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Jeet Heer
National Affairs Correspondent
Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent at The Nation and the author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014).
Democrats need to keep reminding voters that the Republicans can’t give up on Trump.
In a misguided effort to create the illusion of balance, centrist institutions are silencing voices that make conservatives mad.
Donald Trump was an epic disaster who almost won reelection because he focused on the economy.
With Washington swarming with troops and his travel schedule derailed, the president-elect faces the same dilemma as that of 1861.
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Trump hates to be compared to earlier disgraced presidents, but he lives under Nixon’s shadow along with the rest of us.
The breakdown of the neoliberal consensus creates an opening for a more progressive China policy—while also increasing the danger of war.
The job of regulating incendiary discourse belongs to democratically elected governments, not powerful private interests.
Involvement of current and former troops in a failed putsch strikes at the heart of democracy. The response can’t be left to law enforcement alone.
A corrupt and seditious president has constructed a system of impunity. But there are still ways to punish those who helped him.
Crucial Senate races are victories not just for Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff but also for the Democratic Party—and American democracy.
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