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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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February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Two years ago, Donald Trump live-tweeted the Oscars.
February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Leonardo DiCaprio reminds everyone that making The Revenant was really hard for one final time.
February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
This is not Oprah Winfrey.
February 28, 2016
Alex Shephard, Elaine Teng
Which Films Will Win at Tonight’s Academy Awards?
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
RIP print edition of Soldier of Fortune, the magazine America deserved.
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Lindsey Graham’s got jokes.
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is having a rough morning.
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Everyone is going to say Marco Rubio won this debate.
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump pulled a MarcoBot.
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Does Rubio have a plant in the audience, or did an Edvard Munch painting just come to life in Texas?
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Whoever programmed Marco Rubio did a good job.
February 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is going in on the fact that everybody hates Ted Cruz.
February 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Can you imagine two worse people to stop Donald Trump than Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio?
February 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
George RR Martin is now competing with Game of Thrones.
February 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
It’s not a competition, but Lorde’s David Bowie tribute is better than Lady Gaga’s.
February 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Stephen Colbert is trying to wrap his head around the concept of “President Trump.”
February 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
The rich friends Scalia was hanging out with when he died were part of a “secretive society of elite hunters.”
February 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
The new conventional wisdom about Trump: He’s winning because his opponents aren’t attacking him.
February 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
Who does Michael Bloomberg think he is?
February 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
Khloe Kardashian confirms that the Kardashian stuff on The People vs. O.J. Simpson is a bunch of crap.

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