Alex Shephard
@alexshephard.bsky.social
senior editor at the new republic
The big takeaway, however, is that even Republicans and arch loyalists know the larger Trump 2.0 project has failed and that it's too late to fix it newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The big takeaway, however, is that even Republicans and arch loyalists know the larger Trump 2.0 project has failed and that it's too late to fix it newrepublic.com/article/2036...
There's a blunt acknowledgment that RFK is full of shit. But instead of leaving it there, they give him space to just ask questions while ignoring the answers. Then there's a shrug: "He's a Kennedy, what are you supposed to do?" I don't know, not this!
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There's a blunt acknowledgment that RFK is full of shit. But instead of leaving it there, they give him space to just ask questions while ignoring the answers. Then there's a shrug: "He's a Kennedy, what are you supposed to do?" I don't know, not this!
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...
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?
wait did they get rid of this one??
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
wait did they get rid of this one??
I love seeing this kind of stuff from pundits. OK, Liverpool need to get more physical. Who are they going to play at fullback? At the 10? In the pivot? On the wings?
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I love seeing this kind of stuff from pundits. OK, Liverpool need to get more physical. Who are they going to play at fullback? At the 10? In the pivot? On the wings?
every now and then I’ll be at a friend’s house and be like wow… it’s three perfect books
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
every now and then I’ll be at a friend’s house and be like wow… it’s three perfect books
He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet
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
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
sent this to a friend about them not so long ago, worry I’m on the brink of being kinda into them
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
sent this to a friend about them not so long ago, worry I’m on the brink of being kinda into them
time to watch my favorite team again
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
time to watch my favorite team again
still true! newrepublic.com/article/1448...
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
still true! newrepublic.com/article/1448...
The World Cup has always been like this but the 2026 installment will be something relatively novel in this era of sportswashing: A tournament that will be used not to soften the image of an authoritarian country but to burnish its repressive credentials newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The World Cup has always been like this but the 2026 installment will be something relatively novel in this era of sportswashing: A tournament that will be used not to soften the image of an authoritarian country but to burnish its repressive credentials newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Cristiano Ronaldo is so desperate to enter a US market that he has been kept out of for nearly a decade that he's now shilling for not one but two of the worst autocrats in the world newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo is so desperate to enter a US market that he has been kept out of for nearly a decade that he's now shilling for not one but two of the worst autocrats in the world newrepublic.com/article/2033...
the Epstein emails really do reveal a lost New York though
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
the Epstein emails really do reveal a lost New York though
Spike hit him with the Ringo gotta respect it
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Spike hit him with the Ringo gotta respect it
it was a rare case of being online during the pandemic leading to something good
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
it was a rare case of being online during the pandemic leading to something good
you'll never guess which sneering, condescending media reporter this came from
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
you'll never guess which sneering, condescending media reporter this came from
I love that this dumb article has a dumb unrelated autoplay video attached to it that makes it look even dumber
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I love that this dumb article has a dumb unrelated autoplay video attached to it that makes it look even dumber
other than Chiesa!
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
other than Chiesa!