Jeet Heer

National Affairs Correspondent

@HeerJeet

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” 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), Heer has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Prospect, The GuardianThe New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

Senator Joseph R McCarthy comments on the latest developments in his dispute with the White House and Arm Secretary Robert T. Stevens on February 26, 1954.

The Return of McCarthyism The Return of McCarthyism

Chris Lehmann on why Trump is reviving the Red Scare.

Aug 2, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump boards Air Force One on July 27, 2026.

Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure

Blowing up innocent fishermen hasn’t curbed the drug trade.

Jul 31, 2026 / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, Friday, July 24, 2026

Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner 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.

Jul 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Iran War Heats Up

Iran War Heats Up Iran War Heats Up

Matt Duss on Trump’s flailing foreign policy.

Jul 26, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office, on November 18, 2025.

The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco

Yet again, the president trumpets a foreign-policy agreement steeped in recklessness, lies, and corruption.

Jul 24, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate talk to the media outside their residence on March 23, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania.

Why Andrew Tate Is a MAGA Superstar Why Andrew Tate Is a MAGA Superstar

Manosphere celebrities—including alleged sexual predators like Tate—are a symptom of a politically resurgent misogyny.

Jul 20, 2026 / Column / Jeet Heer

Free-press advocates project messages opposing the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger during the News & Documentary Emmy Awards held at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 27, 2026, in New York City.

Fighting Monopoly Power Fighting Monopoly Power

Zephyr Teachout on how to combat the corporate consolidation.

Jul 19, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Monitors display US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

Trump’s Election Fraud Speech Was a Sick Joke—and a Threat 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.

Jul 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), gestures as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Janiary 4, 2026, as they were returning to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

Lindsey Graham Chose Evil 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.

Jul 13, 2026 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

Graham Platner, Democratic US Senate candidate for Maine, during a primary election night event at the Blue Hill YMCA in Maine on June 9, 2026.

Maine After Platner Maine After Platner

Eoin Higgins on finding a new candidate after a scandal.

Jul 12, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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