Oh boy am I glad I don’t know what the ‘New Republic’ is. Some news paper or magazine I am unaware of.
Btw your post title reminded me of this song:
https://youtu.be/W8r-tXRLazs
"The New Republic" was the leading liberal -- and later neoliberal -- magazine. Richard Strout wrote at the magazine for decades, and he was a principled liberal. Marty Peretz was the editor.
Then they got sold, went downhill, and now they have become irrelevant.