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Jeet Heer

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

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June 16, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump TV might be the logical end of Donald Trump’s campaign bid.
June 16, 2016
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Breaking Mad
The Republican Party is addicted to whiteness.
June 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
So much for Donald Trump shaking up the electoral map.
June 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
What Bernie Sanders Has Already Done for Hillary Clinton
By moving her to the left, he's given her a chance to look like a candidate—and president—of the future.
June 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump takes a new tack by accusing Iraq war vets of being thieves.
June 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Newt Gingrich is well on his way to full-blown McCarthyism.
June 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s United States of Conspiracy
Conspiracy theories were long relegated to the fringes of American history, but now they dominate one of the two major parties.
June 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Was Omar Mateen a self-hating gay man?
June 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s Obama-Orlando conspiracy theory is nuts, but not too nuts for the GOP.
June 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Orlando Massacre Is an Act of Terror, Whatever the Tangle of Causes
Was Omar Mateen motivated by radical ideology, mental instability, or anti-gay animus? It's still an act of political violence.
June 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Orlando massacre is the worst mass shooting in American history. It should be seen as terrorism, whatever the FBI decides.
June 9, 2016
Jeet Heer
No, the GOP Won’t Get Rid of Trump With a Convention Coup
The latest folly from #NeverTrump completely ignores the preferences of Republican voters.
June 8, 2016
Jeet Heer
Hillary Clinton’s Feminist Mission: Defeat America’s Biggest Sexist
After a grinding primary, the presumptive nominee is more prepared than ever to take down Donald Trump.
June 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Why Trump’s Attack on Gonzalo Curiel Is the Final Straw
Trump has been a racist for a long time, but he's finally picked a target that even the Republicans feel sympathy for.
June 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Here Comes Hillary the Hawk
In going after Donald Trump's recklessness, Clinton has also embraced the neoconservative critique of President Obama.
June 6, 2016
Jeet Heer
The dream of a David French presidency is dead.
June 5, 2016
Jeet Heer
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Victory Came When He Didn’t Fight
His sincere pacifism ultimately matters more than his ferocity and brilliance in the ring.
June 3, 2016
Jeet Heer
John McCain’s assertion that America is “not Romania” is not very reassuring.
June 1, 2016
Jeet Heer
The (David) French Connection
Why Bill Kristol's bewildering pick for a #NeverTrump presidential candidate makes a certain amount of sense.
May 31, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Great White Dope
Donald Trump's precursor and supporter Pat Buchanan shows that white nationalism has become self-parody.

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