Emily Jashinsky

Washington, D.C., Wisconsin

D.C. Correspondent at UnHerd

Host at Undercurrents by UnHerd

D.C. correspondent, @UnHerd. Host, @UndercurrentsTV. Co-Host, Counter Points. Subscribe at https://t.co/U6g7z2KcFF

Articles

How woke doomed Dems on the border

1 week ago | unherd.com | Emily Jashinsky

American immigrationanti-trumpBidenKamala Harrispeak wokePoliticsTrumpUS The Biden-era explosion in illegal immigration was a direct consequence of Peak Woke: Democrats, overly responsive to fringe activists, advocated for loosening immigration restrictions to avoid cancel-culture mobs and countersignal Donald Trump. Now, amid Trump’s historic crackdown, it feels like the fever is broken.
Some of these reporters are not like the others

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Emily Jashinsky

Some of these reporters are not like the others (washingtonpost.com) Some of these reporters are not like the others By Emily Jashinsky 2025050611452100 The White House is holding briefings for influencers, welcoming YouTube channels into the press room, and operating a "new media" pool alongside the traditional one.
The new media is still a good thing

2 months ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Emily Jashinsky

I’d like to offer Konstantin Kisin a dose of optimism. As Kisin feels his high hopes for the era of new media slipping away, the predictable costs of democratizing journalism are still firmly outweighed by the benefits. Writing this week on the debate Joe Rogan hosted between Douglas Murray and Dave Smith, Kisin reflected on his own excitement about the dissolving power of legacy media. “After all, what could go wrong with ‘democratizing information’?” he asked.
Why Trump keeps saving TikTok

2 months ago | unherd.com | Emily Jashinsky

bytedanceChinaexecutive ordersPoliticsSocial mediaTikTokTrumpUS TikTok spent 75 days living on borrowed time. ByteDance, the company that controls the platform, now has another 75 days to go before it has to comply with congressional legislation demanding that it lose its Chinese ownership or face a US ban. And this, thanks to President Trump, who appears determined to shield the app from legal pressure in America.
Canada and Mexico shouldn't fear Trump's tariffs - UnHerd

2 months ago | unherd.com | Emily Jashinsky

“One of the messages that I’d like to get out tonight is: everybody, sit back, take a deep breath. Don’t immediately retaliate. Let’s see where this goes. Because if you retaliate, that’s how we get escalation.” So said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday amid the global upheaval caused by Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff rollout. [...]Read More...
The lost innocence of Grey’s Anatomy

Mar 27, 2025 | unherd.com | Emily Jashinsky

blue bloodsBridgertonCovidCultureCulture Warsgrey's anatomyInstitutional trustNetflixShondalandtayor sheridanTelevisionUS I first heard about Grey’s Anatomy on the school bus. I’m turning 32 this week, and Grey’s is turning 20. It was the spring of 2005, when ABC launched this two-decade medical drama about the life and times of Dr. Meredith Grey and her colleagues at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital.
When Dissent Becomes a Crime: The War on Political Speech Begins

Mar 13, 2025 | ronpaulinstitute.org | Dennis J. Kucinich |Nisha Whitehead |Emily Jashinsky |Kelley Vlahos

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t live in a constitutional republic if you allow the government to act like a police state. You can’t claim to value freedom if you allow the government to operate like a dictatorship. You can’t expect to have your rights respected if you allow the government to treat whomever it pleases with disrespect and an utter disregard for the rule of law. There’s always a boomerang effect.
Will Democrats save Trump's Labor nominee?

Feb 19, 2025 | unherd.com | Emily Jashinsky

Donald TrumpJosh HawleylaborLibertariansLori Chavez-DeRemerMAGAPoliticsrand paulteamstersUS “I think the fate of the Labor Secretary will be a huge test of this question.” That’s how a senior source in the labor movement described the battle over Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation to me this week. The question hanging in the balance is whether Donald Trump’s political realignment actually exists.
Trickle-Down Culture

Feb 4, 2025 | thepointmag.com | Emily Jashinsky

During the summer of 2010, I experienced the inexplicable rampage of Silly Bandz in real time. At a ten-day camp in Washington, D.C. filled mostly with teenagers from the East Coast, everyone seemed to be wearing the same rubber bracelets. They were neon and flimsy and only revealed their true shape when taken off, sometimes a letter, sometimes an animal, always useless. By the time fall rolled around in Wisconsin, Silly Bandz had arrived thirty miles west of Milwaukee.
Trump's plan to drain the swamp

Nov 26, 2024 | unherd.com | Emily Jashinsky

Politicsrobert f. kennedy jrTrumptulsi gabbardUS You would be hard pressed to find a bar in Washington D.C. where you’d find a group of people as ideologically diverse as Donald Trump’s cabinet. He’s got Tea Party veterans mingling with a Kennedy, a Teamsters ally, George Soros’s “protege”, and the former vice chair of the Democratic Party. And, yet, on the surface at least, D.C. is uncharacteristically calm.