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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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September 21, 2023
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Rupert Murdoch Made the World Worse
The media pioneer announced he was stepping back on Thursday. Good riddance.
September 18, 2023
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Kevin McCarthy Has (Once Again) Lost Control
With the radical right calling the shots, the government is likely to shut down. McCarthy seems powerless to do anything.
September 14, 2023
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Joe Biden’s Impeachment Opportunity
Republicans are giving the president a foil and the chance to reset his own narrative.
September 7, 2023
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Biden’s Bad Poll Numbers Won’t Turn Themselves Around
It’s too early for Democrats to start panicking, but now is the time to mobilize an effort to shift the public’s perception on the economy.
September 1, 2023
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The Republican Presidential Primary Is a Race for Second Place
Vivek Ramaswamy might be the flavor of the month, but Donald Trump owns the ice cream shop.
August 15, 2023
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It’s All One Huge Indictment
The right way to think about Trump’s four indictments is as one grand narrative of grotesque and all-encompassing corruption.
August 11, 2023
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Is This the Year English Soccer Faces Its Plutocratic Reckoning?
The Premier League returns for another season of footballing glory, financial excess, and existential crisis.
August 10, 2023
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Trump Has a Big Weakness, but His Rivals Don’t Want to Exploit It
The former president has been an electoral liability three cycles in a row. Why not mention it?
August 7, 2023
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The Real Reason the U.S. Women’s National Team Lost
It wasn’t because they were “woke,” of course. There’s a much simpler explanation.
August 4, 2023
Another Reason to Worry About the Judge in Trump’s Documents Case
Aileen Cannon makes a lot of mistakes—some of which suggest a lack of familiarity with the Constitution.
August 4, 2023
Ron DeSantis’s Reset Needs a Reset
The struggling presidential candidate is banking on Iowa to win the nomination. It’s not going well.
August 3, 2023
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This Is the 2024 Field’s Best Chance to Take Trump Down
Alas, they probably won’t take it.
August 1, 2023
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The Most Important Trump Indictment Yet
Donald Trump is finally facing consequences for his most dastardly acts.
August 1, 2023
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The End of “Trumpism Without Trump”
The former president’s primary rivals thought that they could pass themselves off as a better version of the real thing. They thought wrong.
July 27, 2023
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Saudi Arabia’s Dizzying Scheme to Devour the Sports World
The kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are remaking global culture.
July 25, 2023
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The False Hope That the Law Will Finally Catch Up to Trump
The former president’s pending third arrest will buoy the hearts of his opponents, only to cruelly break them—again.
July 20, 2023
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Donald Trump Hasn’t Lost His Superpower
And it’s proving to be a real problem for Ron DeSantis and the rest of the GOP 2024 field.
July 17, 2023
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Ron DeSantis Has a Ron DeSantis Problem
The Florida governor’s biggest issue in the 2024 Republican primary? Nobody likes him.
July 11, 2023
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Biden’s Immoral, Indefensible Decision to Send Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
These munitions have no place in war. Just because Moscow is using them doesn’t mean the U.S. should provide them to Ukraine.
July 3, 2023
Elon Musk Finally Broke Twitter
Over the weekend, the social network began limiting how many posts its users could see.

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