{"id":43990,"date":"2025-09-17T20:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=43990"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:03:34","slug":"former-us-congresswoman-liz-cheney-issues-urgent-call-to-democrats-stop-fundraising-and-start-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/former-us-congresswoman-liz-cheney-issues-urgent-call-to-democrats-stop-fundraising-and-start-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Former US Congresswoman Liz Cheney issues urgent call to Democrats: \u201cstop fundraising and start fighting\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by<\/em> GEORGIA TODAY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0April 18, 2025<\/a> (georgiatoday.ge)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in<\/em>\u00a0Editor’s Pick<\/a>,\u00a0Highlights<\/a>,\u00a0International<\/a>,\u00a0Politics<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liz Cheney. Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the US, as political tensions reach a boiling point and democratic norms continue to erode under what many now call an \u201cauthoritarian administration,\u201d an unlikely voice is calling for a new kind of resistance. Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, renowned for her conservative views and fierce independence, has issued a blistering open letter to the Democratic Party. Her message is clear: stop fundraising and start fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheney, once a Republican insider and now one of the most vocal critics of the MAGA movement, delivers a searing critique not just of the GOP, but of Democratic leadership\u2019s failure to meet the moment. In a statement that reads like both a battle plan and a warning, Cheney lays out seven concrete steps she believes must be taken immediately to preserve American democracy; from empowering whistleblowers and leveraging international watchdogs, to creating state-level resistance networks and joining the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is no longer about partisanship, Cheney argues \u2014 it\u2019s about survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read her full open letter below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Liz Cheney:<\/strong>
Dear Democratic Party,<\/strong>

I need more from you.

You keep sending emails begging for $15, while we\u2019re watching fascism consolidate power in real time.

This administration is not simply \u201ca different ideology.\u201d It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine \u2014 with the Supreme Court, the House, the Senate, and the executive pen all under its control.

And you? You\u2019re still asking for decorum and donations. WTF. That won\u2019t save us.

I don\u2019t want to hear another polite floor speech. I want strategy. I want fire. I want action so bold it shifts the damn news cycle \u2014 not fits inside one.

Every time I see something from the DNC, it\u2019s asking me for funds. Surprise. Those of us who donate don\u2019t want to keep sending money just to watch you stand frozen as the Constitution goes up in flames \u2014 shaking your heads and saying, \u201cWell, there\u2019s not much we can do. He has the majority.\u201d I call bullshit.

If you don\u2019t know how to think outside the box\u2026
If you don\u2019t know how to strategize\u2026
If you don\u2019t know how to fight fire with fire\u2026
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 \u2014 and this ain\u2019t 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\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do not stop this, we will not make it 1,460 days. 
So here\u2019s what I need from you \u2014 right now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition.<\/strong>
I\u2019m 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\u2019t hold formal hearings, hold public ones.
If Congress won\u2019t act, let the country act.
This isn\u2019t about optics \u2014 it\u2019s about receipts.
Because at some point, these people will be held accountable.
And when that day comes, we\u2019ll need every name, every signature, every illegal order, every act of silence\u2014documented.
You\u2019re not just preserving truth \u2014 you\u2019re preparing evidence for prosecution.
The more they vanish people and weaponize data, the more we need truth in the sunlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Join the International Criminal Court.<\/strong>
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\u2019ve got nothing to hide \u2014 join.
Show the world who\u2019s hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts.
Force the GOP to explain why they\u2019d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty.
And while you\u2019re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders.
Make this administration explain \u2014 on camera \u2014 why they\u2019re terrified of international oversight.

3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure.<\/strong>
Don\u2019t 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 \u2014 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\u2019s 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\u2019re reacting \u2014 they\u2019ve been executing a plan for years.
It\u2019s time to shift from panic to blueprint.
You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029 \u2014
a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears.
You should be publicly laying out:
\u2022 The laws and amendments you\u2019ll pass to ensure this never happens again
\u2022 The systems you\u2019ll tear down and the safeguards you\u2019ll enshrine
\u2022 The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable
\u2022 The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador
You say you\u2019re the party of the people?
Then show the people the plan.

4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics.<\/strong>
If they\u2019re going to strip us of rights and lie about it \u2014 arm the people with truth.
Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d kits. Multilingual legal guides. Encrypted phone trees.
Give people tools, not soundbites.
We don\u2019t need more slogans.
We need survival manuals.

5. Leverage international media and watchdogs.<\/strong>
Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up.
They\u2019re too busy playing both sides of fascism.
Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel \u2014 hell, leak them to anonymous dropboxes if you have to.
Make what\u2019s happening in America a global scandal.
And stop relying on platforms that are actively suppressing truth.
Start leveraging Substack. Use Bluesky.
That\u2019s where the resistance is migrating. That\u2019s where censorship hasn\u2019t caught up.
If the mainstream won\u2019t carry the truth \u2014 outflank them.
Get creative. Go underground. Go global.
If our democracy is being dismantled in broad daylight, make sure the whole world sees it \u2014 and make sure we\u2019re still able to say it.

6. Create a digital safe haven for whistleblowers and defectors.<\/strong>
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\u2019re at it?
Stop ostracizing MAGA defectors.
Everyone makes mistakes \u2014 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 \u2014 the guilt of putting a very dangerous and callous regime in power.
But they\u2019re already outnumbered. Don\u2019t push them back into the crowd.
We don\u2019t 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\u2014and the comeback.<\/strong>
You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship.
They didn\u2019t 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 \u2014
until the \u201cstrongman\u201d 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\u2019t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down.
You dismantle the throne he\u2019s standing on \u2014 one coward at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019t be another strongly worded email.
We don\u2019t want your urgently fundraising subject lines.
We want backbone.
We want action.
We want to know you\u2019ll stand up before we\u2019re all ordered to sit down \u2014 permanently.
We are watching.
And I don\u2019t just mean your base.
I mean millions of us who see exactly what\u2019s happening.
I\u2019ve only got 6,000 followers \u2014 but the groups I\u2019m 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\u2019t just watch the fall \u2014 but fought the hell back with everything they had.
But the clock is ticking.
And the deportation buses are idling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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