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Alain Stephens

Salon

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The Right Wing Desperately Wants to Make Charlie Kirk Its MLK

On Kirk’s “National Day of Remembrance,” white supremacists want to replace a tradition of justice with their own manufactured myth. The post...

15.10.2025 8

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

The State Department Isn’t Telling Congress When U.S. Weapons Fall Into the Wrong Hands

Congress is being left in the dark about the fate of U.S. weapons transfers, a new federal watchdog report found. The post The State Department...

10.10.2025 10

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

Black People Knew This Would Happen

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us. The...

08.10.2025 6

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

The Bullet as Shitpost: Media Won’t Publish Manifestos but Reproduces Scrawls on Casing

From “ANTI-ICE” to “Notices bulges OwO,” the media latches onto memes on bullets. At its core, it’s the shooters trolling. The post The...

25.09.2025 4

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

The Data Shows Political Violence Is Actually Down

After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, everyone was handwaving about rising political violence. But is it? The post The Data Shows Political Violence...

17.09.2025 10

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

The American Right’s Self-Inflicted Gun Violence Crisis

Charlie Kirk’s killing in Utah fits a pattern of gun violence run amok in red states. The post The American Right’s Self-Inflicted Gun Violence...

12.09.2025 30

The Intercept

Alain Stephens