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In the news
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BloombergSep 24, 2026
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WiredSep 18, 2026
The Leftist Split Over AI Doom
“The same people concerned about frontier governance and the development of superintelligence are also addressing those current harms. We should address all these other important factors. Those frontier AI abilities are true and increasing in power. They are not fake or hype.”
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The HillSep 18, 2026
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Politico PlaybookSep 16, 2026
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Pantsuit PoliticsJul 14, 2026
The truth is the best talking point Guest host
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TransformerApr 27, 2026
The AI safety movement needs normies
“In the world of left-wing community organizing, there’s a common refrain: center the most impacted. ‘That’s not out of some kind of virtue signaling,’ McCoy said. ‘It’s because those are the people that are going to fight the hardest.’”
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NBC NewsMar 19, 2026
MAGA and progressives unite to push back on big AI
“I’ve had conversations with people whose politics I do not share. But let’s fight it out on other issues not under the tyranny of Skynet.”
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NPR · Morning EditionNov 21, 2025
Trump calls lawmakers’ message to military to refuse illegal orders ‘seditious’
“So this is not a partisan issue. This is not a political issue. It’s just a matter of protecting our military from getting sucked into divisive internal politics and avoiding situations where American citizens are afraid of men and women in uniform.”
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Orlando SentinelAug 16, 2025
Orlando Marine leads veteran push to get active military off ICE duty
“That is not what the military is for. It is for protecting America from external threats.”
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WKMG News 6Jul 24, 2025
‘Marines train for war:’ Veterans blast deployment of military to assist ICE in Florida
“The U.S. military is for fighting America’s enemies and if we’re using them here in the United States, the implication is that Americans are enemies.”
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The AtlanticJan 31, 2022
The Betrayal · George Packer
“‘The president has made his decision,’ Reichel told McCoy, ‘and you’ll be very happy with it.’”
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VoxMar 9, 2021
Top Senate Democrat says Biden should “reconsider” May 1 Afghanistan troop withdrawal
“People who think the US should break its word and continue to drag on the forever war in Afghanistan have a responsibility to explain what they think another six months or a year of renewed fighting will change.”
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VoxDec 18, 2020
Progressives, trying to sway Biden, send list with 100 potential foreign policy hires
“There’s no good reason for the president-elect not to hire all of them.”
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The New York Times MagazineOct 10, 2018
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PBS NewsHourApr 2, 2018
After explicit photo scandal, Marine Corps grapples with culture of disrespect for women
“The conversation is always about, if you bring women in, they will have sex. It’s like a medieval mind-set.”
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The Washington PostApr 30, 2017
Trump set up a hotline for information about criminal aliens. Twitter trolls took him literally.
“We have power to stop things. We have power to speak out — to show that there are things that we won’t accept.”
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CBC News · APMay 31, 2016
Donald Trump spells out charitable gifts, veterans demand apology
“Donald Trump cannot buy the votes of veterans of this country.”
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CBS New York · APMay 23, 2016
Tri-State Area Veterans To Donald Trump: Where’s The Money?
“It is unacceptable for Donald Trump to try to take advantage of the goodwill that American voters feel for our men and women in uniform to try and get votes.”
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“No matter what it is, tell your members of Congress because they need to hear it from you. Because right now they’re only hearing it from a couple corporations that are worth a trillion dollars and can afford a lot of fancy lawyers.”
“I also find his views on AI responsible and insightful, so I wanted to talk with him at length.” Beth Silvers, host, in the episode notes
Also: ACLU video on limiting domestic military deployments (Instagram).
On air and in books
Alexander has appeared on MSNBC’s The Last Word, CNN’s New Day, BBC World Service, NPR, and Fox News Radio. His campaigns have also been covered by Salon, Military.com, and Labor Notes, and his work is chronicled in Alexander Ward’s The Internationalists (Penguin, 2024).
Press kit
Booking: mccoyab88@gmail.com · Based in Orlando, Florida · Available for broadcast, print, podcast, and speaking. Fast on deadline.
One-line bio: Alexander McCoy is a political strategist who has led national campaigns for over a decade, including the first impeachment of Donald Trump and the campaign to end the war in Afghanistan. He now works on the politics of AI.
Short bio (~100 words): Alexander McCoy is a political strategist and campaign leader. He co-founded Common Defense, directed the campaign that helped bring about the first impeachment of Donald Trump, and led the campaign to end the war in Afghanistan, from the "end the forever wars" pledge signed by seven presidential candidates to direct negotiation with the White House. He has led field programs of hundreds of staff, including NextGen America's 2024 youth registration operation across eight states, and has worked on AI politics since 2023, most recently as founding head of the left coalition at Humans First and in helping found its successor, Irreplaceable. A Marine Corps veteran, he has written for The New York Times, Reuters, Foreign Policy, and HuffPost.
