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Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a contributing editor at the The New Republic.

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November 14, 2017
Jeet Heer
Obamacare repeal is back from the dead (again).
November 14, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s White Nationalist Foreign Policy
In Asia, the president makes friends with autocrats. In Europe, he uses soft power to energize the populist masses against democratic leaders.
November 14, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump nominated a ghostbuster for a federal judgeship.
November 13, 2017
Jeet Heer
Republicans are now saying they they will expel Roy Moore from the Senate.
November 13, 2017
Jeet Heer
Roy Moore and the New Republican Civil War
The populists are defending the scandalized Senate candidate while the establishment waffles. This is only a sign of things to come under Trump.
November 10, 2017
Jeet Heer
Robert Mueller is looking into allegations that Michael Flynn plotted a kidnapping.
November 10, 2017
Jeet Heer
Liberals Are Becoming Knee-Jerk Anti-Trumpists
The left should be encouraging the president's moderation on foreign policy rather than distorting the truth about alleged gaffes.
November 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
No one wants to defend Roy Moore for allegedly courting underage girls. Except Breitbart.
November 8, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trumpism Without Trump Doesn’t Work
Ed Gillespie morphed into a Trumpist for Virginia governor's race, then got slaughtered by Democrat Ralph Northam. Bad news for Republicans in 2018.
November 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
David Boies, one of liberal America’s most famous lawyers, has been caught up in the Weinstein scandal.
November 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Democrats’ Disarray Is Good for the Party
A diverse coalition necessarily includes warring factions, and civil wars help it evolve. Bring on the recriminations!
November 6, 2017
Jeet Heer
Did Trump approve the Saudi crown prince’s bloody purge?
November 2, 2017
Jeet Heer
Sam Clovis committed the cardinal sin against Trump.
November 2, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Republicans’ Frightening Response to the New York Terror Attack
Trump's rhetoric was extreme. The GOP establishment's was even worse.
November 1, 2017
Jeet Heer
Looks like Jeff Sessions perjured himself.
November 1, 2017
Jeet Heer
Let’s Relitigate the Civil War
There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.
October 30, 2017
Jeet Heer
Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Go Away. She Should Embrace Her Role as Trump’s Nemesis.
As the Russia investigation heats up, Trump is attacking his vanquished rival yet again. Clinton should use his obsession to Democrats' advantage.
October 30, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Manafort indictment is bad for Trump. The Papadopoulos plea might be worse.
October 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
When the “Weinstein Effect” Hits Washington
A wave of sexual misconduct revelations has sparked a cultural rebellion. But a political agenda is needed to effect lasting change.
October 25, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Mueller investigation is expanding to New York. Will Trump try to quash it?

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