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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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June 22, 2022
Alex Shephard
Mike Pence Is Useless
The former vice president’s refusal to address his former boss’s attempted coup somehow manages to straddle the line between cowardice and opportunism.
June 21, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Are Fools for Boosting Trumpist Republicans
The party is spending big to help some of the most extremist candidates in the country win their GOP primaries. It’s a mistake.
June 16, 2022
Alex Shephard
Herschel Walker Is Running to Be the Senate’s Dumbest Liar
The former NFL star is a serial fabulist, MAGA cultist, and as stupid as they come.
June 15, 2022
Alex Shephard
The January 6 Committee Is Telling a More Honest Story About Trump Than the Media Has
The larger story it’s telling about Trump’s plot to steal the election is much more important than supplying a steady diet of fresh scoops.
June 14, 2022
Alex Shephard
Democrats Who Want to Replace Biden in 2024 Have Lost Touch With Reality
They should be worried about their party’s dismal electoral prospects this fall. But making a swap at the top of the ticket isn’t the solution.
June 10, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Grotesque Sportswashing of the Saudi Golf League
The clumsy kickoff of this ill-starred competitor of the PGA has been a window into a tawdriness that infects international sports.
June 8, 2022
Alex Shephard
Rick Caruso’s Stealth Republican Campaign
The Los Angeles mayoral front-runner was a member of the GOP until recently and is winning based on wild promises to sweep the city’s problems under the rug.
June 8, 2022
Alex Shephard
Don’t Let Anyone Tell You the January 6 Hearings Don’t Matter
Beginning on Thursday night, a resounding case will be made that Trump should never be allowed near Washington again.
June 6, 2022
Alex Shephard
The White House Doesn’t Understand How the Media Works
The political press is addicted to conflict and failure. If the White House wants to change the narrative, it’ll need to cut out the middlemen.
June 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
Is Netflix Hollywood’s New Dinosaur?
As the streaming wars intensify, the tech giant increasingly resembles the hidebound movie studios it once aimed to “disrupt.”
June 1, 2022
Alex Shephard
We Have Entered the Self-Pity Stage of the Biden Presidency
Better “messaging” alone won’t shift the dire fundamentals of this midterm election.
May 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
Americans Aren’t Numb to Mass Shootings
We’ve just become fatalistic about the possibility of politicians doing anything to stop them.
May 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
Stop Hiring Flaks to Do the Work of Journalists
MSNBC’s decision to bring Jen Psaki onto its network isn’t much better than CBS hiring Mick Mulvaney.
May 24, 2022
Alex Shephard
Why on Earth Does Bill de Blasio Want to Be a Congressman?
There are better things for the former New York City mayor to do.
May 20, 2022
Alex Shephard
Madison Cawthorn’s Defeat Isn’t Going to Change the GOP
It’s normally a good sign when a political party sheds an embarrassing extremist. This is something different.
May 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
Did Democrats Make a Mistake by Hyping a Trumpy Insurrectionist in Pennsylvania?
The party believed Doug Mastriano would be the easiest candidate to beat in November, so they followed the same risky strategy that backfired tremendously in 2016.
May 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Are Frozen With Fear of the Midterm Voter
With poll numbers growing more dire by the day, the party needs to shake off its torpor and remind people what it stands for.
May 17, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Great Replacement Theory Is Just Republican Orthodoxy Now
The vile conspiracy that led to a mass shooting in Buffalo has been normalized by leaders on the right.
May 13, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Dumb Reason a Book-Banning Republican Senator Got a Major Publishing Award
The Association of American Publishers awarded Republican Senator Thom Tillis for his work on copyright.
May 12, 2022
Alex Shephard
House Democrats Are Backing Abortion Foe Henry Cuellar at the Worst Possible Moment
The party needs to decide what it cares about more: its Beltway friends or reproductive rights.

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