Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent at The Nation and the author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014).

GovernmentYesterday 12:00 am

William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal

The attorney general fosters a conspiracy theory, while the real abuse of the surveillance state goes unchallenged.

Jeet Heer
Campaigns and ElectionsDecember 9, 2019

Michael Bloomberg Has an Anti-Democratic Streak

Far from being the only hope against Donald Trump, the former New York mayor embodies another strand of authoritarian politics.

Jeet Heer
SocietyDecember 6, 2019

‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire

Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.

Jeet Heer
US Wars and Military ActionDecember 2, 2019

Trump Has Made the Military Safe for War Criminals

The Pentagon is focused on norm violations, while ignoring the enormity of the president’s actions.

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November 27, 2019

Impeachment Is Becoming a Holy War

As Trump sinks in scandal, his most devoted supporters start hailing him as a messiah.

Jeet Heer
PoliticsNovember 22, 2019

Fiona Hill’s Testimony Was Devastating for Trump

But the foreign policy expert was too quick to blame America’s ills on external forces.

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Election 2020November 21, 2019

Climate Finally Climbed Onto the Debate Stage. But It’s Still Not Taken Seriously Enough.

Democratic presidential candidates were given the chance to talk about the most pressing environmental issue—but only briefly and inadequately.

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Political FiguresNovember 18, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein Isn’t Going Away

In the absence of a full reckoning, conspiracy theories about Epstein fester and allow the far right to exploit the popular mistrust of elites.

Jeet Heer
November 15, 2019

The Foreign Policy Establishment Is Hijacking Impeachment

Trump should be impeached for using his office for corrupt purposes—not for challenging the national security consensus.

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The RightNovember 13, 2019

Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created

A family quarrel breaks out on the right as neo-Nazis have started heckling Republicans for not being Trumpian enough.

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Jeet Heer

GovernmentYesterday 12:00 am

The attorney general fosters a conspiracy theory, while the real abuse of the surveillance state goes unchallenged.

Campaigns and ElectionsDecember 9, 2019

Far from being the only hope against Donald Trump, the former New York mayor embodies another strand of authoritarian politics.

SocietyDecember 6, 2019

Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.

US Wars and Military ActionDecember 2, 2019

The Pentagon is focused on norm violations, while ignoring the enormity of the president’s actions.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

November 27, 2019

As Trump sinks in scandal, his most devoted supporters start hailing him as a messiah.

PoliticsNovember 22, 2019

But the foreign policy expert was too quick to blame America’s ills on external forces.

Election 2020November 21, 2019

Democratic presidential candidates were given the chance to talk about the most pressing environmental issue—but only briefly and inadequately.

Political FiguresNovember 18, 2019

In the absence of a full reckoning, conspiracy theories about Epstein fester and allow the far right to exploit the popular mistrust of elites.

November 15, 2019

Trump should be impeached for using his office for corrupt purposes—not for challenging the national security consensus.

The RightNovember 13, 2019

A family quarrel breaks out on the right as neo-Nazis have started heckling Republicans for not being Trumpian enough.