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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications.  

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November 29, 2023
Joe Biden’s Second-Term Agenda Is a Mystery (and That’s a Problem)
The president’s reelection campaign is faltering in part because voters have no idea what he’s doing—or planning to do should he win in 2024.
November 28, 2023
Magazine
How the Club for Growth Fell Out With Trump
The pugilistic anti-tax group is feuding with the GOP’s most powerful figure—and getting pummeled.
November 18, 2023
George Santos Is a Buffoon. The Bigger Story of Corruption in Congress Is Less Funny.
The New York lawmaker’s biggest mistake was not mastering the way the get-rich-quick game is played in Washington.
November 16, 2023
The Democrats Are Making a Risky Mike Johnson Gambit
The party had a hand in aiding the rise of a more extreme speaker. That may help with election-year messaging—but it could make things much worse.
November 14, 2023
The Two Sides of Donald Trump Are Equally Bad
The former president is making news for his ramped-up authoritarian rhetoric, but his embrace of the Republican Party’s most unpopular ideas shouldn’t be ignored.
November 8, 2023
Democrats Had a Great Day on Tuesday. Joe Biden Is Still in Serious Trouble.
Elections across the country brought good news for the party. But the results don’t answer the biggest doubts about Biden’s reelection effort.
November 8, 2023
Everyone Is Talking About the Wrong Biden Poll
The New York Times poll has set off panic among Democrats. But a different poll should give them hope.
November 2, 2023
Mike Johnson Has Already Run Out of Ideas
The new speaker’s doomed, ridiculous plan to trade funding for Israel for IRS cuts suggests he is even more powerless than Kevin McCarthy.
October 26, 2023
Establishment Republicans Are Reviving the Myth of Mitt Romney’s Martyrdom
The chaos of the past few weeks has revived the notion that Donald Trump’s rise was precipitated by the Democrats’ rough treatment of the Utah senator.
October 24, 2023
The GOP’s Fetish for Political Violence Is Reaching Dangerous New Heights
The Jim Jordan speakership fiasco shows that Republicans have grown so comfortable with threats and intimidation, they’re now turning on each other.
October 20, 2023
The Real Reason House Republicans Can’t Elect a Speaker
Turns out there are consequences for not having any policy ideas or purpose.
October 18, 2023
The Inexcusable Omission in Biden’s Big Israel Speech
Why calling for a cease-fire is the right move, politically and morally
October 16, 2023
The House of Representatives Is About to Get Even Crazier
Jim Jordan nearly has the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the House. Yikes!
October 12, 2023
Robert Menendez Is Screwed
The New Jersey Democrat was hit with several new charges on Thursday.
October 11, 2023
The Week Twitter Went Evil
The platform has gone from being a useful resource during a breaking news event to a dangerous respository of lies and fakery.
October 10, 2023
The Crucial Lesson the Political Media Missed on Trump
Coverage of the former president may have improved, but at this week’s Stop Trump Summit, we’ll be discussing the critical piece that’s still missing.
October 6, 2023
House Republicans Finally Did Something Smart
Republicans wanted to have a televised House speaker debate. Then they came to their senses.
October 5, 2023
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With Jon Fosse’s Win, the Nobel Prize in Literature Is So Back
The once wild-and-woolly literary award has entered its steady and serious era.
October 5, 2023
The Republicans Booted Their Leader, so of Course It’s Democrats’ Fault
To say that anyone outside of the House GOP caucus had a hand in McCarthy’s downfall requires superhuman amounts of ignorance.
October 3, 2023
Kevin McCarthy Got What He Deserved
The House speaker’s short reign is over. He only has himself to blame.

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