Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker
The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness.
Aug 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Working in the New Scam Economy Working in the New Scam Economy
On The Time of Monsters: Alexander Sammon on toiling in the grift machine.
Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah
The United States and its allies are toying with liberating Iran with the help of some unsavory friends.
Aug 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Gaza Genocide Is a Test for American Democracy The Gaza Genocide Is a Test for American Democracy
The public overwhelmingly opposes the genocide, but the political elites help keep it going. Something has to give.
Aug 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Zohran Mamdani’s Social Media Triumph Zohran Mamdani’s Social Media Triumph
On The Time of Monsters: Greg Sargent on the New York mayoral candidate's peerless digital efforts.
Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China
If the planet is to survive, the future needs to be green. China seems to get that—but the US is blowing it.
Aug 1, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive
The doom-obsessed Democratic Party remains as unpopular as ever—but there is another path.
Jul 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman
The real Man of Steel wasn’t woke, but he was radical.
Jul 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat
The Democratic National Committee’s forthcoming “autopsy” is a cover-up to protect the failed leaders who twice lost to Trump.
Jul 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How the Tech Billionaires Bought Radical Journalists How the Tech Billionaires Bought Radical Journalists
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, I talk to Eoin Higgins about how rich tech weirdos co-opted huge chunks of the media.