Alex Shephard

New York

Senior Editor at The New Republic

staff writer @newrepublic. cohost @mrdifficultpod. founded @fullstopmag with my friends. [email protected]

Articles

Democrats, Let Trump and Elon Fight

3 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Alex Shephard

On Thursday afternoon, Elon Musk called President Trump a pedophile. There are many layers to the extremely online (and extremely entertaining) feud between the president and a man who, until a few days ago, was one of his most loyal backers, but I don’t want that to get lost, so I’ll say it again: Elon Musk called Donald Trump a pedophile. (He did this while simultaneously taking credit for making him president.
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do?

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Alex Shephard

Recent comments from Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries suggest that the party’s leaders are ill suited for the moment.
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do?

3 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Alex Shephard

On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee served tacos outside the Republican National Committee’s headquarters—a nod to a trendy new acronym spelling out “Trump always chickens out.” If the point was to push a slogan that works perfectly in one area (tariffs, where the president is constantly ramping up and backing down) and less perfectly in several others (immigration and general authoritarianism, where the president is running roughshod over the rule of law), then perhaps it was...
Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do?

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alex Shephard

On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee served tacos outside the Republican National Committee’s headquarters—a nod to a trendy new acronym spelling out “Trump always chickens out.” If the point was to push a slogan that works perfectly in one area (tariffs, where the president is constantly ramping up and backing down) and less perfectly in several others (immigration and general authoritarianism, where the president is running roughshod over the rule of law), then perhaps it was...
Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning

3 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Alex Shephard

Here’s what purports to be the big story out of the White House today: “Elon’s really not leaving. He’s gonna be back and forth.” It’s tempting to treat that statement, which was made by President Donald Trump at a press conference intended to mark Elon Musk’s departure from government, as news.
Was It a 'Cover-Up' If We Knew the Truth About Biden?

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Alex Shephard

As signs of Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline grew worse throughout his presidency, he nonetheless insisted everything was fine. "Look, I have a cognitive test every single day. Every day I have that test. Everything I do," he said last July, after ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos asked if he would be willing to undergo an independent evaluation that included neurological and cognitive tests.
Was It Really a “Cover-Up” If We All Knew the Truth About Biden?

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Alex Shephard

As signs of Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline grew worse throughout his presidency, he nonetheless insisted everything was fine. “Look, I have a cognitive test every single day. Every day I have that test. Everything I do,” he said last July, after ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos asked if he would be willing to undergo an independent evaluation that included neurological and cognitive tests.
Was It Really a “Cover-Up” If We All Knew the Truth About Biden?

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alex Shephard

As signs of Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline grew worse throughout his presidency, he nonetheless insisted everything was fine. “Look, I have a cognitive test every single day. Every day I have that test. Everything I do,” he said last July, after ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos asked if he would be willing to undergo an independent evaluation that included neurological and cognitive tests.
Original Sin indicts the ‘cover-up’ of a steeply declining Joe Biden

1 month ago | irishnews.com | Alex Shephard

In December 2022, Jon Favreau, a co-host of the massively popular liberal podcast Pod Save America, took his family to visit the White House. Favreau, a former speechwriter for Barack Obama, had extensive connections within the Biden administration and brought his family along to visit his old stomping grounds. After a brief detour to say hello to a friend, Favreau went to his old office and was surprised to find President Joe Biden sitting there, charming his family.
Trump Is Doing a Good Job of Making Biden Look Bad

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Alex Shephard

Imagine the news cycle that would have ensued if President Barack Obama had met with an ex-jihadist, whom the United States had labeled a terrorist, and praised him as a “tough guy.” What if President Joe Biden’s first planned tour abroad was to the Middle East, but he spurned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hobnob with autocrats (and shake hands with the aforementioned ex-jihadist)? What if he struck a hostage deal with Hamas and kept it secret from Israel?