Jeet Heer

National Affairs Correspondent

@HeerJeet

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” 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), Heer has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Prospect, The Guardian, The New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

Larry Summers, president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, during an interview in New York on September 17, 2025.

The Age of Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein The Age of Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein

On this episode of The Time of Monsters: Doug Henwood on the famed economist as an embodiment of neoliberalism.

Nov 23, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump speaks during an official dinner with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2025.

Trump’s Imperial Presidency Has Taken a Hit. Will He Recover? Trump’s Imperial Presidency Has Taken a Hit. Will He Recover?

Trump’s defeat over the Epstein files was a rare instance of Congress defying his authoritarianism. But the resistance is still feeble.

Nov 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump was greeted by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) before he addressed a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Donald Trump Is Losing Control of MAGA Donald Trump Is Losing Control of MAGA

His surrender on the Epstein files—and his attack on Marjorie Taylor Greene—proves it.

Nov 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Demonstrators hold protest signs during a march from the Atlanta Civic Center to the Georgia State Capitol on October 18, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It. Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.

Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.

Nov 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves a Senate Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025.

After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go

The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate.

Nov 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel

The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel

On this episode of The Time of Monsters: David Austin Walsh on the deep roots of the Zionism debate among Republicans.

Nov 9, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

The Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts speaks at the National Conservative Convention in Washington, DC, on September 2, 2025.

The Return of Right-Wing Anti-Zionism—and Antisemitism The Return of Right-Wing Anti-Zionism—and Antisemitism

For reasons both good and bad, Israel is dividing the Republican Party.

Nov 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson sit down for a friendly chat.

Nick Fuentes Is the GOP’s Latest Frankenstein Monster Nick Fuentes Is the GOP’s Latest Frankenstein Monster

The extremist podcaster’s rise and rise is a sign that racists and antisemites are tired of being the junior partners in the Republican coalition.

Nov 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump speaks in front of US Navy personnel on board the US Navy’s USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, on October 28, 2025.

After the American Empire After the American Empire

On this episode of The Time of Monsters: Trita Parsi on why Donald Trump’s retrenchment doesn’t go far enough.

Nov 2, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump greets a child, dressed up in costume, during a Halloween event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025.

Make No Mistake: Trump Is Trying to Steal the Midterms Make No Mistake: Trump Is Trying to Steal the Midterms

For MAGA, 2026 will be payback for 2020.

Oct 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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