About Amanda Nelson
Welcome to the Pettysburg Address.
I’m Amanda, and I cover American history and politics. The goal here is to ground you in effective and actionable resistance and historical precedent, and to help people from the center-to-the-left gain long-term political power at all levels, in all 50 states.
Paid subscribers get multiple pieces of original analysis each week: a Monday breakdown of what Congress is doing this week and why it matters, ongoing series on major political developments (like Project 2025, or managing political anxiety), and historical deep dives that put current headlines in context. I also do occasional live discussions and interviews with your Congressional representatives, and candidates running at the state and local level.
Free readers get my twice-weekly round-ups of Donald Trump’s many screw-ups (with sources!