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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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March 13, 2025
Alex Shephard
Democrats, Shut Down the Government
It’s risky, for sure, but the politics are much better for Democrats than some chin-strokers in Washington believe.
March 12, 2025
Alex Shephard
First, Trump Came for Mahmoud Khalil. Are You Next?
The president has made it abundantly clear that Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is just a prelude to a much broader crackdown on free speech in America.
March 7, 2025
Alex Shephard
Gavin Newsom Just Showed Us His True Colors—and They’re Hideous
The former #Resistance darling has no problem politically sacrificing the most vulnerable Americans, like trans high schoolers, for the sake of his White House dreams.
March 5, 2025
Alex Shephard
How Did America Not See This Apocalypse Coming?
Trump is doing what he promised on the campaign trail: wreaking economic havoc on America and destroying the rules-based international order. Voters chose him anyway.
March 4, 2025
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Donald Trump Is a Fake Populist
His second term has been driven by long-standing priorities of the conservative movement.
March 3, 2025
Alex Shephard
Why the Second Trump Presidency Is So Much Worse for Democrats
The first time around, the party had a plausible endgame for Trump’s reign. Today, that’s entirely absent.
February 28, 2025
Alex Shephard
It Keeps Getting Worse—and No One Is Safe
Donald Trump and Elon Musk aren’t just inflicting pain on poor people abroad or imagined “enemies within.” Their parade of cruelty is coming for MAGA country too.
February 20, 2025
Alex Shephard
Trump Just Hit a Disgusting New Low for an American President
His embrace of Russia’s propaganda and strategic goals is appalling even by the standards of his extreme and callous second term.
February 11, 2025
Alex Shephard
Trump and Musk Only Know How to Do Two Things With Their Power
Trump and Musk can’t imagine a government that actually does positive things for citizens. So they either weaponize it or destroy it.
February 5, 2025
Alex Shephard
This Is So Much Worse Than Last Time
Why Democrats and the media are struggling to capture the insanity—and danger—of the new Trump administration.
January 31, 2025
Alex Shephard
How RFK Jr. Helped Democrats Get Their Act Together
The party has been struggling to respond to Donald Trump’s return. But the chance to grill one of the president’s worst Cabinet selections seemed to revive their fighting spirit.
January 27, 2025
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Coalition Is More Fragile Than He Thinks
The president has laid claim to a mandate. But between the infighting that’s returned to his movement and voters looking for immediate relief, his foundation could easily crack.
January 20, 2025
Alex Shephard
The First Resistance Failed. The Next One Can’t.
Democrats are wallowing in their failure to stop a second Trump presidency, which looks to be even more damaging than his first one. Snap out of it!
January 12, 2025
Alex Shephard
What Trump Really Wants From Greenland and Panama
Yes, the president-elect really is serious about expanding the U.S. But what he mostly wants is to bully small countries that won’t fight back.
December 23, 2024
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Is The New Republic’s 2024 Scoundrel of the Year
If we’re being honest, he deserves this ignominy every year. But after Trump dodged justice this year and nonetheless won the presidency, we cannot responsibly give this “award” to anyone else.
December 13, 2024
Alex Shephard
The Saudi World Cup Is International Soccer’s Greatest Disgrace
The decision to reward the corrupt regime with the honor of hosting the cherished tournament is one more instance of the sport’s recent slide into shame.
December 10, 2024
Alex Shephard
Democrats Still Haven’t Figured Out How to Attack Trump
Over the course of the decade, the party has hoped that voters would simply reject him as immoral, uncouth, and unfit for office. They need a stronger argument—and his Cabinet picks give them one.
November 22, 2024
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s Other Big Victory
He didn’t just win the election. He’s also become fully normalized in American culture.
November 20, 2024
Alex Shephard
White House Staffers Slam Biden for Potential “Legacy of Horror”
The New Republic talks to White House staffers protesting the Biden administration’s continued support of Israel’s brutal, destructive wars in Gaza and the Middle East.
November 19, 2024
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Pro-War, Pro-Intervention Cabinet
Far from “America First,” his foreign policy advisers largely believe in using military force abroad—at the risk of entangling the U.S. in more conflicts.

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