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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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October 27, 2020
Alex Shephard
Will The Wall Street Journal Be Destroyed by its Opinion Section?
The newspaper’s deranged columnists are damaging the credibility of its news reporting—and that credibility could be hard to win back.
October 23, 2020
Alex Shephard
Joe Biden and the Return of the Dreaded Bipartisan Commission
The Democrat’s proposed commission on court reform is an elaborate way of dodging the court-packing question. It also bodes ill for his presidency.
October 23, 2020
Alex Shephard
In Memoriam: The Trump Pivot
The president may win some points for shouting less than he did in the first debate. But don’t act like he’s changed.
October 22, 2020
Alex Shephard
Can Podcasts Save Local News?
Launching this winter, City Cast hopes podcasts can be the economic lifeline local news has been looking for.
October 20, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Media Is Falling for Republicans’ New Anti-Trump Narrative
Senators John Cornyn and Ben Sasse are trying to con the public into believing they didn’t lick Trump’s boots for four years. Will they get away with it?
October 16, 2020
Alex Shephard
Facebook and Twitter Have Made a Mess of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden Story
Big Tech has had four years to prepare for an onslaught of election interference. It still isn’t ready.
October 16, 2020
Alex Shephard
NBC Did Joe Biden a Big Favor
By scheduling a dueling town hall, the former vice president got the perfect contrast with a raving Donald Trump.
October 15, 2020
Alex Shephard
What Did Carlos Lozada Learn From Reading 150 Trump Books?
Not much!
October 12, 2020
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Oligarch of the Month: Leonard Leo
The Washington insider has been working for decades to put conservatives on the state and federal bench.
October 9, 2020
Alex Shephard
Joe Biden Doesn’t Have to Answer Your Court-Packing Question
The media is becoming obsessed with a distraction from what’s actually happening to the Supreme Court.
October 9, 2020
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Will Kill Us All
The president’s wanton disregard for Covid-19 safety protocols, including his insistence on an in-person debate next week, puts people at risk.
October 8, 2020
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Has Lost His Ability to Short-Circuit the News
Once able to dictate the news cycle, Trump is now being buried by it.
October 7, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Final Message of a Dying Campaign
With his poll numbers collapsing, Donald Trump keeps adopting dumber and more destructive political messages.
October 6, 2020
Alex Shephard
Who Will Win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Not Haruki Murakami, that’s for sure.
October 5, 2020
Alex Shephard
Is Donald Trump Dying?
No one really knows anything about the president’s Covid-19 diagnosis, thanks to a weekend full of lies and propaganda.
October 2, 2020
Alex Shephard
Of Course Donald Trump Got Covid-19
The president’s diagnosis is the culmination of months of failed leadership.
September 30, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Right Is Blaming Chris Wallace for Trump’s Terrible Debate Performance
The president’s allies need a scapegoat. They’ve found one in the Fox News anchor.
September 30, 2020
Alex Shephard
What a Mess!
The first presidential debate was a shameful spectacle, thanks to a deranged president and an out-of-his-depth moderator.
September 29, 2020
Alex Shephard
Bret Stephens’s Worst Column Yet?
The New York Times columnist has found a rare creature: a swing voter who talks just like Hugh Hewitt.
September 28, 2020
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s Taxes Aren’t Surprising, But They’re Still a Huge Deal
Why the New York Times bombshell is so important

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