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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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December 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
The only way to defend tax reform is to lie about it.
December 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Republicans will regret this tax bill sooner rather than later.
December 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Republican Opposition Goes Out With a Whimper
There are many elected Republicans who claim to stand against Donald Trump. But they have all quietly submitted to the president anyway.
December 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
Bob Corker’s flip-flop on tax reform sure seems fishy.
December 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
The End of Economic Nationalism
The Alabama Senate race and the tax bill represent the death throes of what was billed as a new path for the Republican Party.
December 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Paul Ryan is bailing.
December 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Next week is going to be chaos on Capitol Hill.
December 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Cost of Supporting Roy Moore and Donald Trump
Doug Jones's upset victory in Alabama's special Senate election is the latest evidence that Republicans are facing a historic backlash.
December 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s team is inching closer to firing Robert Mueller.
December 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Roy Moore Will Haunt Republicans for Years
Whether he wins or loses his race for the Senate, the GOP will rue the day it embraced the accused child molester.
December 11, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Donald Trump’s #MeToo immunity coming to an end?
December 11, 2017
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Paper Tiger
Why the media shouldn’t be distracted by Trump’s attacks on them
December 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trent Franks’s sexual harassment scandal is the strangest yet.
December 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
It’s weird how Trump’s campaign seems to have all these ties to WikiLeaks.
December 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Sucking Up to the Boss Baby
Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie’s new memoir of the 2016 campaign is an extended love letter to the president.
December 7, 2017
Alex Shephard
Mainstream news outlets still haven’t reckoned with their coverage of Hillary Clinton’s emails.
December 6, 2017
Alex Shephard
The politics of the Middle East peace process is shifting in favor of Israel.
December 6, 2017
Alex Shephard
Tax Reform to Own the Libs
The GOP’s overhaul of the tax system reveals one of the party’s top political priorities: punishing Democrats.
December 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
Republicans are changing their tune now that they think Roy Moore will win.
December 4, 2017
Alex Shephard
Did Donald Trump just admit to obstruction of justice?

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