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No, Motherfuckers, Both Parties Are Not the Same
“Both parties are the same” is one of those statements people deliver as though they have just revealed something the rest of us are too stupid to understand. Democrats, Republicans: two corporate parties, same donors, support for the exist...
Paid for by the U.S. Government
Two years ago, Donald Trump’s campaign paid to show Americans this message. Today, Americans are paying to have Donald Trump’s government show it to them.
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How to Kill a Free Press
The Briefing
Berlin 1940
The editors file into the conference room of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and take their seats. They represent newspapers from across Germany. They are journalists—or at least that...
The Art of Control
Donald Trump’s campaign to bring American culture under his ideological control
Trump’s war on modern art looks ridiculous—until you learn who did it before. From Hitler’s “Degenerate Art” purge to Trump’s Kennedy Center and Smithsonian cr...
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The Cycle’s Final 2026 Midterm Forecast
Back in March, I published my first forecast for the 2026 midterms. I argued Democrats were heading into a very favorable national environment, and I based that conclusion on something much bigger th...
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Rachel Bitecofer is a national analyst, pollster, political scientist, and strategist. Her book Hit Em' Where It Hurts is helping shift Dems to modern election strategy. On The Cycle she brings subscribers analysis they can't find anywhere else.
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