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
it’s better than anything either of them have ever written
All I can say is if that’s a real poem from RFK Junior, he’s an even worse writer than Nuzzi or Lizza. This whole thing offends me on a talent level more than anything else.
The bamboo metaphor is back: Ryan Lizza has dropped Part 2.
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
it’s better than anything either of them have ever written
He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
they should keep making Downton Abbey movies until 70 year old Mary and Edith Crawley are forced to listen to The Beatles. The show should just end there (their children were all killed in the war)
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
they should keep making Downton Abbey movies until 70 year old Mary and Edith Crawley are forced to listen to The Beatles. The show should just end there (their children were all killed in the war)
You can really understand MAGA based on three reactions to Mamdani
Trump: recognizes that he’s charming and telegenic and makes great TV
Bannon: sees him as both a formidable foe and a anti-establishment fellow traveler
Miller: unspeakably racist whining
Trump: recognizes that he’s charming and telegenic and makes great TV
Bannon: sees him as both a formidable foe and a anti-establishment fellow traveler
Miller: unspeakably racist whining
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You can really understand MAGA based on three reactions to Mamdani
Trump: recognizes that he’s charming and telegenic and makes great TV
Bannon: sees him as both a formidable foe and a anti-establishment fellow traveler
Miller: unspeakably racist whining
Trump: recognizes that he’s charming and telegenic and makes great TV
Bannon: sees him as both a formidable foe and a anti-establishment fellow traveler
Miller: unspeakably racist whining
Trump wandering around in here looking for lost portraits of past presidents
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Trump wandering around in here looking for lost portraits of past presidents
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Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
there are about a million different incentives for Zohran to play this the way he did, it's very funny that there's basically no reason for Trump to behave this way except that 1. he loves celebrities 2. is obsessed with being liked in New York City and 3. was clearly charmed... and that worked
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
there are about a million different incentives for Zohran to play this the way he did, it's very funny that there's basically no reason for Trump to behave this way except that 1. he loves celebrities 2. is obsessed with being liked in New York City and 3. was clearly charmed... and that worked
Zohran was nice to Trump so he wouldn't take away the World Cup final... this is why I voted for a soccer fan for mayor, even if he likes Arsenal
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Zohran was nice to Trump so he wouldn't take away the World Cup final... this is why I voted for a soccer fan for mayor, even if he likes Arsenal
Mamdani really got the memo about how to work with Trump
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Mamdani really got the memo about how to work with Trump
I mean this in only a slightly backhanded way but there is one guy in Geese who seems to be playing a different song from everyone else in every song
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I mean this in only a slightly backhanded way but there is one guy in Geese who seems to be playing a different song from everyone else in every song
just passed the Bills “Believe” flag outside Fancy Free and it made me genuinely sad. sorry, I don’t!
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
just passed the Bills “Believe” flag outside Fancy Free and it made me genuinely sad. sorry, I don’t!
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A fascinating bit here is that Summers was wrong, as this story notes: "His predictions were wrong: The annual inflation rate dipped below 3 percent by the end of Biden’s term without a recession."
The decline and fall of Larry Summers's Acela corridor empire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
After decades of power, Washington shuns Larry Summers over Epstein ties
Larry Summers helped shape U.S. economic policy for decades. His close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein scuttled much of that legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A fascinating bit here is that Summers was wrong, as this story notes: "His predictions were wrong: The annual inflation rate dipped below 3 percent by the end of Biden’s term without a recession."
I wrote about the president's very bad month newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Donald Trump Is a Lame Duck Now
November has been the cruelest month for the president. The future doesn’t look much brighter.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I wrote about the president's very bad month newrepublic.com/article/2034...
an interesting conclusion from the author of a book that paints a very different picture of Cheney
It was a memorial service much like the man, restrained and proper yet charged with quiet energy. But as Washington honored Dick Cheney for his service and devotion to country, it underscored how much politics has turned topsy in this country. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Cheney Remembered for Transforming National Security and Standing Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
an interesting conclusion from the author of a book that paints a very different picture of Cheney
Venezuela’s Miss Universe contestant basically emerged out of a Marco Rubio fever dream
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Venezuela’s Miss Universe contestant basically emerged out of a Marco Rubio fever dream
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this is important
There is inexplicably a Jeopardy category tonight about Cleanthony Early
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
this is important
The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
do you think dinosaurs believed in love
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
Donald Trump does not know ball
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Donald Trump does not know ball
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Good Ray Ratto blog here: defector.com/coach-john-b...
Coach John Beam's Legacy Is Everywhere | Defector
Coach John Beam’s murder has been a national story, which seems like something that John Beam would find simultaneously hilarious and troublesome. His adult life was dedicated to teaching, and to comf...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Good Ray Ratto blog here: defector.com/coach-john-b...
this guy graduated college in the 1990s, listen to some real music!!!!
Judge Matthew Thornhill's burning love for Elvis Presley prompted him to occasionally wear an Elvis wig on the bench — behavior that a judicial conduct commission cited in calling for him to be suspended and then resign. Court documents say he agreed to step down after nearly 20 years on the bench.
Missouri Judge Who Wore Elvis Wig in Court Agrees to Resign
Judge Matthew E.P. Thornhill also talked about politics and played Elvis songs in court, a judicial commission said.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
this guy graduated college in the 1990s, listen to some real music!!!!
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DAVE TOUB THE LEGEND
this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
DAVE TOUB THE LEGEND
time to watch my favorite team again
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
time to watch my favorite team again
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
“Woke Ken Burns” is funny but I think misses what makes his recent stuff interesting. His overall approach to the material hasn’t really changed—he still makes history designed to bring a fracturing America together—but he’s doing it with a much wider range of perspectives and voices
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“Woke Ken Burns” is funny but I think misses what makes his recent stuff interesting. His overall approach to the material hasn’t really changed—he still makes history designed to bring a fracturing America together—but he’s doing it with a much wider range of perspectives and voices