TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

I was out in my green space for a bit this morning, and I dusted🧹 the atmospheric dust off the patio furniture while enjoying the silence and sipping on my coffee. ☕ My friend, the Raven, 🐦‍⬛ came to visit. It is mostly sunny at the moment with intermittent clouds. ⛅️ It's getting a bit muggy out there. 🌫 I came back in, closed the sliding glass door, and turned on the A.C.

Now, I am going to load up on another ☕ to fire up the stellar neuro network for the right hemisphere of quadrant 96 in sector C and Vector X95 on asteroid 13-2A. Right spot on into star base Napoleon's pants 👖Put a rocket 🚀 in his shorts pocket, 🩳 eh! Tickle me with a feather. 🪶 😂 smile. 😊.

Someday, a rose will grow out of that pile of horse dung, 💩 and the golden butterfly of light 🦋 🌟 🌹 will shine brightly upon the rose.

That about wraps it up from the Newsroom this morning, now on to the discussion for the day. Thank you for reading the news.

Before I move on if you would take a moment for prayer and meditation for WE, THE PEOPLE;

~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~

- G-d Bless The True America -

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

ETHICS

- Google Search -

Ethics is the discipline concerned with what is morally good and evil and morally right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles. (Read Britannica's biography of this author, Peter Singer.) Also called: moral philosophy.

Oxford Dictionary defines ethics?

The Oxford Dictionary definition of ethics is: "NOUN – 1. [USUALLY TREATED AS PLURAL] moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity: medical ethics also enter into the question.

The philosophical study of the concepts of moral right and wrong and moral good and evil, to any philosophical theory of what is morally right and wrong or morally good and evil, and to any system or code of ethical rules, principles, or values.

My opinion is that too much time is wasted on nitpicking the fine line between ethical and unethical behavior. The value of your ethics is governed by what lies deep within us and can easily be overlooked or missed in the avalanche of other information fighting for space in our minds' attention.

Then you become a Space Cadet, lost in limbo. The Dunce Brigade will not accept the fact that their master is crapping his pants and blaming them for it. Mass hypnosis or cult worship, mass hysteria, and confusion are all related and have the power to confuse the line between sanity and insanity. Achieve enough confusion, aggressive behavior, and lies, until you, the people, reach a complacency in the Trumpeters' sh-t network. A hardening of the heart and numbing of the conscience.

The Tree House Prosecutor rests her case.

BREAKING NEWS:

Camp Mystic confirms 27 dead in Texas floods as more rain looms

Here's the latest:

• Texas summer camp:

Camp Mystic, the all-girls summer camp that sits along the Guadalupe River, has confirmed 27 campers and counselors died in weekend floods. The river at the camp rose more than 20 feet in less than two hours during the peak of the flooding early on the Fourth of July. At least 82 people have died after devastating floods hit central Texas.

• Search for survivors:

• Flood threat looms:

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17 min ago

Flood threat upgraded in central Texas

The risk level for flooding rain in parts of central Texas has been upgraded from a level 2-of-4 to a level 3-of-4, according to the Weather Prediction Center. The upgraded area includes parts of hard-hit Kerr County and portions of the Guadalupe and Llano river basins.

The risk level was upgraded because of the vulnerability of already hard-hit areas, and the high-end flash flood potential of the slow-moving, intense storms, despite lingering uncertainty over exactly where they will set up. “Any storms that move across this extremely vulnerable region will rapidly cause flash flooding, some of which could be significant if (storms) repeat or stall over the already hard-hit regions,” the center warned...

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23 min ago

Officers watched volunteer fire chief “go off the roadway” while responding to a rescue

A volunteer fire chief remains missing Monday, after his vehicle was swept off the road as he responded to the deadly flooding in Texas over the weekend.

Marble Falls Area Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Michael Phillips went missing while responding to an early morning water rescue on Saturday, around 4:30 a.m., Burnet County officials said Sunday. He’s one of three people who remain missing in Burnet County, Chief Deputy Alan Trevino with the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office told CNN Monday. Three people have been confirmed dead in the county, Trevino said.

“We had our deputies traveling the county, checking low-water spots as the rain was coming in, and we had three of our own deputies that were stranded on roadways – safe but stranded – and we watched unfortunately as his vehicle did go off the roadway,” Trevino said. Responders in the county have performed at least 63 rescues since the flooding occurred, Trevino said.

44 min ago

How tropical remnants set the stage for a deadly flood

Tropical moisture influenced the devastating flooding in Kerr County last week.

Remnants of Tropical Storm Barry primed the atmosphere early last week, filling it with moist air “like a waterlogged sponge perched precariously overhead,” as hurricane expert Michael Lowry described it...

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Updated 10:38 AM EDT, Mon July 7, 2025

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Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say

They should fix those faulty balconies in Russia

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.

Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning. The decree announcing his dismissal was published on the official Kremlin website, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin appointed acting minister. Asked by reporters for the reasons behind Starovoit’s dismissal, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denied this was due to a “lack of trust,” but he did not give any alternative reason.

The Investigative Committee of Russia said in a statement that Starovoit’s body was found inside a car in Odintsovo, a suburb of Moscow. He was found with a gunshot wound, the committee said. It said the circumstances of his death were being investigated but the “main theory is suicide.”...

• Another deadly night in Ukraine:

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Updated 10:57 AM EDT, Mon July 7, 2025

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Post-Iran crisis: A full agenda for Trump and Netanyahu

Two weeks after America’s unprecedented military strikes into Iran, the situation in the Middle East has stabilized and focus is turning to diplomacy.

So, what’s on the global agenda? Over the coming weeks, I’d concentrate on a few areas. Prime Minister Netanyahu visits Washington early this week, and his top aides have been in town for days preparing. Top of mind is Gaza, where a ceasefire could be closer than it’s been in months.

The situation in Gaza is horrific. This is a war that must end, and end soon. But ending a war is far harder than starting one — a lesson Hamas has learned. Israel also has failed to define a future for Gaza without Hamas, still its core demand in ongoing talks...

• Renewed momentum:
• Iran nuclear program:
• Expanding Abraham Accords:
• Conclusion:

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Published 6:00 AM EDT, Mon July 7, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Manitoba addictions centre offers limited treatment services for $10K monthly fee: advocates, former client

Aurora Reunification Village has 'adapted and grown' since opening in Brandon to address 'urgent need': owner

GOOD! Caught another crook!

What we need is more federally run rehab centers, like we used to have.

- Google Seach -

Government-funded rehabs are primarily paid for by public funds, including provincial and federal taxes. These funds support a range of services, such as inpatient care, outpatient treatment, counseling, and follow-up support. In Canada, publicly funded rehab programs are covered in whole or in part by the Canadian government, often through provincial healthcare systems like OHIP in Ontario...

It's a wonderful lifeline opportunity for a restart in life, especially with the tiny home projects underway in some Ontario cities.

♪♫NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL♪♫

🌈 🌳 ~ Welcome to the peacful healing forest ~ 🌳 🌈

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TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's a lovely, pleasant, warm, sunny, QUIET morning 👩‍💻 🌞 🐦 🦜 🍃here at the Tree House.🏡 I am not looking forward to hearing that moaning sound all day tomorrow from up the road. I found out what it was; it was one of those gutter vacuum cleaners. You know those trucks with the large tank and a flexible pipe that extends into the sewer or storm drains? You see, I never stopped to ask which one. I hope they're done and pack up their nice little pump, and please move on tomorrow. Go irritate another neighborhood, why don't you?

I haven't told any stories in a while, like the adventures I had when I was a lot younger and felt more indestructible. I cherish those memories, among many other wonderful recollections from the past. I don't even remember the bad ones; they're kind of buried under the sand, and they remain there unless I go digging for them. I seldom do that unless there is a very good reason, like sharing my experiences to help others avoid a similar scenario.

I'm a Jane of all trades but a master of none. Just being part of the mystery is good enough for me, Paula and Bobbie McGee, my imaginary friend, make three. OK, all we need to get to heaven now is to buy a MINI Cooper. 🚕 We'll also require a U-Haul trailer 🚛 for all our imaginary critters living under the bed.

You live a loner's life for most of your life, and you will acquire many good imaginary friends and critters, even the real living ones in the bush. The ones from nature, at times, will come to visit me in the house. I would not be able to live comfortably without my trees and nature.

I am also a bit of a survivalist. We are well-equipped in the event of a prolonged electrical failure, with a solar panel generator, all Coleman accessories, a stove, a lantern, and two heaters. We can also utilize the building's natural air circulation ducts to draw in fresh air through a cracked open window, ensuring safety. We are always well-stocked with supplies, water, and food.

🍁~Wake up, Captain Canuck it's Cartoon Time ~🍁

~~~~~ 😎 🥸 😼 🤡 🐭 🐰 💫 ⚡️ 💥 🥊 😵 🦸‍♂️ ~~~~

Now, onto the discussion of the day. Thank you for reading the news.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

SURVIVALIST

As I mentioned above, I have always been a survivalist. As a survivalist, I have identified eight essential items to have in case of a power grid failure, particularly during the winter months.

For the average wage earner and apartment dweller:

.1 The first thing on your agenda is to have a dry place to shelter in and stay warm, at least above freezing.

.2 Is food and water. We always have five 5-gal—jugs of spring water for the water cooler stocked up.

.3 If you run out of flush and wash water, melt snow or boil water from a nearby creek or another source within the community that still has tap water. Try to save the spring water for drinking.

.4 Sanitation is essential; ensure a sufficient supply of hand cleaners, hand towels, and toilet tissue is available.

.5 A solar power generator to power the refrigerator and to charge and run electronic devices.

.6 A five-gallon Jerry can for flushing water.

.7 At least one device that is connected to the outside world, like a radio with emergency and shortwave bands.

.8 A dependable vehicle with a topped tank.

You will also need companionship with other people; a cell phone can become a lifesaver in many different ways. I thank you for taking the time to read the discussion.

BREAKING NEWS:

Musk says he is forming new political party after fallout with Trump

Billionaire Elon Musk said Saturday he is forming a third political party, after a dramatic falling out with Donald Trump, indicating he will make good on threats he made if the president’s domestic policy bill became law.

“When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,” Trump’s former “first buddy” said on his social media platform, X. “Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.” Musk, the largest individual donor to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and, until recently, a close adviser to the president who spearheaded his administration’s push to cut government waste, had criticized Trump’s “big beautiful bill” because of estimates that it would add trillions of dollars to the federal deficit.

It’s unclear to what extent Musk has taken steps to legally form the party, which would be required to register with the Federal Election Commission. The most recent FEC filings showed no indication that has happened...

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Published 9:22 PM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025

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Tropical Storm Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina, the first system of hurricane season to impact the US

Tropical Storm Chantal became the first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season to hit the United States after it made landfall in South Carolina in the earliest hours of Sunday morning.

Chantal came ashore around 4 a.m. ET Sunday near Litchfield by the Sea, South Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center, about 10 to 20 miles south of Myrtle Beach. The tropical storm was packing sustained winds between 50 and 60 mph at landfall, with stronger gusts. Chantal is the third named storm of the Atlantic season — a mark usually hit around early August. While Chantal is the first of the season to impact the United States, it isn’t a major threat to land, but will continue to drench parts of the Southeast and create risky beach conditions through Monday.

Chantal will deteriorate over land as it tracks generally to the north Sunday and ultimately become a tropical depression. The system could fully dissipate as early as Sunday evening, but some impacts will linger after that occurs...

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Updated July 6, 2025 - 2 hr ago

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Dalai Lama marks his 90th birthday as crowds throng his home-in-exile

Thousands of people gathered in India’s Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama – a key milestone in the life of the spiritual leader and Nobel Peace laureate known for his message of compassion and his quest for greater freedoms for Tibet under Beijing’s rule.

Undeterred by heavy monsoon rain and thick fog, crowds dressed in their finery packed the narrow streets from early morning and queued in droves hoping to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama at the Tsuklakhang Tibetan Buddhist complex. Hundreds of hopeful attendees were left waiting to see if they would be allowed into the temple, which reached full capacity before the festivities began and was heavily manned by Indian police and security personnel.

Masked dancers in traditional outfits twirled to the sounds of gongs, pipes and horns as the Dalai Lama was led into the complex by two attendants. Indian government ministers spoke at the event, as well as Hollywood actor Richard Gere, a longtime supporter of the Dalai Lama. Singing performances filled the courtyard as the Dalai Lama was served a slice of his birthday cake, topped with fresh fruit and a white lily...

A devotee looks at a tall layered cake at the Dalai Lama's birthday celebration in Dharamshala on Sundan

• Reincarnation:

Students wait in line for the gates to open at the Tsuklakhang Tibetan Buddhist complex on Sunday.

Actor Richard Gere, right, kisses the the Dalai Lama's hand at an event celebrating his 90th birthday in Dharamshala, India, on Sunday.

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Updated 3:20 AM EDT, Sun July 6, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Does anyone still clip coupons? Consumers want deals, but how they find them is shifting

Coupon use has been declining since the 1990s. Some are turning to AI to find deals

For some, it's a ritual — sitting down with that week's flyers and clipping out coupons for the best deals. For others, it's a lifestyle. Couponing entered the lexicon in the 1950s, and then came Extreme Couponing, the popular 2010 U.S. television show that ran for four seasons. And for many, it's a necessity. The majority of Canadians are actively seeking ways to save on food costs, including using more coupons, according to a 2024 report from the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

But as a wave of reports shows a decline in coupon distribution and redemption, and amid the increasing use of AI to hunt down deals, is couponing in danger of becoming a lost art?...

Kathleen Cassidy of Toronto runs the popular social media couponing account Living on a Loonie. (Submitted by Kathleen Cassidy)

• Changes in the coupon landscape;
• The evolutions of coupons;

Samira Hussain reports on the rising trend in "extreme" coupon clipping.

A digital-only coupon for Pampers brand baby wipes is displayed at a Kroger in Ann Arbor, Mich., in November 2022.

• 'Life-changing shopping hack':

Understanding 'loud budgeting,' TikTok's newest finance trend

Deal Diva AudioHow clipping coupons has evolved into deep digital discounts

• Can AI hunt down deals?:

Can we still tell what's real? 'Unsettling' new AI tech makes generating ultrarealistic videos easy

Here's how this woman saves $1K a month or more on groceries

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Posted: Jul 06, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Amid tariffs and falling sales, is Canada's EV mandate doomed?

Experts say Carney could make adjustments instead of ending mandate outright

With U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum and light-duty vehicles continuing to batter the Canadian automobile industry, the CEOs of Canada's big three automakers are asking for a break. They met with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week to lobby for the elimination of the Liberal government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. Maintaining it, they say, will cripple their companies and put thousands of jobs at risk.

Carney cancelled Canada's digital services tax last weekend to keep trade negotiations going with the U.S. Could the ZEV mandate also be removed to help an auto industry bleeding from the trade war? And what would that mean for Carney politically if he did so? The mandate requires the number of new ZEVs sold in Canada to hit 20 per cent by next year, 60 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035 in order to help the country hit its emission-reduction targets...

Automakers 'cautiously optimistic' for EV mandate changes after meeting with Carney

EV rebates are disappearing in Canada. What does that mean for the market?

• Killing the U.S. ZEV mandate:

In January, Canada paused its own rebate that offered up to $5,000 off the purchase of a new electric car.

• Competing concerns:

Carney meets with car industry CEOs as U.S. trade talks continue

Automakers want Canada to scrap its EV sales mandate. What would that do to emissions?

New EV rebate program in the works, environment minister says

• Fudging it:

_Recent headlines have suggested that consumers are losing interest in electric vehicles, but a closer look at the trends tells a different story. CBC’s Nisha Patel breaks down where we’re at in the EV transition and why experts say the future is still electric._

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Posted: Jul 06, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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♪♫NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL♪♫

🌟 🍃 ~The Sacred glow radiates from within, a healing calmness ~ 🍃 🌟

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TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's a beautiful, sunny morning again here at the Tree House—no noise today, at least nothing out of the ordinary. The ships at port with idling engines from a distance make a comfortable, droning sound, like a lonely locomotive somewhere in the distance at night. A couple of birds are singing, and someone's lawnmower in the neighborhood somewhere.

I was out for a bit to water a couple of plants and sat at the patio table for a while, sipping my coffee. It was peaceful in the early warm sunlight. I don't really have much more to add to the Newsroom report this morning. The rest of my thoughts and feelings are quite clearly expressed in today's Discussion.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

KNOWINGS

I do not know if there is an official word for it; I call it ~KNOWINGS~

Precognition is the only other term that aligns with what I call knowing. ~Simply knowing~ about things without previous knowledge is as close as I can come to describing those experiences.

I do not just see it, but I am conscious of it as if I were there. And most of those future events have an equally long history in the past, from their onset to the present. I am more conscious of this stuff than I am of making toast. Don't try slicing my bread with anything that is a sharp instrument when my mind is on overdrive like that.

It's like knowing something but being unable to touch or see it; I can only perceive a likeness of what I think it would look like, using imagination to form my perception. But I can only feel the depth of what I perceive from within. It is definitely a spiritual experience.

One of those sensations is a tingling feeling, like the tiny bubbles when you pour soda pop in a glass, or like goose bumps suddenly appearing and the hairs on the back of your neck standing up as if you had seen a ghost. Then, a strange feeling about something previously unknown is suddenly revealed—one subatomic particle of new knowledge out of all of creation's subatomic dust particles, which are all interconnected.

Closing Thought:

And some of us dare think we know it all and make ourselves tin gods on a speck of dust in an infinity of dust particles. And a certain Orange sadistic Lucifer is having his jollies sitting on his throne getting his butt kissed. There has to be a knight in shining armor. The conqueror of debauchery, someone with a spine somewhere who needs to show up right about now and kick the leg out from under that throne and let the cowardly kink Orange Cockroach fall in a sprawl on his face, then watch the cockroach brigade of dunces scatter like the useless scroungy carrion-eating pests they are.

Archangel Michael 👼 asks God, " 😶‍🌫️ Must you shake off your cloak here, Sir? I have allergies, don't you know!" Of course, I do, answers God, 😶‍🌫️ "but it's a dusty job 💨 creating universes! Don't you know?"

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump administration quietly tries to find a solution for migrant workers amid industry concerns

As the Trump administration has doubled down on its hardline immigration agenda, behind the scenes senior Trump officials and the president himself have grappled with the consequences of that crackdown against a key portion of the workforce: migrant workers.

President Donald Trump has wavered repeatedly on the topic: At times he has suggested farms and other industries employing migrants should be protected, even as he and some top aides have pushed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to intensify its immigration sweeps. “We’re working on it right now,” Trump said Tuesday. “We have a lot of cases where ICE would go into a farm and these are guys that have been there 10 or 15 years, and the farmers know them – it’s called farmer responsibility. Or owner's responsibility. But they’re going to be largely responsible for these people. And they know these people. They’ve worked at the farms for 15 years.”

Senior administration officials have had discussions with stakeholders as they quietly try to find a durable compromise on the fate of migrant workers...

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Updated 11:35 AM EDT, Thu July 3, 2025

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Two days old news, but enough for us to see the rump flip flop again. Signs of a dumb psycho nincompoop useless cockroach 💩 eatin' Maga Mania Dunce who thinks he's kink 👑 of the universe. 💫🪐✨

This home was built in a factory and runs on its own energy

In the face of a housing and construction labor crisis, some people are choosing to build energy efficient homes that are prefabricated in a factory. CNN's Bill Weir speaks to Colin Goodson, who lives in one of these homes completely off the grid in Maine.

VIDEO Included:

-CNN- com 2025/06/18

Updated 03:24, July 5, 2025. Watch Video. Interesting.

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Trump wants more skilled tradespeople. His Labor Department is trying to cut off a pipeline of workers

Trump wants more skilled tradespeople. His Labor Department is trying to cut off a pipeline of workers

Eighteen months ago, at around 7 p.m. practically every night, Chloe Lawson would start a four-mile walk to Subway, where she’d work the overnight shift, earning a buck above the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

Eight hours later, the then 19-year-old would clock out and head back to find somewhere to hopefully get some sleep. She had no family, no friends she could stay with in Splendora, Texas, a small town outside Houston. She often found herself at “some shady hotel” or other unsafe places.

“I honestly didn’t have a future,” she said.

That’s changed in the year and a half since: Lawson, now 21, has interviews lined up to be a train conductor, a job that starts out with an $80,000 annual salary and could open the door for other higher-earning positions in the years to come...

• A cloudy future:

An attendee wears a Save Job Corps shirt during a House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing in Washington, DC, on June 5.

• An avenue for at-risk youth:

Jasmine Geib, a conductor for Union Pacific and former Job Corps student, sits in a locomotive in August 2021, in North Platte, Nebraska.

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Published 4:00 AM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025

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Rescuers search for over 20 girls from Texas camp as flooding death toll rises to 24

What We're Covering:

• Rising death toll:

At least 24 people are dead after torrential rain triggered flash flooding in parts of central Texas early Friday, according to officials.

• Urgent search for campers:

• All-night rescue effort:

• One-in-100-years intensity:

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15 min ago

9-year-old missing camper Janie Hunt has died, mother says

The mother of missing Camp Mystic camper Janie Hunt, 9, told CNN in a message this morning that her daughter has passed away.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said yesterday that more than 20 children were unaccounted for at the private Christian summer camp for girls, which hosts about 750 kids overall. After the catastrophic flooding hit Kerr County in central Texas, Anne Hunt told CNN on Friday that she and her family had not heard anything about Janie’s whereabouts and were praying for her return.

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16 min ago

Vice President JD Vance expresses sympathy to victims of Texas flooding

Vice President JD Vance voiced his sorrow over the loss of the individuals killed in flash flooding in central Texas and the loved ones they leave behind.

“Our nation’s heart breaks for the victims in Texas and their families. Just an incomprehensible tragedy,” Vance said Saturday in a statement on X. “I hope everyone affected knows they’re in the prayers of my family, and of millions of Americans.

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53 min ago

First lady Melania Trump offers condolences to families impacted by flooding

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Updated 10:19 AM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025

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A Gaza ceasefire is the closest it has been in months. Here’s what we know

US President Donald Trump says he’s “optimistic” a ceasefire deal in Gaza could be agreed next week after Hamas announced that it had “submitted a positive response” to a proposal for a 60-day truce with Israel.

“We have to get it over with,” Trump said Friday. “We have to do something about Gaza.” Israel and Hamas have long had conflicting demands that negotiators have been unable to bridge, but with both now agreeing the revised proposal, for the first time in months an agreement seems within reach...

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Updated 7:20 AM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Ottawa announces funding for 5 Alberta carbon capture projects

$21.5M coming from Energy Innovation Program

Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced $21.5 million in federal funding for five Alberta projects that aim to lower the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions.

The projects are being funded under the Energy Innovation Program, which put out a call for carbon capture, utilization and storage technology proposals.

Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane Ltd., a partnership between Inter Pipeline Ltd. and Entropy Inc., is to receive $10 million to add equipment to a gas extraction plant northwest of Calgary that aims to capture emissions equivalent to taking more than 12,000 cars off the road a year Enbridge Inc. is to get $4 million and Enhance Energy Inc. is to receive $5 million for separate storage hubs in Central Alberta....

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Posted: Jul 04, 2025 1:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 4

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Canada wants new trade partners. But markets like India and China come with major obstacles

International trade minister says there's a global appetite for more trade with Canada

International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu says Canada has a chance to build new partnerships as U.S. tariffs continue to pummel world economies. But landing deeper ties with major markets like the U.K., India and China means overcoming irritants and fraught diplomatic relationships.

"There's an appetite with partners and allies all around the world to do more with Canada," Sidhu said in an interview with CBC's The House. "There is an opportune window that we have to jump on." Sidhu told guest host Janyce McGregor that success to him is "getting businesses more comfortable dealing with overseas markets."

He said Canada "should be screaming at the top of our lungs" about what it can offer the world. Since becoming minister of international trade, Sidhu has helped Canada deepen its trade relationship with countries like Ecuador and the United Arab Emirates...

As Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump negotiate the future of trade between the two countries, Canada is working to diversify its export markets.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seen with Carney in March. Post-Brexit trade talks have sputtered in recent years

• Deepening ties with India, China:

Canada-India trade talks won't resume until India co-operates with Nijjar investigation, minister suggests

As the U.S. trade war drags, calls grow for Canada to cautiously improve ties with China

Posted: Jul 05, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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♪♫NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL♪♫

🎆~ In harmony with Earth Mother's Love and healing soul energy~🎆

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TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's a beautiful day out, but that droning sound and a bunch of backup beepers kind of spoil the usual tranquility here at the tree house. Can't even enjoy the birds. I think that noise is keeping them away. But it is still lovely to sit here at the kitchen table by the sliding glass doors, where I can see the sun shining down on my green space.

There is not much else to report from the Newsroom this morning, so I believe I will go on with the topic of the day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

The Soul Consciousness

My interpretation: the inner consciousness, what some call instincts, the true inner self, is where the senses become the evolution of the spirit, more in tune and in harmony with the infinities of the universe. In the evolution of the spirit, the deeper you go, scientifically or spiritually, the image becomes more blurred; it can be perceived, but it is not conceivable in the finite mind. It's more like something you feel from the heart. ❤️

- Google Search -

Soul Consciousness:

Soul consciousness refers to the awareness of oneself as a soul, a conscious entity separate from the physical body and mind. It involves recognizing the soul's inherent qualities of peace, love, and purity, and living in alignment with these qualities. This shift in perspective from ego-consciousness (identifying with the body and mind) to soul-consciousness is considered a path towards inner peace, deeper understanding of self and others, and a more fulfilling life.

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Majide Bou Tiybe's

There is a pain within me that I cannot express in words…

Pain is like being born to become something you never wanted, like finding yourself in a place you do not belong.

Yet, this pain doesn’t matter to me, for I am holding onto something I want to achieve—something I must do.

It doesn’t matter whether it succeeds or not.

In the end, this life is just a passage; everything will fade away.

But within me, there is something eternal… something that will last forever—and I feel it deeply.

So there is no need to worry…

Let that feeling of pain drift away like passing clouds.

Clinging to the past and overthinking the future are the true sources of pain.

Let the past go, and don’t dwell too much on the future—it is only an illusion.

[We are souls… here to learn.]

From pain, from joy, from every challenge we face.

And what we must do—what truly matters—is to contemplate…

To reflect on the beauty of nature, the beauty in everything around us.

To be still for a moment… to look at the sky, the trees, the light, the existence itself.

For in that contemplation, the secrets of life are revealed, and God speaks to us through beauty.

So let us not burden ourselves with needless worry.

A day will come when we leave this life—and what will remain is what our souls have learned from it.

— Majide 🌿🌌

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Personally, the only thing that differs slightly for me from the above is that I never got to reach my goals. If I were a boxer, I would have been hit by too many right hooks 🥊 to the left cheekamonga. 🥴

First, once I learned to care for myself, I learned to care for others; that still is my mission in life to care and inform and shine the light for others. I also like a little sprinkle of humor 😂

Putting humor aside, the post above could reflect my own raison d'être quite well.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump says he is about to raise tariffs as high as 70% on some countries

On April 9, President Donald Trump gave the world a three-month window to negotiate trade deals with the United States or face higher “reciprocal” tariffs. With just five days remaining in that tariff moratorium, the White House is expected to begin delivering a message to a dozen or so countries: Time is up, and here’s your new tariff rate.

Trump early Friday at Joint Base Andrews told reporters that he would notify 10 to 12 nations a day over the course of the next five days, detailing their new tariffs in letters that the White House would begin sending on Friday. In most cases, the new rates would go into effect August 1, Trump said. “They’ll range in value from maybe 60% or 70% tariffs to 10% and 20% tariffs, but they’re going to be starting to go out sometime tomorrow,” Trump said. “We’ve done the final form, and it’s basically going to explain what the countries are going to be paying in tariffs.”

In April, Trump imposed “reciprocal” tariffs as high as 50% on most of America’s trading partners. So tariffs of 60% or 70% would exceed those rates, which sent stocks crumbling into bear-market territory, while bonds and the US dollar sold off sharply. US stocks and bonds markets were closed for Independence Day Friday, but stock markets and futures fell around the world...

• ‘How many deals could you make?’:

So far, the administration has signed narrow frameworks for trade deal negotiations with just two partners: the United Kingdom and China. Trump this week said his administration has also reached an agreement with Vietnam, though the status of that arrangement remains unknown, and a framework does not appear to have been signed. The White House has not provided terms of the Vietnam agreement beyond a social media post from Trump...

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In the meantime, Canada, along with the EU, is working out trade deals among themselves, even in aiding and arming Ukraine and F--k BUTHOLETRUMPS tariffs.

A Little Catching Up Since The Beginning Of The Trade War

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Canada, along with the EU, is working out trade deals

Canada and the European Union (EU) are actively engaged in trade negotiations and agreements. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a key example, aiming to eliminate tariffs and facilitate trade between the two partners. This agreement is currently in force provisionally and is expected to be fully implemented once all EU member states complete the ratification process...

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Canadian minerals trade with the EU has seen significant growth, with a notable 34% increase, particularly driven by the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

The arms and military equipment Germany is sending to Ukraine

Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for security capacity building.

An overview as of April 17, 2025. The list will not be updated further.

Air defence is one of the focus areas of the German deliveries. This picture shows the Patriot air defence missile system.

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This list provides an overview of military assistance provided by the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine. This military assistance is delivered in two different ways: on the one hand, there are the Federal Government funds for security capacity building, which are used to finance deliveries of military equipment and other material from industry...

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Russia launches record number of drones at Ukraine after latest Trump-Putin phone call

The smell of smoke and explosives saturated the air in Kyiv on Friday as residents emerged from shelters across the city following a record Russian drone attack that came just hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire in a call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

The massive aerial assault stuck multiple buildings and residential areas in the capital in what has been described by Ukrainian officials as one of the worst attacks of the three-year conflict. At least one person died in the overnight attack, according to local Kyiv emergency services. Earlier Friday, city and military authorities said at least 23 people were wounded in the attack, which lasted 13 hours. Ukraine intercepted 476 out of a record 539 Russian drones, according to the country’s air force. It said Russia also launched 11 cruise and ballistic missiles. Sixty Russian drones were taken down by Ukraine’s new interceptor drones, regional officials said.

Thousands of residents spent the night in shelters, including in subway stations or underground parking lots, as explosions and the sound of drones echoed through the city in the early hours of Friday morning...

• Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone and missile strike in the Ukrainian capital on Friday. State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
• Residents in Kyiv have described growing accustomed to almost nightly aerial assaults from Moscow. State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
• People gather near a building damaged following Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv. Alina Smutko:

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Automakers want Canada to scrap its EV sales mandate. What would that do to emissions?

Mandate requires hybrids and EVs make up 20% of sales next year and 100% by 2035

When Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday about U.S. trade negotiations, one of the key issues the industry said they wished to discuss was the government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The mandate requires a certain percentage of light duty vehicles — passenger cars, SUVs and trucks — that are sold to be either fully electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, starting with 20 per cent in 2026 and rising to 100 per cent by 2035.

Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, told CBC News on the way to the meeting that "the targets that have been established cannot be met" given current market forces .He later added that Canada already has other policies to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets. Burning fossil fuels such as gasoline and diesel is the main cause of climate change, and transportation is the second-biggest source of emissions in Canada after the oil and gas industry.

The ZEV mandate is part of Canada's strategy to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and decarbonize the transportation sector. But if the mandate were scrapped, analysts say that would hurt efforts to fight climate change — and make it harder to find an EV for sale in parts of the country. Here's a closer look at why.

• How big a deal are emissions from passenger vehicles?:
• How would the ZEV mandate increase EV adoption?:
• What impact would the mandate have on emissions?:
• Couldn't other policies cut emissions if the ZEV mandate gets scrapped?:

Posted: Jul 04, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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