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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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December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Secretary of Veterans Affairs once promulgated a neo-Confederate interpretation of Civil War.
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump says his former secretary of state was “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell.”
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
A $34,000 debt links Republican candidate to possible election fraud in disputed North Carolina race.
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Rex Tillerson found it hard to work for a president who “doesn’t like to read.”
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Corey Lewandowski continues tradition of near-brawls.
December 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Report: Trump National Golf Club helped undocumented immigrants get fake papers.
December 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
The White House isn’t ready for the Mueller report or, indeed, much of anything else.
December 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Retired general suggests military “muddle along” in Afghanistan.
December 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Saudi-financed lobbying firm spent more than $270,000 on Trump hotels.
December 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Death of the WASP Elite Is Greatly Exaggerated
A story of legacy admissions, low social mobility, and nostalgia for...what, exactly?
December 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Weekly Standard’s troubles should worry its political foes as well as its friends.
December 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Michael Flynn emerges as a key cooperating witness in the Mueller investigation.
December 4, 2018
Jeet Heer
French government suspends carbon tax in the face of protests.
December 4, 2018
Jeet Heer
When Stormy met Sally.
December 3, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Whitewashing of George H. W. Bush
Elite nostalgia and anti-Trump sentiment are leading to one-sided reminiscences.
December 3, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump’s tweets about loyalty aren’t necessarily helping him.
December 3, 2018
Jeet Heer
Xenophobic populism forces Central European University out of Hungary.
December 3, 2018
Jeet Heer
Unwilling to learn lessons from the midterms, Republicans are doomed to further losses.
December 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Passing of the Republican Party
George H.W. Bush has died at age 94.
November 30, 2018
Jeet Heer
Fairytale school now sounds like a nightmarish cult.

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