Jeet Heer
@jeetheer.bsky.social
Columnist, The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ Podcast: The Time of Monsters: https://www.thenation.com/content/time-of-monsters/
Trump's killing spree in the Caribbean is criminal -- and also a complete failure on its own terms. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure
Blowing up innocent fishermen hasn’t curbed the drug trade.
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Please join us on August 12 for a virtual event about ISRAEL'S LOBBY with authors @eliclifton.com and Ian Lustick, in conversation with The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, @jeetheer.bsky.social & Daniel Levy! RSVP here: www.thenation.com/events/israe...
The White House Correspondents' Dinner is a disgraceful ritual of humiliation. It should be abolished. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn't seem to care.
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Trump's art of the deal usually involves lying & trying to change the terms after the fact -- the Saudi nuke deal being a good example. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco
Yet again, the president trumpets a foreign policy agreement steeped in recklessness, lies, and corruption.
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Trump's speech was, as expected, bogus. The real question is what actions his lies are meant to justify. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Election Fraud Speech Was a Sick Joke—and a Threat
Not even Fox News buys Trump’s new lies, but they will be used to undermine the midterms.
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We need to categorically reject the calumny that Graham was blackmailed so he cozied up to Trump. The evidence is clear that Graham freely and volitionally chose evil. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Lindsey Graham Chose Evil
Conspiracy theorists liked to say that Graham’s Trump sycophancy was a result of blackmail. But the truth is worse: He stuck with Trump to keep the US war machine going.
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On the fantasy of messiah politics, a failed establishment, and Graham Platner. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Graham Platner Fiasco Proves Messiah Politics Is No Alternative to a Failed Establishment
Democratic leaders have rightfully lost credibility. But that’s no excuse for political adventurers to seize the moment and pump up false saviors.
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Mamdani's fighting speech redeemed the Fourth of July from Trump's bigotry and the ineffectual nostalgia of the elite www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How Zohran Mamdani Saved the Fourth of July
The Mayor’s fighting patriotism bested Trump’s rantings and Obama’s evasions.
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For Larry Ellison, 6th richest man in the world, $45 million is chicken feed. It was enough for him to buy Trump. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
For Larry Ellison, Buying Trump Is the Bargain of the Century
The billionaire has gotten media dominance and cozy government deals for what amounts to chicken feed.
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James Carville and other establishment Dems embrace the philosophy of losers. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Establishment Democrats Are Embracing Loserdom
Some centrists would rather have Trump triumph than forge an alliance with the left.
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Free speech champion Bari Weiss would rather deport than debate. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Free-Speech Fraud Bari Weiss Would Rather Deport Than Debate
As anti-war politics gain ground, Weiss's Free Press is pushing to remove Trita Parsi from the US.
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I joined @jeetheer.bsky.social for a conversation about censorship poster boy @mtaibbi.bsky.social, the use of defamation law to silence critics, and why self-described free speech heroes like @ggreenwald32.bsky.social, Jon Chait, @mattyglesias.bsky.social, and others haven’t mentioned my case.
Matt Taibbi and the New Threat to Free Speech w/ Eoin Higgins
Podcast Episode · The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer · June 21 · 44m
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Is Bari Weiss winning? A talk with the world's foremost Weiss expert @davidklion.bsky.social www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
Is Bari Weiss Winning?
David Klion on the right-wing pundit destroying CBS.
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Over the last 65 years, many of the most fateful issues in US public life have been debated by presidents & their inner circle in The Situation Room: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, how to cover up the Epstein case. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Epstein Scandal Shows the Depth of the White House’s Dysfunction
Infighting and opportunism lead to chaos and endless war.
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So glad that @jeetheer.bsky.social has written this obituary for Marjane Satrapi. I can't think of anyone better to provide the thoughtful and informed appreciation that her work deserved. www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Marjane Satrapi’s Rebellious Art
The radical legacy of the cartoonist and filmmaker who created Persepolis.
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The House has passed a War Powers Resolution to end the Iran war -- the first steps in the hard constitutional battle against the imperial presidency: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The House Voted to End the Iran War. Now the Real Battle Begins.
Congress took an important symbolic step towards reasserting its authority over war powers. But much, much more needs to be done.
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The Fourth of July fiasco proves Trump confuses patriotism with his personal egoism. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump's July 4th Fiasco Is Entirely His Fault
America's 250th anniversary celebrations are falling apart because of the president's tawdry display of narcissism.
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The humiliating defeat is the Iran war is likely to lead to Trump to lash out against some much weaker country. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump's Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He's a Humiliated Bully
Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.
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Trump is doubling down on the Abraham Accords fantasy, which is one of the causes of the war. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering
Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.
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Trump defeated Thomas Massie, but it's a costly victory that shrinks the GOP coalition. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Thomas Massie’s Defeat Could Come Back to Haunt Trump
The president’s successful campaign to remove the rebel congressman has a real chance of backfiring.
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This is a fascinating conversation between @thenation.com's @jeetheer.bsky.social and Branko Marcetic about the alliance between Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, and Jeffrey Epstein.
What Jeffrey Epstein Taught Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon
Branko Marcetic on the fake populism of a sordid elite.
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I spoke to Branko Marcetic about the alliance between Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
What Jeffrey Epstein Taught Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon
Branko Marcetic on the fake populism of a sordid elite.
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Ted Turner proved even billionaires could be, on occasion, human. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Ted Turner Proved Even Billionaires Could be Human
The swashbuckling founder of CNN was redeemed by his vulnerabilities.
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On the one hand, Ka$h Patel is reportedly often drunk; on the other hand, he seems like a generous drunk. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Ka$h Patel’s Bourbon Swag Is Part of a Larger Branding Disaster
The FBI director is targeting reporters and his own agents to stop embarrassing leaks.
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