Jack Cashill (born December 15, 1947) is an American author, blogger and conspiracy theorist. He is a weekly contributor to ''
WorldNetDaily
''WND'' (formerly ''WorldNetDaily'') is an American far-right fake news website. It is known for promoting falsehoods and conspiracy theories, including the false claim that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
T ...
'' and Executive Editor of ''Ingram's Magazine'', a business publication based in
Kansas City, Missouri
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.
Biography
Cashill was born and raised in
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.Regis High School in New York City and
Siena College
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in Loudonville, New York. Cashill received his Ph.D. in American Studies from
Purdue University
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in 1982. He is of
Irish
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** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
descent. He has written for ''
Fortune
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General
* Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
* Luck
* Wealth
* Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
* Fortune, in a fortune cookie
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''The Fortune'' (1931 film) ...
'', ''
The Washington Post
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'', ''
The Wall Street Journal
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'', and ''
The Weekly Standard
''The Weekly Standard'' was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis and commentary, published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the ''Standard'' had been described as a "red ...
''. He has taught media and literature at Purdue and at other universities in the Kansas City area.
Cashill, in the book ''Deconstructing Obama'' (2011), promoted the theory that Bill Ayers, co-founder of the
militant
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Weather Underground
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, had authored
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
's autobiography '' Dreams from My Father''. A review by Craig Fehrman in ''The Washington Post'' argued that "Cashill’s clues are far from convincing" on the supposed involvement of Ayers; Fehrman also described the book itself as being "grotesque, delusional and paranoid".
Eric McHenry
Eric McHenry (born April 12, 1972 Topeka, Kansas) is an American poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Kansas from 2015-2017.
Life
McHenry graduated from Topeka High School. He graduated from Beloit College and from Boston University. In April 2015 he ...
, writing for ''
Salon
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* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
* Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment
Arts and entertainment
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'' accused Cashill of believing "Obama’s entire life is one massive fraud" and exclusively applying this notion to Obama's writings; Cashill had claimed at least one of Obama's few poems were really the work of
Frank Marshall Davis
Frank Marshall Davis (December 31, 1905 – July 26, 1987) was an American journalist, poet, political and labor movement activist, and businessman.
Davis began his career writing for African American newspapers in Chicago. He moved to Atlanta ...
.
''TWA 800: The Crash, The Cover Up, The Conspiracy'', a book written by Cashill, was published in July 2016 by Regnery. ''
The Pitch The Pitch may refer to:
* "The Pitch" (''Seinfeld'')
* ''The Pitch'' (TV series), an AMC original series
* ''The Pitch'' (podcast), an American podcast
* ''The Pitch'' (newspaper), a newspaper in Kansas City
* A segment in ''The Gruen Transfer ...
'' described Cashill as a
conspiracy theorist
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TWA Flight 800
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, alleged the real cause had been covered up to stop
Bill Clinton
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from losing the 1996 presidential election. In a 2004 documentary ''Mega Fix'', he alleged additionally that cover-ups by President Clinton concerning the
Oklahoma City bombing
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September 11 attacks
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. He implies the 1995 and 1996 attacks were the actions of Islamic terrorists.
Cashill's 2020 book ''Unmasking Obama'' (Post Hill Press) attempts to refute assertions that the Obama presidency was scandal-free, and indicts the press for turning a blind eye to several Obama scandals, chiefly Obama's alleged efforts to undermine the 2016 presidential election in favor of
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
, and the subsequent cover-up and simultaneous efforts to overthrow the
presidency
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of
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
by the Obama-directed leaders of the
National Security Agency
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,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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, and
Central Intelligence Agency
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