Rachel Bitecofer
Political scientist and author known for The Cycle newsletter on Substack and the book 'Hit Him Where It Hurts', who analyzes elections and political strategy as the episode's featured guest.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 58min
Vlad is Having a Really Great Year
Rachel Bitecofer, political scientist and author of The Cycle, analyzes how foreign interference reshaped U.S. politics. She discusses Russia's 2016 operations, paid influence networks, platform vulnerabilities, and whether similar tactics could appear in 2024. The conversation also covers influencer pay schemes, whistleblower claims of foreign contacts, and the role of voter registration and turnout as defenses.
