Alex Shephard
@alexshephard.bsky.social
senior editor at the new republic
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Alex Shephard
@alexshephard.bsky.social
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the best animal character in all of literature is Mouse the horse in Lonesome Dove
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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?
This is a great piece of reporting about the rise of drone warfare in Ukraine and the Silicon Valley titans who are racing to control—and monetize—it newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Horrifying, AI-Enhanced Future of War Is Here
Tech bros and Silicon Valley billionaires are building new drones—and new ways to profit from conflict.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is a great piece of reporting about the rise of drone warfare in Ukraine and the Silicon Valley titans who are racing to control—and monetize—it newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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Like the Afghanistan pullout it also came at the same time people started getting mad about the economy and was the moment people who weakly supported him were like well I didn't vote for this.
it's very fitting that in retrospect, Trump's failure to oust Jimmy Kimmel was the point that his administration turned. It's been all losses ever since
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Like the Afghanistan pullout it also came at the same time people started getting mad about the economy and was the moment people who weakly supported him were like well I didn't vote for this.
it's very fitting that in retrospect, Trump's failure to oust Jimmy Kimmel was the point that his administration turned. It's been all losses ever since
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
it's very fitting that in retrospect, Trump's failure to oust Jimmy Kimmel was the point that his administration turned. It's been all losses ever since
visited 26/50 states this year and as I was listing them just now I realized: that's too many states
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
visited 26/50 states this year and as I was listing them just now I realized: that's too many states
Thurston Moore playing a Rickenbacker hits so fucking hard
Hated by gen x!!!!
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November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thurston Moore playing a Rickenbacker hits so fucking hard
i don't think that's true though
I think the harshest true thing you can say about our current epoch is that this is the worst time to live in the USA *relative to the rest of the world* in its history
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i don't think that's true though
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Here's an amazing cover Cliff did of The Guns of Brixton, a seminal Clash song that of course references Cliff himself in The Harder They Come. A definite "cover even better than the original" song. youtu.be/rt10xjeIKlY?...
Guns Of Brixton By Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by Paranoid Philosopher
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here's an amazing cover Cliff did of The Guns of Brixton, a seminal Clash song that of course references Cliff himself in The Harder They Come. A definite "cover even better than the original" song. youtu.be/rt10xjeIKlY?...
my brain is really cooked today... Edward Larson is on Brian Lehrer right now talking about the Revolutionary War and I thought it was Chuck Klosterman for the first 5 minutes
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
my brain is really cooked today... Edward Larson is on Brian Lehrer right now talking about the Revolutionary War and I thought it was Chuck Klosterman for the first 5 minutes
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?
really fixated on Elon repeating "vulgar roast" 30 times in this video
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
really fixated on Elon repeating "vulgar roast" 30 times in this video
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
I think I have become genuinely depressed about Liverpool
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I think I have become genuinely depressed about Liverpool
the worst Liverpool move of the summer was one they had no control (Trent leaving) but it increasingly seems like choosing build the team of the future while also retaining Salah was a huge mistake
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the worst Liverpool move of the summer was one they had no control (Trent leaving) but it increasingly seems like choosing build the team of the future while also retaining Salah was a huge mistake
does anyone know how to fix Liverpool
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
does anyone know how to fix Liverpool
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