September 2022

I enjoyed the 9/14, Guest column by John Hallwas, brilliant, retired English professor & historian at Western Illinois University; he’s written over 2 dozen books; writer & speaker for the McDonough County Voice. I graduated from WIU back in the 90s. I mainly took Independent Study courses, so I never met Professor Hallwas in person; he had edited & compiled the textbook on “Early Illinois” for the course he taught, and I relished. He had studied many old manuscript writings, and brought to life so many fascinating characters, who had played their parts in Illinois’ early history & founding.

In his guest column, he made the crucial point that our childhood & young adult experiences form the basis of our development into adults. Early experiences color all our perceptions of the world in which he live, strengthen or debilitate us, motivate or disable us, form our mindsets & opinions, and become our perceived memories of “The Way We Were”, another course I enjoyed, a look back at the 1950s, and how we nostalgically remember it, in many ways better than it was, or how it was for some of us.

Mosher’s 9/14 opinions are interesting in this regard, how he “was raised in a simpler and less divisive time” (while applauding Insurrectionists now), and I’m quite sure that many people would agree with him. Most of us were likely raised with little awareness of the political backdrop of our times, and the realities of how others, maybe even nearby, were suffering, starving, being unjustly imprisoned, enslaved, beaten, raped, incested, prematurely-impregnated. Mosher stated, “we need to put the unhappy times in limbo where they belong”. However, that ‘state of limbo’ is never far from our consciousness. It’s much healthier to work through negative, unhappy memories, make sense of them & release them. I pray for healing for all.

Mosher’s memories of “Trump’s reign” are mainly good ones. We easily discern that Mosher & other MAGAs infuse Trump with qualities he doesn’t, cannot hold, and cast their beloved fuhrer in a glowing light of strong leadership, while embellishing & outright lying about his ‘recent accomplishments’, while ignoring & denying all his grossly illegal corruption. The world is changing, and many are understandably afraid that they can’t fit in that new world order; some would rather blow it up, than try. Truth is the world has always been changing. I agree with Mosher on one opinion, “we have too many people living in a parallel universe, with blinders on.” Cast off the blinders & WAKE UP, MAGAs & QAnoners! Awaken to a brave new world!

Trish Forsyth Voss

It’s been reported that a large percentage of military, former military, and law enforcement types were arrested for participating in the Jan 6th Insurrection. Many of those extremists are members of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys & other militia-style groups. Over 80 people who were running for or served in public office have been identified since early August as election-deniers, being voted into significant offices. President Biden spoke on 9/1/22, in Philadelphia, the birthplace of our democracy, and spoke of the accomplishments FOR the American people, that Democrats, so far, have been able to advance, with little to no help from the GOP; and of the threats facing us as a country. He talked of the ‘new MAGA Republican extremists’, how they are NOT your father’s Republican party. “The MAGAs do not respect the Constitution, don’t believe in the rule of law, refuse to accept the results of free & fair elections, and don’t recognize the will of the people.” He alerted: “they are working to give power to decide elections, in state after state, to partisans & cronies, empowering election-deniers to undermine democracy, and are fanning the flames of political violence, which is a threat to our rule of law, our pursuit of justice, our peaceful transfer of power, and to the very soul of this country. They see their MAGA failure to stop the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election, as a preparation for the 2022 & 2024 elections.”

Biden cautioned, “MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards, where there’s no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. MAGAs represent a clear & present danger to our democracy.” Biden advised, “We are at an inflection point, and Americans must choose to move Forward or go backwards, to build the future or to obsess over the past”. He asked Democrats, Independents & mainstream Republicans to “remember who are, and to come together to save American democracy, which can only endure if we respect the guardrails of our republic, and if ‘We The People’ accept the results of free & fair elections”. Biden admonished, “You can’t be pro-Insurrection, pro-violence, and pro-American; they are incompatible!” He warned that, “democracy is at stake; we’re in a continued battle for the Soul of our Nation”. He pledged, “I will defend our democracy with every fiber of my being!” Our president asks us, “What are you willing to do for Democracy?” VOTE BLUE!

Trish Forsyth Voss

The search warrant executed at former president Trump’s Florida residence Mar-A-Lago, was unprecedented, but so was the theft of 40-some boxes of classified documents taken by Trump & associates, and Trump’s failure to fully comply with a June subpoena to return all remaining government property improperly taken. Well, as far as most of us knew, the theft was unprecedented, then we learn that corrupt, former president, Richard Nixon, also absconded with boxes of government documents, having them sent to his San Clemente home, just before his forced-resignation, forced by his own party, in response to his corrupt acts. President Gerald Ford communicated with Nixon, getting him to agree to place all the materials taken in a large safe-deposit unit, which would only have two keys, one which he, Nixon, could retain, the other to be held by the National Archivists. Upon discovering this situation, Congress was aghast, and passed ‘The Presidential Records Act of 1978’, mandating the preservation of all presidential records to the National Archives.

Donald Trump admired president Nixon, wrote to Nixon, and the two struck up a winsome-correspondence during the 1980’s. Trump even adopted Nixon’s ‘Law and Order’ campaign slogan, and they had plenty in common, plenty of corrupt-tendencies, at least. Nixon wasn’t about Law & Order, neither was Trump; the ideology of law & order ‘for some groups’ just seems to play well with Americans. President Nixon & his friend, Bebe Rebozo, toured the ‘government owned’ Mar-A-Lago mansion & grounds on 7/7/1974, a month before he resigned his presidency on Aug 9, 1974. In another piece of irony, 8/8/1974, was the date president Nixon announced his impending resignation, which was televised (many of us remember viewing that); it was the 48th-year anniversary of Nixon’s announcement, when Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property was ‘raided’ by FBI agents to retrieve stolen govt-property. I will outline more parallels, at a later date, between the presidencies & personalities of Richard Nixon & Donald Trump.

In contrast, former president Dwight Eisenhower, when writing his presidential memoirs, “Going Home to Glory”, had to file a request from our government for EACH classified document he wanted to review, to make notes & confirm dates of events for his book. He had to travel to Fort Ritchie, where he’d meet with an officer, with briefcase handcuffed to his wrist, containing the documents that Eisenhower was permitted to review; the trusted, respected, former supreme Allied Commander had to read them in the presence of the officer, whom collected & returned them.

Trish Forsyth Voss

The month begins with several planetary alignments signaling a great transformation for humanity; the Uranus retrograde in Taurus that began on 8/24, continues with renewed momentum, as Uranus and the Moon’s north node conjunct the Taurus point of avatar, facilitates change. “The old, rigid structures and organized ways of being and perceiving the rules & regulations that have long been accepted will continue to crumble dramatically, breaking down systems, and ways of living & being in the world.” September begins with Venus in Leo, opposing Saturn in Aquarius; and all our relationships will show whether we can harmoniously align or whether we need to change or part ways. Energetic arrows are sent to us to assist humans “to flow with the energies & adjustments necessary to function, live and work in life-affirming ways”. Be receptive to the messages of the universe.

There is a full moon on Sept 10, in mid-Pisces, with Mercury retrograde occurring from Sept 10 to Oct 2, 2022, and a grand water trine with planetary alignments between Pisces, Scorpio & Cancer; passions & emotions may run high, causing some chaos. This full moon is a time for fully releasing many patterns, beliefs, & behaviors that no longer serve us well. Be mindful that we can ask our angels & guides to assist us each & everyday in expressing ourselves in the wisest & highest ways possible, for the best interest of the entire cosmos. Sept 22, brings a visionary equinox around the globe, wherein we can all access visions, messages & oracles regarding the shift in space/time. Be mindful of all relationships between Sept 20 – 22nd, and of sales pitches & manipulations, as this is a time of scams, strife & power struggles. Regressive frameworks will begin “dissolving, bringing about much shift and change in 3D time & space. Major shakeups, confusion and restructuring on a global scale — financially, economically, environmentally, and socially, may be influenced by humans as well as natural situations and circumstances”. Earth calamities may occur, affecting many people worldwide. New pathways are open to us, and we can ask to be guided into taking the correct actions for our soul purpose.

There is a new moon in Libra on Sept 25; intuitive wisdom of the Cosmic Mother is sent & available to all; healing & transformation of old wounds is possible for all timelines. Blocks & restraints are lifted off us, in proportion to our receptivity, and we are able to attract and receive abundant blessings. Release resistance, fear & limiting beliefs in order to step into these opportunities that come for us at this time. Being grateful for all we have received, and receptive to receiving more opens us up to miracles and an abundance of good in our everyday experiences. “Surrendering to our inner truth center and soul-heart path will draw energetically that which the soul-heart in love desires and thus bring in the seeming miracles.” Abundant blessings await our receptivity.

The above information was quoted or paraphrased from: Mary Elizabeth Hoffman, “Change is the Order of the Day”, magazine article, September 2022 issue, Sedona Journal of Emergence, with added commentary by Trish Forsyth Voss.

The FBI carried out a lawful search warrant on 8/8/22, at Mar-A-Lago, necessitated by Trump’s refusal to turn over highly-classified documents pertaining to nuclear capabilities; supposedly an informant close to the Mar-A-Lago residence & private club gave information on where precisely the extra 25 boxes of classified files, were being stored, which enabled DOJ to get a warrant. (FBI agents with a subpoena went to Mar-A-Lago in June, to retrieve top-secret govt-property, but Trump lied about having any more documents; 15 boxes were recovered in January). In normal Trumpian-style, Donald immediately came out on his website “Truth Social”, decrying his victimhood in a “Witch Hunt”, even claiming that FBI agents had surely planted evidence against him. LIES, LIES, LIES!

Records of nuclear weaponry, ours or others, are the MOST classified, top-secret docs, and cannot even be declassified by a U.S. president alone; it would have to be signed off by other govt-department officials; specific statutes govern the handling of classified information. Any other information that COULD be declassified by a current president, declassification would have to be properly recorded in accordance with U.S. law. I’m wondering what Trump may have done with this classified information in the last 18 months. Ironically Trump, when president, made ‘mishandling of classified information’ an offense punishable by 5 years, instead of the 1 year, the sentence held previously.

Trump allies, in the days following the search & seizure of our most sensitive secrets, have come out vehemently in Trump’s defense, blasting the FBI, calling this “an unprecedented search of a former president”, and in their fervor, were all but anointing Trump’s next 2024 run. They were demanding that DOJ, AG, Merrick Garland, make a statement to the nation telling us WHY this action was necessary, and to make public the search warrant, which Trump could have done at any point. Garland responded midweek, upholding the FBI, as honorable men & women, who constantly defend Americans from harm. In a chess-play extraordinaire, Garland, unsealed the ‘face of the search warrant’ & inventory receipts on 8/12. The ‘affidavit for probable cause’ was not unsealed at that time. Trump is now under investigation for violating ‘the Espionage Act’; each violation of which can incur a ten-year sentence.

The rise in domestic-violence threats & wild-rhetoric leads to attacks on Americans, such as the shootout on 8/11, with FBI agents and Ricky Shiffer, who shot at agents, and ended up dead, after posting on “Trump’s Truth Social site”, about killing FBI agents.

Trish Forsyth Voss