Jacob Heilbrunn
@JacobHeilbrunn
Editor of the @TheNatlInterest. Nonresident senior fellow at @ACEurasia. Columnist for @TheSpectator and senior writer for @TAS_magazine
I did this afternoon and dropped it off at the pop-up used bookstore at 14th and I.
And Orwell… 🫠🫣 Glad to see Stowe ready to fight fascism, I guess!
Trump's Defense Attorney Todd Blanche Will Meet with Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Make a Deal for His Client emptywheel.net/2025/07/22/tru…
Time for a fresh pardon? @ninaburleigh @ccaryl nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/…
Einst Grundstein für das Marvel-Imperium: „Fantastic Four“ kehren ins Kino zurück @JamesRosenTV @HeerJeet tagesspiegel.de/kultur/einst-g…
China has stopped buying U.S. debt. The dollar system is cracking. This isn’t just an economic shift. It’s the end of the old world order. Here's what comes next. ft.com/content/894c1c…
My latest column Trump's bullying of Brazil is backfiring, spectacularly A senior Brazilian diplomat told me: Bolsonaro and his allies “got what they worked for — a severe threat against the whole country and its economy — and now not only part of their voters, but especially…
Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A. nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/…
"No one has been a more assiduous promoter of legends about the deep state than Trump. Now he himself stands accused as the ringleader of a deep state conspiracy to quash the truth about a child predator." From @JacobHeilbrunn trib.al/glqvwcL
My look at @felix_bohr’s superb new book on how Hitler’s immurement in the Wolf’s Lair further radicalized the Third Reich @ccaryl @sbg1 @BergstromBooks @ninaburleigh jstribune.com/heilbrunn-the-…
Latest in @jstribune: How did living in the cloistered Wolf’s Lair shape Hitler’s conduct of WW2? @JacobHeilbrunn reviews a new German book that examines the role of the Wolf’s Lair both during and after the war. jstribune.com/heilbrunn-the-…
At his citizenship ceremony in LA Trump White House official Sergio Gor extolled the dreams of people who "come in rags" and "accomplish so much." americanfreakshow.news/p/who-is-sergi…
During the first part of the Cold War, the US seemed comfortable working with autocrats, like the Shah of Iran, as long as they were anti-communist. That didn't work out so well. @JacobHeilbrunn /2
The US should no longer publicly comment on elections, including making an assessment of whether the election was “free and fair,” unless there is a “clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest to do so,” Rubio said in a cable to diplomats Thursday
DOJ fires Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey and a prosecutor in Sean Combs' and Ghislaine Maxwell's cases nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
New: President Trump is likely to move to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, a White House official tells me. The situation remains fluid and the move is not imminent. He discussed it last night with House lawmakers, who expressed support (confirming CBS). bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Republicans in Congress Shift to Backing Ukraine, Matching Trump’s Reversal nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/…
A forceful counter-blast from @RLHeinrichs thefp.com/p/the-rights-1…