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Rachel Bitecofer

Rachel Bitecofer

@rachelbitecofer

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/

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The reason you need to vote blue no matter who is because if you vote red, you might end up dead.

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Unearthed footage shows Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte receiving strange award: "This says 'Bill Pulte Fucks' ... it does say, 'Only The Young' on the back here."

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This is how to wedge affordability and it should be done in every race from state leg to senate/gov.

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Project 2025 Architect: We proposed 1,913 recommendations for Project 2025. 1,055 have been implemented. The person who deserves credit for that is Donald J. Trump.

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Basically, if the person disapproves of the DNC “shut up you ugly fuck” tweet and Gavin Newsom’s content they are the very last people that should be giving you campaign advice

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Ken Paxton has taken to calling you ‘Talafreako’ If Paxton is worried about freaks, he should stop giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles. This is the guy who just released Adam Hoffman from jail, an admitted child rapist

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The Talarico ads are pre-made The Republican Party has deleted their ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime: "Homicides highest in nearly 30 years under Ken Paxton." Paxton is now the GOP's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.

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Trumponomics Reporter: If you want $3 gas, you're going to have to wait 6 years. We will not get back down to that sub-$70 oil level until 2032.

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Trump says he could be president for a third term: I'm gonna be in office in 2028. Maybe I'll be here in 2032, too. I don't know. Maybe I will

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“I apologize to all of America. I was a diehard Republican. I cannot believe I drank the Kool-Aid of Donald J. Trump. This man is ruining the Constitution of the United States. They're taking away the vote from the Black man. You see all the corruption, the lies that come out of this man's mouth.”

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Q: What was it that made you break with Trump? Trump voter: Just seeing the lies. He put us in a war. He's putting up gold statues of himself. When are people going to wake up? All those stupid rallies I went to... I got rid of my Make America Great Again hat. I can't even believe I wore that hat.

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Q: You promised to bring inflation down. It's now at its highest level in 3 years. Are your policies not working? Trump: They're working incredibly

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GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans thinks Hakeem Jeffries has "COTTON-PICKING HANDS": Radio host: "Get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia" Kiggans: "That's right! Ditto. Yes. Yes, to that."

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Trump: The ceasefire is unbelievably weak. I didn't even finish reading what they sent us. It's on life support. Life support is not a good thing. Do you agree? I would say on massive life support where the doctor walks in and says, 'Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.'

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A Texas mother of 4 who was in the U.S. legally was detained by ICE for over 6 weeks: "When the door locks, you become small. You start to believe that perhaps you are not equal. That you are not human."

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Kash Patel brought at least one case of his personalized bourbon to the FBI's training facility for a seminar with UFC athletes. At least 1 bottle went missing, which caused the FBI Director to "lose his mind." Patel began threatening to polygraph and prosecute his staff over the missing bottle.

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Host: When people hear "cap on Social Security benefits," people panic. Is this something the administration is actually considering? Trump's Social Security Commissioner: The president has committed to protect and preserve... Host: I'm going to take that as a yes.

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Coons: is anyone else willing to apply to plain language of the 22nd Amendment to say that Trump can’t run for a third term?? Pregnant pause Anyone???

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Coon: is anyone else willing to apply to plain language of the 22nd Amendment to say that Trump can’t run for a third term?? Pregnant pause Anyone???

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Trump attempts to demonstrate his athletic prowess at the Presidential Fitness Day event, but misses a simple putt 3 times before giving up

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$25 a minute just to tell closeted conservatives they’re bad boys?! 🤔 Bryon Noem's dominatrix reveals Noem spent $25 a minute on their sexual webcam sessions

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Trump: Affordability is a line of bullshit. Campaign gold

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Here is a video of new Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao asking for a KKK hood with "slits" as eye holes instead of circles so he can see better

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Rep Jason Crow on House Republicans turning their backs on the Afghanistan refugees who kept our soldiers alive: I don’t care what Republicans say in private anymore, this is a public job.

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A group of children serenade President Barack Obama and Mayor Zohran Mamdani with "Soda Pop" from the movie KPop Demon Hunters

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Q: If Trump comes to you and says, 'Hey, I think you should look into X, Y, and Z person, do you see it as your role to do that? Acting AG Blanche: Of course.

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Top Trump econ advisor: While it's very frustrating to go to the pump and see what the price of gasoline looks like, the benefit for the oil industry is significant

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Q: Did you post that picture of you depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It was me. I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor. Only the fake news could come up with that one. It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better.

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Melania Trump: I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors.

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Iran broadcasts new message prohibiting all ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz: "Attention all ships... From now on, all navigating through the Strait of Hormuz is forbidden. No ship in every side is not allowed to pass from the Strait of Hormuz until next notice."

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DNC Chair Ken Martin on the 2026 midterms: People in my home city of Minneapolis were executed in cold blood. If you're worried about chaos, if you're worried about rising costs, then you've got to get out and engage right now

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Q: Yesterday, Trump threatened to destroy Iran's civilization. Not the Iranian government, but the Iranian civilization, the Iranian people. How can America can ever have the moral high ground if Trump is threatening to destroy civilizations? (Leavitt dodges the question)

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Q: Should the world not take Trump's word seriously? Leavitt: The world should take his word very seriously

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Iranians are forming human chains around power plants and infrastructure as Trumps evil deadline approaches. Will he commit mass murder? We have no idea bc he’s crazy. Hopefully he uses this an excuse to stop

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Q: What is your response to critics who say that your mental health should perhaps be examined as this war continues? Trump: I haven't heard that

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How many times did Trump, Leavitt, and Hegseth claim that we had “total command” of Iranian air space?! My buddy Ali Velshi brought some to receipts

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Someone please get this to Joe Biden. He deserves it. "Joe Biden was the GOAT. We didn't even know how good we had it. The worst thing about Joe was that he forgot where he was... it was great!"

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Real Housewives star Jen Shah details her time in prison with Ghislaine Maxwell: "When the victims would be on TV and talking, Ghislaine showed just complete disregard for them. And this is when they are pouring their hearts out in front of Congress and for the files to be released.”

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In every ad GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Americans struggling with rising costs: "Better just keep breaking your back and working hard, maybe get yet another job."

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Sneak peek of the Trump “presidential” library

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Acting AG Blanche (from Feb.): It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.

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Someone tell Tapper MS NOW lists off times Trump has told stories about conversations that never occurred: "Trump interrupted a cabinet meeting to tell a story he fabricated or hallucinated about his favorite pen. Again, this is not the first time he's been caught making stuff up."

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You can’t fill your gas tank with liberal tears. Host: The average price of gas is just under $4 a gallon. That's up a full $1 since the war began. Some analysts are concerned that oil could hit $200 a barrel, which would push gas prices toward $7 a gallon.

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What does MAGA have to say about Kash Patel’s weird fetish 👇

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Host: At his cabinet meeting today, Trump spent almost 4 minutes talking about $1,000 pens.

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Harry Enten: How delicious for Democrats this morning. In 2024, Donald Trump won Florida's HD-87 by 11 points. Look at this swing, all the way to the left. The Democrat winning it by 2 points in the special election. Democrats are able to win in Donald Trump's backyard.

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Hayes: The Republican candidate received the president's, "complete and total endorsement". Trump also encouraged all, "great patriots in the district to vote for maples" Well, that didn't work so well. It seems like perhaps not as many turned out as trump would have hoped.

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Watching Trump being unable to identify who he's holding peace talks with reminded me of this gem from The Simpsons

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Iran is now releasing cartoons that Trump can understand (via Bill Madden) 😂🤣👇

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Fisherman: a lot of us voted Republican, and we’re not seeing the positives come out of it

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Reporter: If you could say something to Trump, what would it be? PA voter: You’re a worthless pile of shit. Reporter: How many times did you vote for him? PA voter: 3 times. That was my bad. Apparently I’m an idiot.

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