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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 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Ron Fournier’s goodbye is the most Ron Fournier article of all time.
September 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Why did it take Donald Trump a year to hire David Bossie?
September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Trump-Peña Nieto meeting increasingly looks like it should be called the Jerk Store Summit.
September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
This is Joe Biden’s worst gaffe yet.
September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is the Clinton campaign setting a trap for Trump or does it really think it can win Arizona?
September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Enrique Peña Nieto screwed up.
September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
What is Donald Trump doing?
September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
It’s OK to Politicize Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner’s Marriage
August 31, 2016
Alex Shephard
Some friendly advice for Enrique Peña Nieto, courtesy of Jeb Bush.
August 31, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is Trump’s jaunt to Mexico the best (fake) state visit ever?
August 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Jr. is the Mini-Me of Trump surrogates.
August 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Paul LePage has finally figured out he may not be equipped to be governor of Maine.
August 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Colin Kaepernick deserves better.
August 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Nearly 20 percent of Trump campaign cash has gone to Donald Trump and his kids.
August 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Gene Wilder was the perfect comic actor.
August 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Anthony Weiner’s weiner did not endanger national security.
August 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both old.
August 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
John McCain hasn’t been a maverick for a long, long time.
August 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Anthony Weiner finally did the right thing. (He deleted his Twitter account.)
August 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
Despite his new economic plan, Donald Trump is still stuck in the primaries.

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