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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 19, 2016
Clio Chang, Alex Shephard
What Happens to Media Matters in a Post-Hillary World?
The media watchdog was Clinton's biggest defender this election season. Now it's seeking a new identity.
December 16, 2016
Alex Shephard
Will Trump change his tune about Russian interference in the election after the Electoral College votes?
December 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump likes governing norms just fine when they suit him.
December 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
Hillary Clinton’s problems in Michigan mirror the Democratic Party’s going forward.
December 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s kids will be involved in his presidency whenever they feel like it.
December 13, 2016
Alex Shephard
Rick Perry, Trump’s pick for energy secretary, sits on the board of the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline.
December 13, 2016
Alex Shephard
What are you doing, Kanye?
December 13, 2016
Alex Shephard
Rex Tillerson’s confirmation hearings are going to be all about sending messages to Russia.
December 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Mitt Romney got played.
December 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Failed businesswoman impressed by shoe.
December 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s response to the allegations of Russian hacking is both dumb and dangerous.
December 9, 2016
Alex Shephard, Clio Chang
The Year in Things We Already Forgot
A guide to the incidents that fleetingly transfixed us in 2016.
December 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
Rodrigo Duterte should work on his Trump impression, which is bad.
December 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
Rest assured: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says fake news didn’t sway the election.
December 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump saved Christmas!
December 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump has already neutered the deficit hawks in the GOP.
December 6, 2016
Alex Shephard, Laura Reston
Trump’s Political Lesson: Humiliate, or Be Humiliated
Humiliation was the driving force of a presidential election in which the rules of decorum were laid to waste.
December 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
Was Donald Trump’s Taiwan phone call just a phone call?
December 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ben Carson will run HUD, which has a $50 billion budget and 8,000 employees. What could go wrong?
December 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Trump’s “victory tour” is really just a “greatest hits tour.”

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