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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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November 30, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Worst of the GOP, All in One Bill
How tax reform turned into a Frankenstein’s monster of bad Republican ideas
November 30, 2017
Alex Shephard
If anything could kill the U.S.’s “special relationship” with Britain, it’s Donald Trump.
November 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s Islamophobia has entered a dangerous new phase.
November 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Media Still Doesn’t Know How to Cover a Bankrupt GOP
The Republican Party's big tax reform package is nothing less than a massive scandal. So where is the outrage?
November 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
James O’Keefe’s embarrassing own goal is very revealing.
November 27, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is the Democratic Party bungling the post-Weinstein moment?
November 22, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump really, really wants a feud with LaVar Ball.
November 21, 2017
Alex Shephard
Congress’s reckoning with sexual harassment is just beginning.
November 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump can’t stop tweeting about black athletes for some reason.
November 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Audacity of Joe Biden
In his new memoir, the former vice president suggests he could have won in 2016. Does that mean he should run in 2020?
November 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump, who still has not broken his silence on Roy Moore, goes after Al Franken.
November 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
The House is set to pass tax reform today. But trouble is brewing in the Senate.
November 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
National Book Awards go to Masha Gessen and Jesmyn Ward.
November 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Louie Gohmert and Sean Hannity’s Uranium One flowcharts are a revealing window into the Republican brain.
November 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Jr. was definitely in cahoots with WikiLeaks.
November 14, 2017
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Anti-Sanctuary Armies
How local officials across the country are working for the Trump administration’s clampdown on undocumented immigrants
November 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s foreign trip was so close to being a success.
November 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
The GOP Path to Tax Reform Keeps Getting Narrower
Thanks to Roy Moore, Republicans are under increased pressure to pass a bill quickly. But the math just isn't working.
November 10, 2017
Alex Shephard
The GOP response to the Roy Moore mess is everything you need to know about the pathologies of the Republican Party.
November 9, 2017
Alex Shephard
This is why you don’t endorse Roy Moore.

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