What are the standards of professionalism and civility of which Lee is in violation? I'm not an attorney but I do know that if I file a complaint I had better know what I'm talking about.
this also is my rage: that we are PAYING for this insanity. If it were "free of charge" that'd be one level of outrage but that the very fabric of our lives is being torn to shreds and we are paying foe it is beyond my grasp
Maybe wait and start doing it tomorrow when there might be no one in his office? How lovely will it be, the next time someone goes in, if there are a bazillion sheets of paper waiting?
This is a great idea! One tiny suggestion: provide a couple of sample letters. Just makes it easier for us short-on-time -and sometimes verbal skills- folks.
I understand that you are in favor of selling off 3 million or more acres of public lands, just like the evil Communist Russian drunk Boris Yeltsin did, which robbed the Russian people of their treasure. If you think that's a good idea, to sell my public lands, you are a Communist Russian yourself. Don't do it. God will not forgive you and neither will I. Jesus will send you to Hell.
Thank you for the details of one of the worst white supremacist, women hating, US liberty opponent, predator against national natural treasures, and jokester about murdering Democrats. Lee would pave over, drill, and decimate forests for greedy profiteering. He celebrates cruelty against the least powerful among us. He thinks murdering liberals is witty. If only we in the US had lawmakers who behaved the exact opposite of this soulless ghoul.
I wrote: I have many LDS friends. They are kind, compassionate, and don't make fun of people or tragic events. What happened to you? Have you no decency? Making light of an assassination, regardless of which political party is disgusting. It boils down to this: a woman, her husband, and their dog are gunned down in the middle of the night. Another man and his wife are shot multiple times but survived despite grievous wounds. And you post "This is what happens when Marxists don't get their way," and "Nightmare on Waltz (sp) street." What if if happened to someone close to you? Or even your family? What would you think of those kinds of comments? I pray that you and all other elected officials and people in general stay safe and that we get to hear a full-throated and sincere apology from you. But, I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, Utah will not put up with this kind of juvenile and disgusting behavior. Grow the heck up. Oh, and if you aren't LDS it doesn't change a thing that I wrote.
I'm trying! It was pure hell cramming "What’s Next After NO KINGS DAY?! From Moment to Movement by Dr. Pru Lee" 24 page detonator into 3 pages, but:
Fax Success Confirmation
Your fax to Senator Mike Lee has been successfully sent at 3:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time on June 21st, 2025, containing 5 pages of documents and a coversheet.
Dear Senator Mike Lee,
(excerpted and adapted from Moment to Movement by Dr. Pru Lee – full text linked at bottom)
To the Republican Congress Majority: you were elected to serve – not to spectate.
You are not ceremonial. You are not optional. You are a co-equal branch of government with the constitutional authority—and obligation—to act.
Article I of the United States Constitution gives Congress legislative power, the power of the purse, and the duty of oversight. That duty is not symbolic. It is binding.
Failure to act is not neutrality. It is dereliction of duty.
The people are watching. And you are failing.
You are failing to provide oversight. You are failing to uphold the separation of powers. You are failing to protect the nation from autocracy, abuse of power, and executive overreach.
All members of Congress swore an oath – not to a man, not to a party, but to the Constitution of the United States. That oath is a binding commitment to legislative governance, oversight, and the protection of democracy.
When lawmakers refuse to investigate misconduct, block oversight of executive actions, ignore attacks on judicial independence, and fail to intervene when federal power is abused—they are not passive. They are negligent. They are complicit.
And under a democratic system, we – the people – are the Employers. Not subjects.
Every representative in Congress is paid by taxpayers. You were elected to: – Uphold the Constitution – Conduct oversight – Defend the balance of power – Protect the rights of the people
– Perform as a co-equal branch of government
If any other employee in any other position refused to do their job, they’d be fired. No exceptions.
So let it be known: Congressional inaction in the face of constitutional erosion is a fireable offense.
Where does this power come from?
• Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution (the Necessary and Proper Clause) grants Congress the power “to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution” its constitutional responsibilities—including oversight of the executive.
• The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld this: Congress “may conduct investigations and exact testimony … to the end that it may exercise its legislative function advisedly and effectively” (McGrain v. Daugherty, 1927).
Congress’s oversight power is not optional. It is fundamental. It is the backbone of checks and balances.
We are hereby issuing notice:
Your continued refusal to act has activated the rights of the fourth branch—the people.
And we will exercise those rights at the ballot box. Out of legal necessity and moral clarity.
You were hired to serve the people. You are failing. We will not forget come November 3, 2026.
This declaration outlines twenty non-negotiables for preserving democracy in a time of creeping authoritarianism.
We said: No Kings. Last Saturday, at No Kings Day over 13.14 million people around the nation stood up against tyranny.
Now we say: Here is our line in the sand. That behemoth entitled “The One Big Beautiful Bill” is on the floor, and we are appalled by its intentions. We are now aware that Project 2025, the foundation, core, and objective of this bill was years in the making. It is an atrocity, and you very well know it.
Under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, WE, the people have the protected right to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
This is not about political parties, as if that is even a concept at this point. This is about our founding principle: DEMOCRACY, backed by the Constitution of the United States, naming the bare minimum guardrails that must remain in place to maintain this Democracy. For your convenience, we have broken this document into a main body of text and appendix of explicit details.
The following are 20 non-negotiables being put forth by the citizens of this country—peacefully, lawfully, and with utmost urgency.
The Twenty Non-Negotiables for Protecting Democracy:
1. Reinstate and Empower ALL Federal Inspectors General
2. Appoint an Independent Oversight Body for DOJ Activities
3. Establish Emergency Judicial Protection Independent of U.S. Marshals
4. Reinstate the Federal Police & ICE Misconduct Tracking Program details
5. Trigger Automatic Judicial Review of Any New Federal Office or Department Created by Memo
6. Prohibit the Use of Active-Duty Military for Civilian Law Enforcement on U.S. Soil
7. Whistleblower Protections Must Be Strengthened and Publicly Tracked
8. Emergency Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audits of All Executive Branch “Reorganizations”
9. Mandate Transparency in Surveillance Use
10. Reinstate Public Comment Requirements for All Major Policy Shifts
11. Protect Human Rights in Immigration Enforcement
12. Data Privacy and Protection from Government Abuse
13. Civil Liberties Firewall for Protest and Political Speech
14. Guarantee Oversight of Detention Facilities
15. Safeguard Electoral Integrity and Term Limits
16. Election System Protections
17. Strengthen State Sanctuary Rights and Civil Rights Asylum
18. Criminalize Incitement of Political Violence by Public Officials
19. Stop Politicized Raids and Targeted Immigration Violence
20. Publicly Reaffirm Non-Violent Government Speech and Political Threats
These are our 20 clear, specific, and actionable non-negotiables. Each one is a safeguard for democracy. Their specific substance and guts are critical, laid out as explicitly as possible, in Part II of the accompanying Appendix.
Thus we begin with four. Starting where the cracks are deepest. These are not requests. They are obligatory.
The bare minimum of a functional and safe democracy for all. And the first four are urgent.
PHASED STRATEGY: THE FIRST 4 NON-NEGOTIABLE PILLARS (Phase I)
1. Stop the Rogue Rule of Law: Reinstate and Empower All Federal Inspectors General
2. Shield the Bench: Judicial Protection Independent of U.S. Marshals
3. No Black Sites on U.S. Soil: Guarantee Unrestricted Oversight of All Detention Facilities
4. End Ethnic Cleansing by ICE: End Ethnic Cleansing by Immigration Enforcement
A government’s purpose is to serve the people.
When the people speak and the government stops listening – the people will not whisper louder.
We are going to roar.
Loudly. And as much as you wish otherwise: Peacefully. Lawfully. Because that’s the way it’s done
Then, if 13.14 million people silence their alarm clocks,
stay home from work,
and stop participation in this economy – It’ll be the sound of tens of millions of Americans refusing to be ignored.
13.14 Million were able to demonstrate on No Kings day.
But there ARE millions more who were there with us in spirit.
Our government will NOT intimidate us in our own home.
These four pillars are non-negotiables—they aren’t ‘asks’—they’re the scaffolding that holds democracy together and stops dictatorial overreach.
The Republican majority in Congress is impotent. No news to you, or to any conscious citizen in the country. You have relinquished all your power to the executive branch. This co-equal branch is broken.
SCOTUS has chosen to create a pre-meditated safety net of ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY for this President that has never been granted to any other President in the history of the United States.
The last line of defense is the federal judiciary branch, and it is repeatedly under attack.
That leaves US. The PEOPLE. We ARE the fourth branch. We are the checks and balances—the failsafe—when the other branches of government waver and capitulate to Tyranny.
This is about restoring a Democratic Republic. About remembering that power belongs to the people—not to a king. When democracy is truly honored, we don’t all agree. But we all decide. Together. Across aisles. Across difference. Through debate, not decree.
Restoring the republic looks like:
– Public servants doing their job – not protecting a wannabe king.
– Laws applied to everyone fairly—not cherry-picked to benefit one party.
– Votes counted. The Constitution, rights, and laws upheld. A government and president that serves ALL.
We neither need, nor will tolerate, a retributional king. We need a unifying president.
With all the force of this passionate belief in Our Democracy,
The People
Adapted from the original by Pru Lee, PhD FULL ORIGINAL TEXT:
I wrote: I have many LDS friends. They are kind, compassionate, and don't make fun of people or tragic events. What happened to you? Have you no decency? Making light of an assassination, regardless of which political party is disgusting. It boils down to this: a woman, her husband, and their dog are gunned down in the middle of the night. Another man and his wife are shot multiple times but survived despite grievous wounds. And you post "This is what happens when Marxists don't get their way," and "Nightmare on Waltz (sp) street." What if if happened to someone close to you? Or even your family? What would you think of those kinds of comments? I pray that you and all other elected officials and people in general stay safe and that we get to hear a full-throated and sincere apology from you. But, I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, Utah will not put up with this kind of juvenile and disgusting behavior. Grow the heck up. Oh, and if you aren't LDS it doesn't change a thing that I wrote.
As a lawyer *&* a human being I take this despicable behavior seriously.
You can also report Senator Mike Lee to the Utah State Bar for violating Standards of Professionalism and Civility.
His attorney number with the Utah State Bar: 8108.
Full name is Michael Shumway Lee.
Link to the webpage of the Utah Office of Professional Conduct where a formal complaint can be filed online.
https://www.opcutah.org/file-a-complaint/
What are the standards of professionalism and civility of which Lee is in violation? I'm not an attorney but I do know that if I file a complaint I had better know what I'm talking about.
As I read the Rules of Professional Conduct, Sen Lee is in violation of his oath as an officer of the court: https://www.opcutah.org/rules/
Making a mockery of Rep. Melissa Hortman's assassination
Fake elector scheme
Conflicts of interest
to name a few
It is sickening to think we are all paying these creeps to ruin our Democracy! The entire GOP is complicit.
this also is my rage: that we are PAYING for this insanity. If it were "free of charge" that'd be one level of outrage but that the very fabric of our lives is being torn to shreds and we are paying foe it is beyond my grasp
heh heh heh I love this idea! Kudos.
Maybe wait and start doing it tomorrow when there might be no one in his office? How lovely will it be, the next time someone goes in, if there are a bazillion sheets of paper waiting?
Splendid!
This is a great idea! One tiny suggestion: provide a couple of sample letters. Just makes it easier for us short-on-time -and sometimes verbal skills- folks.
I faxed the following:
Dear Senator Lee,
I understand that you are in favor of selling off 3 million or more acres of public lands, just like the evil Communist Russian drunk Boris Yeltsin did, which robbed the Russian people of their treasure. If you think that's a good idea, to sell my public lands, you are a Communist Russian yourself. Don't do it. God will not forgive you and neither will I. Jesus will send you to Hell.
Excellent. Thank you!
Can you provide a list of other fax numbers for GOP representatives?
Anybody in particular?
How about Senators Steve Daines and Ted Cruz?
Mark, Here is a list of addresses, phone and fax numbers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit
Thank you for the details of one of the worst white supremacist, women hating, US liberty opponent, predator against national natural treasures, and jokester about murdering Democrats. Lee would pave over, drill, and decimate forests for greedy profiteering. He celebrates cruelty against the least powerful among us. He thinks murdering liberals is witty. If only we in the US had lawmakers who behaved the exact opposite of this soulless ghoul.
And he is considered a Christian? I guess I just don't understand organized religion.
I wrote: I have many LDS friends. They are kind, compassionate, and don't make fun of people or tragic events. What happened to you? Have you no decency? Making light of an assassination, regardless of which political party is disgusting. It boils down to this: a woman, her husband, and their dog are gunned down in the middle of the night. Another man and his wife are shot multiple times but survived despite grievous wounds. And you post "This is what happens when Marxists don't get their way," and "Nightmare on Waltz (sp) street." What if if happened to someone close to you? Or even your family? What would you think of those kinds of comments? I pray that you and all other elected officials and people in general stay safe and that we get to hear a full-throated and sincere apology from you. But, I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, Utah will not put up with this kind of juvenile and disgusting behavior. Grow the heck up. Oh, and if you aren't LDS it doesn't change a thing that I wrote.
Brilliant! Many thanks to Closer to the Edge for rallying us!!
Love the idea … drown him in paper and keep it on a daily turnover
I'm trying! It was pure hell cramming "What’s Next After NO KINGS DAY?! From Moment to Movement by Dr. Pru Lee" 24 page detonator into 3 pages, but:
Fax Success Confirmation
Your fax to Senator Mike Lee has been successfully sent at 3:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time on June 21st, 2025, containing 5 pages of documents and a coversheet.
Dear Senator Mike Lee,
(excerpted and adapted from Moment to Movement by Dr. Pru Lee – full text linked at bottom)
To the Republican Congress Majority: you were elected to serve – not to spectate.
You are not ceremonial. You are not optional. You are a co-equal branch of government with the constitutional authority—and obligation—to act.
Article I of the United States Constitution gives Congress legislative power, the power of the purse, and the duty of oversight. That duty is not symbolic. It is binding.
Failure to act is not neutrality. It is dereliction of duty.
The people are watching. And you are failing.
You are failing to provide oversight. You are failing to uphold the separation of powers. You are failing to protect the nation from autocracy, abuse of power, and executive overreach.
All members of Congress swore an oath – not to a man, not to a party, but to the Constitution of the United States. That oath is a binding commitment to legislative governance, oversight, and the protection of democracy.
When lawmakers refuse to investigate misconduct, block oversight of executive actions, ignore attacks on judicial independence, and fail to intervene when federal power is abused—they are not passive. They are negligent. They are complicit.
And under a democratic system, we – the people – are the Employers. Not subjects.
Every representative in Congress is paid by taxpayers. You were elected to: – Uphold the Constitution – Conduct oversight – Defend the balance of power – Protect the rights of the people
– Perform as a co-equal branch of government
If any other employee in any other position refused to do their job, they’d be fired. No exceptions.
So let it be known: Congressional inaction in the face of constitutional erosion is a fireable offense.
Where does this power come from?
• Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution (the Necessary and Proper Clause) grants Congress the power “to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution” its constitutional responsibilities—including oversight of the executive.
• The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld this: Congress “may conduct investigations and exact testimony … to the end that it may exercise its legislative function advisedly and effectively” (McGrain v. Daugherty, 1927).
Congress’s oversight power is not optional. It is fundamental. It is the backbone of checks and balances.
We are hereby issuing notice:
Your continued refusal to act has activated the rights of the fourth branch—the people.
And we will exercise those rights at the ballot box. Out of legal necessity and moral clarity.
You were hired to serve the people. You are failing. We will not forget come November 3, 2026.
This declaration outlines twenty non-negotiables for preserving democracy in a time of creeping authoritarianism.
We said: No Kings. Last Saturday, at No Kings Day over 13.14 million people around the nation stood up against tyranny.
Now we say: Here is our line in the sand. That behemoth entitled “The One Big Beautiful Bill” is on the floor, and we are appalled by its intentions. We are now aware that Project 2025, the foundation, core, and objective of this bill was years in the making. It is an atrocity, and you very well know it.
Under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, WE, the people have the protected right to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
This is not about political parties, as if that is even a concept at this point. This is about our founding principle: DEMOCRACY, backed by the Constitution of the United States, naming the bare minimum guardrails that must remain in place to maintain this Democracy. For your convenience, we have broken this document into a main body of text and appendix of explicit details.
The following are 20 non-negotiables being put forth by the citizens of this country—peacefully, lawfully, and with utmost urgency.
The Twenty Non-Negotiables for Protecting Democracy:
1. Reinstate and Empower ALL Federal Inspectors General
2. Appoint an Independent Oversight Body for DOJ Activities
3. Establish Emergency Judicial Protection Independent of U.S. Marshals
4. Reinstate the Federal Police & ICE Misconduct Tracking Program details
5. Trigger Automatic Judicial Review of Any New Federal Office or Department Created by Memo
6. Prohibit the Use of Active-Duty Military for Civilian Law Enforcement on U.S. Soil
7. Whistleblower Protections Must Be Strengthened and Publicly Tracked
8. Emergency Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audits of All Executive Branch “Reorganizations”
9. Mandate Transparency in Surveillance Use
10. Reinstate Public Comment Requirements for All Major Policy Shifts
11. Protect Human Rights in Immigration Enforcement
12. Data Privacy and Protection from Government Abuse
13. Civil Liberties Firewall for Protest and Political Speech
14. Guarantee Oversight of Detention Facilities
15. Safeguard Electoral Integrity and Term Limits
16. Election System Protections
17. Strengthen State Sanctuary Rights and Civil Rights Asylum
18. Criminalize Incitement of Political Violence by Public Officials
19. Stop Politicized Raids and Targeted Immigration Violence
20. Publicly Reaffirm Non-Violent Government Speech and Political Threats
These are our 20 clear, specific, and actionable non-negotiables. Each one is a safeguard for democracy. Their specific substance and guts are critical, laid out as explicitly as possible, in Part II of the accompanying Appendix.
Thus we begin with four. Starting where the cracks are deepest. These are not requests. They are obligatory.
The bare minimum of a functional and safe democracy for all. And the first four are urgent.
PHASED STRATEGY: THE FIRST 4 NON-NEGOTIABLE PILLARS (Phase I)
1. Stop the Rogue Rule of Law: Reinstate and Empower All Federal Inspectors General
2. Shield the Bench: Judicial Protection Independent of U.S. Marshals
3. No Black Sites on U.S. Soil: Guarantee Unrestricted Oversight of All Detention Facilities
4. End Ethnic Cleansing by ICE: End Ethnic Cleansing by Immigration Enforcement
A government’s purpose is to serve the people.
When the people speak and the government stops listening – the people will not whisper louder.
We are going to roar.
Loudly. And as much as you wish otherwise: Peacefully. Lawfully. Because that’s the way it’s done
Then, if 13.14 million people silence their alarm clocks,
stay home from work,
and stop participation in this economy – It’ll be the sound of tens of millions of Americans refusing to be ignored.
13.14 Million were able to demonstrate on No Kings day.
But there ARE millions more who were there with us in spirit.
Our government will NOT intimidate us in our own home.
These four pillars are non-negotiables—they aren’t ‘asks’—they’re the scaffolding that holds democracy together and stops dictatorial overreach.
The Republican majority in Congress is impotent. No news to you, or to any conscious citizen in the country. You have relinquished all your power to the executive branch. This co-equal branch is broken.
SCOTUS has chosen to create a pre-meditated safety net of ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY for this President that has never been granted to any other President in the history of the United States.
The last line of defense is the federal judiciary branch, and it is repeatedly under attack.
That leaves US. The PEOPLE. We ARE the fourth branch. We are the checks and balances—the failsafe—when the other branches of government waver and capitulate to Tyranny.
This is about restoring a Democratic Republic. About remembering that power belongs to the people—not to a king. When democracy is truly honored, we don’t all agree. But we all decide. Together. Across aisles. Across difference. Through debate, not decree.
Restoring the republic looks like:
– Public servants doing their job – not protecting a wannabe king.
– Laws applied to everyone fairly—not cherry-picked to benefit one party.
– Votes counted. The Constitution, rights, and laws upheld. A government and president that serves ALL.
We neither need, nor will tolerate, a retributional king. We need a unifying president.
With all the force of this passionate belief in Our Democracy,
The People
Adapted from the original by Pru Lee, PhD FULL ORIGINAL TEXT:
https://open.substack.com/pub/liberalisheverythingleftunsaid/p/whats-next-after-no-kings-day-from?r=57d6bg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I wrote: I have many LDS friends. They are kind, compassionate, and don't make fun of people or tragic events. What happened to you? Have you no decency? Making light of an assassination, regardless of which political party is disgusting. It boils down to this: a woman, her husband, and their dog are gunned down in the middle of the night. Another man and his wife are shot multiple times but survived despite grievous wounds. And you post "This is what happens when Marxists don't get their way," and "Nightmare on Waltz (sp) street." What if if happened to someone close to you? Or even your family? What would you think of those kinds of comments? I pray that you and all other elected officials and people in general stay safe and that we get to hear a full-throated and sincere apology from you. But, I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully, Utah will not put up with this kind of juvenile and disgusting behavior. Grow the heck up. Oh, and if you aren't LDS it doesn't change a thing that I wrote.