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Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and former staff writer for The New Republic.

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November 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
David Brooks’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton is a gift to Donald Trump.
November 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
Stephen Bannon’s Long Game
How the Breitbart CEO will keep Trumpism alive long after Election Day.
November 3, 2016
Jeet Heer
Eric Trump tries to disavow David Duke—and ends up endorsing murder.
November 3, 2016
Jeet Heer
As the election draws to a close, Donald Trump is no longer pretending to love the Bible.
November 2, 2016
Jeet Heer
One of Hillary Clinton’s best surrogates is Bill Weld—who is running against her.
November 1, 2016
Jeet Heer
In final campaign stretch, Hillary is racing to energize the African-American vote.
October 31, 2016
Jeet Heer
The only way to do business with Donald Trump: make him pay in advance.
October 31, 2016
Jeet Heer
Nostalgia for Flawed Thinkers Won’t Solve the Crisis of the Conservative Intellectual
The renewed interest in James Burnham shows just how badly Donald Trump has destroyed conservative orthodoxy.
October 28, 2016
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Westworld’s Trigger Warnings
The robots of HBO’s new drama wake up to the trauma of humanity.
October 27, 2016
Jeet Heer
Jack T. Chick Was the Leni Riefenstahl of American Cartooning
Other cartoonists abhor Chick's hateful message, but find it hard not to admire his artistry.
October 27, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump has a Mormon problem. That means Lou Dobbs has a problem with Mormons.
October 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Right-wing activists want to impeach Hillary Clinton even before she becomes president.
October 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Will Bill Clinton Come Out of Hiding After the Election?
He was supposed to be one of Hillary's top surrogates. Instead, he's disappeared from the national spotlight. That won't last.
October 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
Edward Snowden is wrong.
October 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
Is Donald Trump the fabled Snake?
October 24, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Right Is Giving Up on Democracy
It's not just Donald Trump and his fans who think the system is rigged.
October 21, 2016
Jeet Heer
This is the most moving political ad of 2016.
October 20, 2016
Jeet Heer
Hillary Clinton Destroyed Trump in the Debates Just by Being a Grown-Up
She clinched her election by baiting him to become ever more peevish and childish—and showing who's really presidential.
October 19, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Can’t Stand Losing to a Girl
He keeps attacking men rather than Hillary Clinton because he's a sexist who's incapable of taking a female rival seriously.
October 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
Melania Trump’s “boys will be boys” defense betrays a maternal kind of sexism.

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