50501 is a national movement made up of everyday Americans who stand for democracy, and who stand against the authoritarian actions of the Trump Administration. The name 50501 stands for 50 States, 50 Protests, 1 Movement. Since January, the Trump Administration has continued to attack our civil liberties, take illegal and unconstitutional actions, and gut the public services we pay for with our taxes. We call on our government to…

● Uphold the Constitution.

● End Executive overreach.

Our movement will continue to hold massive protests nationwide until these 2 calls are satisfied by our elected officials. Join us in practicing one of America’s most fundamental traditions: Protesting to hold our government accountable to the will of the people.

Action by action, day by day, group by group, Indivisibles are remaking our democracy.

Brought together by a practical guide to resist the Trump agenda, Indivisible is a movement of thousands of group leaders and more than a million members taking regular, iterative, and increasingly complex actions to resist the GOPs agenda, elect local champions, and fight for progressive policies.

They make calls. They show up. They speak with their neighbors. They organize. And through that work, they’ve built hundreds of mini-movements in support of their local values. And now, after practice, training, and repetition, they’ve built lasting power on their home turf and a massive, collective political muscle ready to be exercised each and every day in every corner of the country.

Women Organizing Women. Welcome to the Party.

Red Wine and Blue is a national community of over half a million diverse suburban women working together to defeat extremism, one friend at a time. We train and connect women from across the country of all political backgrounds – including many who have never been political before – to get sh*t done and have fun along the way. Join us!

Activate Maine is a grassroots, volunteer-run group of passionate Mainers dedicated to building a centralized hub for activism and community across the state. Our goal is to make it easier for Mainers to show up, stay informed, and support each other, without relying on social media algorithms or scattered information.

Historians are fond of saying that the past doesn’t repeat itself; it rhymes.

To understand the present, we have to understand how we got here.

That’s where this newsletter comes in.

I’m a professor of American history. This is a chronicle of today’s political landscape, but because you can’t get a grip on today’s politics without an outline of America’s Constitution, and laws, and the economy, and social customs, this newsletter explores what it means, and what it has meant, to be an American.

These were the same questions a famous observer asked in a book of letters he published in 1782, the year before the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War.

Hector St. John de Crevecoeur called his book “Letters from an American Farmer.”

Like I say, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it sure rhymes.