Jeet Heer

@HeerJeet

History shows that the opposition needs the antithesis of the president.

With his name attached to a "mean" proposal, the president is vulnerable to Democratic attacks that he helps the rich at the expense of the poor.

Trump and his enablers brazenly claim the GOP plan isn't a massive cut to Medicaid—and they just might get away with it long enough to screw millions of poor Americans.

Trump's kleptocratic, autocratic tendencies are matched by McConnell's destruction of democratic norms. Both are an existential threat.

The Democratic leader isn't responsible for Jon Ossoff's loss, and her value to the party is being obscured amid the recriminations.

Jon Ossoff's loss in Georgia shows the potency of attacking Trump's critics, as the conservative media (even David Brooks!) hop on the bandwagon.

Despite Trump's campaign rhetoric, his hawkish stance increasingly resembles Hillary Clinton's—and it's stirring fears of a major war.

Trump has caused a crisis in American democracy, and the minority party can't rely on "prosecutorial liberalism" to solve it.

Wednesday's shooting has prompted much handwringing about the state of the nation. But political violence and anger are embedded in America's DNA.

Partisan polarization is getting worse, and gun control has stalled. But Democrats and Republicans can unite over treatment for troubled people.