Sheryll Cashin
@sheryllcashin.bsky.social
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Author of WHITE SPACE, BLACK HOOD and other books; Law Prof at Georgetown; contributing Writer to POLITICO Mag; visual artist, wife, mother of twins, harried.
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Thrilled my #MLKDay piece landed front and center @politico.com I use his words to tell us what I think he would say about resisting bullies & a multiracial politics powered by God‘s values. 90 million sat home! @beaconpress.bsky.social @georgetownlaw.bsky.social

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Opinion | The Cruel Irony of an MLK Day Inauguration
The inauguration stands in stark contrast to the message of Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday.
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Jeffries: "We will not be intimidated by Vought, who's totally out of control. The OMB has been illegally shutting down parts of the govt throughout the entire year, & the notion Dems are gonna be intimidated when all he's done is send a message that Republicans are determined to hurt people ... "
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3. That said, let me be clear, Kirk said and did some things I detest. He didn’t deserve to get shot for it though. Nor did any of the many other people throughout history or current times that have been shot at or killed for expressing their beliefs and leading movements that threatened status quo.
2. RFK Sr's impromptu reflection upon MLK's assassination is great inspiration and advice for all of us in this moment. Well worth the five minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kW...
Indianapolis, 1968: Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King and a historic call for peace
YouTube video by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
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1. I pray for Charlie Kirk's family, may he rest in peace, and for our country. He did not deserve to be assassinated for engaging in civil debate, which was once a cornerstone of our Republic. Working across the aisle was once normal. Now, if we are honest, political violence is normal. God help us
Participating in this documentary was pure joy, I loved the boss! It’s excellent. Hope you will watch it on PBS.
“Our Health secretary is a certified quack.”

We are living in a bad B rated dystopian movie.

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Opinion | Vax Quack Lacks Facts
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Again, this is what #autocracy looks like. Homeland Security policing minor traffic violations?! Despots gain power by stoking fear. Liberty disappears when the People and their fragile representatives cease exercising it. We become less safe and less free. @beaconpress.bsky.social
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Checkpoint with ICE agents met by protesters in D.C.
Department of Homeland Security agents stopped cars at a busy intersection for seat belt violations or broken taillights, as onlookers protested.
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This is what autocracy looks like. It’s a very old playbook for DJ T. Only this time he’s the commander in chief and gets to use the District as his reality show set.

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Trump places DC police under federal control, deploys National Guard
The president called it “liberation day” for the nation’s capital.
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This is what autocracy looks like. It’s a very old playbook for DJ T. Only this time he’s the commander in chief and gets to use the District as his reality show set.

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Trump places DC police under federal control, deploys National Guard
The president called it “liberation day” for the nation’s capital.
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The truth is mean. Evil indeed ...#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer #blacksky #bluesky
REP. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social: “THIS IS AN EVIL BILL. It’s going to rip away health care from 15 million Americans, and food assistance from millions — to give tax breaks to the richest, and mega corporations.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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1/ The constitution says only Congress can declare war. At most the commander-in-chief can repel attacks. Iran did not attack the US. This war is unconstitutional. As ill considered, as it was, at least the Iraq War was based on a congressional authorization of military force. #Iran #bluesky
4/ But DJT wants to be a king or dictator rather than POTUS, of a constitutional democracy. And we are subject to his whims and declining mind because Congress has ceded its power and WE THE PEOPLE and other institutions have not resisted enough. Franklin said, we have a republic if you can keep it!
3/ The president should have taken the time to seek congressional authorization. In matters of war there should be a national discussion among elected officials, and we the people who will have to live with the consequences and the sacrifices of war that could endure for years. #Iran #bluesky
2/ The constitution is a living document in the sense that congressional powers erode when they aren’t exercised. A president dropping a dozen 30,000 pound bombs on a country that didn’t attack us has been normalized. I just Jackson said in the famous Youngstown decision …
1/ The constitution says only Congress can declare war. At most the commander-in-chief can repel attacks. Iran did not attack the US. This war is unconstitutional. As ill considered, as it was, at least the Iraq War was based on a congressional authorization of military force. #Iran #bluesky
Let freedom ring! Happy Juneteenth!
My dad, Dr. John Cashin, Jr., was a Meharry-trained dentist & valedictorian. He founded a third party to give Black voters the chance to run for office and vote for themselves. Ran for governor against George Wallace, to help down-ballot local candidates win! He was a total badass! #FathersDay
A LOT could happen in the next 48 hours. Most Americans believe people who have not been duly convicted of a crime should not be snatched and deported without due process. And that the US military should not be used to displace the state and local governments citizens voted for. Be heard. #NoKings
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RIP to a Giant, yeah he and his music took funk, and cool to the stratosphere, watch Questlove’s documentary on him, amazing! #blacksky #Sly www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
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RIP to a Giant, yeah he and his music took funk, and cool to the stratosphere, watch Questlove’s documentary on him, amazing! #blacksky #Sly www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
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"Musk ... did not anticipate that it would be bad PR for the world’s richest man to take food and medicine from the world’s poorest children." An estimated 300,000 have died because he put USAID in the "wood chipper", most of them children. Who, really, is pro-life?
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
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