Democracy Needs People Who Show Up With Facts
We're a small team in Texas tracking what's happening to voting rights, public money, and civil liberties. Every page connects to something you can do about it.
We Believe in Democracy. We Think It Needs Help.
Rights are being rolled back. Courts are being ignored. Public money is being redirected without accountability. Most people know something is wrong but don't know what to do about it.
We publish issue hubs that break down the big fights, briefs that cover specific developments with sources you can check, and actions that give you a phone number, a script, and a letter you can send.
This project is for anyone who believes elected officials should answer to the people they represent. We started it in 2025 during the federal worker purges because people kept asking "what can I do?" and there wasn't a good answer in one place.
What We Believe
We believe in democracy that works for the people. We believe in equal rights, LGBTQ freedom, religious freedom, freedom of the press, healthcare as a right, and a government that answers to voters instead of super PACs. We think voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around. We think stripping rights from people while calling it freedom is something worth documenting.
Right now, most of what we cover comes from one direction. That's not bias. That's where the threats are. The standard doesn't change with the party. Gut a protection, ignore a court, redirect public money without a vote, and we'll write about it.
Lines We Do Not Cross
- We don't endorse candidates or parties.
- We don't accept money from campaigns, PACs, or lobbyists.
- We don't publish conspiracy theories or unsourced claims.
- We don't use outrage to drive clicks.
Process, Not Pedigree
We find and cite sources inline so you can verify them. We compile data into charts, maps, and comparisons that make the numbers easier to understand and harder to ignore.
We will make mistakes. When we do, we want to hear about it. Tell us and we'll correct it publicly, with a note showing what changed and when.
We are not lawyers, journalists, or your representative. Verify anything important before you act on it.
How We Decide What to Cover
Two questions decide what gets published. Is there something specific you can do about it right now? And is there a deadline?
A bill with a vote next week beats a policy debate that's months out. A proposed rule with a public comment deadline beats a report with no clear action. If we can't point you to a phone number, a letter, or a comment period, the story usually waits until we can.
Not everything on this site is tied to a single action. Our explainers exist because understanding how gerrymandering works or where dark money comes from makes the action briefs land harder.
Where the Data Comes From
Letters and call scripts are written by our team using evidence from the briefs they accompany. Each letter gives you a specific ask, a subject line, and a body you can copy and send without editing.
Resistbot (resist.bot) is a nonprofit tool that delivers your letter to your elected officials (state or federal) by fax, email, or postal mail. You text RESIST to 50409, paste in the letter, and Resistbot handles addressing, formatting, and delivery based on your zip code. You write it, Resistbot delivers it.
Democracy.io (democracy.io) is a free tool from the Electronic Frontier Foundation that lets you email your House and Senate members directly. You paste the letter, enter your address, and it routes to the right offices. No account required.
Events come from Mobilize, a civic organizing platform. We pull in local events and link back to the organizer.
Legislative data comes from Congress.gov and public government databases.
Voter information links go to Vote.org and state election offices. We don't collect or store voter data.
Who Runs This
The person who runs the infrastructure has spent two decades building websites, solving usability problems, and making dense policy readable. We aggregate facts, legislation, and data from public sources and synthesize it into something you can understand in five minutes and act on in two.
We stay anonymous because we live in a state where the things we cover are actively being restricted. Voting rights, LGBTQ protections, reproductive freedom, public education. Speaking publicly about these topics carries professional and personal risk here.
Nobody here gets paid. The project is self-funded. No donors, no ads, no obligations to anyone.
If a page is thin or a topic is missing, it's because we haven't gotten to it yet. We work on what's most urgent and where there's a specific action to take.
How You Can Help
Use the tools on this site. Send a letter. Make a call. Then send the page to someone who keeps asking "what can I do?"
If you find a broken link, a wrong number, or a fact that has changed, let us know. We'd rather be corrected than wrong.
Help Us Build This
Resist Now is built by volunteers. The site runs on Astro, Cloudflare Pages, and a content system we built for speed.
If you have experience in these areas or are curious about developing skills in them, we'd like to hear from you.
- Front end development — Astro, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Cloudflare Workers
- Web design — Layout, typography, responsive behavior, accessibility
- Copywriting and content strategy — Policy briefs, action letters, explainers, editorial planning
- Research and data — Source verification, data visualization, issue research
Get in touch and tell us what you've built or what you'd like to build.
Pick a Starting Point
Pick one issue. Read one brief. Send one letter or make one call.