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Written by Pru Pru/ not Liz Cheney
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you.
You keep sending emails begging for $15,
while were watching fascism consolidate power in real time.
This administration is not simply a different ideology.
It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine with the Supreme Court, the House, the Senate, and the executive pen all under its control.
And you?
Youre still asking for decorum and donations. WTF.
That wont save us.
I dont want to hear another polite floor speech.
I want strategy.
I want fire.
I want action so bold it shifts the damn news cycle not fits inside one.
Every time I see something from the DNC, its asking me for funds.
Surprise.
Those of us who donate dont want to keep sending money just to watch you stand frozen as the Constitution goes up in flames shaking your heads and saying,
Well, theres not much we can do. He has the majority.
I call bullshit.
If you dont know how to think outside the box
If you dont know how to strategize
If you dont know how to fight fire with fire
what the hell are we giving you money for?
Some of us have two or three advanced degrees.
Some of us have military training.
Some of us know what coordinated resistance looks like and this aint it.
Yes, the tours around the country? Nice.
The speeches? Nice.
The clever congressional clapbacks? Nice.
That was great for giving hope.
Now we need action.
You have to stop acting like this is a normal presidency that will just time out in four years.
Were not even at Day 90, and look at the chaos.
Look at the disappearances.
Look at the erosion of the judiciary, the press, and our rights.
If you do not stop this, we will not make it 1,460 days.
So heres what I need from you right now:
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1. Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition.
Im talking experts. Veterans. Whistleblowers. Journalists. Watchdog orgs.
Deputize the resistance. Build a real-time archive of corruption, overreach, and executive abuse.
Make it public. Make it unshakable.
Let the people drag the rot into the light.
If you cant hold formal hearings, hold public ones.
If Congress wont act, let the country act.
This isnt about optics its about receipts.
Because at some point, these people will be held accountable.
And when that day comes, well need every name, every signature, every illegal order, every act of silencedocumented.
Youre not just preserving truth youre preparing evidence for prosecution.
The more they vanish people and weaponize data, the more we need truth in the sunlight.
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2. Join the International Criminal Court.
Yes, I said it. Call their bluff.
You cannot control what the other side does.
But you can control your own integrity.
So prove it. Prove that your party is still grounded in law, human rights, and ethical leadership.
Join.
If youve got nothing to hide join.
Show the world whos hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts.
Force the GOP to explain why theyd rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty.
And while youre at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders.
Make this administration explain on camera why theyre terrified of international oversight.
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3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure.
Dont just send postcards. Send resources.
Channel DNC funds into rapid-response teams, legal defense coalitions, sanctuary networks, and digital security training.
If the federal government is hijacked, build power underneath it.
If the laws become tools of oppression, help people resist them legally, locally, and boldly.
This is not campaign season this is an authoritarian purge.
Stop campaigning.
Act like this is the end of democracy, because it is.
We WILL REMEMBER the warriors come primaries.
Fighting this regime should be your marketing strategy.
And lets be clear:
The reason the other side always seems three steps ahead is because they ARE.
They prepared for this.
They infiltrated school boards, courts, local legislatures, and police unions.
They built a machine while you wrote press releases.
Were reacting theyve been executing a plan for years.
Its time to shift from panic to blueprint.
You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029,
a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears.
You should be publicly laying out:
The laws and amendments youll pass to ensure this never happens again
The systems youll tear down and the safeguards youll enshrine
The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable
The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador
You say youre the party of the people?
Then show the people the plan.
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4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics.
If theyre going to strip us of rights and lie about it arm the people with truth.
Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable Know Your Rights kits. Multilingual legal guides. Encrypted phone trees.
Give people tools, not soundbites.
We dont need more slogans.
We need survival manuals.
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5. Leverage international media and watchdogs.
Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up.
Theyre too busy playing both sides of fascism.
Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel hell, leak them to anonymous dropboxes if you have to.
Make whats happening in America a global scandal.
And stop relying on platforms that are actively suppressing truth.
Start leveraging Substack. Use Bluesky.
Thats where the resistance is migrating. Thats where censorship hasnt caught up.
If the mainstream wont carry the truth outflank them.
Get creative. Go underground. Go global.
If our democracy is being dismantled in broad daylight, make sure the whole world sees it and make sure were still able to say it.
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6. Create a digital safe haven for whistleblowers and defectors.
Not everyone inside this regime is loyal.
Some are scared. Some want out.
Build the channels.
Encrypted. Anonymous. Protected.
Make it easy for the cracks in the system to become gaping holes.
And while youre at it?
Stop ostracizing MAGA defectors.
Everyone makes mistakes even glaring, critical ones.
We are not the bullies.
We are not the ones filled with hate.
And it is not your job to shame people who finally saw the fire and chose to step out of it.
They will have to deal with that internal struggle the guilt of putting a very dangerous and callous regime in power.
But theyre already outnumbered. Dont push them back into the crowd.
We dont need purity.
We need numbers.
We need people willing to burn their red hats and testify against the machine they helped build.
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7. Study the collapseand the comeback.
You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship.
They didnt waste time chasing the one man with absolute immunity.
They went after the structure.
The aides. The enforcers. The loyalists. The architects.
They knocked out the foundation one pillar at a time
until the strongman had no one left to stand on.
And his power crumbled beneath him.
You should be independently investigating every author of Project 2025,
every aide who defies court orders,
every communications director repeating lies,
every policy writer enabling cruelty,
every water boy who keeps this engine running.
You cant stop a regime by asking the king to sit down.
You dismantle the throne hes standing on one coward at a time.
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Stop being scared to fight dirty when the other side is fighting to erase the damn Constitution.
They are threatening to disappear AMERICANS.
A M E R I C A N S.
And your biggest move cant be another strongly worded email.
We dont want your urgently fundraising subject lines.
We want backbone.
We want action.
We want to know youll stand up before were all ordered to sit down permanently.
We are watching.
And I dont just mean your base.
I mean millions of us who see exactly whats happening.
Ive only got 6,000 followers but the groups Im in? The networks I touch? Over a quarter million.
Often when I speak, it echoes.
But when we ALL
speak, it ROARS with pressure that will cause change.
We need to be deafening.
You still have a chance to do something historic.
To be remembered for courage, not caution.
To go down as the party that didnt just watch the fall but fought the hell back with everything they had.
But the clock is ticking.
And the deportation buses are idling.
Result of fox, newsmax,
oan propaganda &
Sinclair broadcasting group are 187 A M radio stations spewing
radical right lies & alternate reality
every day.
Build with us a national network of truthful news
and current events.
So rural America can meet , support and vote with their Democratic neighbors that live on their street together !
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Follow our Facebook page and join the network to make a difference!
Donate, volunteer, and vote, spread the truth.
Donate to Democratic Party !
Volunteers at our local Democratic Party !
Vote for Democratic Representatives ! ,
People you can trust to speak up and fight for your human rights
Together, we can
elect Democratic representatives who prioritize the people, not just the wealthy few.
End Citizens United,
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Ensure our voices
are represented in
our government.
Every conversation, postcard, and phone call counts.
Do this civic duty !
Meet your DEMOCRATIC neighbors, encourage and support our common human rights.
With lists of fellow Democrats living on your street and side streets,
then expand your personal area.
Yes, this is the safe
way to connect.
Make a lasting impact,
work together,
Street by Street,
Neighborhood by Neighborhood,
County by County.
Share memes, postcards,
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facts to counter misinformation.
Encourage family, friends and neighbors to vote, to insure you amplify your own "full vote value."
Vote to elect Democrat representatives who will impeach, convict & remove SCOTUS 6pac radical jurists and
Expand the court to 13 ethical seats.
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WeThePeople !

Response to Tesha (Original post)
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MiHale
(11,966 posts)Not the origin
a link to Robert Reichs Substack.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-remarkable-message
Friends,
Im told that the following message, which I received earlier today, purporting to be from Liz Cheney, is a hoax. She didnt send it. Its an excellent and important message nonetheless. (Several of you say it originated with Dr. Pru Lee.)
My words
Some people have a thing about Cheney
you dont have to agree on all points, its this message.
Blaukraut
(5,967 posts)If not more so. Liz Cheney is well known and has some sway. If she had delivered this message, people would have paid attention.
MadameButterfly
(3,325 posts)saying anything like this. It kind of makes more sense that it's not from her.
i agree with the sentiment here-in of not shaming MAGAs who come around, and that could include conservative Republicans who have drawn the line at ending democracy. And as you have said, it's powerful hearing from people who have had the courage to change and help dismantle the problem they helped create, and the focus needs to be their heroic new stance than their former mistake.
But man, Liz Cheney could have helped it NOT HAPPEN. For example, does she see the connection between her opposition of Voting Rights bills to the rise of Trump and MAGA?
Naming Liz as author has made me wrestle with this issue. Easier for me to respect Liz for what she has actually done on our behalf without painting her as more liberal than is plausible.
Then, lets focus on the message. Is anyone doing any of this? Is there anyone with the power and skills hearing this and responding? How do we get this to the people who need to see it, and hear back from them, instead of just hoping?
marble falls
(67,168 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(12,546 posts)Read the attirbuion at the top again. (But I wish she had)
JI7
(92,364 posts)which is how it spread to a wider audience.

Biophilic
(5,912 posts)gab13by13
(29,067 posts)The right wing propaganda machine meets every day.
Ken Martin has been disappointing.
I also get 5 or 6 texts every day asking for 15 dollars, I guess they want to save it up for the next election? I now donate to Indivisible and the ACLU.
I have posted 37 times here about how Chuck and Hakeem need to organize the town halls and change the format a bit. Do town halls like the MSNBC town hall that put faces to the fired federal workers. Do town halls about specific issues and bring in people that put faces to those issues.
Right after SignalGate and NLRB Gate where Musk's cyber-punks got caught giving usernames and passwords to Russia, Chuck and Hakeem could have organized a similar town hall with Malcolm Nance moderating it, with cyber security experts putting a face to how Magats have endangered our national security, could have brought in big name Generals or other military officers like Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and General Milley. The MSM would have covered it.
Today, Magats are using personal phones and computers and using Signal to do government business. IMO that's on Democratic leadership.
The fucking vote for the Big Ugly Death Bill is fast approaching, goodbye democracy, goodbye healthcare, goodbye Medicare, and Medicaid and Social Security. Could have held town halls that put faces to the devastation that the Big Ugly Death Bill is going to cause.
I am sick of seeing GOTV, I mean yeah it must be said, but damn, people, they stole the last election.
The American people as can be seen by their protests and attendance at town halls are waiting for guidance from Chuck and Hakeem. Saying to let Krasnov burn it all down and then win the next election is not an inspirational strategy.

Tommy Carcetti
(44,046 posts)SpankMe
(3,539 posts)I Googled it and still don't know who it is.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,365 posts)Don't care who wrote it...it's excellent and spot on.
Gordcanuck
(122 posts)than you propose. Get the people who hold 20+ trillion of your paper to call the loan. When that house of cards falls you will find your nation has more than enough resources to live within its means. Its the gutsiest move you can make and it wont be pretty,
but your domestic oppressors wil be on the run, the lot of them.
Martin Eden
(14,671 posts)Organize and publish incontrovertible FACTS to inform the public in real time, and to be used in criminal prosecutions later!
Millions of people want to help save our Constitutional rule of law. Help organize the people, and grow our numbers!
Make this happen!
Hotler
(13,364 posts)I have yet to hear a single person who's taken the oath of office or, military oath to defend the constitution
against ALL enemies foreign and domestic use the words 'Domestic Enemy'.
If one really wanted to start some shit go before a floor mic and label the orange convict and is administration Domestic Enemies and call for their immediate arrest by the military, Then just sit back and watch heads explode.
Linda ladeewolf
(977 posts)That I only visit that mail box once a week, then delete without reading over 800 emails on the average. Each one a request for money.thats more than 3000 requests for money per month. Does everyone get that many? Oh and the surveys, I fill them out, at the end they always ask for money. They dont really want suggestions, they want money. Its no wonder they keep losing ground.
Qutzupalotl
(15,444 posts)They don't spam unnecessarily and don't sell your info to related groups.
The site is set up to highlight close races in need of a little push, but you can search for individual races if you prefer.
Hat tip to former DUer brooklynite for this valuable tip.
Kid Berwyn
(21,525 posts)A PLAN OF ACTION IS NEEDED TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY.
WE THE PEOPLE
NOT, ME KING TACO.
IcyPeas
(23,956 posts)I don't have facebook.... but
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1077620615994293/posts/2184960945260249/
live love laugh
(15,690 posts)that will hardly be seen by the people who it is targeted for. This is worthless as a DU post.
Republicans dont openly post drafts of their plans and strategies. Project 2025 was floated AFTER it was strategized and finalized behind closed doors.
Tesha
(21,048 posts)No one person did all the nitty-gritty work
The problem I see is that a few people seem to have all the power, they surround themselves with a select team, and then at election time everybody wakes up and comes in to knock doors
In NH we have a chair that's interested in federal seats and the work of finding and supporting all other candidates is left up to local committees who get zero support. Practically nothing. The election for state chair is limited as to who can vote and that's the entrenched old guard.
Squeaky wheels are not welcomed - new ideas, training, work groups, any ask for power sharing, work division, even using social media to talk up what's happening -
It's worthless as a DU post?
Only if it stops here
Linda ladeewolf
(977 posts)And then email it to every democratic senator and representative? If everyone does this, perhaps one of them might read it? Even an actual printed copy might work.
CrispyQ
(40,031 posts)If democratic registrations dropped by tens of thousands? Then again, they'd probably just ask us for $30 next time.
My two dem senators have voted for multiple Trump noms, one only a few times less than Fetterman. Cory Booker gave a 25-hours long speech & then voted yes on Charles Kushner, a convicted felon & Jared's dad, for Ambassador to France, Several dem senators voted yes on the crypto bill. Here are the dem senators who voted yes on the crypto bill. I'm stunned by some of the names!
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-21-democratic-senators-deserve-primary-crypto-bill/
The Crypto Sixteen are the following: Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who co-sponsored the bill, Adam Schiff (D-CA), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Fetterman (D-PA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE).
WTF don't these guys understand about give fascists no quarter?

Kid Berwyn
(21,525 posts)A Plan of Action. Please share liberally.