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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning! I'm starting The Tree House News on time today. My Facebook News Group posting dates were all out of order this morning. It had been a while since I played around with the settings, so it took me a little time to figure out how to get all the post dates back in sequence. My apologies for the confusion.

The weather forecast is for a sunny day. The sun is out, but it's very hazy. I don't know if the haze is wildfire smoke or just moisture from high humidity. Haze is common in August. I just checked, and the air quality report for the area says "Good." No major storms of any kind in the forecast, and the long range shows mostly sunny days through the rest of August, except for a couple of days of rain, with temperatures shuffling from the eighties to the low-to mid-seventies toward the end of the month.

I am thankful that I do not need to leave the comfort of my nest to be on someone else's clock for the next month or so. Or ever.

PET PEEVE: When you're 81, you don't travel as well. For starters, one doesn't notice all the bruises one collects in unfamiliar places, without a clue as to their cause. It looked like my legs had been attacked and pecked by aggressive guineahens from just lifting the darn suitcase to get something out while I was at my sister's place! Or stuff I'm not accustomed to getting in the way has a tendency to leave its mark. More bruises on the shinbones, arms, and hands. What do I have to do when I go out to cover up the black-and-blue marks? Get a NASA spacesuit?

THIS IS MORE A REMINDER THAN THE DISCUSSION OF THE DAY

Just a thought.

Question: Bible: The seven angels holding the seven golden bowls

🔹AI Overview

In the Bible, the seven angels with the seven golden bowls appear in the Book of Revelation (chapters 15 and 16). These bowls are filled with the wrath of God, representing the final plagues that finish God's judgment on the earth before the end of the age.

Setting the Scene

• The Heavenly Temple:
• The Angels' Appearance:
• Receiving the Bowls:

The Seven Bowl Judgments

In Revelation chapter 16, a voice from the temple commands the seven angels to go and pour out the bowls of God's wrath onto the earth:

• Description of the result of the plagues or the seven bowls:

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In view of all the world events that are going on at this time, and from all the history I've read about ancient and present-day wars, it is clear that they were all devices to kill as many people as possible. Of course it's THE ENEMY! But then the enemy will also be from natural disasters. WHY KILL OR TAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE? What does it gain you? IF IT WEREN'T FOR GREED, ANYTHING CAN BE NEGOTIATED ONCE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED. What does mass murder get you? MISERY and SUFFERING! It means that we have lost life's value, and the ruling insanity has no value for life. INSANITY SHOULD NOT BE LOOSE ON THE STREET. Let the Orange Maniac Hitler Wannabe cockroach be an object lesson to that.

Especially pay attention to the last two bowls.

Sixth Bowl: The great river Euphrates dries up to prepare the way for the kings from the East, gathering armies for the battle of Armageddon.

Seventh Bowl: A loud voice declares "It is done!" as a massive earthquake and severe hailstorm strike the earth, ending the sequence of plagues.

I do sincerely pray that I will still be around to hear those words, "IT IS DONE!"

That will be it for today for me. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Establishment strikes back in Wisconsin and other takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

The Democratic establishment roared back Tuesday in Wisconsin, as the party coalesced at the last minute behind the last moderate standing against democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the primary for governor.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley — who dropped out of the race last month, only to jump back in after another prominent candidate’s exit — will narrowly defeat Hong, CNN’s Decision Desk projects.

Crowley’s victory reflects a primary electorate in a perpetual presidential battleground state that feared Hong might have been a much weaker candidate in the general election against Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany. The outgoing, two-term governor, Tony Evers, hit the campaign trail in the race’s closing days to rally Democrats around Crowley...

• Another underperformance for the left:

So, what might explain this?

Governor: Wisconsin

CHART Included | Projected Winner:

• Progressive wins Minnesota Senate primary:

Senate: Minnesota

CHART Projected winner

• Darline Graham makes runoff, but has her work cut out for her:

Senate: South Carolina:

CHART Included | Advanced to runoff:

Senate: South Carolina

Advanced to runoff

• It’s been a bad week for Trump’s endorsees:

Governor: Minnesota

Projected Winner

Democratic upheaval in Connecticut

House 1: Connecticut

Projected Winner

• Dems stick with establishment’s pick in key Wisconsin district:

House 3: Wisconsin

Projected Winner

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Updated Aug 12, 2026, 3:59 AM ET - 6 hr ago

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s pivot on ‘woke’ politics isn’t unreasonable

What Ocasio-Cortez’s viral “woke one was crazy” remarks reveal about how the left is evolving.

On Sunday, ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to weigh in on how Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong — a fellow democratic socialist who was leading the polls ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary — might struggle to “get around” some of her past progressive positions on abolishing policing and canceling Thanksgiving.

Ocasio-Cortez’s response was both surprising and opaque. She noted that Hong has moved away from those positions before saying, “I have a local city councilman that has this saying, ‘Woke one was crazy’” — and let out a hearty laugh. Karl followed up, “Did the movement go too far, with some of those positions? ...

"During this time and especially during Covid, there was a huge opening of the Overton window. We were shut down. There was some of the highest unemployment rates that we have seen because of those shutdowns, and I think that the doors were really open in trying to entertain any and every policy that was going to get us to a better place, and I actually think that the discussions that had that were had in that time were quite fruitful. I think that when we talk about crime today, it’s fundamentally different than the way that we talked about crime in bringing crime down, right? And I think that we all share in the goals of having as low a crime rate as possible. I think that you know during lockdown, of course, rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today."

• Even at the peak of the criminal justice reform movement’s power in 2020, abolishing police departments was politically toxic.:

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Aug. 12, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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Trump’s Tariffs Force Some Canadian Companies to Consider Moving South

If President Trump moves ahead with 50 percent tariffs on a wide range of Canadian products later this month, some companies may only survive by relocating to the United States.

At Northern Cables, the machinery that churns out steel-clad cable runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The push isn’t driven by a flood of new orders. It’s driven by fear.

The Canadian company is rushing to fill warehouses across the United States. It is one of many businesses making goods in Canada for U.S. customers that now face pressure to move their factories south of the border to avoid President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs, which are scheduled to start next week, on their products.

Mr. Trump’s latest tariff salvo hits particularly close to home for Northern Cables. Its factory, partly housed in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant, sits about 2.5 miles north of the invisible line dividing Ontario and New York State along the St. Lawrence River...

Northern Cables, which has 320 employees, is not alone. A survey of 275 manufacturers conducted by the polling firm Angus Reid for KPMG found that 29 percent had moved some or all of their production to the United States since Mr. Trump started his trade war with Canada. Another 13 percent more were considering it.

Much of the copper used by Northern Cables comes from the United States.

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Updated 8:43 a.m. ET - Aug. 12, 2026

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Question: Trump’s Tariffs Force Some Canadian Companies to Consider Moving South. Is Carney not cutting freight costs for metals to cover the US tariff

🔹AI Overview

No, the federal freight rebate program is designed to lower domestic shipping costs within Canada, not to cover or offset U.S. tariffs.

Freight Cost Reductions vs. U.S. Tariffs

The 50% Freight Rebate: Ottawa launched a rebate program covering 50% of eligible freight costs for shipping domestic steel (and planned lumber) via rail or marine transport between Canadian provinces and territories.

The Purpose: This policy aims to encourage manufacturers to reorient their supply chains and source materials domestically within Canada, rather than serving as an export subsidy for goods sent to the United States.

U.S. Tariff Impact: It does not apply to exports crossing the border into the U.S. and does not offset the 50% American duties on Canadian metals, which is why export-reliant companies still face severe pressures to move operations south.

So now we have it, making the transportation of goods 50% cheaper to deal with within our own country. Great! Good idea. Please also extend this to other crucial goods, such as groceries, medical supplies, and aid, as well as to the development of alternative fuels, building more greenhouses, and becoming less dependent on the US for our food. JUST CUT THE U.S. LOOSE ALTOETHER, Wana know what Canadians are beginning to think of shmuckaricans? Fn NAZIS! Who the F needs a bunch of Nazi Cocroaches making your life miserable?

The way that country is treating us Canadians, whatever s--t befalls them, I believe they deserve it, they deserve it for their aggressive, arrogant, psychotic, demented lunacy, of senseless aggression and hate, "MAY KARMA COME SOON!"

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CANADIAN NEWS:

$100M Steel Rebate: Can Canada Break Its U.S. Dependence?

Canada is making a $100 million bet on its domestic steel industry.

The federal government has introduced a shipping rebate designed to cover up to 50% of eligible costs for moving Canadian steel by rail and water.

The goal is straightforward: make it cheaper for Canadian steel producers to reach customers across the country and strengthen domestic supply chains as U.S. tariffs and global trade uncertainty put pressure on traditional export markets. But can a transportation subsidy actually make Canadian steel more competitive?

In this documentary, we examine Canada's $100 million steel rebate, the impact of U.S. tariffs, Canada's dependence on the American market, railway and marine infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, construction demand, and the long-term battle to build a more resilient Canadian supply chain.

The bigger question is whether this program is simply a temporary safety net — or the beginning of a major shift toward greater Canadian economic independence. Can Canada move more steel at home, protect its industry, and reduce its dependence on the United States? ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DObF8xcbLU

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning everyone. This morning was like trying to start up one of those old crank-start Ford motor carriages. Crank it a half dozen times before it starts struggling to chug its way to a more rhythmic idle. The road ahead in the kitchen seemed kind of like hitting potholes or letting go of the clutch too quick; good way to lose your dentures if you have your mouth open at the time. Oh well, it was a rough POTHOLY ROAD in the kitchen this morning. Once I got the dishes put away and got the coffee done,

I ate my cereal, then I was coming more online naturally, and I shifted from bot mode to human cognition. I got me a coffee and went to sit in my Green Space for a bit to relax before I do the news. I figure doing the news keeps the grey matter upstairs well exercised, or it keeps the cobwebs from gathering too much wool. Anyway, that's what keeps me going; I do not have memory loss problems; I've always had memory lapses, yes, not losses. Lapses of memory, yes, I forget, then remember later, usually too late. Call me the absent-minded professor.

I have dabbled in a little of a lot of things in my life. I need to stay active and connected, informed, and I am the curious type, so I do a lot of reading, searching, and researching. I got more education on my own from reading books than I ever did in all the classrooms I was in as a student.

Dear friends, this is a carryover from yesterday's news I thought was important enough to repost on today's news as well.

ONTARIO HEALTH CARE:

Not concerned? Must be nice to be rich and afford private health care, or sell your house, car, kids, wife, dog, cat, budgie. It's up to you. 👼🤑🤮👹🔱

P.S. I don't like telling this story, but I can't just let this go. I had a wonderful friend in Tennessee; she later succumbed to cancer. She had to sell her farm for the doctor's bills. That's why I would like to put a stake through the heart of the vampire that's causing all this pain and suffering by denying basic health care to the people. IF THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT IS FOLLOWING SUIT WITH THE U.S. ON THIS, MAY THEIR ROTTEN SOUL ROT IN HELL! 👹🔥🔱

_*CURSED BE THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU! THE ORANGE JABBA THE HUTT DIAPERED BUTTHOLE AND HIS 💩 DIAPER KISSING MAGAts AND DUNCE CADETS!*_

_*THAT'S THE SPECIALTY OF THE DAY: a 💩🥪, a glass of water, and a toothpick 🫗 / DON'T YOU KNOW? That's also the main course in jail: a pine float.*_

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Question: Is Ontario losing Ontario Health Care Support?

🔹AI Overview

Ontario is not officially ending its universal public health care plan (OHIP), but reports from financial watchdogs and healthcare unions warn that the system faces severe strain, underfunding, and potential staffing shortages that threaten the level of support available...

• Financial Pressures and Projected Shortfalls:
• Impact on Community and Home Support:

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Ontario hospitals have lost $2.2bn in day-to-day funds

Doug Ford promised to end hallway medicine. Union workers say job cuts have made the problem worse than ever.

Ontario hospital funds to cover daily expenses have dropped by $2.2 billion in the last six years, shows a new report by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), a part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The report, released on Tuesday, highlights how costs for hospitals have risen by six per cent per year.

OCHU leaders decried Ontario Premier Doug Ford's plan to only increase hospital funding by 3.3 percent in 2026/27 while costs continue to grow. The result has been hospitals needing to borrow money to pay their operating costs.

"Hospitals need six per cent annual increases simply to maintain services," said OCHU president Michael Hurley in a press release. "The Ford government has cut hospital budgets in real terms, year after year, resulting in a loss of beds and staff in the face of significant utilization pressures from an aging population."

"Hospitals need six per cent annual increases simply to maintain services," said OCHU president Michael Hurley

Scarborough Health Network's new emergency department

* READ MORE: Care is infrastructure:*

August 6, 2026

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_* MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS. And there you have it, everything I could dig up in one morning. I really feel that our Health Care in Ontario is in RED ALERT 🔴 MODE!

Think about it, do you wish to end up like my friend in Tennessee?*_

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey amid security concerns, official says

President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to a US official.

Trump ultimately landed at Joint Base Andrews and deplaned Air Force One at 1:23 am ET.

President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to a US official.

The clandestine security plan — first reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by CNN — underscored the lengths American officials went to in order to protect Trump from being assassinated by Iran.

Trump had flown to Turkey on a new plane gifted by Qatar and meant to be used as Air Force One. But while he was on the trip, officials announced he would fly out on an older presidential plane, which CNN and others had previously reported was due to security concerns.

That, though, was apparently part of the subterfuge. After boarding the older aircraft, a moment caught on camera, Trump secretly got off via the catering vehicle and moved to a smaller Air Force C-32A...

VIDEO | Included:

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Updated Aug 11, 2026, 6:49 AM ET - 3 hr ago

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Trump seems to think he has credibility on medicine, science and public health. He doesn’t.

Not to put too fine a point on this, but on scientific matters, the president is about as reliable a source as a Magic 8 Ball.

VIDEO | Included:

With 12 weeks remaining before the midterm elections and six weeks before early voting begins in some states, Donald Trump may not be focused on the issues voters care about most, but he’s clearly focused on the issues he cares about most.

In recent weeks, the president has invested considerable time and energy into everything from the Reflecting Pool to his 2020 election conspiracy theories to the White House ballroom vanity project, none of which is especially important to the American mainstream. So it didn’t come as much of a surprise to see the Republican turn his attention this week to another one of his preoccupations: peddling misinformation about vaccines.

The Wall Street Journal reported two weeks ago that Trump had privately lobbied Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr...

The executive order recommends reducing the amount of immunizations kids receive to provide protection for 11 diseases, down from the 18 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had previously recommended. The immunizations that were reduced will remain available for certain high-risk groups and “for shared clinical decision-making, ensuring that parents have all options available to them,” according to the order. Those include the hepatitis A and B vaccines, and the Covid-19 and flu vaccines.

It also recommends separating the combined measles, mumps and rubella, also known as MMR, vaccine into three individual shots, along with generally administering vaccines during separate visits “to give parents more options regarding the timing and frequency of this vaccine administration.”

Maddowblog

• Trump pushes GOP to focus on health care in midterms, which would be fine with Democrats:

Aug. 11, 2026, 9:07 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canada-U.S. trade minister to meet U.S. counterpart for 3rd time in as many weeks

Meeting comes ahead of Aug. 19 deadline for new 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at his office in Washington Tuesday, marking the third time in three weeks the pair have met face to face, LeBlanc's office confirmed Tuesday.

LeBlanc had initially planned to travel to Washington on Monday, but his flight to the U.S. capital was diverted back to Montreal Monday afternoon due to severe weather.

Canada's chief trade negotiator, Janice Charette, meanwhile spent all day Monday in Washington meeting with officials from the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Charette and LeBlanc will not comment on the negotiations before or after the 1:30 p.m. ET meeting, according to the minister's office...

Carney says Trump agreed to 'intensify' trade talks after 50% tariff threat

U.S. declines to extend CUSMA trade deal with Canada, Mexico

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Aug 11, 2026 8:26 AM EDT | Last Updated: 43 minutes ago

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'Pushed over the brink: the escalating assault on Ontario’s hospitals'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5hA4fMuwsc

 

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

"Good morning to all! Have a productive and safe day, and be blessed!" It's easy to put oneself in a safe little cocoon and pretend the world out there doesn't exist. I used to do that; heck, before Paula and my mom and dad all the way back since grade school, I was pretty well a loner, and I didn't mind it. "Mrs. Invisible, you know." I have learned to do that quite effectively, being invisible; if required, as an example, "I go row my row boat gently down the stream of imagination." Especially when I can just step out in my Green Space for a few moments. I will miss sitting out there when winter comes 😢

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*TODAY'S TOPIC:*

COCOONING

Back to the Cocoon Syndrome, I guess that it would cover about 75% of the population, like worker ants; every worker ant simply follows the command of the leader ant ahead of them, and has no other thoughts except to follow the leader ant. The leader ants are also the scout ants; they're at least smart enough to check out the trail ahead before proceeding with the troops. I wish these leader ants of this colony of Dunce Ants would FALL OFF HELL'S PRECIPICE 🧗🔥!

It's easy to be in a cocoon and only come out when required, but in doing so one is actually insulating themselves or hiding from change. You lose touch with the flow of reality. You miss details, are more apt to believe in conspiracy theories and such. Being uninformed about the regular flow of life around you because you don't give a damn! UNTIL IT HITS YOU! Life is constantly changing, from the arrival of one photon of light after another, to allow you to see the entire movie one frame at a time; the transaction and process of life, also called the evolution of body, mind, and spirit, all part of the infinite fabric of time and space*_

The Little talked about cocooning syndrome COCOONING

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Question: Cocooning, staying inside home to hide and avoid the outside world

AI Overview

Cocooning is the behavior of staying inside your home to find safety, comfort, and relief from a harsh or stressful outside world. Trend forecaster Faith Popcorn coined the term in 1981. It describes a voluntary retreat into a personal sanctuary to rest, recharge, and avoid burnout.

There is a problem with this: some people will not face reality and will remain hiding in their cocoons. I almost did.

Origins and Meaning

• Definition: Insulating yourself from the unpredictable and tiring outside environment.
• Origin: Coined by marketing consultant Faith Popcorn during the early 1980s social and political shifts.
• Purpose: Acting as a form of deep self-care, mental recovery, and boundary-setting

Common Types of Cocooning

• Restful:
• Socialized:
• Armored:

Why People Do It

• Burnout:
• Over-stimulation:
• Uncertainty:

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When I was among the outside world, I used to hide inside, so I was alone, even in a crowd; people, even today, still bump into me because they don't notice me, Mrs. Invisible.

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP

Powerful earthquake sparks evacuations in Colombia

Updated Aug 10, 2026, 9:28 AM ET - 12 min ago

- CNN -

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Challenging fire weather continues in West as thousands evacuated in Canada while Spokane crews gain ground

Updated Aug 10, 2026, 3:38 AM ET - 6 hr ago

- CNN -

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**Netanyahu calculates upsetting Trump is his least-bad option**

On tricky issues, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s preference is to kick the can down the road. If he must take a position, he likes to include a twist of ambiguity, some wiggle room, just in case things get hairy later. Not this time, though, on the subject of US President Donald Trump’s roadmap for progressing the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

“I wish to be precise: Israel does not accept the 15-point document,” Netanyahu said during opening remarks at Sunday’s weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting.

• In fact, he went on to say it twice:

“I have heard people saying: ‘You didn’t say it.’ So here I am saying it again: Israel does not accept the 15-point document.”...

Related article

Hamas fighters patrol a street in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, on February 8, 2025.

Trump announces Gaza breakthrough but uncertainty remains

VIDEO | Included:

• Speaking to voters:

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Updated Aug 10, 2026, 1:33 AM ET - 8 hr ago

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We’re still learning the damage Musk and DOGE wrought

Between a new GAO report showing minuscule savings and ample evidence of the harm done, it’s clear we’re still sorting through the wreckage.

Elon Musk’s five-month tenure in the Trump administration provided the country a funhouse mirror version of technocratic governing. Here was a supposed expert in efficiency, a genius brought into to make the fixes politicians couldn’t. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency that he may or may not have led promised to slash $2 trillion in wasteful spending from the United States budget. According to its own “Wall of Receipts” website, it cut at most $215 billion, or about 11% of that initial projection.

DOGE’s failure at its task is about all we know about it. A new report from the Government Accountability Office explains that the quasi-agency vastly exaggerated the savings it produced. Some of the claimed cuts are impossible to verify. Despite promising transparency and a data-driven mindset, DOGE was a jumbled mess, and we’re left with little understanding of what it did or didn’t do. Indeed, a month after it officially shuttered, we’re still struggling to figure out exactly how much harm was caused by Musk and his similarly unqualified wrecking crew.

• Despite promising transparency and a data-driven mindset, DOGE was a jumbled mess, and we’re left with little understanding of what it did or didn’t do:
• During its brief existence, DOGE was a bastion against expertise and was seemingly allergic to good data management:

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Aug. 10, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

93-year-old's 'lifetime of memories' piled on a curb in St. Catharines, Ont., after flooding

Volunteers mobilize to help most vulnerable in wake of emergency

Generations' worth of memories were laid out on Mary Winning's curb in St. Catharines, Ont., on Sunday in a jumbled mess of sewage-soiled mementoes, furniture, boxes and bags.

The 93-year-old's home was flooded twice in five days during back-to-back storms that dumped months' worth of rain on the city in just a few hours on the night of July 27 and again on Aug. 2, overwhelming sewers and spilling sewage-tainted water into thousands of homes.

"I'm glad she isn't able to go downstairs because it would break her heart to see," said her daughter Gail Winning, there along with her sister Carol Macdonald...

• State of emergency remains:
• Service owed:

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Posted: Aug 10, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 10

Police confirm wildfire death near Summerland, thousands remain under evacuation order

THE LATEST:

• RCMP confirm death of 80-year-old woman in wildfire near Summerland, B.C.

• Some evacuation orders and alerts downgraded for Bradley Creek fire.

• Nearly 22,000 people under evacuation orders provincewide, more than 10,000 under evacuation alerts.

• Flights resume from Kelowna International Airport after smoke-related cancellations.

• Most of southern B.C. under yellow and orange air quality warnings.

• B.C. Wildfire Service warns of potential for wind, dry lightning.

The Penticton RCMP has confirmed the death of an 80-year-old woman who was fleeing the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland, B.C.

A witness reported the death to police early Saturday morning. The RCMP said the woman "died suddenly" while evacuating with family, and that her death is believed to be a result of the fire...

WATCH | RCMP confirm fatality in wildfire near Summerland:

• OKIB downgrades, rescinds some orders and alerts:

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Posted: Aug 10, 2026 9:57 AM EDT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

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Another heatwave hits Europe as drought and fires worsen in Europe

*Europe is bracing for another wave of extreme heat, with temperatures forecast to reach the mid-30s Celsius in parts of Britain and France and spread across much of the continent. The latest heatwave comes after record-breaking temperatures, worsening drought, major wildfires and thousands of excess deaths, while dangerously low river levels threaten water supplies.*

August 10, 2026

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Europe’s record-breaking heat wave shrinks rivers and exposes secrets of the past

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0_5Ly4Yo4

 

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

Great! Back to beautiful sunny ☀️ weather with balmy temperatures out there. The farmers will be relieved; it's a typical old-fashioned August day. It reminds me of back in the Fifties as a kid, and the Sixties, laid back in the backyard with a nice cold beer, listening to nature's symphony of insects breaking the silence. It was peace.

Today is like the summertime back in the Sixties, the "Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRmEZMAfD3Y

Remember those peaceful days in the summer, like it used to be pre-the wannabe Hitler President? Isn't life today like a spot of 💩 on an angel's 👼 gown? Or a horsefly in your Pasta Fazool?

Anyway, to make my story short, it was that kind of morning here as I sat out in my Green Space with my coffee 🌱🌿 🍃 ☕️. Silence, except for the occasional bird song in the distance; I could also hear- actually, I could feel it more than hear it- the tinny distant vibration of a ship's engines at port somewhere in the canal. The sun, the trees, pearly blue sky with peacefulness and silence; it reminded me so much of the August days back home where I grew up—just wool gathering. I like my Green Space for that. 🐑😌

I am not going to keep it too long today; I would like to take some time this afternoon to go downtown with my partner, Paula, the editor of this publication. Maybe find another story to publish while I'm out. Who would suspect an 81-year-old lady of being an active news reporter? 😁

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Ontario Health Care Continued

Question: What does Carney think about Ontario privatizing health care?

🔹AI Overview

Prime Minister Mark Carney has largely avoided directly intervening against provincial moves toward alternative or private health delivery models. While critics accuse him of enabling a two-tier system by not strictly enforcing the Canada Health Act against provincial reforms, supporters and some policy analysts view his stance as a flexible approach that allows provinces leeway to innovate and clear backlogs.

Public Stance vs. Criticisms

• Aversion to Direct Intervention:
• Accusations of Tolerance:
• Support for Provincial Flexibility:
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Question: What does Carney think about Ontario privatizing health care? August 9, 2026

While he has faced intense pressure from the NDP and health coalitions to aggressively block or penalize provincial private-delivery expansions (such as in Alberta and Ontario) by strictly enforcing the Canada Health Act, Carney has generally stated a preference to "work with the provinces" rather than engage in direct federal-provincial showdowns...

Federal Stance and Pressures

Aversion to Intervention: Carney has avoided outright condemnation of provincial structural changes or alternative delivery models, drawing criticism from critics who view his silence as tacit acceptance of a two-tier system.

• Working with Premiers: When questioned on provincial health care shifts and private-option expansions, his administration has leaned into cooperative federalism, emphasizing that health care delivery paths are primarily provincial jurisdictions.
• Political Criticisms: Advocacy groups and opposition parties argue that his reticence to crack down on private clinics or penalize provincial maneuvers risks undermining universal public medicare. At the same time,e pro-market think tanks praise his openness to provincial policy innovation...

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No one wants PRIVATISATION? WHY ARE YOU LETTING THE PROVINCE SHOVE IT UP OUR BUTTS (‿ˠ‿)? REMINDING YOU, THE PEOPLE, THAT WE ARE THE VICTIMS OF FORD'S PRIVATISATION PLANS IN ONTARIO IS NECESSARY. IT'S EASY TO FORGET ABOUT IT UNTIL IT AFFECTS YOU. THEN, IT'S TOO LATE! CALL AND WRITE YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, YOUR MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT, AND TELL THEM THAT YOU'RE AGAINST PRIVATISATION! THAT'S NOT OUR WAY OF DELIVERING HEALTHCARE! ATTEND PROTESTS WHENEVER YOU CAN. THE MORE THE PRIME MINISTER, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, THE PREMIERS, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENTS HEAR FROM YOU, THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR EVERY CANADIAN! THANK YOURSELF.

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Trump has squandered Republicans’ typical advantages in 2 key areas

President Donald Trump’s political stature is so poor right now that he has squandered the Republican Party’s advantage on two major issues that almost always favor the GOP: the economy and national security. A Reuters-Ipsos poll this week showed Democrats and Republicans virtually tied on “war, foreign conflicts and terrorism.” The GOP led on that issue by 11 points after the 2024 election.

Today, 37% of US adults say Democrats have a better approach, compared to 36% who say the GOP does. Fox News polling a couple weeks back showed something very similar: On national security, 50% of registered voters preferred the GOP, to 48% who preferred the Democratic Party. That’s compared to a 12-point edge for Republicans in January, before the Iran war...

Americans don’t love Democrats; in fact, the blue side remains pretty unpopular in polls. So the fact that they’ve apparently taken a lead on the economy really says something. ...

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PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2026, 12:00 AM ET - 10 hr ago

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How Trump’s professed opposition to forced labor sounds to those of us in prison

Trump proposes tarTiffs to punish forced labor abroad. What about forced here at home?*

The 25 states that have sued the Trump administration over its latest effort to impose tariffs on dozens of countries correctly pointed out that the claim that those countries haven’t sufficiently cracked down on goods made with forced labor is the administration’s pretext to reimpose tariffs the Supreme Court struck down.

On top of that, the Trump administration’s claim that tariffs are needed to punish those 59 countries and the European Union, which it says are too permissive of forced labor, is also hypocritical. I write this from Texas, a state that has kept me incarcerated for nearly three decades and is one of the country’s biggest beneficiaries of forced labor.

* Texas, a state that has kept me incarcerated for nearly three decades, is one of the country’s biggest beneficiaries of forced labor:*

* Men on the prison’s “farm line” earn nothing the first three years. After that point, they can earn 2 to 4 cents an hour.:*

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Aug. 9, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:*

Here's the latest on northwestern Ontario's forest fires: Sunday, Aug.

No new wildfires were reported in northwestern, northeastern Ontario as of Saturday evening*

There are 109 active wildfires in northwestern Ontario, according to the latest report from Ontario's Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) issued Friday night.

Of those, 13 are not under control, six are being held, six are under control and the rest are being observed. There were no new fires confirmed in the northwest region as of Saturday evening. The forest fire hazard is mostly low across northwestern Ontario, with pockets of moderate and high hazard across parts of the region...

* Fires of note in the region:*

* More than 1,600 people remain displaced:*

* Evacuation, implementation orders:*

*MAP | Included of wildfires in CANADA*

* Highway closures in effect:*

* Canada Post red delivery service alerts:*

* One new fire in the northeast:*

* Aid against forest fires:*

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Posted: Aug 09, 2026 9:03 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Ontario Wildfire UPDATE | Record 301,009-Hectare Mega Fire & Severe Storm Threat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3X3KenVkis

 

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

"Blaaah 👅!" Another stupid rainy day with intermittent storms ⛈️ predicted for today, after all the flooding we've had. The gODS OF NATURE 🏞️🌱🌿 🍃 must be on the warpath again 😡👑⚡️ I wonder which pale face 🗣 pi--ed 💦🚽 them off this time? Need I go further?*_

I wouldn't be surprised if even some of the ancient god Pharaohs are astir in unrest in their sarcophagises ⚰️ somewhere in the many lost underground temples 🕌 around the world.

"Watch out for the earthquakes 🌏ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ in Washington!"

"OH MY! ATTACK OF THE MUMMIES 😱 !" - That's bad enough; I hope the Daddies stay home - The lady screams, THE MUMMIES ARE COMING 𓁈 running wildly, waving her arms, her eyes open as wide as two Canadian toonies. The flower on her hat 🌸👒 bounces up and down as she sprints down 5️⃣th Ave like she needs to find the latrine 🚽 like, REAL QUICK. The Orange Kink of Shmuckmerica doesn't have to worry about finding a latrine; he carries his dumps 💩💩💩 with him 😆😂🤣

Well, that will be enough nonsense for today. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

HEALTH CARE ONTARIO CONT

Question: Is the federal government considering taking over the present failing provincial healthcare system or just letting healthcare go private

🔹AI Overview

The federal government is not considering a takeover of provincial healthcare systems, nor is it intentionally letting the system go private. Under the Constitution Act, 1867, health care administration is a provincial responsibility, and Ottawa lacks the legal authority to seize control. Instead, the federal government uses the Canada Health Act to enforce public-funding standards while providing billions in financial transfers to provinces.

Is the Federal Government doing anything to stop the privatization of our provincial health care system?

🔹AI Overview

The federal government is using policy updates and funding rules to push back against private healthcare expansion. It issued a strict interpretation of the Canada Health Act targeting patient-paid user fees and extra-billing in private clinics, alongside tying billions in federal healthcare transfers to public accountability rules

WHAT THIS MEANS IN PLAIN LANGUAGE.

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These are results for what does this mean: AI Overview The federal government is using policy updates and funding rules to push back against private healthcare expansion. It issued a strict interpretation of the Canada Health Act targeting patient-paid user fees and extra-billing in private clinics, alongside tying billions in federal healthcare transfers to public accountability rules.

G.D. thieves are everywhere nowadays, and the chief of thieves appears to be the Pirate Ford and his brigands. This is why it's so important to catch these corporate thieves while they still have their hands in the effing cookie jar. They are the very ones, like blood suckers, who would suck up all of the nation's blood until we are all anemic.*_

I can't remind my fellow Canadians often enough, or in stronger terms, of the importance of writing to or calling your Member of Parliament and your Member of Provincial Parliament to tell them, in simple words, that you don't want the healthcare system in YOUR PROVINCE to become privatized. You can find contact information for your MP and MPP by Googling MP or MPP and adding your postcode. Please call their office, as it takes an assistant's time to take your brief message. PLEASE GET INVOLVED! IT'S OUR HEALTH CARE. Thank you

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BREAKING NEWS:

Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump

Todd Blanche, who risked his career as a prestigious member of New York’s legal establishment to keep Donald Trump out of jail, was confirmed on Saturday as the attorney general.

Blanche, 52, will now permanently act as the nation’s top law enforcement officer under the leadership of his former client. He was confirmed by a vote of 50 to 49 with GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voting with Democrats against the nomination.

Since Trump re-entered the Oval Office, Blanche has been instrumental in reshaping the department in the president’s image...

• Managing the unmanageable:
• Confirmation negotiations:

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PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2026, 4:33 AM ET - 6 hr ago

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How Tucker Carlson is creating a lane for a third party to take on the GOP

Signs that the right-wing pundit and his allies want to launch an antiwar third party are mounting.

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Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson announced in June that he was leaving the Republican Party because he was incensed at President Donald Trump for launching a war against Iran. Surprisingly, what began as a theatrical (and possibly temporary) exit from the GOP has led to a more adversarial and organized opposition. The former Fox News personality appears to be trying to help launch — or encourage the launch of — a right-wing third party. If it comes to fruition, that could be a terrible thorn in the side of Republicans.

In an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review published in July, Carlson said he was “going to help build a third party” as part of his “good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country.” In his explanation he leaned into the same isolationism he cited when he said he was leaving the GOP...

• The Carlson rebellion reflects the strange state of the organized right:

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On Wednesday, on a livestream called “It’s Time to Save America,”

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Aug. 8, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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Entire community of Summerland, B.C., ordered to evacuate due to fast-moving wildfire

The Bald Range wildfire grew rapidly to 50 square kilometres in size within hours

• The entire District of Summerland, B.C., home to more than 12,000 people, has been ordered to evacuate as the nearby Bald Range wildfire spreads.

• Several evacuation orders and alerts were expanded in the early hours of Saturday morning.

• The wildfire has been declared "out of control" by authorities and covers 50 square kilometres, according to available estimates.

• There are currently 104 active blazes in B.C. The cause of the Bald Range fire isn't yet known.

Evacuation orders and alerts have been expanded as a fast-moving wildfire races toward Summerland, B.C., forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate.

The entire District of Summerland was forced to evacuate in the early hours of Saturday morning just after midnight due to the Bald Ridge wildfire.

About an hour later, dozens of properties were ordered to evacuate in Peachland and Electoral Area West on Brenda Mine Road and in the Renfrew and Upper Princeton areas...

• 'Embers on the seats':

"By the time we got out, we had embers on the seats of our car," Jestin said.

Evacuation orders near Summerland: What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 7

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Posted: Aug 08, 2026 12:15 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

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Canada weighs ending U.S. booze bans for tariff relief. Not so fast, say provinces

Canada could be willing to end provincial bans on U.S. liquor and make concessions on dairy products in exchange for relief from U.S. tariffs, sources tell CBC News, but provinces are already pushing back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNddqCF2qtw