A CALL TO ACTION, attributed to Dr. Pru Lee, not Liz Cheney as sometimes suggested
Editor Note: Here is the call to action I’ve been waiting to see. Did it come from Indivisible? No. Did it come from Bernie Sanders? No. Did it come from the Democratic National Committee? No. Please read it, forward it, and act on it!
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you. You keep sending emails begging for $15, while we’re 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? You’re still asking for decorum and donations. WTF. That won’t save us. I don’t 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, it’s asking me for funds. Surprise. Those of us who donate don’t want to keep sending money just to watch you stand frozen as the Constitution goes up in flames — shaking your heads and saying, “Well, there’s not much we can do. He has the majority.” I call bullshit. If you don’t know how to think outside the box… If you don’t know how to strategize… If you don’t 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 ain’t 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. We’re 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 here’s what I need from you — right now: ⸻
1. Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition. I’m 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 can’t hold formal hearings, hold public ones. If Congress won’t act, let the country act. This isn’t about optics — it’s about receipts. Because at some point, these people will be held accountable. And when that day comes, we’ll need every name, every signature, every illegal order, every act of silence—documented. You’re not just preserving truth — you’re preparing evidence for prosecution. The more they vanish people and weaponize data, the more we need truth in the sunlight. ⸻
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 you’ve got nothing to hide — join. Show the world who’s hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts. Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty. And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders. Make this administration explain — on camera — why they’re terrified of international oversight. ⸻
3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure. Don’t 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 let’s 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. We’re reacting — they’ve been executing a plan for years. It’s 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: a. The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again b. The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine c. The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable d. The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador You say you’re the party of the people? Then show the people the plan. ⸻
4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics. If they’re 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 don’t need more slogans. We need survival manuals. ⸻
5. Leverage international media and watchdogs. Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up. They’re 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 what’s happening in America a global scandal. And stop relying on platforms that are actively suppressing truth. Start leveraging Substack. Use Bluesky. That’s where the resistance is migrating. That’s where censorship hasn’t caught up. If the mainstream won’t 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 we’re still able to say it. ⸻
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 you’re 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 they’re already outnumbered. Don’t push them back into the crowd. We don’t need purity. We need numbers. We need people willing to burn their red hats and testify against the machine they helped build. ⸻
7. Study the collapse—and the comeback. You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship. They didn’t 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 can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down. You dismantle the throne he’s standing on — one coward at a time. ⸻ 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 can’t be another strongly worded email. We don’t want your urgently fundraising subject lines. We want backbone. We want action. We want to know you’ll stand up before we’re all ordered to sit down — permanently. We are watching. And I don’t just mean your base. I mean millions of us who see exactly what’s happening. I’ve only got 6,000 followers — but the groups I’m 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 didn’t just watch the fall — but fought the hell back with everything they had. But the clock is ticking. And the deportation buses are idling
We need to keep them going. No one can look away. These protest rallies are the only thing that can save us now. We have a weak Democrat Party, so the strength must come from us, particularly young leadership emerging from the ranks.
But the fear Sen. Murkowski feels is real, and justified. The fact that she’s willing to speak about it publicly is courageous, and it signals progress. We should encourage her, not be angry at her. As you said, “We’re in this to build—not to shame.”
I disagree. She's extremely privileged, extremely wealthy, and extremely powerful -- and she continues to vote with Trump on every single piece of legislation without exception. That is pure cowardice. I'm not here to coddle the very people driving our nation into a fascist autocracy. If you don't have the courage to do what is right, step aside and let someone lead who will do what is right.
So, we shouldn’t reject people unless we should? Murkowski voted against the Canadian tariffs, opposed Hegseth’s nomination, has been vocal in her support for Ukraine, and openly critical of DOGE. I guess I wasn’t as familiar with your beliefs as I thought.
powerful. that we should eventually realise our power together we become the force of change itself. and as things that happen continue to effect the world we realise the oneness and how we are all in this together and every action counts. i encourage everyone to look around, become inspired to move into the action in whatever way we each can -wherever we are - and to dive even more into all the fallacies that have been holding this world in the manner it has been governed so as we move to a truly inspiring alternative - thank you Qasim for all your work
I keep reading your reporting, and the reporting of others who are beginning to understand the depth of the Trump/Maga betrayal - and that it affects THEM, if not now, in the not too distant future. The German Theologian whose name I can never remember and whose quote I may well mangle said "First they came for the Jews, but I am not a Jew, and then they came for...but I am not one of them either... and finally they came for me."
Once the MAGA/TRUMP cabal gets the bit in their teeth, they will not stop even when there is no
one left to kill.
I am running out of words, but not outrage. When the opposition runs out of words, the situation becomes perilous. With no words, what is left but action?
Do the crazed with fear white supremacists and religious fanatics stop to think they are deporting their co-religionists? People whose support they may need when the apocalypse arrives?
We attended our local protest and were told the protest on the 5th was much larger (we live in a college town and school is on break, so it makes sense) but the energy was fierce and loving. We are so proud of the civic engagement in our community!
I’m trying to find information, but I heard from one of the organizers that every second Saturday will be protest days. If so, we’re in for every single one. We are stronger together.
Thank you for the work you do. We so appreciate you.
Thank you for attending. I think what we saw on the 19th is more rallies in rural parts that were larger. I've long said the rallies are necessary but not sufficient. We need to build and organize from here.
I haven’t gone to the rallies. I broke my ankle so am unfortunately sitting this out for 4 more weeks. 😖☹️ however, I’ve been an activist since the late 60s so I can take up the fight again. I live in a small city in NCWashington—dumpyrump country 😖 but that hasn’t stopped me 😊.
Thank you so much for an informative post. Thank you to all the Rallyer's who are fighting for our Democracy. I've been imprisoned in my home for almost 3 years now. Going out only to go to Dr. Appts and make sure it's the first one of the day to avoid the germs. I'm gaining head way and hopefully I will be able to drive again soon. I can't rally in a group so I Rally with the USPS to get my daily letters to the White House and my State Representatives. Thank God for Forever Stamps and the forward thinking to start sticking up when they first were announced, or I would not be able to even this. I'm also making phone calls and sending emails. Blessed by your strength. Be safe out there!💙
You had mentioned the ineffective Chuck Schumer (unfortunately my senator). When I saw him chant “We will win. We will win” several weeks ago, it reminded me of the munchkins in the Wizard of Oz. Hi, weak voice.
At yesterday’s rally, the speakers were loud, clear, and got our fire going.
Keep spreading the word QR. People must keep speaking up. The Republicans are all cowards and will say nothing. The Democrats need to become more aggressive. The people will have to pressure the politicians to act. The more rallies, the better!
I'm not even sure how many rallies and protests I've been to since the inauguration. A LOT. I did three this week, plus a town hall my Representative held. Los Angeles is fired up, but seeing people showing up so hard across the country, in small towns and red states gives me hope. There are more of us than there are of them. The 1% might have the wealth, but we have the POWER.
3 is a lot when you work FT. I'm self-employed, which means I can often go do this, but then have to work until the wee hours to meet deadlines. This is a group effort; we all do what we can.
A CALL TO ACTION, attributed to Dr. Pru Lee, not Liz Cheney as sometimes suggested
Editor Note: Here is the call to action I’ve been waiting to see. Did it come from Indivisible? No. Did it come from Bernie Sanders? No. Did it come from the Democratic National Committee? No. Please read it, forward it, and act on it!
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you. You keep sending emails begging for $15, while we’re 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? You’re still asking for decorum and donations. WTF. That won’t save us. I don’t 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, it’s asking me for funds. Surprise. Those of us who donate don’t want to keep sending money just to watch you stand frozen as the Constitution goes up in flames — shaking your heads and saying, “Well, there’s not much we can do. He has the majority.” I call bullshit. If you don’t know how to think outside the box… If you don’t know how to strategize… If you don’t 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 ain’t 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. We’re 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 here’s what I need from you — right now: ⸻
1. Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition. I’m 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 can’t hold formal hearings, hold public ones. If Congress won’t act, let the country act. This isn’t about optics — it’s about receipts. Because at some point, these people will be held accountable. And when that day comes, we’ll need every name, every signature, every illegal order, every act of silence—documented. You’re not just preserving truth — you’re preparing evidence for prosecution. The more they vanish people and weaponize data, the more we need truth in the sunlight. ⸻
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 you’ve got nothing to hide — join. Show the world who’s hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts. Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty. And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders. Make this administration explain — on camera — why they’re terrified of international oversight. ⸻
3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure. Don’t 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 let’s 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. We’re reacting — they’ve been executing a plan for years. It’s 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: a. The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again b. The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine c. The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable d. The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador You say you’re the party of the people? Then show the people the plan. ⸻
4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics. If they’re 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 don’t need more slogans. We need survival manuals. ⸻
5. Leverage international media and watchdogs. Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up. They’re 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 what’s happening in America a global scandal. And stop relying on platforms that are actively suppressing truth. Start leveraging Substack. Use Bluesky. That’s where the resistance is migrating. That’s where censorship hasn’t caught up. If the mainstream won’t 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 we’re still able to say it. ⸻
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 you’re 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 they’re already outnumbered. Don’t push them back into the crowd. We don’t need purity. We need numbers. We need people willing to burn their red hats and testify against the machine they helped build. ⸻
7. Study the collapse—and the comeback. You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship. They didn’t 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 can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down. You dismantle the throne he’s standing on — one coward at a time. ⸻ 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 can’t be another strongly worded email. We don’t want your urgently fundraising subject lines. We want backbone. We want action. We want to know you’ll stand up before we’re all ordered to sit down — permanently. We are watching. And I don’t just mean your base. I mean millions of us who see exactly what’s happening. I’ve only got 6,000 followers — but the groups I’m 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 didn’t just watch the fall — but fought the hell back with everything they had. But the clock is ticking. And the deportation buses are idling
We need to keep them going. No one can look away. These protest rallies are the only thing that can save us now. We have a weak Democrat Party, so the strength must come from us, particularly young leadership emerging from the ranks.
But the fear Sen. Murkowski feels is real, and justified. The fact that she’s willing to speak about it publicly is courageous, and it signals progress. We should encourage her, not be angry at her. As you said, “We’re in this to build—not to shame.”
I disagree. She's extremely privileged, extremely wealthy, and extremely powerful -- and she continues to vote with Trump on every single piece of legislation without exception. That is pure cowardice. I'm not here to coddle the very people driving our nation into a fascist autocracy. If you don't have the courage to do what is right, step aside and let someone lead who will do what is right.
So, we shouldn’t reject people unless we should? Murkowski voted against the Canadian tariffs, opposed Hegseth’s nomination, has been vocal in her support for Ukraine, and openly critical of DOGE. I guess I wasn’t as familiar with your beliefs as I thought.
powerful. that we should eventually realise our power together we become the force of change itself. and as things that happen continue to effect the world we realise the oneness and how we are all in this together and every action counts. i encourage everyone to look around, become inspired to move into the action in whatever way we each can -wherever we are - and to dive even more into all the fallacies that have been holding this world in the manner it has been governed so as we move to a truly inspiring alternative - thank you Qasim for all your work
Thank you for your support, Cari.
The rallies have been so encouraging! It gives me hope!!!
Same. We need to build beyond these now.
I keep reading your reporting, and the reporting of others who are beginning to understand the depth of the Trump/Maga betrayal - and that it affects THEM, if not now, in the not too distant future. The German Theologian whose name I can never remember and whose quote I may well mangle said "First they came for the Jews, but I am not a Jew, and then they came for...but I am not one of them either... and finally they came for me."
Once the MAGA/TRUMP cabal gets the bit in their teeth, they will not stop even when there is no
one left to kill.
I am running out of words, but not outrage. When the opposition runs out of words, the situation becomes perilous. With no words, what is left but action?
Do the crazed with fear white supremacists and religious fanatics stop to think they are deporting their co-religionists? People whose support they may need when the apocalypse arrives?
We attended our local protest and were told the protest on the 5th was much larger (we live in a college town and school is on break, so it makes sense) but the energy was fierce and loving. We are so proud of the civic engagement in our community!
I’m trying to find information, but I heard from one of the organizers that every second Saturday will be protest days. If so, we’re in for every single one. We are stronger together.
Thank you for the work you do. We so appreciate you.
Thank you for attending. I think what we saw on the 19th is more rallies in rural parts that were larger. I've long said the rallies are necessary but not sufficient. We need to build and organize from here.
I sincerely hope that the next one will be even bigger, and the one after that bigger still.
I haven’t gone to the rallies. I broke my ankle so am unfortunately sitting this out for 4 more weeks. 😖☹️ however, I’ve been an activist since the late 60s so I can take up the fight again. I live in a small city in NCWashington—dumpyrump country 😖 but that hasn’t stopped me 😊.
Thank you for your videos!
Get well soon! We need you happy and healthy. Thank you for doing what is in your power anyway.
Dear Carol, I hope and pray for a speedy recovery 🙏 ❤️ . Do what you are able to do!❤️🤍💙
There’s a sign we used to have at protests, and on bumper stickers; it needs to come back, and especially be aimed at Congress:
“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”
Exactly. Silence is the coin of traitors, cowards, collaborators.
Thank you so much for an informative post. Thank you to all the Rallyer's who are fighting for our Democracy. I've been imprisoned in my home for almost 3 years now. Going out only to go to Dr. Appts and make sure it's the first one of the day to avoid the germs. I'm gaining head way and hopefully I will be able to drive again soon. I can't rally in a group so I Rally with the USPS to get my daily letters to the White House and my State Representatives. Thank God for Forever Stamps and the forward thinking to start sticking up when they first were announced, or I would not be able to even this. I'm also making phone calls and sending emails. Blessed by your strength. Be safe out there!💙
Thank you for reading and sharing.
My new mantra:
Speak up for the voiceless, show up for the disappeared.
My next sign.!
You had mentioned the ineffective Chuck Schumer (unfortunately my senator). When I saw him chant “We will win. We will win” several weeks ago, it reminded me of the munchkins in the Wizard of Oz. Hi, weak voice.
At yesterday’s rally, the speakers were loud, clear, and got our fire going.
He needs to go. We need a younger more modern leader like AOC
He's all talk, but is never courageous enough to take meaningful action.
Our rally in Albany NY was exhilarating! The few speakers we had were enthusiastic, and passionate, and got the crowd fired up.
I’m looking forward to the May 1 rally.
That's exciting to see. Let's keep our feet on the gas pedal.
Keep spreading the word QR. People must keep speaking up. The Republicans are all cowards and will say nothing. The Democrats need to become more aggressive. The people will have to pressure the politicians to act. The more rallies, the better!
Well, the Republicans’ leader has no idea how to debate. He just tries to ram his opinion down everyone’s throat.
I'm not even sure how many rallies and protests I've been to since the inauguration. A LOT. I did three this week, plus a town hall my Representative held. Los Angeles is fired up, but seeing people showing up so hard across the country, in small towns and red states gives me hope. There are more of us than there are of them. The 1% might have the wealth, but we have the POWER.
I've been to 3 so far. Hopefully more. I have a FT job
3 is a lot when you work FT. I'm self-employed, which means I can often go do this, but then have to work until the wee hours to meet deadlines. This is a group effort; we all do what we can.
Amen to that.