Rachel Bitecofer
@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social
National political analyst/strategist. Author of Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts, co host of This is America on The Cycle on Substack 👇🦆🏈
I watch the news so you don’t have to. https://thecycle.substack.com/
I watch the news so you don’t have to. https://thecycle.substack.com/
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Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game
Hit 'em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game, by Rachel Bitecofer with Aaron Murphy. A radica, urgent plan for how the Democratic Party and its supporters can...
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If you want to know why we lost in 2024 look no further than our failure to run a negative campaign focused on Trump’s dangerous plans for America.
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Reposted by Rachel Bitecofer
🚨🧵SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🚨🧵SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls'
"I realize this is disgusting."
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"I realize this is disgusting."
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Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 on X: "Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls' "I realize this is disgusting." https://t.co/Szlh96Vhuo" / X
Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls' "I realize this is disgusting." https://t.co/Szlh96Vhuo
x.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Megyn Kelly says Jeffrey Epstein was 'not a pedophile' because 'he liked 15-year-old girls'
"I realize this is disgusting."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
"I realize this is disgusting."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections | CNN Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
🚨🧵SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🚨🧵SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
A Reality-Based Assessment of Where Trump’s Power Grab Stands — and Where It’s Going
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
So, it turns out Trump really is a pedo.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
So, it turns out Trump really is a pedo.
😍
I’m honored
I’m honored
This poll supports what the GOAT, @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social, has said all along about how the GOP will be defeated given their unwillingness to extend the Obamacare subsidies.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
😍
I’m honored
I’m honored
🧵Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🧵Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Trump is bragging about the Wall Mart Thanksgiving dinner basket being cheaper.
They cut out half the items!!!
That sums up Trump
economics
They cut out half the items!!!
That sums up Trump
economics
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump is bragging about the Wall Mart Thanksgiving dinner basket being cheaper.
They cut out half the items!!!
That sums up Trump
economics
They cut out half the items!!!
That sums up Trump
economics
Start calling him the Squeaker of the House
Has there ever been a weaker Speaker of the House than Mike Johnson, who just picks up the phone each day, says ‘yes sir’ a bunch of times, then hangs up and does what he’s told? Which is do nothing and lie constantly.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Start calling him the Squeaker of the House
Would you like to win 63 House seats like Rs did in the Obama midterm??
Than plz share this article. No firewall on work designed to save us from a fascist hellhole but I can’t do it without you demanding it
Than plz share this article. No firewall on work designed to save us from a fascist hellhole but I can’t do it without you demanding it
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Would you like to win 63 House seats like Rs did in the Obama midterm??
Than plz share this article. No firewall on work designed to save us from a fascist hellhole but I can’t do it without you demanding it
Than plz share this article. No firewall on work designed to save us from a fascist hellhole but I can’t do it without you demanding it
Reposted by Rachel Bitecofer
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Nope, its a good ole fashioned GOP ass whoopin'!
In Sep, in a piece titled A Blue Tsunami Is Headed for VA & NJ.
The premise was simple: w Trump back in power and Ds back in the opposition, the midterm effect had flipped.
Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Well, well, well, it turns out America hates Republicans again.
Who knew they would both win by double digits?!!
Oh, that’s right…. Me!! And my subscribers. Since Sept
Which is why I spent Election Day panic free!
Who knew they would both win by double digits?!!
Oh, that’s right…. Me!! And my subscribers. Since Sept
Which is why I spent Election Day panic free!
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Well, well, well, it turns out America hates Republicans again.
Who knew they would both win by double digits?!!
Oh, that’s right…. Me!! And my subscribers. Since Sept
Which is why I spent Election Day panic free!
Who knew they would both win by double digits?!!
Oh, that’s right…. Me!! And my subscribers. Since Sept
Which is why I spent Election Day panic free!
Live look at MAGA
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Live look at MAGA
This aged well.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This aged well.
If you want to know what’s happening in the future and why, subscribe to The Cycle
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If you want to know what’s happening in the future and why, subscribe to The Cycle
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🧵James Madison Was Wrong About Factions
It took 249 years, but Madison's "multiplicity of factions" is failing
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It took 249 years, but Madison's "multiplicity of factions" is failing
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
James Madison Was Wrong About Factions
It took 249 years, but Madison's "multiplicity of factions" is failing
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🧵James Madison Was Wrong About Factions
It took 249 years, but Madison's "multiplicity of factions" is failing
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
It took 249 years, but Madison's "multiplicity of factions" is failing
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
At Gatsby’s gold soirée, Trump lifts his glass—
To health for the rich, the poor can kiss ass.
He dines on their rations, proclaims it “so fair!”
While dining on caviar and cutting their care.
To health for the rich, the poor can kiss ass.
He dines on their rations, proclaims it “so fair!”
While dining on caviar and cutting their care.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
At Gatsby’s gold soirée, Trump lifts his glass—
To health for the rich, the poor can kiss ass.
He dines on their rations, proclaims it “so fair!”
While dining on caviar and cutting their care.
To health for the rich, the poor can kiss ass.
He dines on their rations, proclaims it “so fair!”
While dining on caviar and cutting their care.
As I predicted, Trump caved.
Trump states are all on welfare.
Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits apple.news/AE1YatYGtSQS...
Trump states are all on welfare.
Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits apple.news/AE1YatYGtSQS...
Trump administration will use contingency fund to pay partial SNAP benefits — CBS News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial SNAP benefits.
apple.news
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As I predicted, Trump caved.
Trump states are all on welfare.
Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits apple.news/AE1YatYGtSQS...
Trump states are all on welfare.
Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits apple.news/AE1YatYGtSQS...
Take this question to every maga
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Take this question to every maga
🧵🧵🧵The Nazis Killed Federalism
Don't think for one second that Trump can't to
Last week buried in headlines about Republicans starving poor people the president’s lead destroyer of democracy here and abroad held nothing back in an interview. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Don't think for one second that Trump can't to
Last week buried in headlines about Republicans starving poor people the president’s lead destroyer of democracy here and abroad held nothing back in an interview. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🧵🧵🧵The Nazis Killed Federalism
Don't think for one second that Trump can't to
Last week buried in headlines about Republicans starving poor people the president’s lead destroyer of democracy here and abroad held nothing back in an interview. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Don't think for one second that Trump can't to
Last week buried in headlines about Republicans starving poor people the president’s lead destroyer of democracy here and abroad held nothing back in an interview. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...