Jeet Heer
National Affairs Correspondent at The Nation
1. Writer, The Nation https://t.co/jXzkyM3ou3… 2. email: jeetheer1967 at gmail dot com 3. Twitter essayist 4. Drawn by Joe Ollmann *e4dccb3d
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Politics / June 6, 2025 Biden Administration Liars Need to be PunishedElite impunity shouldn’t protect those who covered up war crimes. Ad Policy State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks on the Iranian missile attacks on Israel at the State Department on October 1, 2024, in Washington, DC.
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Society / June 2, 2025 Elon Musk’s Real Drug Problem Is Much Worse Than You ThinkWhat happens when you mix ketamine, ecstasy, and mushrooms with far right ideology? Spoiler: the results aren’t pretty. Ad Policy His chemical romance: For Elon Musk, drug use has been supplemented by a bump of racist ideology.(Photo by Samuel Corum / Getty Images) In the last few years, the mind of Elon Musk has dramatically moved in two directions, one lateral and the other vertical.
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Ad Policy Michael A. Ledeen attends the 21st Annual Hamptons International Film Festival on October 13, 2013, in East Hampton, New York. (Monica Schipper / Getty Images for The Hamptons International Film Festival)Michael Ledeen, who died on May 17 at age 83, was a prominent figure on the American right since the 1970s. He is most famous, or notorious, as one of the instigators of the Iran/Contra scandal, helping to connect the Reagan administration with an Iranian arms dealer.
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Society / May 30, 2025 Michael Ledeen Was the Forrest Gump of American FascismFrom Iran-contra to Iraq war WMD lies to Trumpism, this right-wing pundit kept subverting democracy. Ad Policy Michael Ledeen, a key figure in launching the sale of US-made weapons to Iran, is pictured in his Chevy Chase, Maryland, home, August 13, 1987. (Scott Stewart / AP Photo) I learned what a liar Michael Ledeen was in 2004 when I cowrote a profile of him for The Boston Globe.
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May 26, 2025 Who Will Protect Judges from Trump’s Incitement? A threatened judiciary cannot rely on cops controlled by the White House. Ad Policy President Donald Trump gestures on stage as he tours the Al Udeid Air Base on May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.(Win McNamee / Getty Images) In April, unexplained pizza deliveries started showing up at the private residences of more than two dozen federal judges as well as their family members.
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