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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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June 8, 2022
Alex Shephard
Don’t Let Anyone Tell You the January 6 Hearings Don’t Matter
Beginning on Thursday night, a resounding case will be made that Trump should never be allowed near Washington again.
June 6, 2022
Alex Shephard
The White House Doesn’t Understand How the Media Works
The political press is addicted to conflict and failure. If the White House wants to change the narrative, it’ll need to cut out the middlemen.
June 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
Is Netflix Hollywood’s New Dinosaur?
As the streaming wars intensify, the tech giant increasingly resembles the hidebound movie studios it once aimed to “disrupt.”
June 1, 2022
Alex Shephard
We Have Entered the Self-Pity Stage of the Biden Presidency
Better “messaging” alone won’t shift the dire fundamentals of this midterm election.
May 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
Americans Aren’t Numb to Mass Shootings
We’ve just become fatalistic about the possibility of politicians doing anything to stop them.
May 25, 2022
Alex Shephard
Stop Hiring Flaks to Do the Work of Journalists
MSNBC’s decision to bring Jen Psaki onto its network isn’t much better than CBS hiring Mick Mulvaney.
May 24, 2022
Alex Shephard
Why on Earth Does Bill de Blasio Want to Be a Congressman?
There are better things for the former New York City mayor to do.
May 20, 2022
Alex Shephard
Madison Cawthorn’s Defeat Isn’t Going to Change the GOP
It’s normally a good sign when a political party sheds an embarrassing extremist. This is something different.
May 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
Did Democrats Make a Mistake by Hyping a Trumpy Insurrectionist in Pennsylvania?
The party believed Doug Mastriano would be the easiest candidate to beat in November, so they followed the same risky strategy that backfired tremendously in 2016.
May 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Are Frozen With Fear of the Midterm Voter
With poll numbers growing more dire by the day, the party needs to shake off its torpor and remind people what it stands for.
May 17, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Great Replacement Theory Is Just Republican Orthodoxy Now
The vile conspiracy that led to a mass shooting in Buffalo has been normalized by leaders on the right.
May 13, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Dumb Reason a Book-Banning Republican Senator Got a Major Publishing Award
The Association of American Publishers awarded Republican Senator Thom Tillis for his work on copyright.
May 12, 2022
Alex Shephard
House Democrats Are Backing Abortion Foe Henry Cuellar at the Worst Possible Moment
The party needs to decide what it cares about more: its Beltway friends or reproductive rights.
May 9, 2022
Alex Shephard
With Roe, the GOP is the Dog That Caught the Car
Why Republicans don’t yet want to talk about the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
May 9, 2022
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Donald Trump’s Brazen Bid to Control MAGA Minds
TRUTH Social is supposed to compete with Twitter. So far, it’s been a mess. And Trump may go back to Twitter anyway. But it still could work out to be a killer grift.
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May 4, 2022
Alex Shephard
Never Trump Never Stood a Chance
J.D. Vance earned Trump’s endorsement by renouncing his anti-Trump past. The Senate candidate’s comeback victory in Ohio’s Republican primary will only intensify the stampede to kiss the king’s ring.
May 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
Republicans Cast Themselves as the True Victims of the Supreme Court’s Roe Leak
It’s a desperate attempt to make it seem like it’s liberals, not the right, who are to blame for the court’s loss of legitimacy.
May 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats’ Midterm Message Is Getting Desperate
Putting Donald Trump on the ballot won’t save them.
April 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Homeland Security’s New Disinformation Board Is a Bad Idea, Just Not for the Reason Tucker Carlson Says It Is
The Biden administration should dismantle the DHS, not give it new stuff to do.
April 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Sure, Call Trump a Loser. Don’t Expect Republican Voters to Care.
Taking down Trump isn’t a simple matter of messaging.

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