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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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September 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump never stopped being a birther.
September 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
George H.W. Bush will be the first former president in over a century to not vote for his party’s nominee for president.
September 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Jimmy Fallon treated Hillary Clinton the exact same way he treated Donald Trump.
September 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Want to get away with stuff during a Trump presidency? Make sure you endorse him first.
September 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump has no plan to stop terrorism.
September 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Trump’s argument that this weekend’s terror attacks prove the need for “extreme vetting” is absurd.
September 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Game of Thrones is going to own the Emmys until 2019.
September 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s response to this weekend’s terror attacks has been predictably shameless.
September 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
What we know about this weekend’s attacks in Minnesota, New York, and New Jersey.
September 16, 2016
Alex Shephard
Don’t let Donald Trump bury the birther issue.
September 16, 2016
Alex Shephard
Why has Donald Trump drawn out the birther question for weeks?
September 16, 2016
Alex Shephard
What did you expect from Jimmy Fallon?
September 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Dr. Oz and Donald Trump Are America’s Greatest Frauds
What we learned from Thursday's pseudo-medical interview.
September 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is proving to be an inconvenience to his own childcare/paid leave plan.
September 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
It’s the young people, stupid.
September 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Colson Whitehead leads the National Book Award’s fiction longlist.
September 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is this Donald Trump’s worst idea?
September 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are still both old.
September 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
Colin Powell clearly doesn’t respect Donald Trump. But what about his “friend” Hillary Clinton?
September 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump won’t reveal his medical records on Dr. Oz after all.

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