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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Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
Trump has already issued illegal orders.
As of September, more than 70 gov officials across agencies like DOJ, FBI, and HHS, have resigned rather than follow Trump’s illegal orders.
It’s not if for our military, it’s when.
Trump will ask them to turn against the American people. www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
It’s not if for our military, it’s when.
Trump will ask them to turn against the American people. www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
Public servants with nearly 450 years of experience have resigned in protest - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
In Trump's second term, about 70 government officials with nearly 450 years of experience have resigned in protest.
www.citizensforethics.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As of September, more than 70 gov officials across agencies like DOJ, FBI, and HHS, have resigned rather than follow Trump’s illegal orders.
It’s not if for our military, it’s when.
Trump will ask them to turn against the American people. www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
It’s not if for our military, it’s when.
Trump will ask them to turn against the American people. www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
Are yall ready for episode 2 of “I’ve learned terrible things about human behavior and now I’m going to share it with you no matter how scary/depressing it is because we may need that info to survive?”
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Are yall ready for episode 2 of “I’ve learned terrible things about human behavior and now I’m going to share it with you no matter how scary/depressing it is because we may need that info to survive?”
Great scoop @marisakabas.bsky.social and long time no see!!
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Great scoop @marisakabas.bsky.social and long time no see!!
🧵STATS You Should Know:
The Midterm Effect is Coming
Folks, if you’ve been wondering whether the “midterm effect” is actually lining up behind all the blue wins we just had, the answer from the data is: yes. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
The Midterm Effect is Coming
Folks, if you’ve been wondering whether the “midterm effect” is actually lining up behind all the blue wins we just had, the answer from the data is: yes. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
STATS You Should Know:
The Midterm Effect is Coming
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
🧵STATS You Should Know:
The Midterm Effect is Coming
Folks, if you’ve been wondering whether the “midterm effect” is actually lining up behind all the blue wins we just had, the answer from the data is: yes. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
The Midterm Effect is Coming
Folks, if you’ve been wondering whether the “midterm effect” is actually lining up behind all the blue wins we just had, the answer from the data is: yes. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
That’s one of the best generic ballot leads I’ve ever seen, and from a top quality pollster
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
That’s one of the best generic ballot leads I’ve ever seen, and from a top quality pollster
Q: The DOJ statement earlier this year saying that the files were not released mentioned the fact that the review of the documents did not suggest that any additional investigation was warranted. What changed?
Bondi: Information. There's information that's new information, additional information
Bondi: Information. There's information that's new information, additional information
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Q: The DOJ statement earlier this year saying that the files were not released mentioned the fact that the review of the documents did not suggest that any additional investigation was warranted. What changed?
Bondi: Information. There's information that's new information, additional information
Bondi: Information. There's information that's new information, additional information
Note: the next election??
Trump: My pollsters said, 'sir, if George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came back from the dead and they aligned and they went for the president, vice president as a combination, you'd be beating them by 25 points.'
Trump: My pollsters said, 'sir, if George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came back from the dead and they aligned and they went for the president, vice president as a combination, you'd be beating them by 25 points.'
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Note: the next election??
Trump: My pollsters said, 'sir, if George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came back from the dead and they aligned and they went for the president, vice president as a combination, you'd be beating them by 25 points.'
Trump: My pollsters said, 'sir, if George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came back from the dead and they aligned and they went for the president, vice president as a combination, you'd be beating them by 25 points.'
To quote the person who filmed this unconscious mom who was tazed while already in zip ties in front of her small child and then tossed her like a corpse into the trunk: “this is fucked up”
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
To quote the person who filmed this unconscious mom who was tazed while already in zip ties in front of her small child and then tossed her like a corpse into the trunk: “this is fucked up”
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing: says “things happen”
Here’s ‘those things:’
He was attacked, subdued, tied up, then murdered and sawed into little pieces. Right there, in the embassy they lured him to. apple.news/A6AWylCbYT9e...
Here’s ‘those things:’
He was attacked, subdued, tied up, then murdered and sawed into little pieces. Right there, in the embassy they lured him to. apple.news/A6AWylCbYT9e...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing — The Washington Post
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
apple.news
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing: says “things happen”
Here’s ‘those things:’
He was attacked, subdued, tied up, then murdered and sawed into little pieces. Right there, in the embassy they lured him to. apple.news/A6AWylCbYT9e...
Here’s ‘those things:’
He was attacked, subdued, tied up, then murdered and sawed into little pieces. Right there, in the embassy they lured him to. apple.news/A6AWylCbYT9e...
I’m going to try to Trump my way through Xmas this year:
ME: I bought you pony!
KID: yah!!! Where is it?!
ME: it’s standing right there, can’t you see him?
KID: I don’t see it…🤔
ME: just look at his mane, it’s the greatest mane in the history of manes!
KID: it IS great!
ME: I bought you pony!
KID: yah!!! Where is it?!
ME: it’s standing right there, can’t you see him?
KID: I don’t see it…🤔
ME: just look at his mane, it’s the greatest mane in the history of manes!
KID: it IS great!
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’m going to try to Trump my way through Xmas this year:
ME: I bought you pony!
KID: yah!!! Where is it?!
ME: it’s standing right there, can’t you see him?
KID: I don’t see it…🤔
ME: just look at his mane, it’s the greatest mane in the history of manes!
KID: it IS great!
ME: I bought you pony!
KID: yah!!! Where is it?!
ME: it’s standing right there, can’t you see him?
KID: I don’t see it…🤔
ME: just look at his mane, it’s the greatest mane in the history of manes!
KID: it IS great!
Every year the state of Florida will review tenured professors to make sure they aren’t engaged in any heinous acts like teaching people to think critically.
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Every year the state of Florida will review tenured professors to make sure they aren’t engaged in any heinous acts like teaching people to think critically.
289 is the veto-proof margin in the House.
I’m expecting we hit that.
We need 67 in the senate.
I know we have a few already
I’m expecting we hit that.
We need 67 in the senate.
I know we have a few already
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
289 is the veto-proof margin in the House.
I’m expecting we hit that.
We need 67 in the senate.
I know we have a few already
I’m expecting we hit that.
We need 67 in the senate.
I know we have a few already
Plz read this imp public service 🧵
Nuremberg is out, and I am making a special request you go see it.
Go see Nuremberg: not only will it teach you about the Nazis’ many, many crimes, including the Holocaust which is (rightly) the one thing people know about the Third Reich.
Nuremberg is out, and I am making a special request you go see it.
Go see Nuremberg: not only will it teach you about the Nazis’ many, many crimes, including the Holocaust which is (rightly) the one thing people know about the Third Reich.
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Plz read this imp public service 🧵
Nuremberg is out, and I am making a special request you go see it.
Go see Nuremberg: not only will it teach you about the Nazis’ many, many crimes, including the Holocaust which is (rightly) the one thing people know about the Third Reich.
Nuremberg is out, and I am making a special request you go see it.
Go see Nuremberg: not only will it teach you about the Nazis’ many, many crimes, including the Holocaust which is (rightly) the one thing people know about the Third Reich.
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."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
"I realize this is disgusting."
x.com/rachelbiteco...
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...
