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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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January 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Steve Bannon wants to turn the press into the new Hillary.
January 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump likes WikiLeaks only when its leaks benefit him.
January 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is going at a blistering pace. How long can he keep it up?
January 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
Whether or not torture “works” is beside the point. (Also, it doesn’t work.)
January 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
No one was funnier than Mary Tyler Moore.
January 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
Book Publishing Is Not a Good Champion of Free Speech
The uproar over Milo Yiannopolous’s book exposes the tensions between the industry’s purported ideals and the profit motive.
January 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s voter fraud investigation isn’t about uncovering voter fraud. It’s about gaslighting.
January 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
Ben Carson finally has something to do with his hands again.
January 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
Keep delegitimizing Donald Trump, it’s working.
January 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Academy Awards announce which films will lose to La La Land.
January 23, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s White House doesn’t get the concept of facts.
January 23, 2017
Alex Shephard
Rex Tillerson shows that Democrats need to stop putting faith in the GOP.
January 23, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s EPA is going to be a disaster for science and the environment.
January 23, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s aides are going to have a tough four years.
January 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was aimed at his supporters and no one else.
January 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
Kellyanne Conway is on another level.
January 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
Good morning! Donald Trump will have the nuclear codes shortly.
January 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
At the very end of his presidency, Barack Obama is working to fix one of the biggest blights on his record.
January 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Democrats should be doing more to hammer Treasury nominee Steven Mnuchin’s “foreclosure machine.”
January 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump is on track to fulfill the right’s dream of eviscerating programs people like.

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