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
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
Testing positive for Covid-19 has done nothing to change the president’s thinking about the pandemic.
Oct 5, 2020 / Jeet Heer
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
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
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
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
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
Packing the Court—or Taming the Courts? Packing the Court—or Taming the Courts?
To undo the damage of the Republican takeover of the judiciary, Democrats are going to have to fight for the primacy of democracy over the legal system.
Sep 21, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Facebook Versus Democracy Facebook Versus Democracy
A staff revolt highlights the social media giant’s reactionary politics, which are rooted in both business strategy and ideology.
Sep 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer