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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

- MS NOW -*

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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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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.

VIDEO | Included:

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:

More On MS NOW:

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

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Aug. 8, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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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

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

I pray that all is well with all of you, and that you have a productive and progressive day. Yeah, like me driving an army tank down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington toward the Orange House. I'm standing, one leg up, holding a sword high in the air, leaning forward over the hatch atop the tank, shouting..." FIRE!" And out comes a big fat turd from the tank cannon ▄︻ 💥💩 Special delivery for the Orange Kink😡👑of Shmucerica,

With love 👅 from the Fairy Lady🧚‍♀️ all the way from Canuck Land 🍁May all the BAD LUCK in the world befall you, you Orange s--t eatin' cockroach 💩🪳

TODAY'S DISCUSSION

As I have promised, I would inform my readers of any new developments in the Ontario Health Care System. Unfortunately, it sounds like it's an even worse mess than when I last read their report. *- Google Search -* is a far better source for more recent reports than I can find in mainstream news.

Here is an Update on the Ontario Health Care Status

🔹AI Overview

A new report released in early August 2026 by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) warns that Ontario's healthcare system is under severe financial strain, facing rising deficits, job cuts, and a backlog of roughly 200,000 surgeries. Meanwhile, the provincial government defends its record, pointing to a record $101 billion health investment and ongoing major hospital expansions.

Union and Research Findings

• Financial Strain: CUPE reports that daily operating budgets are strained, forcing some hospitals to borrow money for payroll amid rising costs for supplies and services.
• Funding Demand: The union is urging the province to inject an additional $5 billion over three years to boost staffing, increase bed capacity, and clear surgical backlogs.
• System Pressures: The report highlights persistent hallway medicine, accelerating wait times, and strains from an aging population

Provincial Government Response

• Record Spending: The Ministry of Health states that Ontario is investing a record $101 billion into health care this year, featuring a 4% increase in hospital sector funding for the third consecutive year.
• Infrastructure Investments: The province highlights a $60-plus billion commitment toward over 60 major hospital development projects designed to add 3,000 new hospital beds.
• Primary Care Goals: ...

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In my opinion, the BILLIONS of dollars the Federal Government gave to the Province of Ontario to aid health care had zero effect, like the money never got there or just magically went, poof! It didn't go poof; it went to PRIVATE MEDICAL CLINICS AND STAFFING SERVICES, TWO MAJOR RECIPIENTS OF INFLATED PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES THAT, INSTEAD OF BEING PROVIDED IN OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS, ARE BEING SENT TO PRIVATE PROVIDERS. THIS IS A HUGE BLOW TO OUR PROVINCIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BY THE FORD REGIME! ISN'T IT TIME WE ALL GOT OUT THERE WITH OUR LITTLE PICKET SIGNS, OR STARTED TO PHONE AND EMAIL OUR MEMBERS OF PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT?

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Question: 2024 Trudeau allocates how many billions for Ontario Health Care?

🔹AI Overview

In February 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a targeted bilateral health agreement allocating$3.1 billion in federal funding over three years to improve and reform Ontario's health care system.

Question: Carney allocates billions for Ontario health Care

🔹AI Overview

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a $51 billion Build Communities Strong Fund, which includes a dedicated $5 billion national allocation over three years for healthcare infrastructure. Under this broader municipal and provincial funding framework, Ontario is slated to receive $6 billion total from the main provincial stream to support regional needs.

🔹AI Overview

A recent healthcare analysis released by hospital unions and public health bodies in early August 2026 highlights a deepening financial strain on Ontario hospitals. Day-to-day operating funds have reportedly dropped significantly since 2020, leading worker associations to call for a $5 billion provincial investment to tackle surgical backlogs and emergency room pressures, while the Ministry of Health maintains it is increasing investments and advancing primary care expansion.

WHY, AFTER ALL THOSE BILLIONS, DO WE STILL HAVE A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN SUCH DIRE TROUBLE? LET US ASK FORD WHY EMERGENCY ROOMS AND RURAL HOSPITALS ARE STILL CLOSING, WAITING TIME IN EMERGENCY ROOMS CAN BE MORE THAN 12 HOURS, AND NURSES ARE HIRED AT THE EXORBITANT HOURLY RATES PAID TO PRIVATE STAFFING AGENCIES? WHY DO WE STILL HAVE A SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS? DEMAND FORD ANSWERS FOR THIS MESS!

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

U.S. economy loses 23,000 jobs in July, as Trump-era economy continues to struggle

Trump said this week that Americans have “the greatest economy maybe in the history of the world.” Reality keeps pointing in the opposite direction.

Expectations heading into this week showed projections of about 83,000 new jobs being created in the United States in July. As it turns out, according to the new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the totals fell far short of those expectations. CNBC reported:

The U.S. economy saw an unexpected declined in jobs during July while the unemployment rate edged lower, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday in a snapshot that showed a slowing employment picture.

Nonfarm payrolls fell by a seasonally adjusted 23,000 for the month, compared to a downwardly revised 20,000 for June. The Dow Jones consensus forecast had been looking for a gain of 83,000.

• Job numbers disappoint again as 2026 reaches halfway point:

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Aug. 7, 2026, 8:45 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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Iran’s Hormuz deal with Oman has Trump poised for the big surrender

Trump started bombing Iran again to keep it from having control over the Strait of Hormuz. That gambit failed — again.

Iran and Oman are reportedly finalizing a deal to control the Strait of Hormuz, charging ships fees for passage, and potentially blocking ships from “hostile countries.” Trump resumed bombing in early July to prevent Iran from doing just that, and President Donald Trump has flitted between claiming the United States will control Hormuz and charge tolls, pretending the strait is already open and threatening to “hit very hard” if Iran doesn’t fully open it soon.

Yet Trump and other top U.S. officials, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, are touting the Iran-Oman talks as diplomatic progress, indicating they’re going to accept a deal on Iran’s terms.

This would arguably be America’s most blatant loss in war ever, especially for a war the U.S. started...

• This would arguably be America’s most blatant loss in war ever, especially for a war the U.S. started.:
• An empowered, more hard-line Iran, acknowledged as the premier power of the Persian Gulf, and with a big new stream of revenue might be less bad than a costly ground operation or more bombing just to get to the same result.:

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Aug. 7, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington

A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.

In January, the World of Concrete trade show drew 47,000 people to the Las Vegas Convention Center. One of them was the manager of a Trump Organization golf club in New Jersey, who had come seeking help with an enormous, unfamiliar task. The manager, David Schutzenhofer, wanted ideas for how to fix the leaking, algae-ridden Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.

Several vendors told him they knew just the guy to call: Rodney Jarboe, the president of the Missouri-based company Creative Polymers. Mr. Jarboe had worked on a bridge at another federal landmark, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

In an interview, Mr. Jarboe said he first spoke in March with Mr. Schutzenhofer, who made clear that the work would be rushed. President Trump, Mr. Jarboe said he was told, wanted the renovation project done in time for the country’s 250th birthday on July 4...

• Visual Analysis Finds Dozens of Defects in Reflecting Pool Renovation:
• A Novel Solution
• The 100-Year Liner
• A Remarkable Filing

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Updated Aug. 7, 2026 - 8:49 a.m. ET

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years

Statistics Canada says gains split between full-time, part-time work

Canada added 75,000 jobs in July, up 0.4 per cent, as the unemployment fell to 6.4 per cent, its lowest level in two years. Statistics Canada's labour force survey released on Friday said most of those gains were split between full- and part-time work, as wholesale and retail trade alone added 21,000 new jobs.

The agency says employment rose for people aged 25 to 54, and mostly for women in that age group. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 per cent for men aged 25 to 54, StatsCan says, while falling 5.2 per cent for women in that cohort...

Unemployment Rate In Canada Chart Included

LISTEN | Carney wants to add more skilled trades jobs. How will those workers be trained:

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Posted: Aug 07, 2026 9:03 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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BREAKING: Trump signs new executive orders seeking to restrict birthright citizenship

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

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Another splendid morning here at the Tree House 🌄 So quiet and peaceful out here in my Green Space🌱🌿 🍃, with my floral arrangements and other plants decorating a large balcony on the fifth floor and the trees across the way; it gives the impression of a tree house. My sister loved it, too. Usually It's a very quiet neighborhood, but for the last two years they've been doing construction work on the street right in front of the building, the cockroaches! Well, I guess that's part of life, or reality as we know it.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Making Decisions:

For every POSITIVE thing done, there is an opposite NEGATIVE reaction. So choose carefully; for every action you take, there will be RESISTANCE. Nothing gets done without resistance in this physical lifetime and timeline here in the physical world.

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Question: For every POSITIVE thing there is an opposite NEGATIVE reaction

🔹AI Overview

This idea sounds like Newton's third law of motion in physics, which says that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. However, this rule does not apply to every part of life, feelings, or human actions...

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I believe that psychologically, we make wrong or right choices by either reading the map correctly or not. After reading the map, the bloke resumes driving off the precipice with your nice new Audi Q7. It happened enough times to me.

TAKING A GOOD INVENTORY first will make it easier to read the strings that connect the dots; it should always be a prerequisite to a plan of action. A PLAN OF ACTION never hurt anyone, except for the poor bloke who just drove his Audi off the precipice.

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Question: Psychologically making right or wrong decisions

🔹AI Overview

Psychologically, decision-making relies on a balance between fast, emotional intuition (System 1) and slow, logical reasoning (System 2). Right choices typically stem from emotional regulation, realistic expectations, and self-awareness, while wrong or poor choices are driven by stress, cognitive biases, and the avoidance of uncertainty...

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WARNING🔴 BEWARE OF WHO YOU GO TO FOR ADVICE!

My Comments:

Senate committee holds vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress

Sen. Rand Paul, a longtime Fauci foe, announced the vote after the retired scientist invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a committee hearing last week.

LEAVE HIM ALONE YA BUNCH OF BLOODSUCKING CORROACHES!

That man saved millions of lives, and all of you are trying to crucify him like a sociopathic criminal! WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT IS THIS? I guess that from now on, EMPATHY AND LOVE go to America to die.

I PRAY that the Great Spirit has a nice hot place especially for the souls of every one of you Teabaging Republican Cowards and Nazi Sympathizing Dunce Cadets in HELL! 👹🔥

NOTE TO READER: I CAN ONLY REQUEST THAT YOU, THE READER, MAY CONSIDER AS A PRAYER. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

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BREAKING NEWS:

Open vs. closed: The debate shaping the future of AI

The White House waded into one of the hottest debates in AI this week: Open or closed?

A new framework governing how the administration will review advanced AI models pre-release covers only the most powerful "closed" models, like Anthropic's Claude or OpenAI's ChatGPT, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Open models will be excluded from the voluntary pre-release review, at least for now. (The White House did not respond to a request for comment.)

The administration is racing to get a handle on an almost entirely unregulated industry – one that's advancing at breathtaking speed. Some of the central questions: Should our AI future be built on tightly controlled closed models or on open models that allow users to modify and customize? And should the US restrict fast-growing open-source models from China that are advancing rapidly?...

• Open vs. closed:
• Pros and cons:
• US vs. China:
• Balancing act:

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**Senate committee votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt**

*The vote follows Fauci's repeated invocation of the Fifth Amendment during a hearing led by Sen. Rand Paul, escalating their yearslong dispute over the pandemic.*

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Aug. 6, 2026, 9:20 AM EDT

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So they've gone ahead and done it, (‿ˠ‿)🕳️! May their rotten souls burn in Hell!

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Jeanine Pirro's persecution of the Reflecting Pool defendants served its awful purpose

This is not a "no harm, no foul" situation — because unwarranted attention from the federal government is harm in and of itself.

We shouldn't know who David Hearn is. The 67-year-old placed ninth in a white water canoe race at the 1996 Olympics — a distant finish in the near-distant past that underscores the point that, in 2026, he should be blissfully anonymous.

But in a move that violated the legitimate expectation that our government will not wrongly scapegoat its people, the Trump administration slimed Hearn's name. In June, the Justice Department made the outrageous claim that Hearn had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington and charged him with a felony count of destruction of property, which brings a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

• Rather than admit to a botched renovation, Trump's despotic administration charged Hearn and three others with crimes.:

"To be called out by the president of the United States and called a sick, violent vandal when all I had done was pick up a piece of trash was awful."

Aug. 6, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 6

A wildfire broke out in Metro Vancouver, in Belcarra Regional Park, on Wednesday afternoon

The Latest On The Wildfires:

• A new wildfire broke out in Metro Vancouver on Wednesday afternoon, roughly one kilometre southeast of Sasamat Lake's White Pine Beach. As of 6:47 p.m. PT on Aug. 5, it is burning over an area 1.5 hectares in size.

• Air quality warnings are in effect for much of southern British Columbia.

• A pilot was taken to hospital after a helicopter crash while fighting fires in the South Cariboo.

• As of 10 p.m. PT Wednesday, the B.C. Wildfire Service says "hot and dry conditions return for the majority of B.C." and there is potential for increased fire activity. It expects to see holdover fires and lightning-caused fires in the coming days.

• There are six wildfires of note currently burning in B.C.: the Wait Creek and Tower Creek wildfires in the East Kootenay region; the Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek wildfires along Highway 1, north of Hells Gate; the Pear Lake wildfire north of Cache Creek; the Bradley Creek fire near Okanagan Lake.

MAP | Included:

WATCH | Evacuees see destruction from Bradley Creek fire:

• Air quality warnings across B.C.:
• Road closures:

WATCH | Researchers and politicians say climate change worsening fires:

Posted: Aug 06, 2026 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 36 minutes ago

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Large white supremacist meeting shakes residents of Alberta town

RCMP 'aware' of Second Sons Canada, monitoring 'rise of hate-motivated crime and incidents'

Residents of a small town outside Calgary are shocked to learn that Canada's most prominent white supremacist group held its second annual national meeting — where masked group members participated in military-style drills — at a volunteer-run community centre in early July. "My first reaction is: that scares me," Lou Kuiack, a Millarville-area resident, told a CBC Calgary reporter. "I didn't think that would come to our small little town, in our backyard."

Using visual clues in videos posted by the group, Second Sons Canada, CBC's visual investigations team identified the location of the gathering roughly 70 kilometres southwest of Calgary, near the hamlet of Millarville, Alta.

Second Sons Canada was formed in 2024 and has chapters across the country.

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Posted: Aug 06, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THESE? The younger generation may have forgotten the horrors of the Holocaust and the Nazi regime executing and starving people like animals. OK, now you are seeing what the result is of NAZISM; you are copying it from them. What do you see? I see misery, unemployment, starvation, people freezing to death, labor camps, and even, most likely, in the future, a termination center for those who are no longer of any use in their sweatshops.

UNGREATFUL HATE MONGER NAZI s--t heads, CANADA DOESN'T NEED YOU OR WANT YOU! 💩🪳 s--t cockroaches, that's all your lousy souls are worth. DEPORT THEM TO A DICTATORSHIP COUNTRY AND LET THEM FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES. I'm sure Putin would have a nice room for you in a cell in prison in Siberia. IN MY OPINION, THAT'S WHERE YOU BELONG!

‘Unlike a certain world leader…’: ‘Nasty’ Carney fires subtle shot at Trump over teleprompter glitch

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Morning, all! It's a beautiful Tuesday morning here in Barrie. According to AccuWeather, it is supposed to be mostly sunny for most of August, with temperatures in the mid-70s and 80s. I hope it stays like that until spring. I dread seeing what this winter will bring

What will happen this winter: more catastrophes, man-made and natural disasters, will put more people on the street? There's a whole mess of Americans living on the street, which no one seems to pay attention to on the major news networks, except for Rachel Maddow. I wonder why?

You see, the biggest problem is not just surviving the disasters; it's surviving the winter without proper shelter and food supply. The cold is what's going to be the biggest killer. There are different ways to survive heat, but the cold- not so! The cold is relentless and unforgiving.

IF LAST YEAR WAS TOUGH, WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF THE HOMELESS ABOUT TO FACE A WINTER WITHOUT THE PROTECTION OF PROPER SHELTER AND A SOURCE OF FOOD? What happens if the temperature dips down to 5° F and all you have between it and the cold is the canvas wall of a tent and a blanket? If you're lucky, it's a nice thermal blanket at least.

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Economic reports from 2024 through 2025 detail slowing job growth, rising living costs, and high public frustration regarding the cost of living, though federal point-in-time data from January 2025 actually showed a slight national decrease in homelessness compared to 2024.

Economic and Labor Market Trends

•Job Growth: Hiring slowed significantly, and key blue-collar or manufacturing sectors faced contractions and job losses following new federal policies and tariffs.

• Cost of Living: Prices for housing, electricity, and basic household goods remained high, leaving many families feeling that affordability worsened.

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MORE RECRUITS FOR THE LABOR CAMPS, if they survive, and LISTEN UP CANADA! The NUTZY NAZIS are coming for us, too.

THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW THE PROPHESIES IN THE BIBLE TO SIMPLY HAPPEN? Has anyone ever wondered if those prophecies were more like warnings, and not written in stone? If the people do nothing about it, just surrender to it, then the prophecy has proven itself to be, by letting it happen. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO RESIST WHATEVER FEELS WRONG, LIKE THIS REGIME. Just looking at the head of this Orange Horse's Arse gives me the CREEPS. It's like, ya know, like petting a porcupine backward! Ya never know when you'll get the point. Insanity doesn't make sense.

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The Trump administration has shifted national homelessness policy toward clearing encampments, increasing law enforcement, and promoting institutionalization, leading to aggressive sweeps in Washington, D.C., and new federal funding rules.

For a closer look at how the administration's federal takeover and enforcement actions unfolded in Washington, D.C.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1tApBufj8I

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE:

Man charged with arson in one of three wildfires torching Washington's Spokane area

A man has been charged with first-degree arson in connection with one of three wildfires ripping through eastern Washington state, Spokane County's sheriff said, as firefighters race to contain infernos that have left a trail of destruction across the region.

Since igniting Saturday, the three fires in Spokane County have destroyed more than 700 structures and displaced tens of thousands of residents. Crews are scrambling to gain ground before temperatures climb back into the 90s later this week –– with dry heat potentially fueling even more dangerous conditions.

"The situation is dire," Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson told CNN Monday evening. "These are neighborhoods in the city (of Spokane) that in large part have been just wiped out."...

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• Like "a war zone":

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Updated Aug 4, 2026, 8:02 AM ET - 1 hr 36 min ago

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Democrats unveil sweeping proposal to combat Trump authoritarianism

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., is packaging together a number of existing bills with some new ideas to curb what he calls authoritarian abuses of presidential power

Warning that the United States already has the "ingredients" of a "strongman state," a Democratic senator is rolling out a sweeping legislative package designed to curb what he calls authoritarian abuses of power — with President Donald Trump squarely in mind.

The 10-part, 417-page proposal from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. — shared first with MS NOW — touches on everything from immigration enforcement to whether a sitting president's likeness can appear on U.S. currency. "Authoritarianism isn't down the street or around the corner — it is here right now," Merkley said in a statement, blaming the combination of a "rubber-stamp" Congress, a "deferential" Supreme Court and a "power-hungry President behaving like a king."

"The For Our Republic Act lays out a clear roadmap of the actions Congress can take to fight back against Trump's authoritarian takeover...

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• Jeff Merkley: Trump's China trip comes at a 'moment of weakness' for the president:

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An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces

Canada and Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But no guarantees in trade talks, experts say

In some Alberta separatists' arguments, their big idea isn't so much about severing the province from Canada. The goal is to fortify trade bonds with Alberta's southern neighbor.

"We sit beside the largest economy in the world, with the shortest and lowest-cost trade routes to our most important customer," independence leader Keith Wilson said in a social media post last week. "The problem is not geography. The problem is Ottawa control."

It's true that Alberta is a five-million-barrel-a-day oil powerhouse, and that more than two-thirds of that oil is piped to the United States, making it more valuable than any other export product in Canada...

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WATCH | Power and Politics on oil as leverage in US trade negotiations:

Posted: Aug 04, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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WHY BUILD ALL THESE PIPELINES WHEN PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY THE STUFF BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT, AND CANADA WILL NOT WEAN OFF THE WORLD TRADE MARKET. SALUTE 🫡 CANADA🍁! Yas got empty pipelines, my arse; it's because the rest of the world dictates it. Their tanks are empty; everyone else's are too 🐎💩 ? I wonder what will happen once the lights begin shutting off. Ask the Cubans.

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