Writer, editor, feminist. Former staff writer at Vox.com and Rewire, former managing editor at 50 States of Blue. Follow her on Twitter @EmilyCrockett
The GOP is shrugging its shoulders at an urgent deadline to renew the most important U.S. law protecting abuse victims.
By Emily Crockett - August 15, 2018
Rashida Tlaib is set to become the first Muslim woman in Congress — and she’s part of a historic wave of diverse women candidates who are reshaping the Democratic Party.
By Emily Crockett - August 08, 2018
Trump seems to have no idea how much trouble he is getting himself into.
By Emily Crockett - August 05, 2018
Red state Senate Democrats have every reason to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court — and nothing to lose if they do.
By Emily Crockett - July 31, 2018
A 2012 ruling by Brett Kavanaugh made sure Trump was able to screw over his own casino workers.
By Emily Crockett - July 30, 2018
Trump smeared hundreds of traumatized mothers and fathers by saying they have ‘sinister’ motives for wanting their children back.
By Emily Crockett - July 29, 2018
Trump promised his Supreme Court nominee would overturn Roe v. Wade. Seven in 10 Americans don’t want that to happen.
By Emily Crockett - July 24, 2018
To Trump officials, creeping authoritarianism is just a big joke.
By Emily Crockett - July 24, 2018
We now know that Trump and Republicans shamelessly lied to the American people about why the FBI decided to investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
By Emily Crockett - July 23, 2018
Two weeks before his inauguration, Trump was given ‘highly classified’ intelligence that proved Putin ordered cyberattacks to interfere with the U.S. elections.
By Emily Crockett - July 19, 2018
Trump blames his treasonous performance on a ‘double negative.’
By Emily Crockett - July 17, 2018
Some Republicans gently chided Trump for his shameful press conference with Putin — but none of them are doing anything to stop him.
By Emily Crockett - July 17, 2018
The horrifying spectacle of Trump’s joint press conference with Putin was worse than anyone could have imagined.
By Emily Crockett - July 16, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh could help dismantle affordable health care for all Americans if he is confirmed to the Supreme Court. Republicans know it — and they’re giddy with anticipation.
By Emily Crockett - July 12, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh is anything but pro-woman — which might be one reason Trump couldn’t find any women lawmakers willing to write rave reviews of his Supreme Court nominee.
By Emily Crockett - July 10, 2018
U.S. officials threatened Ecuador over a breastfeeding resolution — and suddenly backed off once Russia stepped in.
By Emily Crockett - July 08, 2018
On a day when America celebrates its independence from tyranny, Republicans broke with precedent to meet with a tyrannical regime that tried to undermine American democracy.
By Emily Crockett - July 05, 2018
Sen. Tammy Duckworth told her Senate colleagues a personal story to explain why they must refuse to confirm one of Trump’s anti-choice Supreme Court nominees.
By Emily Crockett - July 01, 2018
Trump tried to make Vladimir Putin’s wildest dreams come true by destabilizing the European Union.
By Emily Crockett - June 29, 2018
Bill Shine covered up for the biggest slimeballs at Fox News. But he still has no idea what he’s in for at the Trump White House.
By Emily Crockett - June 28, 2018
From health care to marriage rights, here is how the Supreme Court could change America if Trump has his way.
By Emily Crockett - June 27, 2018
Lewandowski lied, saying the mom of a 10-year-old with Down syndrome was a ‘potential member of a child smuggling ring.’ In fact, she was helping the government prosecute a smuggler.
By Emily Crockett - June 27, 2018
On the same night Sarah Huckabee Sanders got kicked out of Red Hen, two of my transgender friends were denied bathroom access. This is what real discrimination looks like.
By Emily Crockett - June 26, 2018
Trump wants to demonize immigrants, legal or not — but according to a new poll, the vast majority of Americans think immigration is good for the country.
By Emily Crockett - June 21, 2018
Trump’s executive order does nothing to reunite families. Thankfully, Americans are stepping up in droves.
By Emily Crockett - June 20, 2018
Sen. Kamala Harris has had enough of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s lies about Trump’s policy ripping children from their families.
By Emily Crockett - June 18, 2018
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said kids detained at the border have all their needs taken care of. But the one need that matters most is their parents.
By Emily Crockett - June 18, 2018
Oops! Two other Trump associates, Roger Stone and Michael Caputo, forgot to mention that they were offered dirt on Hillary Clinton by a Russian national.
By Emily Crockett - June 17, 2018
Some evangelical Christians are getting more vocal about the immorality of Trump’s immigration policies.
By Emily Crockett - June 13, 2018
By calling U.S. military exercises with South Korea ‘provocative,’ Trump is repeating the talking points that a brutal dictator has used to smear America for decades.
By Emily Crockett - June 12, 2018