of the earth -- it can al...
Time for Joe Biden, Democrats to fly
February 27, 2024 21:19 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBIt's high time for America to take back American Exceptionalism, and the key way to do that is to boot Democrats, particularly President Joe Biden, from office. Democrats have done nothing but devastate the American economy, education system, law and justice and constitutional order, and most especially, the border. As tens of thousands pour into America from countries with socialist and Marxist governments, and then disappear into parts unknown across the United States, the Democrats cheer ...
Digging deeper on Founding Fathers
February 15, 2024 22:14 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBOne of today's hottest political discussions is the one that goes like this: What would Founding Fathers do if they were alive today? And it's getting harder and harder to reach consensus on that point because too many Americans are not well schooled on Founding Father logic. So how to debate effectively? Michael Barone, one of America's most respected political pundits and authors, weighs in with a scholarly look at how the founders really arrived at their conclusions. His new book -- "Ment...
Globalism 101 and how to fight it
February 13, 2024 18:53 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBThe coming globalist storm is on the horizon -- in fact, it's actually here and now. But as one historian says: Not much under the sun is new. When it comes to the globalist attempt to steal away America's sovereignty, we've actually been here, done that in previous decades. And guess what? Freedom wins. But that doesn't mean the war's won. Larry Schweikart discusses Davos, globalism and the fate of American liberties, as well as his new book, "Patriot's History of Globalism: Its Rise and De...
Demonic days bring fog of daze
February 08, 2024 21:37 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBToday's evil times are certainly having an effect on society, leading to everything from LGBTQ lunacy to terror attacks on Israel -- to even a nation of American citizens who've forgotten their strength and liberty lies with God, not government. Bible prophecy is unfolding before our eyes. So how to make sense of the darkness and live a life of light in Christ? Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in California has a new book. "Living in the Daze of Deception," and he says what's ...
Finding joy in dark times
February 06, 2024 20:37 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBAmerica certainly is facing some dark and perilous times and it's becoming more and more of a challenge to maintain a positive attitude. But it is possible to have joy. It starts with realizing the definition of joy is not the same as the definition of happiness, and that the idea of following one's heart leads to misery. Brant Hansen, author of "Life Is Hard. God is Good. Let's Dance," discusses. And what he says about maintaining peace during trials and tribulations is enlightening and mot...
Truth still matters and evil is still evil
February 01, 2024 21:37 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBThe reason why American society is seeing such a rot spread through its culture and politics is because truth is something that is seen as an archaic, old-fashioned type of idea that doesn't really belong in modern day. Fact is, too many people take their truth from their own emotions, and scoff the idea of a truth that comes from the Bible and ultimately, from God. If Christians would stand taller and louder for truth, then the politics of America wouldn't be so globalist and dark, and the ...
DEI Brainwashing is worse than you think
January 30, 2024 21:24 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBDiversity, Equity and Inclusion is a buzz phrase that's been tossed about with growing frequency through the years. And while it sounds soft and warm and fuzzy and safe, its end game is quite the opposite. This is Marxism at work to tear apart America's capitalistic system. Kent Heckenlively has a new book that goes undercover at some of America's corporations to see how DEI is being taught to employees, and oh my gosh, it's a big brainwashing that's turning our businesses into social justic...
Sen. Ron Johnson: Be wary of COVID shots
January 25, 2024 21:10 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBSen. Ron Johnson: Be wary of COVID shots The number of deaths due to COVID shots is rising at an alarming rate, but what's even more alarming is the accompanying reluctance of America's own government agencies and medical experts to acknowledge this is happening. Sen. Ron Johnson has been tracking the safety and negative impact reports from these shots for years, and what he's finding is concerning enough that he says: Don't take the shots. Worse, though, is the stonewalling he's experienc...
Donald Trump or Bust
January 24, 2024 13:51 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBIt's Donald Trump for president in 2024 -- and if you don't like that, deal with it. He's the candidate of choice for conservatives in America and the reasons are two-fold: He's got a track record of controlling the border. And he's got a track record of fighting -- of winning! -- against the globalists. These are the two biggest threats facing the United States right now; it only makes sense to elect the one guy who won't stand down and cower in the corner when the forces of anti-Americanis...
Palestinian apologists ignore fact that evil exists
January 18, 2024 20:33 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBAmerica has been turned into a hotbed of pro-Palestinian, anti-semitic protests lately -- and it's a brazen display of ignorance of truthful history. More than that, the pro-Palestinian and anti-semitic displays on college campuses, on public streets, in the very city called our nation's Capitol -- more than that, they're all about a spiritual sickness that refuses to call out evil as evil. Pretending as if the terrorists of Hamas and the Palestinians who voted in office the terror group cal...
Keeping Christianity relevant in a sin-filled world
January 16, 2024 21:46 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBThe rise of the nones. The emptying of church pews. The growing secularization of America. All these matters impact the fate of American liberties because the less people believe in an age of accountability, the less prone they are to believe their actions on earth matter, and the more prone they are to live as non-believers -- which opens the door to behaviors that disrupt the peace of society -- which opens the door for government to come in and try to exert controls to calm society. Are c...
For the love of God, don't vote Democrat
January 11, 2024 22:34 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBDon't vote Democrat, don't vote Democrat, don't vote Democrat -- oh, and one more thing: Don't vote Democrat! Democrats are largely to blame for the downfall of America, the one that's seeing boys dress as girls and pretend to be something they're not; the one that's seeing a president whose primary foreign policy is 'China First;' the one that's seeing hard-working American citizens struggle to pay for their family expenses while leftist pinheads in New York City empty the public schools of...
Mail-in Voting in 2020 Marked By Massive Fraud
January 09, 2024 21:08 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBThe election of 2020 is still a question mark in many Americans' minds, and now a new survey from The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports shows why concerns should be very much founded. Fully one-in-five mail-in voters committed fraud, either innocently or knowingly; in the end, to take from Hillary Clinton -- what difference does it make? Fraud is fraud no matter the motivation. And Jim Lakely, VP at Heartland, says the fraud occurred on such a widespread basis that Donald Trump defin...
National New Year's resolution: Boot the Marxists
January 02, 2024 16:55 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBLet's resolve to make 2024 the year of saving America from the leftist influences that have corrupted our government and culture, namely the socialists and communists and Marxists who've taken over the Democrat Party. How to save the country? For one, quit voting Democrat. For two, turn back to God. For three -- and four -- and five -- well, guest Allen West, retired Army lieutenant colonel, has a lot of thoughts on what's wrong with this Joe Biden administration, and what Americans can tack...
Character: it's good for the soul
December 27, 2023 17:35 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBWhat good is it if an individual gains the world but loses the soul? Or, as Dr. Jennifer London puts it: Character is crucially important. It was a key driving force of so many of America's most noble and influential figures -- Jefferson, Washington, Tubman, Graham. But the main question is: How to instill it in today's youth in a way that lasts? London discusses.
Bridging Divides and Other Great American Ideas
December 20, 2023 17:07 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBAmerica's political and cultural climates are tense to say the least. And if you look at polls and surveys and interviews over the past year, it seems that 2023 was an especially fiery time in the political realm. So going forward, what will 2024 bring? Sam Daley-Harris says unity and peace are possible -- or at least rational debate and discussion -- and so is change for society's good. And he wuld know. He wrote the book on it, called "Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen's Guide to T...
America, Time to Face the Danger
December 14, 2023 21:22 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBAmerica, Time to Face the Danger How many times has it been reported that someone from a communist country has looked with alarm at America now and warned of a coming crisis -- warned that America is on the cusp of turning communist? Well, here comes another similar warning, this time from a scholar and researcher, Shea Bradley-Farrell, president of Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research and Education, who went to Hungary, spoke to Hungarians and brought home their warning for the Wes...
A Christmas Message of Hope
December 12, 2023 22:10 - 29 minutes - 40 MBSuicide spikes during the Christmas holiday season for a reason -- but it doesn't have to be that way. Kristen Christy, international speaker and influencer, shares some dark stories of very personal nature but more importantly, tells how she gets through; how she carries on; how God continues to use her on a daily basis. It's the perfect talk for those needing motivation, inspiration, hope and faith.
Communists Love to See America Grow Secular
December 05, 2023 20:47 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBAmerica's entered a time where the "nones" -- those without solid religious footholds -- and the secularists and the atheists have taken over much of the politics and culture, and drummed into the minds of emerging leaders of the nation that faith has no business in government. But such separation of church and state as an example of what founders wanted is a figment of the far left's imaginations. Faith and religion must be alive and active in America else America falls to communism. Christ...
Libertarianism: The Other Party Meat
November 30, 2023 18:59 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBIf you're like most American voters, you're sick and tired of listening to politicians promise this, that and this and that on the campaign trail, only to go on to their elected positions of power and forget their promises. And if you're like many other American voters, you're equally tired of politicians who throw in deep with the bureaucrat class and start ordering taxpayers around -- as if taxpayers are there to serve. Think during the COVID clampdown years; think during School Board batt...
We Need More Christians In Politics
November 28, 2023 20:20 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBWe Need More Christians In Politics If you're a Christian and don't vote -- shame on you. But if you're a Christian and do vote, and want to take more steps to get involved and help this country get back on track, then how about attending some local government meetings and speaking against the evils that are destroying communities? The local is where the rubber meets the road. If you want to see, for example, how the United Nations' push for zero-emissions is impacting your own communi...
Shadow surveillance exists
November 21, 2023 16:47 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBIf you are among the third of Americans who believe the deep state is alive and well, then you're quite right. But more than that: you're probably being spied upon by these same shadowy deep state forces. So says John Mills, retired colonel, and author of the new "War Against the Deep State." So what to do? Listen and learn and fight for freedom.
Alejandro Mayorkas Must Go
November 16, 2023 18:48 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBAmerica has been flooded with illegals under this current White House administration, and aside from President Joe Biden, no one is more to blame than Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. And as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said, over and over, he must go -- he must be impeached. In recent testimony, Myorkas smirked as MTG showed a photo of an elderly couple killed by an illegal 17-year-old boy. Is this how this White House prioritizes Americans? MTG's new book, "MTG," outs the...
Bold and Blunt: Voter suppression a big Democrat lie
November 14, 2023 17:48 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MBAnother election, another case of voter fraud, another ding to America's election system. In ten years, will people even want to vote any more? Democrats have certainly been able to accomplish great things when it comes to turning Election Day into Election Days then Election Week and in many cases, even Election Month. The more the left is able to stretch out elections, the more their opportunities to commit fraud. Just look at the recent "shocking" case of fraud a judge found in Connecticu...
Morals Increasingly Don't Matter to Americans
November 09, 2023 21:46 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBLook at the vote in Ohio for abortion as a constitutional right, for recreational marijuana, and then the national polls on the same subject -- where the majority of Americans want abortion on demand and weed as a right -- and it's alarming but true: Morals really don't seem to matter to the American people any longer. That's going to have a disastrous effect on the political system. More than that, it's going to lead our nation away from individualism and toward collectivism -- away from th...
America's End Times: Will the Republic Survive?
November 07, 2023 21:15 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBHistorically speaking, republics fail in their second year. America's already defied that historical truth -- but for how much longer? That's the question historian and Reagan biographer Craig Shirley helps answer. But here's a hint: With Joe Biden as president, and a year or so left in his administration, the look forward isn't exactly rosy. Americans would do well to turn to God now, while there's still time, because the nation, in terms of levels of degradation, has certainly reached the ...
Americans, on election integrity, are very afraid
November 02, 2023 20:16 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MBOnly 37% of American adults think the coming 2024 elections will be open, transparent and honest. And it's no wonder: Democrats have been doing all they can to drum up chaos on the election counts because it suits their purposes. It's Democrats who can't generally win on principle -- because they don't have many. It's Democrats who can't usually sway voters by platform -- because they're thinly disguised communists. So it's Democrats who try to create as much problems at the polls as possibl...
Fired For Refusing the COVID Shot
October 31, 2023 19:24 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBThe thousands in America who were fired from their jobs for refusing to take the experimental Covid shots are heroes. Why? They stood strong for American principles at a time when the Americans in power cared little for principles. Common sense, under Covid, flew the coop and instead, fear became the guiding factor with tyrants like Gerald Rivera calling for all those who refused to take the shots to be confined to their homes -- that they deserved to lose their jobs and their freedoms. Thin...
Parenting In Times of Technology Perils
October 26, 2023 19:18 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBParenting In Times of Technology Perils It's hard enough to parent properly these days without all the pitfalls that technology offers children. Pornography's everywhere; social media sells rot; movies offer violence as amusement; and the entire world of gaming seems focused on turning children into badly behaving monsters who wallow in gore and bloodshed. What's a parent to do in these tough times? Well, for one: Exercise some parental controls. Parents aren't helpless and should remind t...
Abortion Declines, No Thanks to Democrats
October 24, 2023 14:36 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBDemocrats say they have the best interests of women and children at heart, but how can that be when their most consistent fight is one that undervalues the role of motherhood while outright killing God's creations? Babies are not political tools to gain votes; abortion is not a private choice between a woman and her doctor. And guess what -- the science the Democrats so love to cite when it suits their ambitions and purposes is very clear on what takes place in the womb, and how a baby devel...
America's Clashing Culture Wars
October 19, 2023 19:09 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBIt's more than Republicans versus Democrats out there. We're in a battle for the good of this nation -- against the evil that wants to totally undo this nation. It's more a spiritual war than a political battle that's dividing Americans on so harsh of lines, and once we realize that without God, the war cannot be won, then we can fight more effectively. American Exceptionalism comes from the idea that individual rights come from God and that government is only there to preserve and protect t...
Joe Biden is Greatly Loved by Terrorists and Tyrants
October 17, 2023 16:22 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBIf this White House weren't so weak, then Hamas terrorists wouldn't have risen up when they did, breached Israel's boundaries, and abducted and murdered hundreds. But when the president of the United States can't barely stand and walk by himself, the evil forces of the world take notice and plot ways to exploit the situation. Yes,Israel suffered a serious intelligence failure. But without a White House filled with players who hate America -- yes, actually hate America -- the intel failures c...
Government's January 6 Lies
October 12, 2023 17:45 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBIt's been months and months and months since the famous January 6 chaos at the Capitol, and Americans by and large still don't have a good idea of what occurred. That's because the lies and agendas and coverups and disinformation flows from leftists, from RINOs, from deep-staters and their partners in propaganda crime in the media have enacted a full-blown campaign to stop and stifle truths. At least, that's what investigative journalist Lara Logan has found and is busily reporting in her 14...
Alcoholism, Rape, Wretchedness and Rising Above
October 10, 2023 18:55 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBThere's not a person alive who doesn't have some sort of struggle in life. So the question is: How to overcome? How to pursue the dream despite the darkness? God and faith are key to turning tragedies into successes. That, and the dogged refusal to quit. Guest Rob Carson is a syndicated radio talk show host, television presence and comedy writer, but he was once an alcoholic and unhappy car salesman who learned he was the child of rape. To say he suffered some dark moments in life is an unde...
Big Pharma's Vested Interest in Keeping Americans Sick
October 05, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBIf you think the medical community, Big Pharma, and government bureaucrats tied to Big Pharma would love a world where everybody was healthy and nobody needed medicines -- think again. There are billions and billions and billions of dollars that pour into the health field from tax payer pockets each year, simply to develop even more drugs and more pills and more medicines to address an ever-growing list of disorders, diseases and deemed illnesses. But the question must be asked: Is it wise t...
Big Business Caught Stealing Away Gun Rights
October 03, 2023 18:41 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBWhen Big Business works hand in hand with leftists in Congress to do Democrats' bidding that couldn't otherwise be done the duly legislative route -- then America has a problem. And that's just what Sen. Ted Cruz's office discovered taking place with banks and a business and a little thing called the Second Amendment. Democrats are very sneaky with their anti-gun agenda and it's incumbent on alert American patriots to watch how they'll bypass the legislative route to work with whatever priva...
Debate Debrief: Donald Trump is the only viable GOP candidate
September 28, 2023 19:35 - 35 minutes - 41.6 MBIf you are using the Republican presidential primary debates as a way to determine who you will support in 2024, you might just find yourself voting for Donald Trump. Tune in as Cheryl Chumley, Washington Times online opinion editor and host of the Bold and Blunt podcast, and Kelly Sadler, Washington Times commentary editor and host of the Politically Unstable podcast discuss the winners and loser from the second debate.
The Dangerous Democrat Quest to Erase Donald Trump
September 28, 2023 16:10 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBDemocrats are on a hunt to take down Donald Trump any which way they can, but one of their latest attempts would -- if successful -- lead America down a perilous path of tyranny. What's happening? They're pushing into court a call to remove him from ballots for 2024, citing the 14th Amendment and its allowance to stop those guilty of insurrection from seeking political office. Thing is: Trump's not been found guilty in a court of law of insurrection. Thing is: Trump's innocent of insurrectio...
Climate Alarmism's Marxist Depopulation Designs
September 26, 2023 18:14 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBWe all know leftists love to talk up the so-called dangers of climate change as a means of controlling the masses. But did you know that climate alarmism was really a post-World War Two design of the Marxists to depopulate planet earth? The quest of globalists for control never ends. Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, is happily pushing top-down controls on governments, using fear of first, the coronavirus and now, climate change. If Americans don't stand fast on principle an...
Democrats Are Subversives
September 21, 2023 16:05 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBToday's Democrat Party is little more than a party of subversion. Don't believe it? take a look at what the Democrat Party puts out for its platform, then compare it to the platforms of the socialists, the communists, the progressives, and then the Republicans. The only platform that has the slightest bit of resemblance to founding father principles of limited government is the Republican Party's. Democrats stand in direct opposition to all that's limited government -- to all that's individu...
Marxists In the White House
September 19, 2023 15:24 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBAmerica has moved beyond its founding principles of limited government and fallen headlong into a system where socialism, communism and Marxism are rapidly becoming the guiding compasses. Today's Democrat Party is hardly the same as John F. Kennedy years -- or even of Bill Clinton years. Rather, it's been taken over and dominated by communist influences. China expert Bill Gertz says Marxists have infiltrated this Joe Biden administration and that's a leading factor in why China is spreading ...
Larry Fink, Blackrock and the Communist Takeover of Free Markets
September 14, 2023 16:21 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBLarry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, has made great gains in recent years in pushing America down a path of Chinese-style communism. How so? He forces his far left ideology on the free market by insisting businesses within his fund abide by his ESG goals -- environmental, social, governance -- or face shunning. It's a sort of shadow government that's been operating under the radar of many in America, turning the U.S. capitalistic system into a tool of communism and Marxism. Larry Fink seems to thin...
Changing Landscape of Christian, Evangelical Vote
September 12, 2023 14:45 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBAmerica is seeing a huge shift in the evangelical vote, due largely to the fact fewer and fewer are going to church, and as a whole, the nation is becoming much more diverse in culture and heritage. You can thank Democrats for that second point; it's their loose border controls that have opened wide the doors for illegals to flow into the nation and that, combined with their attempts to register these illegals to vote, is resulting in some sudden and dramatic changes in trends. Democrats are...