To prep for writing this final newsletter of the year, I re-read the first one we sent out in 2025: Contagious Courage vs. Capitulation Caucus. I’ve got to be honest -- I’m kinda taken aback by the chutzpah in that newsletter. This sums up Indivisible’s analysis of the moment:

• MAGA controls the federal government, but their coalition is fragile, their leaders malevolent muppets, and their agenda deeply unpopular.

• From media institutions, to corporations, to wayward elected Democrats with their tails tucked between their legs -- the capitulation caucus has been growing.

• The good news is courage is contagious. And there’s a serious case of courage spreading fast across the country.

• In the weeks to come, a lot of electeds and other elites are going to see rising backlash and opposition to the chaos, cruelty, and corruption that’s coming. And they’re going to shift course.

I think we had our heads screwed on pretty straight. The weekend after the election, Leah and I dropped the kids with my mom, went to a cabin, pulled a couple of all-nighters, and wrote a new Indivisible Guide firmly planting the movement at the forefront of the fight back coalition. We didn’t know exactly what was going to come, but we had an abiding faith in the power of regular Americans in local organized communities. We believed in the Indivisible movement.

This has been a hell of a year with a lot of chaos, cruelty, and corruption. But our belief in this movement and in the power that we could collectively build and wield was pretty damn well founded.

Defiantly celebrating what we’re proud of. Authoritarian regimes grind you down -- it’s part of their strategy. They cultivate an aura of inevitability and invincibility. They want you feeling alone, powerless, and hopeless. So when I asked in a What’s the Plan survey this month what Indivisible members are proud of, that wasn’t just fluff. Celebrating victories against the regime is one of the most brazen acts of defiance we can engage in. And it feels good too! Here’s are the top five most common responses from your fellow Indivisible members:

• Historic levels of peaceful, powerful mobilization. You can check it on Wikipedia -- we collectively organized three of the five largest protests in American history. Hands Off, No Kings I, No Kings II -- three million people, five million people, seven million people. There will be dissertations and movies and songs written about this. Hell, there are already songs. 

• Building real infrastructure. The Indivisible movement ballooned in size this year. We doubled the number of local groups and quadrupled our membership. Existing groups recruited new first-time members, built new leadership teams, and became local political powerhouses showing up week after week after week. The phrase “build power” gets bandied about a lot -- this is what it actually looks like on the ground.

• Stomping the regime, electorally. We beat Elon Musk in Wisconsin. We beat the regime in the off-year elections. At just about every special election with a passing hint of viability, we destroyed the MAGA coalition at the ballot box. “Sure they’ll march, but will they vote?” Damn right we will, and we’ll bring millions with us.

• Evolving into corporate pressure. Indivisible has historically focused our strategies and tactics on policymakers and politicians. This year saw a ton of new activity on boycotts, corporate pressure, and economic cooperation. Jimmy Kimmel is on the air, Elon Musk is out of the White House, and Home Depot, Target, Amazon, and Spotify are on notice. 

• Standing Indivisible against ICE. This movement is crystal clear: We stand with immigrant communities under attack. Earlier this year, when many Democratic political consultants advised the party to ignore the issue or make deals with the regime, Indivisibles said f*ck no. Rapid response networks, millions of Know Your Rights Cards, community defense trainings, whistle kits, court watching, food drives, mutual aid efforts for immigrant families, and sanctuary city and school board advocacy campaigns. Reading these responses made me so damn proud of this movement.

Rebellions are built on hope (because I can’t end the year without another quote from Andor). But seriously, this is hard work. And we can’t do it unless we have a firm grasp of what we’re looking forward to. So I was buoyed by the fierce, hard-headed optimism of Indivisible members who wrote in with their hopes for 2026. I’ll give you the top three:

1. Win the 2026 midterms. Damn straight. We’re going to build the largest midterm margins against the incumbent party that this country has ever seen. We’re going to take the House, the Senate, governorships, and state legislatures all over the country. And we’re going to use those majorities to finally exercise oversight over this lawless regime. 

2. Reshape the Democratic Party. On the road to a midterm, we get to remake the Democratic Party into a fighting force. We’ve spent a year organizing to push Dems to fight back. In the primaries, we get to choose the leaders who will instinctually join us.

3. No Kings, No Kings, No Kings. Y’all, everybody is looking forward to the next No Kings in the spring. Official date to-be-announced once we land this with the full coalition, but trust me it’s coming. And I can’t wait either.

This wild ride is likely going to get wilder -- we’ll see you in 2026. Nine years ago, Leah and I posted the original Indivisible Guide to a website formally known as Twitter. I’ve been proud of this movement every year since then, but I have to say I feel like the movement’s hit a crescendo in 2025. The role we played this year in rallying the troops, stubbornly refusing to let this regime of malicious muppets destroy our democracy, and standing up for our neighbors will go down in history. Thank you for believing enough in our democracy to fight for it. It’s been the honor of a lifetime to link arms with you and fight together with the Indivisible movement.

In solidarity,
Ezra Levin
Co-Executive Director, Indivisible