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 is drunk on war. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Donald Trump Is Drunk on War
The Venezuelan coup opens the gates to a new era of imperial plunder.
www.thenation.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Trump is drunk on war. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
In Venezuela, Trump finally gets to "take the oil" youtu.be/mvoSumadChU?...
In Venezuela, Trump finally gets to "take the oil"
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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January 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
In Venezuela, Trump finally gets to "take the oil" youtu.be/mvoSumadChU?...
Mar-a-Lago is a crime scene. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Mar-a-Lago was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise
New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.
www.thenation.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Mar-a-Lago is a crime scene. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Obsessed with this juxtaposition
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Obsessed with this juxtaposition
Some thoughts on Marty Supreme and Cover-Up, two films about the American Century of Lies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_01...
Marty Supreme, Cover-Up, the comedy of anxiety, and rogue performers (Review).
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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January 1, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Some thoughts on Marty Supreme and Cover-Up, two films about the American Century of Lies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_01...
My thoughts on Avatar: Fire and Ash -- and what many critics get wrong about James Cameron. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Dp...
What critics get wrong about Avatar: Fire and Ash (Review).
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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December 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My thoughts on Avatar: Fire and Ash -- and what many critics get wrong about James Cameron. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Dp...
On Charles Platt's Dream Makers, which does a good job describing what it was like to meet Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKl...
Meeting Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison etc.: Charles Platt's Dream Makers review
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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December 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
On Charles Platt's Dream Makers, which does a good job describing what it was like to meet Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKl...
Some thoughts on Bari Weiss and media plutocracy youtu.be/eXaTPsN7MeY?...
The Bari Weiss Scandal Fake Centrism and Plutocracy
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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December 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Some thoughts on Bari Weiss and media plutocracy youtu.be/eXaTPsN7MeY?...
The 60 Minutes episode about CECOT was not only worth running, it was an exceptionally powerful work of journalism that made clear the US government has embraced torture. You can read the transcript here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See
A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The 60 Minutes episode about CECOT was not only worth running, it was an exceptionally powerful work of journalism that made clear the US government has embraced torture. You can read the transcript here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
This is good.
my favorite Hawthorne quote is from Main-Street, 1852, on the Puritans:
“Let us thank God for having given us such ancestors; and let each successive generation thank him, not less fervently, for being one step further from them in the march of ages.”
“Let us thank God for having given us such ancestors; and let each successive generation thank him, not less fervently, for being one step further from them in the march of ages.”
10. Despite the fact that Nathaniel Hawthorne inexplicably slandered the ancestor of Thomas Pynchon, the two novelists actually have much in common: both are "Heritage Americans" for whom a distinguished ancestry is not a point a pride but a reason to grapple with their nation's dark history.
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is good.
1. So I have a few thoughts on "heritage Americans," Nathanial Hawthorne, witch-hunting, Thomas Pynchon, Calvinism, strange feuds, the Daughters of the American Revolution, FDR, the moral responsibilities of nationalism & (I guess) Jack Kirby.
December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
1. So I have a few thoughts on "heritage Americans," Nathanial Hawthorne, witch-hunting, Thomas Pynchon, Calvinism, strange feuds, the Daughters of the American Revolution, FDR, the moral responsibilities of nationalism & (I guess) Jack Kirby.
The smear campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch -- falsely accused of the Brown shooting and MIT murder by powerful politicians, pundits and plutocrats -- is a prime example of how pervasive racism has become. It's also a story largely ignored by the mainstream media www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student
Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The smear campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch -- falsely accused of the Brown shooting and MIT murder by powerful politicians, pundits and plutocrats -- is a prime example of how pervasive racism has become. It's also a story largely ignored by the mainstream media www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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So much fun getting to talk with BOTH @jeetheer.bsky.social and @davidklion.bsky.social about Norman P for Jeet's podcast for The Nation.
I had a blast talking to @davidklion.bsky.social & Ronnie Grinberg about the legacy of Norman Podhoretz, who died last week and whose historical importance is underrated even among his fellow neo-cons. www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
The Living Legacy of Norman Podhoretz
On The Time of Monsters: David Klion and Ronnie Grinberg on a founding father of neo-conservatism.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So much fun getting to talk with BOTH @jeetheer.bsky.social and @davidklion.bsky.social about Norman P for Jeet's podcast for The Nation.
I had a blast talking to @davidklion.bsky.social & Ronnie Grinberg about the legacy of Norman Podhoretz, who died last week and whose historical importance is underrated even among his fellow neo-cons. www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
The Living Legacy of Norman Podhoretz
On The Time of Monsters: David Klion and Ronnie Grinberg on a founding father of neo-conservatism.
www.thenation.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I had a blast talking to @davidklion.bsky.social & Ronnie Grinberg about the legacy of Norman Podhoretz, who died last week and whose historical importance is underrated even among his fellow neo-cons. www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
Back in September I talked to the most diligent of Bari Weiss watchers, @davidklion.bsky.social, about what she was up to. His analysis remains the best guide to the mess at CBS www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
What Bari Weiss Is Really Up To
On The Time of Monsters: David Klion on Trump's ideological enforcer.
www.thenation.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Back in September I talked to the most diligent of Bari Weiss watchers, @davidklion.bsky.social, about what she was up to. His analysis remains the best guide to the mess at CBS www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
On the increasing prominence of women in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0fP...
The Heroine's Journey in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson.
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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December 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
On the increasing prominence of women in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0fP...
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A fine piece by @jeetheer.bsky.social about Gerald Owen; a reminder, and Heer says this, that friendship CAN cross many borders of thought and belief. I remember Gerald with admiration and affection from his years at The Idler. This brought back memories.
thewalrus.ca/the-friendsh...
thewalrus.ca/the-friendsh...
The Friendship That Taught Me Community Can Transcend Politics | The Walrus
Editor Gerald Owen pushed me to be fair in assessing ideas I disagreed with. He made me a better writer and a better person
thewalrus.ca
December 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A fine piece by @jeetheer.bsky.social about Gerald Owen; a reminder, and Heer says this, that friendship CAN cross many borders of thought and belief. I remember Gerald with admiration and affection from his years at The Idler. This brought back memories.
thewalrus.ca/the-friendsh...
thewalrus.ca/the-friendsh...
"Whether [Epstein] was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island & did unforgivable things to young girls. I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.” -- Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Whether [Epstein] was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island & did unforgivable things to young girls. I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.” -- Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
Some thoughts on Thomas Pynchon's V., as well as the history of Calvinism in America and Gravity's Rainbow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjsR...
Review of Thomas Pynchon's V., including its links to Gravity's Rainbow
YouTube video by Cultural Logic
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December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Some thoughts on Thomas Pynchon's V., as well as the history of Calvinism in America and Gravity's Rainbow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjsR...
Norman Podhoretz (1930-2025). Here's my essay on his best book, Making It. newrepublic.com/article/1415...
Norman Podhoretz’s War on the Haters and the Losers
Infatuated by his own greatness, the former 'Commentary' editor's memoir reveals the price of success.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Norman Podhoretz (1930-2025). Here's my essay on his best book, Making It. newrepublic.com/article/1415...
The latest case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, strangely enough, is the person who runs the White House, Susie Wiles, www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Shocking Confessions of Susie Wiles
Trump's chief of staff admits he's lying about Venezuela—and a lot of other things.
www.thenation.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The latest case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, strangely enough, is the person who runs the White House, Susie Wiles, www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Friendship That Taught Me Community Can Transcend Politics
The Friendship That Taught Me Community Can Transcend Politics | The Walrus
Editor Gerald Owen pushed me to be fair in assessing ideas I disagreed with. He made me a better writer and a better person
thewalrus.ca
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Friendship That Taught Me Community Can Transcend Politics
There's a growing community in the US of people who have survived more than one mass shooting. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
In America, Mass Shooting Survivors Can Never Know Peace
A growing number of US residents have lived through more than one massacre.
www.thenation.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There's a growing community in the US of people who have survived more than one mass shooting. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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“What do people mean when they say ‘kind’? In Gerald’s case, as in so many others, they mean vulnerable. They mean gentle. They mean humble.”
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“What do people mean when they say ‘kind’? In Gerald’s case, as in so many others, they mean vulnerable. They mean gentle. They mean humble.”
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
@jeetheer.bsky.social reflects on the enduring legacy of his friend, the late writer and editor Gerald Owen: thewalrus.ca/the-friendship-t...
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Trump is taking the culture war global — and may be moving military adventurism closer to home. I had a searching discussion with @jeetheer.bsky.social about Trump’s new National Security Strategy. Llisten via @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
Trump’s Global Culture War
On The Time of Monsters: Stephen Wertheim on the government's new National Security Strategy.
www.thenation.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump is taking the culture war global — and may be moving military adventurism closer to home. I had a searching discussion with @jeetheer.bsky.social about Trump’s new National Security Strategy. Llisten via @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...