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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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May 15, 2023
Alex Shephard
Elon Musk Doesn’t Care About Free Speech
The Twitter owner’s decision to capitulate to Turkish autocrat Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is shameful.
May 11, 2023
Alex Shephard
Fox News and Tucker Carlson Are Both Losing
Tucker has a new show—on Twitter. Fox News is shedding its audience. Without one another, the struggle is real.
May 10, 2023
Alex Shephard
Shame on Lionel Messi
He’s reportedly heading to Saudi Arabia to cash in—and help a murderous regime launder its reputation.
May 4, 2023
Alex Shephard
Will the Media Blow Their Second Chance With Trump?
A CNN town hall raises difficult questions—and horrible memories.
May 2, 2023
Alex Shephard
We’ve Solved the Mystery of Kyrsten Sinema
Two new magazine profiles attempt to explain the Arizona senator. Here’s our own theory.
April 28, 2023
Alex Shephard
Kevin McCarthy Is Not Good at This
The “budget” passed by House Republicans is terrible for the party politically.
April 27, 2023
Alex Shephard
Tucker Carlson Has Already Lost His War With Fox News
His hostage video on Wednesday proves it.
April 26, 2023
Alex Shephard
Rupert Murdoch May Have Blown His Tucker Succession Plan
The mogul may regret waiting this long to cut Carlson loose.
April 24, 2023
Alex Shephard
Tucker Carlson’s Firing Was Hilarious
It turns out the Fox News host wasn’t nearly as bulletproof as he thought he was.
April 19, 2023
Alex Shephard
Ron DeSantis Is Having an Epic Disaster of a Week
The Florida governor made a pilgrimage to Capitol Hill to freshen up his moribund campaign. Things didn’t go as planned.
April 18, 2023
Alex Shephard
Is the Republican Primary Over Before It Even Started?
As Ron DeSantis struggles to save his nonexistent campaign, Donald Trump appears to be running away with the nomination.
April 14, 2023
Alex Shephard
Conservatives Have Some Very Creative, Very Dumb Excuses for Clarence Thomas’s Corruption
Don’t let their friends distract you: The Supreme Court justice and his megadonor pal have had a malign influence on the judicial system.
April 14, 2023
Alex Shephard
Tim Scott’s Disastrous Answer to a Simple Abortion Question
His botched interview with CBS is the Republicans’ dilemma in a nutshell.
April 13, 2023
Alex Shephard
How the Trump Indictment Changes the Game—for Joe Biden
Republicans are handing a gift to the Democratic incumbent. But he’ll have to abandon the core of his 2020 message to capitalize on the opportunity.
April 11, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Democrats (Still) Have a Dianne Feinstein Problem
The bad news is that the California senator is gumming up President Biden’s important work. The good news is that this is all very easily resolved!
April 6, 2023
Alex Shephard
The GOP’s Abortion Problem Is Only Getting Worse
The party has been losing elections ever since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade—and there’s no end in sight.
April 5, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Key Lesson for Democrats in This Week’s Elections
Tuesday’s twin victories of progressive Brandon Johnson in Chicago and liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin disprove the argument that Democrats need to embrace centrism.
April 4, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Media’s Coverage of Trump’s Indictment Was Dumb, Desperate, and a Really Bad Sign for 2024
Substanceless and endless, the hours of cable news blather that formed the Trump Indictment Cycle suggests that no one has learned anything.
March 31, 2023
Alex Shephard
A Field Guide to the Right’s Hysterical and Desperate Response to Trump’s Indictment
Republicans and right-wing pundits insist this is proof that the United States is now a “banana republic.” Hardly.
March 31, 2023
Alex Shephard
Why Glenn Youngkin Is the Latest Trendy Pick to Topple Trump
Pundits desperately want a kinder, gentler version of the former president. They’ll have to keep looking.

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