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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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December 28, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump hasn’t quite mastered the “not” joke.
December 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Carrie Fisher’s best recent work was on television.
December 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
There was nothing “hostile” about the press’s response to Carl Paladino’s racist remarks about the Obamas.
December 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Please stop saying that renowned classicist Mary Beard found a priceless set of Henry VIII tapestries in New York.
December 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
If Donald Trump wants to brag about the charitable work his foundation has done, he should show some receipts.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
KFC is having a very good year.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is ready to start the next nuclear arms race.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump and his friends are making of a mockery of the media staking out Trump Tower.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
North Carolina is now America’s most dysfunctional state.
December 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Did Donald Trump read his own statement about the Berlin terror attack?
December 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
A “half-blind trust” does nothing to stop Donald Trump’s massive conflict of interest problem and also isn’t a thing.
December 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Democrats are wasting no time in repeating the mistakes they made in the 2016 primary.
December 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Democrats should try to enlist Donald Trump in the fight for Electoral College reform.
December 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Who’s afraid of Keith Ellison?
December 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Newt Gingrich’s fix for Trump’s ethics problem is to create a giant ethics problem.
December 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Who will be the Glenn Beck of the left? Glenn Beck!
December 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Berlin Christmas market attack is a gift to Europe’s far right.
December 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
The assassination of Russia’s Turkish ambassador looks to be payback for Aleppo.
December 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is Mike Allen a journalist?
December 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Will the “Dump Trump” dream finally die after the Electoral College vote?

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