On The Cycle, nationally-recognized election analyst and political strategist Rachel Bitecofer brings a rare fusion of data-based political analysis & cutting edge commentary. Get a backstage pass to the frontlines of the war to save American democracy.
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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. After first being dispossessed of their businesses and homes, then being "ghettoized," the Jews began to be "deported East." Deported East meant being packed like sardines into a cattle car âŚ
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1 https://arkansasadvocate.com/2022/10/05/study-more-republicans-than-democrats-likely-died-of-covid/ Researcher Max Taves closes his analysis in David Cay Johnstonâs DC Report by asking a very important question: âRepublican politicians can talk all they want about how pro-life they are, but these data defy and belie their rhetoric. Facts are stubâŚ
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As soon as Heather Cox Richardsonâs new book Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America came across my algorithm I reached out and invited Americaâs favorite academic back onto the show. HRCâs newest book lays out how a small group of wealthy men financed and developed a right wing propaganda machine that 54+ years later, stands to topple AâŚ
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Like all good lefties, I cut my teeth in progressive politics learning all about the horrors of Americaâs massive military industrial complex. In one of my very first college classes ever at the local community college, a passionate instructor who spent his spare time organizing peace marches against the Iraq War made sure each of his students leftâŚ
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Throughout 2024 I plan on highlighting core grassroots organizations working on the frontlines of the Democratic Partyâs messaging revolution. Now, maybe you think the word ârevolutionâ is too strong, but trust me, moving a party away from approaching voters with wonky policy appeals and achievements to focusing on making sure regular Americans knoâŚ
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The first time I posted about the harsh reality of Americaâs collapsing democracy, it seemed like many folks were genuinely surprised to see that America is not actually the Greatest Democracy on Earth. According to the democracy index compiled by the EIU and published annually by The Economist, America is actually a âflawedâ democracy. The United âŚ
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What if I was to tell you the Republican Partyâs villain-in-chief, the main protagonist in the Republican Partyâs âDemocrats are socialistsâ Big Lie, Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is an ideological moderate serving in a likewise still moderate Democratic Party? Understandably, you wouldnât believe me, so I would have to present some prettyâŚ
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I first learned about Way to Win when they published an analysis after the 2020 cycle empirically demonstrating the weakness of the Democratic Partyâs messaging strategy against the GOPâs in the 2020 cycle. While Republicanâs focused on branding Democrats as dangerous socialists intent on destroying America, Democrats were branding Republicans as gâŚ
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