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May 20, 2026
Thomas Massie’s Defeat Could Come Back to Haunt Trump
Jeet Heer
The president’s successful campaign to remove the rebel congressman has a real chance of backfiring.
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May 18, 2026
Trump Gloats About “Making a Fortune” While Americans Suffer
Jeet Heer
As his war in Iran wreaks havoc, Trump is fixated on personal glory and enrichment.
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May 11, 2026
Ted Turner Proved Even Billionaires Could be Human
Jeet Heer
The swashbuckling founder of CNN was redeemed by his vulnerabilities.
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May 8, 2026
Ka$h Patel’s Bourbon Swag Is Part of a Larger Branding Disaster
Jeet Heer
The FBI director is targeting reporters and his own agents to stop embarrassing leaks.
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May 4, 2026
Trump’s Smartest Supporters Know the Iran War Is a Disaster
Jeet Heer
The new consensus is that the American empire is in steep decline.
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May 1, 2026
Why Is the DNC Covering Up Its 2024 Autopsy?
Jeet Heer
DNC chair Ken Martin has turned himself into the shifty bad guy from Fargo.
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April 27, 2026
Trump Can’t Stop Lying About the Attempts on His Life
Jeet Heer
The president’s falsehoods about the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting continue a grim pattern.
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April 24, 2026
Trump and Hegseth Are Winning the War Against Their Own Military
Jeet Heer
The president and the defense secretary are being humiliated abroad, so they're purging scapegoats at home.
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April 20, 2026
We Could Do Worse Than Kash Patel Being a Drunken Buffoon
Jeet Heer
If the FBI director’s alleged intoxication prevents him from carrying out Trump’s agenda, that might not be such a bad thing.
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April 17, 2026
The Real Reason Trump Hates Pope Leo: He Wants to Take His Place
Jeet Heer
Forget being a regular king. Trump is clearly expressing a not-so-secret desire to be a spiritual monarch.
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April 13, 2026
How Iran Won the Meme Wars
Jeet Heer
While Donald Trump panders to MAGA, Iranian satire is reaching a global audience.
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April 3, 2026
Pete Hegseth Is Scapegoating Career Soldiers for His Own Failures
Jeet Heer
Trapped in a disastrous war, the defense secretary is intensifying a purge of the military.
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April 2, 2026
Trump’s Iran Speech Showed the Desperation of a Loser
Jeet Heer
The president’s war is an ever-escalating disaster. He is increasingly reviled. And his speech won’t change either of those things.
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March 30, 2026
Pete Hegseth’s Holy War Is an Unholy Nightmare
Jeet Heer
The defense secretary is talking about Iran in bloodcurdling tones of religious extremism—and underscoring how much of a dangerous fanatic he is.
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March 27, 2026
The Politicians Won’t Stop This War. Only the People Can.
Jeet Heer
The No Kings movement needs to become a mass anti-war movement.
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March 22, 2026
Robert Mueller Never Should Have Been a Liberal Hero
Jeet Heer
The cult of Mueller foolishly prioritized legal prosecution over political organizing.
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March 20, 2026
Will the Iran War Destroy MAGA?
Jeet Heer
Trump’s coalition is splintering over nationalism and Israel.
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March 16, 2026
Canada’s Left Is in Crisis. Can Avi Lewis Revive It?
Jeet Heer
As Mark Carney’s deceptive centrism pushes the country to the right, Avi Lewis offers a compelling alternative.
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March 13, 2026
The Iran War Is Spurring Global Anger at America
Jeet Heer
Trump’s reckless and unnecessary conflict is hurting allies as well as foes.
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March 12, 2026
Is AIPAC Doomed?
Jeet Heer
The hard-line pro-Israel lobby is facing more opposition than ever before. But fully defanging it won’t be easy.
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March 11, 2026
What Is Mark Carney Really Offering the World?
Jeet Heer
The Canadian prime minister has put himself forward as one of the sharpest Western critics of Trump’s neo-imperial order. What’s less clear is what he’s offering in its stead.
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March 9, 2026
Trump’s War Is Destroying the Global Economy
Jeet Heer
Spiraling financial chaos might be the only thing that can force the president to pull back from this conflict.
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March 6, 2026
A Conflict Without Reason Has Become a Dangerous Holy War
Jeet Heer
Lacking a clear rationale for the attack on Iran, Trumpists are increasingly talking like crusaders.
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March 2, 2026
Trump and Netanyahu Want to Turn Iran Into a Failed State
Jeet Heer
This war looks designed to cause maximum chaos and instability. The world will pay a high price.
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