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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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January 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
What is Bill O’Reilly even talking about?
January 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Trump: It’s Roger Ailes’s fault I’m skipping the debate, not Megyn Kelly’s. (OK, it’s a little bit Megyn Kelly’s fault.)
January 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Don’t distract Kanye from his creative process.
January 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
The remaining Oregon militia members are surrounded and say they’re “prepared to die.”
January 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Watch these Trump bros bro out about Trump.
January 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Kanye West just changed his upcoming album’s title from Swish to Waves and added act breaks because it’s also a play or something.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
This little girl loves Donald Trump more than you love anything.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just got endorsed by the dude who inspired Kenny Powers.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Amazon and Netflix are buying everything at Sundance.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Golden State Warriors are running out of worlds to conquer.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Hillary’s new strategy: Everything about Bernie is great.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Chris Cuomo is the worst debate moderator we’ve seen so far, and that’s saying something.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Bernie Sanders’s line about raising taxes is going to be a thing, even though he did a pretty good job explaining it.
January 26, 2016
Alex Shephard
Quit whining about gender equality and Hollywood, says actress in whiniest franchise ever.
January 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
The videographers behind the Planned Parenthood “sting” got stung instead.
January 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Sony is probably doing something involving Labyrinth—just don’t say it’s remaking it.
January 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Cam Newton dabbed all over the Cardinals, is poised to dab all over Peyton Manning and the Broncos.
January 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Does Kanye West have the worst handwriting in the music industry?
January 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Report: The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired David Blatt. Wait, what?
January 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
How much intentional fouling will be too much for Adam Silver and the NBA?

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