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Alain Stephens

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"Real" America Is Turning Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime

Everyday Americans in Appalachia and the Southeast show that resisting ICE is becoming the rule, rather than the exception. The post “Real”...

04.12.2025 100

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

War in Venezuela, Brought to You By the Same People Who Lied Us Into Iraq

Washington is making big claims to make the case for U.S. intervention. We’ve heard all these arguments before. The post War in Venezuela, Brought...

19.11.2025 10

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

Epstein Is the Only Thing That Could Turn Trump’s Base Against Him

America were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump “knew about the girls.” The post Epstein...

16.11.2025 7

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

The President Is Perfectly Fine If You Starve

The message behind the government shutdown is loud and clear: Hunger is acceptable collateral damage in service of Trump’s agenda. The post The...

07.11.2025 1

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

Inside the World of Leftist Gun Nuts

Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves. The post Inside the World of Leftist...

01.11.2025 20

The Intercept

Alain Stephens

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 9

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