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The Cycle- On Substack
On The Cycle, political strategist Rachel Bitecofer speaks with today's headline makers about politics.
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The Cycle- On Substack5 days Out-Is it a Wave or a Big Ass Wave? Live with Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭
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The Cycle- On SubstackWhat Just Happened in Wisconsin and Other Important Things!
Hi, friends. Today I made an appearance on another great Substack you should check out: Lincoln Square, where I joined Susan Dumas, one of the hosts of their…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron dive into the hurricane of Donald Trump’s chaos – from Jeffrey Epstein… to an unprecedented affordability crisis… to a new health…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron unpack the GOP’s framing of thousands of peaceful “No Kings” protests as “Hate America” rallies. How, exactly, did Republicans lose…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week, why we shouldn’t be afraid of using the other F-word: fascism, especially as the Right shatters political norms, turns citizens into public enemies…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron discuss the Trump Administration’s reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death, his martyrdom, and what’s next on the march into…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
With Labor Day behind us, Trump’s honeymoon is over and his march into fascist authoritarianism is in full force. This week Rachel and Aaron look at his latest…
The Cycle- On SubstackLive with Susan Wagner
Thank you Joe Jones, Maureen Drews, Dianna Richardson, Mary Detweiler, and many others for tuning into my live video with Susan Wagner! Join me for my next…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
Why are Republicans trying to give themselves an edge in Congress? In the words of one GOP lawmaker: “Because we can.” This week, Rachel and Aaron separate the…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
Facts are stubborn things, at least two of Trump’s predecessors have said. And for Trump on the economy—and Jeffrey Epstein–-there’s nothing to see here. This…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron stick to the one scandal that’s finally sticking to Teflon Don: Jeffrey Epstein, and the Trump Administration’s spectacular…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week, as Trump’s FEMA struggles to answer questions about consequential budget cuts in the aftermath of Texas flooding, Rachel and Aaron look at how the…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
Live Free. Die Fast. Get Digested… slowly. Welcome to “Alligator Alcatraz,” America’s first concentration camp. Plus, Rachel and Aaron explore the future, or…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
What the hell is happening with Iran and Donald “No Wars” Trump? This week Rachel and Aaron break down the confusion, and the rift it’s causing in MAGA’s…
The Cycle- On SubstackLiving History
Folks, Today we’re living history with Joe Walsh—-Tea Party congressman to Never Trump activist, to an card carrying Democrat!! I’m excited to announce that…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week we bring you into the strategy driving Trump’s decision to send the National Guard and the marines into LA. Rachel compares the fiery I.C.E. protests…
The Cycle- On SubstackThe Cycle Presents Living History
Folks! Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Living History pod. I’m excited to bring you this unique conversation with Don Lemon, former anchor at CNN but…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron follow Elon “Black Eye” Musk out the door as he whines about the American political system he destroyed. Plus: cracks in the ice…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron translate Trump’s Marie Antoinette “Let Them Eat Tariffs" moment. Plus, an alarming shakeup in the national intelligence community…
The Cycle- On SubstackHe Wanted to Kill Woke, Not The Free Market
My conversation with Richard Hanania, author of The Origins of Woke and contributor on Project 2025 is one of the most important conversations I’ve had on this…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
Trump pushes socialist price controls for pharmaceuticals, refugee status for white people and free flights out for everyone else. Rachel and Aaron also dive…
The Cycle- On SubstackLiving History with Mr. Beat
History is certainly echoing now! Folks, I’m returning to my conversational pods with interesting people talking about interesting s**t. I’m kicking things off…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron investigate the three words that hit hardest from Donald Trump’s recent interview on Meet the Press, and the one word missing from…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
As another texting scandal jolts the Pentagon into “full-blown meltdown,” Rachel earns national attention for her internet sleuthing skills and gets vindicated…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron change up the format to take a deep dive into the arrest and deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, imprisoned in El Salvador without…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
Trump’s planned destruction of America’s economy is a pivotal political moment. This week Rachel and Aaron offer advice for “normies” who are just now waking…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
It's Election Day! Will it be a difficult one for MAGA in Wisconsin and Florida? Plus, Rachel and Aaron get into the nitty gritty over Third Term Gate… and…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron chase the firetrucks to the dumpster fire of the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress who’re trying to defend it. How do…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron explore the good, the bad and the ugly. Why is Schumer’s vote to keep the government open an important political move? What prompted…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
As the Trump administration tanks the stock market and sends prices soaring even higher, Rachel and Aaron examine the stupid in “it’s the economy, stupid.”…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron cut through the noise as Elon's "Chainsaw for Democracy" cuts thousands of federal jobs, and as Steve "Prison Toady" Bannon…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week Rachel and Aaron go behind the Resolute Desk with Elon, Donald and "X Æ A-XII." They untangle a "very weird 20 minutes" from failed comedian JD Vance…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
This week, Rachel and Aaron keep up with Trump 2.0's strategy of flooding the zone, resulting in a chaotic political and media environment that can only be…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
Checked In for the Checked Out This week Rachel and Aaron take a tumble through the spin cycle of Donald Trump's second full week in office, which included…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America Episode 2
This week Rachel and Aaron dive into the deliberately exhausting 'shock and awe' strategy by Trump 2.0, drawing comparisons to the "Working Toward the Fuhrer"…
The Cycle- On SubstackThis is America
History does not replicate like DNA, but it echoes. It's echoing now. Welcome to This is America Episode 1: Oh s**t, there goes the neighborhood This is a…
The Cycle- On SubstackWelcome to the Crusades 2.0
If you’ve been following the transition of the Republican Party from the party of Reagan into whatever the hell it is now you’ll know that the once “useful…
The Cycle- On SubstackThe Ministry of Truth:
Today’s pod is with Rachel Maddow producer and editor of Maddow Blog Steve Benen and his important new book Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the…
The Cycle- On SubstackShadowboxing the Apocalypse
Its Holocaust Remembrance Day. Not only did Hitler and his Nazis murder 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, its HOW they murdered them you should know more about…
The Cycle- On SubstackRepublican Death Panels
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2022/10/05/study-more-republicans-than-democrats-likely-died-of-covid/ Researcher Max Taves closes his analysis in David Cay…
The Cycle- On SubstackDemocracy Awakening:
As soon as Heather Cox Richardson’s new book Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America came across my algorithm I reached out and invited America’s…
The Cycle- On SubstackMr. International: How Joe Biden Saved the Entire International Order by Defeating Donald Trump
Like all good lefties, I cut my teeth in progressive politics learning all about the horrors of America’s massive military industrial complex. In one of my…
The Cycle- On SubstackBuT i ThOuGhT tHe LeFt CaN't MeMe?!
Throughout 2024 I plan on highlighting core grassroots organizations working on the frontlines of the Democratic Party’s messaging revolution. Now, maybe you…
The Cycle- On SubstackThe Tyranny of the Minority
The first time I posted about the harsh reality of America’s collapsing democracy, it seemed like many folks were genuinely surprised to see that America is…
The Cycle- On SubstackAmerica doesn’t have a “both sides” problem, it has a Republican Party problem.
What if I was to tell you the Republican Party’s villain-in-chief, the main protagonist in the Republican Party’s “Democrats are socialists” Big Lie…
The Cycle- On SubstackFear & Loathing in the 2022 Midterm Elections
I first learned about Way to Win when they published an analysis after the 2020 cycle empirically demonstrating the weakness of the Democratic Party’s…
The Cycle- On SubstackIt's a Cult!
If you want to get someone out of a cult, Dr. Steven Hassan is your man. Inspired to a career focused on cults by his own personal experience being tricked…
The Cycle- On SubstackShadowboxing the Apocalypse: Episode 1
Two years or so again I began an extensive research project into the totalitarian movements of the 1920s and 1930, with a heavy emphasis on Germany and Italy…
The Cycle- On SubstackGirl, You ARE Politics!
Leigh McGowen, of IamPoliticsGirl and The Politics Girl pod fame, intrinsically gets the purpose, the proper forms, and the distribution realties of modern…
The Cycle- On SubstackWhY aRe ThE pOlLs AlwAys WrOnG!
If you find polling interesting or frustrating (or both!) this is the episode for you! U-Mass Amherst pollster and Associate Professor Alex Theodoridis is on…
The Cycle- On Substack"He's Perfect."
When you have to google the spelling of “cuckold",” you know you’re about to drop a hot pod! The Liberty Way reads like some kind of modern Footloose, forcing…
The Cycle- On SubstackMeet the Proud Boys: America's First Sturmabteilung (SA).
Did you know that in order to advance in ‘degrees’ in the Proud Boys you have to vow to stop jacking off so you can unleash your pent-up violence on your…
The Cycle- On SubstackDude, Where's My Red Wave?!
In this short, but spirited conversation, Tom Bonier of Target Smart and Simon Rosenberg of NDN and host of the With Democrats, Things Get Better series, joins…
The Cycle- On SubstackFrancesca Tripodi's The Propagandist Playbook Reveals How Republicans Dominate Social Media
I’m excited to bring you this conversation with Francesca Tripodi, Assistant Professor at the School of Library Info and Library Science & senior researcher at…
The Cycle- On Substack"Hate Will Only Win If People Like Me Stand By And Let It Happen."
Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow opened her now famous speech on the floor of the Michigan senate by calling out the reason her Republican senate…
The Cycle- On SubstackAn American Tale
If “guilt by association” also works for “coolness by association” I have officially arrived! Its not every day that I get someone who has interviewed the…
The Cycle- On SubstackDemocrats Are From Venus, Republicans Are From Mars
Welcome to Political Behavior 454! Today I am going to expose you to one of several research books that have come out in the past few years that help explain…
The Cycle- On SubstackLaboratories of Autocracy
I’ve had a lot of fascinating conversations with my Cycle guests, but this pod with David Pepper, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party and author of what…
The Cycle- On SubstackLock, Stock, & Barrel
Believe it or not, when George W. Bush ran for the Republican Party’s nomination in 2000, he was able to at least tacitly support reauthorizing the Federal…