Alex Shephard
@alexshephard.bsky.social
senior editor at the new republic
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Alex Shephard
@alexshephard.bsky.social
· Aug 11
the best animal character in all of literature is Mouse the horse in Lonesome Dove
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At least Texas A&M can take solace knowing the academic side of its institution is being run well.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
At least Texas A&M can take solace knowing the academic side of its institution is being run well.
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When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
I say this to myself at least once a month
George B. McClellan, man. what the fuck
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I say this to myself at least once a month
stuff that got cut from the new Beatles anthology because of woke
—George’s “little gay boys saying Ringo in France” bit
—longer shot of neurodivergent Swedish TV host
—any visual of Leo McKern’s Help! character
—George’s “little gay boys saying Ringo in France” bit
—longer shot of neurodivergent Swedish TV host
—any visual of Leo McKern’s Help! character
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
stuff that got cut from the new Beatles anthology because of woke
—George’s “little gay boys saying Ringo in France” bit
—longer shot of neurodivergent Swedish TV host
—any visual of Leo McKern’s Help! character
—George’s “little gay boys saying Ringo in France” bit
—longer shot of neurodivergent Swedish TV host
—any visual of Leo McKern’s Help! character
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I thought this was really smart overall and a great explanation of the intellectual leaders/vision of Trumpism in particular, but it bumps up against the same problem that all such essays do, which is that there are so few meaningful principles there to understand. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jan-Werner Müller · Caesar wept: Trolling the Libs
All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I thought this was really smart overall and a great explanation of the intellectual leaders/vision of Trumpism in particular, but it bumps up against the same problem that all such essays do, which is that there are so few meaningful principles there to understand. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"If the Democratic discourse du jour pits populist socialism against technocratic 'Abundance,' nobody seems to have told New York City voters." New online: Charlie Dulik on the tangled politics of housing under mayor-elect Mamdani. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Homeward Bound? | Charlie Dulik
If the Democratic discourse du jour pits populist socialism against technocratic “Abundance,” nobody seems to have told New York City voters. One the same day that a majority chose Zohran Mamdani to b...
www.nplusonemag.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"If the Democratic discourse du jour pits populist socialism against technocratic 'Abundance,' nobody seems to have told New York City voters." New online: Charlie Dulik on the tangled politics of housing under mayor-elect Mamdani. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
JD Vance loves spreading 16th century pro-genocide propaganda so much
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
JD Vance loves spreading 16th century pro-genocide propaganda so much
she hates this but it’s my birthday so she has to wear it
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
she hates this but it’s my birthday so she has to wear it
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you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
Hard to think of two more unethical journalists but what we have is bad enough—I don’t think we need to prematurely invent a scandal based on illegally recorded hearsay that’s literally being dangled as a hook
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Hard to think of two more unethical journalists but what we have is bad enough—I don’t think we need to prematurely invent a scandal based on illegally recorded hearsay that’s literally being dangled as a hook
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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For at least a year, I've been returning to the question, how would you know when it's time to leave the US? For this piece, I asked trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Americans who, with their families and partners, have recently fled the country, about how they made this decision and how they left.
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For at least a year, I've been returning to the question, how would you know when it's time to leave the US? For this piece, I asked trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Americans who, with their families and partners, have recently fled the country, about how they made this decision and how they left.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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John Henry needs to pick up the phone and push Trump to fire Kash Patel. It’s the only way to fix Liverpool’s season
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
John Henry needs to pick up the phone and push Trump to fire Kash Patel. It’s the only way to fix Liverpool’s season
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
I can't get over this part of the Witkoff call
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I can't get over this part of the Witkoff call
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I wrote about what Marjorie Taylor Greene gets right (the Trump administration has failed), what she gets wrong (basically everything else) and what her resignation says about the future of the GOP newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Playing the Long Game
The resigning Georgia congresswoman understands something that other Republicans don’t.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I wrote about what Marjorie Taylor Greene gets right (the Trump administration has failed), what she gets wrong (basically everything else) and what her resignation says about the future of the GOP newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Put off reading this because I assumed people were overreacting to the headline and packaging but my god does it pull its punches www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Put off reading this because I assumed people were overreacting to the headline and packaging but my god does it pull its punches www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Last Jedi is an atrociously bad movie but tbf I'm not sure it's worse than anything that comes after it on this list
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Last Jedi is an atrociously bad movie but tbf I'm not sure it's worse than anything that comes after it on this list
they're calling it the most Idrissa Gueye red card of all time
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
they're calling it the most Idrissa Gueye red card of all time
This is one of RFK Jr's weirdest quotes. Why would the (apparently 3+ billion) skeletons in your closet vote for you for anything, let alone king of the world?
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is one of RFK Jr's weirdest quotes. Why would the (apparently 3+ billion) skeletons in your closet vote for you for anything, let alone king of the world?