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...
hitemwhereithurts.com
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.
Learn more and please share 👇
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Learn more and please share 👇
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I told you their goal was to bring resource extraction colonialism back. 👇
Trump: we’re gonna run Venezuela
Trump: we’re gonna run Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I told you their goal was to bring resource extraction colonialism back. 👇
Trump: we’re gonna run Venezuela
Trump: we’re gonna run Venezuela
Reposted by Rachel Bitecofer
Jack Smith’s Deposition Has Entered the Chat
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Jack Smith’s Deposition Has Entered the Chat
— and It Brought Receipts
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Jack Smith’s Deposition Has Entered the Chat
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Jack Smith’s Deposition Has Entered the Chat
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Jack Smith’s Deposition Has Entered the Chat
— and It Brought Receipts
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Jack Smith’s Deposition Has Entered the Chat
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
— and It Brought Receipts
Smith's deposition reminds America, Jan 6th was a plan, not an accident
Never a firewall.
Pay if you can, but read no matter what!
open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Jack Smith on the Red mirage pre-election planning:
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Jack Smith on the Red mirage pre-election planning:
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
To this day Trump believers still say they saw the fraud with their own eyes.
Some committed crimes based on the Red Mirage lies.
Jack Smith Deposition quotes
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Jack Smith Deposition quotes
Reposted by Rachel Bitecofer
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
Everything in the Epstein Files about Trump is true, even the craziest shit. You know it, and I know it.
“Derek will have his life snuffed out soon. Better watch his back.”
“Derek will have his life snuffed out soon. Better watch his back.”
December 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Everything in the Epstein Files about Trump is true, even the craziest shit. You know it, and I know it.
“Derek will have his life snuffed out soon. Better watch his back.”
“Derek will have his life snuffed out soon. Better watch his back.”
Reposted by Rachel Bitecofer
(Piss off Trump and RP this 🧵)
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Oh, How the Pedo Tables Have Turned
MAGA Weaponized the Epstein Files Only to Have It Blow Up in their Faces
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
(Piss off Trump and RP this 🧵)
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Well done Toby!!
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well done Toby!!
(Piss off Trump and RP this 🧵)
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Oh, How the Pedo Tables Have Turned
MAGA Weaponized the Epstein Files Only to Have It Blow Up in their Faces
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
(Piss off Trump and RP this 🧵)
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
If you blinked this Christmas, you might’ve missed the greatest accidental political self-own in modern history:
Read for free!!! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
I’m guessing Santa brought Pam Bondi a copy of How to Redact, For Dummies in her stocking today
December 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’m guessing Santa brought Pam Bondi a copy of How to Redact, For Dummies in her stocking today
Holy shit these unredacted files are insane.
December 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Holy shit these unredacted files are insane.
This woman is a mother fucking American hero.
Balls of steel
Must watch 👇
Balls of steel
Must watch 👇
December 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This woman is a mother fucking American hero.
Balls of steel
Must watch 👇
Balls of steel
Must watch 👇
Trump has to defend Bill Clinton to save himself and his donors 🤣🤣🤣🤣
December 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Trump has to defend Bill Clinton to save himself and his donors 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Republican kids ain’t alright.
They like Hitler.
No, really👇
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think. We Asked Them.
Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more
👀
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
They like Hitler.
No, really👇
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think. We Asked Them.
Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more
👀
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
December 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Republican kids ain’t alright.
They like Hitler.
No, really👇
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think. We Asked Them.
Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more
👀
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
They like Hitler.
No, really👇
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think. We Asked Them.
Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more
👀
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
Reposted by Rachel Bitecofer
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
Even Hitler and Mussolini didn’t do that!
New Class of Warship to Be Named After President Trump
The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
New Class of Warship to Be Named After President Trump
The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
New Class of Warship to Be Named After President Trump
The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Even Hitler and Mussolini didn’t do that!
New Class of Warship to Be Named After President Trump
The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
New Class of Warship to Be Named After President Trump
The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
From Twitter
Turning Point USA recreated the moment Charlie Kirk was executed at their convention for people to take selfies with...
Turning Point USA recreated the moment Charlie Kirk was executed at their convention for people to take selfies with...
December 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
From Twitter
Turning Point USA recreated the moment Charlie Kirk was executed at their convention for people to take selfies with...
Turning Point USA recreated the moment Charlie Kirk was executed at their convention for people to take selfies with...
Live look at DOJ
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Live look at DOJ
Thank you for posting that.
If you feel overwhelmed by it all, please read it. No firewall
If you feel overwhelmed by it all, please read it. No firewall
Sometimes, I just take a moment to look up, at the sky, the stars, and try to remember that others have made it through trying times before and so can we. @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social wrote this the other day and it hit me hard open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Hope in a Hopeless World:
Churchill and the Discipline of Hope
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thank you for posting that.
If you feel overwhelmed by it all, please read it. No firewall
If you feel overwhelmed by it all, please read it. No firewall
Trump’s behavior is perfectly normal.
For a dictator.
For a dictator.
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trump’s behavior is perfectly normal.
For a dictator.
For a dictator.
An article about Cassandra’s that is missing this list is no article at all 👇
A few people come to mind when I think of this. @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @timothysnyder.bsky.social , also @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social and @politicsgirl.bsky.social Just to name a few. There are many. So, #GenX... so... America. You ready to listen yet? #HistoryRepeats #LearningHistory
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
An article about Cassandra’s that is missing this list is no article at all 👇
Inflation didn’t go down, it got disappeared
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Inflation didn’t go down, it got disappeared
The Republicans will NEVER let Jack Smith and the massive amount of evidence against Trump in a public hearing, they can’t because the evidence against Trump is incontrovertible.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Republicans will NEVER let Jack Smith and the massive amount of evidence against Trump in a public hearing, they can’t because the evidence against Trump is incontrovertible.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
Like Rep Gregory Meeks I want to know why Republicans are silent about Trump pardoning a narco who was convicted of smuggling 400 tons of drugs into the country.
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Like Rep Gregory Meeks I want to know why Republicans are silent about Trump pardoning a narco who was convicted of smuggling 400 tons of drugs into the country.