# “Happy Hour”: WHCD Shooting Chaos, D.C. Party Secrets, and Reckless Rhetoric: Emily Answers YOUR Questions

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Podcast: [After Party with Emily Jashinsky](https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-party-with-emily-jashinsky-7380547)
Published: 2026-05-01T20:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On this week’s edition of “Happy Hour,” Emily Jashinsky takes your questions about news of the day and “After Party.” Several questions center around the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting and the suspect’s background. Emily explains why she doesn’t go to the dinner, where she was when it happened, and what the D.C. party circuit is really like. Emily also addresses questions about recent guests including Dave Smith, her connection to Evita Duffy-Alfonso, Michael Alfonso’s congressional campaign, moderating the recent debate between Ryan Grim and Scott Jennings, why she hates the term ‘platform,’ and why she believes people have been conditioned to act like snowflakes. She also discusses the importance of language, thoughts on classical liberal tolerance, the new James Comey indictment, the Minnesota fraud ring, and offers final thoughts on Lena Dunham, “Girls” , her book “Famesick,” and more…

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