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

Why Trump keeps saving TikTok

2 weeks 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 weeks 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

4 weeks ago | 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

1 month ago | 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?

2 months ago | 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

2 months ago | 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.
Legacy Media Indicts Itself When They Blame The ‘Right-Wing Media Ecosystem’

Nov 8, 2024 | conservativereview.com | Emily Jashinsky
Legacy Media Indict Themselves When They Blame The 'Right-Wing Media Ecosystem'

Nov 8, 2024 | thefederalist.com | Emily Jashinsky

Journalists seem poised to learn all the wrong lessons from Donald Trump’s victory this week, repeating a pattern they’ve been unable to shake since the frenzied days of 2016. A moment from CNN’s “Inside Politics” on Thursday is especially instructive — and an ominous portent of the media’s ability to recapture influence. Laura Barrón-López is the White House correspondent at PBS News and a political analyst at CNN.
Will soccer moms win it for Kamala?

Nov 4, 2024 | unherd.com | Emily Jashinsky

Election 2024HarrisPoliticsSuburbTrumpUS Journalists have now spent nearly a decade haunting the farms and taverns of rural America, trying to understand why millions of decent heartlanders voted for Trump. It’s a romantic story, casting the underdogs against elites, and explaining how America’s forgotten middle found hope in an uncouth New York billionaire. But understanding these voters and empathising with them are very different things.