Alex Shephard

he's 28 until he becomes 29

the guys at the Alamo were basically that! Davy Crockett was the 19th century Mr Beast… James Bowie was Logan Paul… I could go on

closing scene of Sam Houston saying if he was 10 years younger he would lead a Union Army division against Confederates in Texas right before dying would be the discourse equivalent of detonating a nuke

his wife leaves him after 9 weeks so he goes and lives with the Cherokee who call him “Big Drunk”… tells the guys at the Alamo to fuck off for defending an indefensible position… has a wound that never closes for 40 years… would be a perfect movie

They should make a Sam Houston biopic starring Bob Odenkirk

the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.

Women’s Copa Final is maybe the greatest games I have ever seen

they’re calling it the least funny episode of television in history

impeach

would really love it if we mimicked Argentina in the “developing hard-nosed central midfielders” department and not the “faking labor statistics” department

One thing I wish was explicitly talked about is that Donald Trump doesn’t believe in reality. Statistics don’t measure things as far as he’s concerned. They’re things you say and the world is simply a battle of will over which things that are said can you force people under your control to believe.

Fed Governor Kugler is resigning, giving Trump a nominee on committee that sets interest rates Her resignation now paves the way for Trump to put his own nominee in for the Board of Governors.

jesus fucking CHRIST www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/f...

if i were a pro-trump financial type i might view the destruction of reliable government data with the kind of anger and apprehension that might lead me to reevaluate my politics, but then if i’m a financial guy throwing my weight behind strongman rule, i’m already too stupid to breathe

Do or Die: On George Harrison, Living, Dying, and Formula 1 George Harrison may be thought of as a holy man, but the primordial ooze his career emerges from is made of cars.

The great @kalebhorton.bsky.social wrote my favorite story from @essesmag.com Issue 02. It's online!

And please watch the Instagram Reel in which noted GeorgeHead Kaleb correctly ID's "Faster" as "such a generic 1979 piece of cocaine Los Angeles session-guy pop." 👇

www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...

it was probably this guy, he was outside the park almost every day for a few weeks. Really nice guy!

I talked to a (paid) signature gatherer for Adams in the spring who told me it was one of the hardest jobs he'd ever done and that he was lucky to get three signatures in an hour

the NYRB westerns are the best westerns... great by the book interview with the master

I talked to @gregsargent.bsky.social about Trump's tanking poll numbers newrepublic.com/article/1986...

Oh I am a total completist with Alan (though I'm not quite through the newest season of Oasthouse)

Trump Press Sec’s Weird Fawning Rant Goes Awry as Poll Slide Worsens As Karoline Leavitt unleashes some of her most obsequious flattery of Trump yet, the author of a new analysis of Trump’s sliding numbers explains why his coalition is collapsing—and how Dems should ex...

"People are going to look at the early part of July as the turning point in this presidency," says @alexshephard.bsky.social. Tariffs, backlash against ICE, big ugly bill and more are breaking "the coalition that got him elected."

On the pod, Alex nails this moment:
newrepublic.com/article/1986...

the thunder non enjoyer

interesting.... do you want to start a podcast by any chance

it just rolls off the tongue

The Dershow

the funniest thing about Alan Dershowitz Pierogigate is... why on earth does Alan Dershowitz have a podcast

Everybody Hates Trump Now Six months after Trump bragged about a “historic” realignment, voters from across the political spectrum have soured on the president.

I wrote about Donald Trump, who has had a very bad month newrepublic.com/article/1986...

every email I get from the Reagan Presidential Library is perfect

yep

lol