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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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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.
May 9, 2022
Alex Shephard
With Roe, the GOP is the Dog That Caught the Car
Why Republicans don’t yet want to talk about the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
May 9, 2022
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Donald Trump’s Brazen Bid to Control MAGA Minds
TRUTH Social is supposed to compete with Twitter. So far, it’s been a mess. And Trump may go back to Twitter anyway. But it still could work out to be a killer grift.
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May 4, 2022
Alex Shephard
Never Trump Never Stood a Chance
J.D. Vance earned Trump’s endorsement by renouncing his anti-Trump past. The Senate candidate’s comeback victory in Ohio’s Republican primary will only intensify the stampede to kiss the king’s ring.
May 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
Republicans Cast Themselves as the True Victims of the Supreme Court’s Roe Leak
It’s a desperate attempt to make it seem like it’s liberals, not the right, who are to blame for the court’s loss of legitimacy.
May 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats’ Midterm Message Is Getting Desperate
Putting Donald Trump on the ballot won’t save them.
April 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Homeland Security’s New Disinformation Board Is a Bad Idea, Just Not for the Reason Tucker Carlson Says It Is
The Biden administration should dismantle the DHS, not give it new stuff to do.
April 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Sure, Call Trump a Loser. Don’t Expect Republican Voters to Care.
Taking down Trump isn’t a simple matter of messaging.
April 26, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Case for Not Worrying (Too Much) About Elon Musk Taking Over Twitter
The Tesla CEO’s plans are grandiose—and vague.
April 26, 2022
Alex Shephard
Should Reporters Save Scoops for Books?
Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns have stoked controversy with their revelation-packed book on Trump’s final days in office.
April 21, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Republicans Are Going to Spend Two Years Impeaching Joe Biden Over and Over Again
When the GOP (probably) retakes the House in 2023, a flurry of bogus investigations will follow.
April 20, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Right’s War on Vaccines Is Spreading Beyond Covid
Childhood vaccination rates are plummeting amid misinformation and fearmongering.
April 15, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Republican Establishment Tried to Overturn the Election, Too. Mike Lee’s Texts Prove It.
Yes, the Utah senator voted to certify Biden’s victory. But texts between him and Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows show just how deep the GOP effort to overturn the election was.
April 8, 2022
Alex Shephard
The GOP Is Going Full QAnon
Democrats should prepare for accusations of being soft on pedophilia (or worse) in the midterm elections.
April 7, 2022
Alex Shephard
Truly Bipartisan Supreme Court Confirmations Are Dead
Yes, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will get some GOP votes. But don’t expect either party to confirm a nomination from the other when they’re in the majority.
April 5, 2022
Alex Shephard
Twitter’s Elon Musk Trap
The billionaire and self-declared “free speech absolutist” now owns 9.2 percent of the social network.
April 1, 2022
Alex Shephard
Trump and Pence Believe in Almost the Exact Same Things
The former vice president’s new “Freedom Agenda” is basically Trumpism, minus the Russia love.

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