July 2022

Some headlines will scream that president Trump “did nothing” while the fires burned at the Capitol, but that’s not entirely true. Trump had conspired with cohorts to cause the violent sedition (incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority) to overthrow the integral legislative processes to take place on 1/6/2021. Their devious purpose: to delay the vote-count certification proceedings long enough so that — Trump’s henchmen, tens of thousands of rioters, fomenting intense-mayhem, savagely-attacking Capitol police, holding the Capitol under siege for over 3 hours, — so the mob could ‘hopefully’ get their hands on VP Pence, to remove him from his crucial position to possibly invoke the 25th Amendment & assume presidential powers, as Pence ultimately did on the 6th. Trump’s extensive plan, included Navarro’s playbook, Green Bay Sweep (wherein Navarro boasted he organized with over 100 congressmen to keep Trump in office). Trump just needed time to circumvent the normal order of govt business so he could employ the ‘Green Bay Sweep’.

On Jan 6th, Trump ACTIVELY RESISTED the pleadings & demands of White House counsel, of his allies, his family members, his friends at FOX, of many lawmakers, to call-off the mob & activate the national guard; but Trump DELIBERATELY-OBSTRUCTED the government proceedings for 187 minutes, over 3 hours! Trump WAS BUSY calling his ‘demented-general Giuliani’, calling congressmen, pressuring them NOT to certify the vote. He’d lit the fuse, and WAS BUSY as any villainous-arsonist avidly watching the conflagration, reveling in the horrendous scenes on the W.H. television; ACTIVELY IGNORING phone calls from all who were calling to beg him to STOP THE MADNESS! The testimony revealed on 7/21 hearing of Jan 6th commission show us clearly how deranged Trump was & is, and validates that Trump cares nothing for our country, our Rule of Law, our Constitution, for our Democracy. And Trump, ever the media-vamp, tempts his cult-members with the salacious-appeal that he may run for president again in 2024. We should ALL be morally OUTRAGED by such a prospect & galvanized to utmost-action!

All those who’ve been subpoenaed & hiding behind executive privilege, which doesn’t exist in a crime-fraud exception (communications made with intention of committing or covering up a crime or fraud), should be fearful. Any officials, cohorts, Congress members who led Capitol tours, or any Secret Service personnel, who assisted in the insurrection, will hopefully be brought to justice. Most Secret Service members are honorable, I’m sure, but there are numerous deplorable, bad apples in every bushel.

Trish Forsyth Voss

Polls have president Biden at 33 percent job-approval rating; the naysayers blame Biden for many issues outside his control, and refuse to educate themselves on ANY facts, how our laws are passed, how our local & federal government works or doesn’t. Most citizens couldn’t pass a Civics test! Two problems in the Senate: Manchin & Sinema, are both sellouts to big donors. We can’t amend filibuster rules if all Dems wont work with us. We need more senate Democrats elected! Biden’s stated he’ll run again in 2024, but younger ‘would-be’ voters want younger candidates. Biden has little to lose & needs to race AT making major changes now, doing ALL he can by Executive Orders, because the GOP won’t cooperate on passing crucial legislation to protect Americans’ rights. We can’t even pass a federal Voting Rights Act to protect our civic duty!

GOP senators are blocking a vote on legislation to protect the rights of women TO TRAVEL, WITHIN THE U.S. to obtain an abortion, seeking reproductive healthcare in states where it’s legal. GOP, the American Taliban, are trying to pass laws to prohibit such travel. Read the 9th Amendment to U.S. Constitution. Republicans were successful in stacking SCOTUS with religious ideologues; we need more liberal justices NOW! Some GOP legislators have denied that the ten-year-old Ohio girl, pregnant of course as result of rape, is real; they accused Dems of trying to use a fake situation to enflame the revocation of abortion rights, as if we’d need to. That Ohio girl was actually raped when she was nine; she turned ten-years-old & just recently received a legal abortion in Indiana. The arrested rapist confessed. Young girls are raped every day in America. I was sexually-molested at age nine & ten, by a mean, pedophilic-stepfather, and as horrible & traumatic as that was for me, I can still barely imagine the emotional, physical, spiritual torture I would have undergone, as a 60-pound CHILD, had I been impregnated by that detestably-evil man, been forced to carry his spawn, give birth, then have that monster in my life, basically owning me like chattel.

The European Union’s parliament, representing 27-member countries, overwhelmingly condemned the end of constitutional protections for abortion in the United States, and adopted a resolution on 7/7/22, in a 324-155 vote, to add a sentence, to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, reading: “Everyone has a right to safe and legal abortion.” However, many legislators wanted to see EU-wide protections adopted; that may be forthcoming. *** SCOTUS, the American Taliban & their regressive cult-members, like a “Handmaids Tale”, is dragging our country back several decades; and in addition to kicking & screaming, and marching & educating others , we need to be VOTING in numbers larger than ever before! WE NEED THAT BLUE TSUNAMI TO COVER U.S. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!

Trish Forsyth Voss

“Come to DC on Jan 6th; will be wild!” Trump seized on the anger of deceived followers, and united a blended-ideology of right-wing, anti-govt-extremist groups, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers & others to join in mass violence, to perpetuate a bloody-coup against our government, so Trump could stay in power. There were permits for rallies in DC for 1/22 & 1/23/21, but those dates would be after Joseph R. Biden’s inauguration on 1/20/21. That would be too late for Trump’s schemes. On 12/14/20, the Electoral College certified the vote counts: 306 votes for Joe Biden; Donald Trump 232 votes, but Trump had already told his supporters that IF he lost, the election of 11/03/20 had been rigged, so his radicalized supporters believed him, because beginning that evening, Trump told his followers the Big Lie repeatedly, “the election HAD been stolen from him”! Trump was blatantly told he’d lost, that he must concede; all lawsuits & his illegal attempts to hold onto power had failed. Trump needed an armed revolution to back him up.

Trump demanded of DOJ, Wm Barr, AG, that he seize voting machines; Barr refused, “there is no factual basis or legal authority to seize machines”. Barr resigned. A surreptitious meeting in the Oval Office 12/18/20 with Trump: Mike Flynn, Sidney Powell & Rudy Giuliani, ragtag con-artists, had come in with an Executive draft order for the government to seize voting machines, and to call out martial law, if necessary. Cipollone, Herschmann & Derek Lyons walked in on the meeting, which became “a free for all”, with screaming & name calling. The meeting moved from the Oval Office to the Trump residence, ‘Yellow Oval’. In the morning hours of 12/19/20, Trump famously tweeted, “Come to DC on Jan 6th, will be Wild”, the lame-duck Commander-in-Chief inciting duped followers to seditious-conspiracy. Steve Bannon announced on 1/5/21, “All HELL is going to break loose tomorrow”. On 1/4/21, Kylie Kremer, a rally organizer, emailed Lindell, “it cannot get out that Trump will urge his followers to go to the Capitol on 1/6/21”. Stephen Miller & Trump planned & changed his prepared speech in the hours before he spoke at the Ellipse, marshalling the mob, the armed insurrectionists to storm the Capitol and Stop the Steal!

Trump is now attempting to pressure Jan 6th witnesses to change their testimony; attempted witness-tampering is a felony and has been referred to DOJ. The president’s oath is to faithfully execute our laws; Trump worked in opposition to our Constitution constantly, he’s now announced he’s running for president again in 2024.

Trish Forsyth Voss

Shocking revelations that should rock us to our core have been exposed by the Jan 6th commission hearings. Cassidy Hutchinson, aide to Mark Meadows, former Chief of Staff to then-president Trump, gave public testimony on 6/28/22, that there had been much discussion regarding the high potential for violence on 1/6/21; she testified regarding some planning & some of the participants involved. The ‘inside job’ to overturn the 2020 presidential election, culminated in the Jan 6th Insurrection-attempt at our Capitol. Trump was warned on Jan 6, that many rally-attendees were arriving armed & avoiding the magnetometers erected in the Ellipse area. Trump, angry about the small crowd in the ‘speech-arena’, demanded “the mags” be deconstructed, saying, “they aren’t here to hurt ME!” The inciters gave their fiery provocations, then Trump told his recruits, “We’re going to the Capitol, and I’ll be right there with you”. Upon entering the presidential-limo, Trump was IRATE when told he couldn’t go to the Capitol; they didn’t have enough security for that. Trump demanded of the Secret Service agent, Bobby Engel, “I’m the F’ing president, take me to the Capitol!” When denied, Trump grabbed the steering wheel; Bobby put his hand on Trump’s arm, requesting he let go of the wheel, then Trump, with his free hand, lunged at Bobby’s throat.

Trump tweeted to his recruits, “Mike didn’t have the courage to do the right thing for our country”. Hutchinson testified she overheard Trump, Meadows & Pat Cipollone, WH Counsel, discussing the rioters chanting, “HANG MIKE PENCE”, and moments later Cipollone confronted Meadows with the demand that they do more to quell the murderous-mob. Meadows said, “You heard it, Pat, he thinks Mike deserves it; he doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong!” To which, Cipollone responded, “That’s F’ing CRAZY!” The insurrectionists had already infiltrated the Capitol building, stopping the certification process. Pence narrowly escaped the fate the mob-boss planned for him. Trump pressured Pence to refuse to certify the election-count; if he didn’t, Trump wanted him hanged! He determined the assassination of his V.P. would create an illusion of legitimacy for invoking martial law. Pence answered “YES” to the cabinet member’s text about them invoking the 25th Amendment; PENCE called out the National Guard! It’s startling to learn just how vast the plan was, how many cohorts participated & how close they came to succeeding in overthrowing the peaceful transfer of legitimate power in America, our Rule of Law, and undoing our 246-year-experiment in democracy. SHOCKING!

Trish Forsyth Voss