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 GuardianThe New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

Trump Keeps Inciting Domestic Terrorism

Trump Keeps Inciting Domestic Terrorism Trump Keeps Inciting Domestic Terrorism

Even after the FBI disrupted an alleged terrorist plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the president keeps fanning the flames of violence.

Oct 9, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Pence Looks Normal Only in Comparison to Trump

Pence Looks Normal Only in Comparison to Trump Pence Looks Normal Only in Comparison to Trump

The vice president tried to give a more acceptable face to Trumpian politics, with partial success.

Oct 8, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump stands on the balcony of the White House taking off a surgical mask

This Is Your President on Drugs This Is Your President on Drugs

The president is infectious, medicated, and erratic while working with a depleted staff.

Oct 7, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents

Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents

Why did the historian come to fear the very movements he once would have celebrated?

Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant

Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant

Testing positive for Covid-19 has done nothing to change the president’s thinking about the pandemic.

Oct 5, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump points at the crowd from the stage at a rally as people behind him wave signs supporting him.

Positive! Trump’s Covid Bungling Now Takes a Personal Toll Positive! Trump’s Covid Bungling Now Takes a Personal Toll

Democrats should not shy away from using news of Trump’s Covid test to hammer home the lesson that he has bungled the crisis.

Oct 2, 2020 / Jeet Heer

With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy

With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy

Enabled by the weak moderation, the president used the debate to legitimize a hate group and threaten intimidation at the polling station.

Sep 30, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone

Trump’s Tax Evasion Is an Indictment of American Plutocracy Trump’s Tax Evasion Is an Indictment of American Plutocracy

Democrats have to attack not just Trump for being a scofflaw but also the system that lets the ultra-rich avoid paying their fair share.

Sep 28, 2020 / Jeet Heer

A collection of gift items with Robert Mueller's face on them, including a necklace, a candle, and a poster.

Mueller’s Failure Exposes the Limits of Prosecutorial Liberalism Mueller’s Failure Exposes the Limits of Prosecutorial Liberalism

Instead of fantasizing about square-jawed lawmen, progressives need to figure out how to curb the imperial presidency.

Sep 25, 2020 / Jeet Heer

A television at the White House shows Al Gore giving his concession speech

Trump Wants Another ‘Bush v. Gore’ Trump Wants Another ‘Bush v. Gore’

The rush to fill the Supreme Court seat is motivated in part by a desire to turn over the election result to the judiciary.

Sep 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer

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