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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 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie seems sad.
February 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Iowa caucuses have barely begun and CNN’s coverage is already totally out of control.
February 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz’s campaign is downplaying expectations.
February 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Who is pranking Jeb’s sad campaign?
February 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump loves this sign, even though it doesn’t make any sense.
February 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Martin O’Malley would like some pens, if you have any lying around.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Wayne Rooney just scored his prettiest goal of the season. (Though, given the sample size, that isn’t saying much.)
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
What if Donald Trump was a cockney geezer?
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
A Stephen Colbert-moderated debate between Donald Trump and Donald Trump would be a ratings bonanza.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is not going to shut up about the ratings of the debate he skipped, which aren’t great.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
We just got another classic Ben Carson foreign policy answer.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump and the other Republican presidential candidates need each other.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz still doesn’t understand carpet bombing.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Even with Trump off the stage, Jeb still seems scared of him.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Jeb Bush is so over this election.
January 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Tonight we’ll finally get a little taste of what a Donald Trump-less race would look like.
January 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
Martin Shkreli made a diss track about Ghostface Killah.
January 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Huffington Post just can’t figure out how to cover Donald Trump.
January 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
The past two winners of the Iowa Caucuses will join Donald Trump at tonight’s veterans rally/Trumpapalooza.
January 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
In a better world, David Bowie played Elrond in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings.

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