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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hi, I guess everything is back to what used to be normal before I last got sick. I hope this is not just another holiday from Hell. I was up before the sun. I put away the clean dishes from the dishwasher, made the coffee, then sat and scrolled through my phone while I waited. This is my favorite part of the morning, going out on my Green Space with my coffee and looking around at the trees and the creek below, still frozen and covered in snow. Snow everywhere except my Green Space, the balcony, to be sure it's kept green all through the winter. Just me, my little trusty red plastic shovel, and my corn broom make sure of that. 👩🪏🧹 It was cloudy and chilly, so I didn't stay out for long, even with a coat on.

The extra room we have is used as the computer room and office. I have adopted the term the Newsroom for the TREE HOUSE NEWS. Just me, my own analysis, comments, and reports on the news. This is where I piece together the news articles and my comments. The 27-inch monitors are easier on the eyeballs 👁️

My partner is still sleeping right now, so it's as quiet as King Tut's Tomb in the Newsroom, at least no old bats flying around. I don't pay much attention to most critters unless they try to take a piece out of me; I prefer to keep all my pieces, thank you. I can very much appreciate the silence now and again; I find it peaceful and restful. I used to love getting home from work, when I was still in the laborforceforce, and just sitting on the couch and listening to the silence. OK, that's enough of me here in the Newsroom. Every now and again, I add a bit more about me, my thoughts, and how I feel about things.

ESPECIALLY A BIG HI TO EVERYONE AT QUORA. The lights are on again at THE TREE HOUSE NEWS.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

IS AMERICA NOW NAZI LAND

Trump calls on Republicans to "nationalize’'future elections

President Donald Trump called on Republicans to "nationalize the voting" in an interview that aired Monday, as his administration pushes to overhaul election ground rules ahead of the pivotal midterm races later this year...

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Updated Feb 3, 2026, 5:45 AM ET - 2 hr ago

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If that happens, everyone in America will be singing "Deutschland Uber Alles," no ifs, ands, or buts. If you have any doubts, just wait and see when November rolls around. Who's going to stop him when both the Democrats and Republicans are too chicken 🐔... cluck, cluck, cluck, that's all they do is make noise like squacking chickens. There doesn't seem to be anyone with any spine to stand up to that bucket 🪣 of 💩

What if maybe all of the United Nations were to hold hands and stand up and just say NO, THIS INSANITY, IT ENDS HERE! PSYCHOPATHS WITH DIMENTIA BELONG IN A STRAIT JACKET IN A PADDED CELL, TO SAVE AND PROTECT THE MANY FROM GETTING HURT BY THAT PSYCHOPATH'S INSANITY. THEY SHOULD NEVER BE IN THE OVAL OFFICE BEHIND THE RED BUTTON OF CHAOS AND PANIC.

✊VIVE LE RESISTANCE✊ AMERICA! V.A.L. VIVE AMÉRICA LIBRE. V is FOR VICTORY ⚔️🖖♈️

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🔹AI

My Question: America Is Now Nazi Land

Concerns regarding the rise of authoritarianism, white nationalism, and the adoption of rhetoric reminiscent of 1930s Germany within the United States have been increasingly raised by commentators, historians, and political observers. Discussions often center on the political environment surrounding the MAGA movement, the actions of the second Trump administration, and the use of language that critics argue mirrors fascist propaganda.

BREAKING NEWS:

There are many famous names in the Epstein files

The major headlines from the latest dump of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein focus on President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and the former Prince Andrew, among others. And rightly so. Those names are sprinkled throughout the documents.

Epstein's alleged victims, meanwhile, were horrified that the Department of Justice posted unredacted nude images before taking them down, according to reporting that first appeared in The New York Times. The overdue saga of releasing files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will continue. Millions of files have now been released; more are expected...

• Bill Gates is the subject of salacious draft messages:
• Musk, rather than 'R'FUSE' 'an invite', tried to coordinate trip to Epstein's Island:
• Lutnick wanted coordinates for his boat captain to find Epstein's private island:
• Richard Branson: Told Epstein to 'bring your harem':
• And much more:

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Updated Feb 3, 2026, 7:40 AM ET - 1 hr 30 min ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Why was Jeffrey Epstein allowed into Canada in 2014?

Sex offender travelled to Vancouver despite inadmissibility, federal officials offer no explanation

Nearly six years after pleading guilty to a crime that should have made him inadmissible, Jeffrey Epstein visited Canada, and federal government officials are providing no answers about why he was allowed into the country.

Documents confirming Epstein's travel to Vancouver in 2014 were among the three million pages released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday from its probe into allegations the convicted sex offender ran a child sex trafficking operation catering to the rich and powerful. It's unclear why Epstein was admitted to Canada, given his 2008 guilty plea and 18-month jail sentence on two prostitution charges, including soliciting prostitution from a minor.

Such permits "can be issued only in exceptional circumstances that might be best described as humanitarian and compassionate, or on occasion, when compelling Canadian interests are served," says the April 4, 2018, letter. ...

• CANADIAN DOCUMENT | Included:
• No answers from federal officials:
• But the CBSA refused to say. Document Included:

Posted: Feb 03, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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That pedophile has snake eyes, definitely like some kind of evil wolf creature out of a horror movie, complete with long fangs, sitting stock still among the bushes and tall grass. Two beady eyes stare at you heinously, before it pounces on you and tears a chunk of meat out of you.

As an empath, that's what my senses feel when I look at images of Epstein and Trumpo The Typo, "Creepy crawlers!" Both of them. I get a similar feeling with Trumpo The Typo, except what's even creepier about him is if I allow myself to get into his head, be warned, "IT'S A 100% CAN FULL OF FLESH-EATING WORMS!" 🥫🥩🦷🪱🪱🪱

How a new, more sustainable lithium mining process could kick off the industry in Western Canada

Direct lithium extraction technology is inching closer to commercial viability

A new and possibly more environmentally friendly way to mine lithium could make it easier to extract the critical mineral from deposits in Western Canada, as companies move closer to demonstrating that the technology works at scale. Such lithium is found in very salty water underground known as lithium brines and has not been easily accessible with conventional methods. Now, a technology called direct lithium extraction (DLE) could allow companies to mine those resources, at a possibly lower cost to the environment than other methods.

Alberta is particularly attractive to at least one such company because its long history of oil and gas extraction has “left behind an incredible amount of infrastructure that we are trying to repurpose,” said Kevin Piepgrass, chief operating officer of LithiumBank, a mining company that’s trying develop lithium resources in the province...

• DLE versus other methods:
• What is the environmental impact of this? :

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Posted: Feb 03, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Gaps in menopause care push some Canadians to pay out of pocket

Virtual and in-person clinics offer quick access to care that can be hard to find in public system

LISTEN | Why more Canadians are paying for menopause care:

Some Canadians are paying out of pocket for menopause care from a host of private practitioners opening clinics outside the public health-care system.

Aidan Brame, a 46-year-old woman from Nanaimo, B.C., is one of them.

"What drove me to seek help was frozen shoulder, but also hot flashes at night — just feeling really down and lethargic," she told Dr. Brian Goldman, host of White Coat, Black Art...

Women are suffering needlessly through menopause transition, physicians say

WATCH | Which menopause products are helpful and which are all hype:

• Buyer beware:
• How private menopause clinics operate:

Posted: Feb 03, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 31 minutes ago

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And that ends the news for today. Have a good one, everyone.

From THE TREE HOUSE NEWSROOM.

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

What a beautiful, bright, sunny day! I was out in my Green Space earlier with my coffee, but it was downright chilly. But that's typical of February, a bright sun where you feel the warmth through the back of your coat, and you know that the milder weather is just around the corner, the warming sun ☀️♨️it just needs time to catch up. Since today is Groundhog Day, and since Billy 🦦 saw his shadow this morning 🌄 and he went back into his den, that means another six more weeks of winter 😕 Billy might not be completely wrong in his forecast. I know this clipper just won't budge away from us, and there is still more coming from the northwest.

AccuWeather indicates there is another week of bad weather coming, with lots of snow and bitter cold. SO BUCKLE UP AND BETTER NOT PUT THAT BEAR COAT AWAY YET. I ain't going out there unless I have the bear with me in my bear coat 🐻 I guess the bear won't mind.*_

_*So, my dear friends, that's about enough nonsense from the Newsroom this morning. Thank you for dropping by. Next is the *Subjet du jour,* Today's Discussion. I pray that you all be well, safe, blessed, and guided on this day in making the right decision 🙏

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

AI In Buisness:

Warren Buffett Is Betting on Fintech – Should You Follow

AI's real strength is not just faster chips but its ability to plug into almost any sector, cutting costs, streamlining operations, and unlocking entirely new ways to make money. Finance is the most obvious next target because, at its core, money is simply information flowing through digital pipes.

Analysts now project that AI in financial services could grow from roughly $20 billion today to more than $80 billion within the next four years, underscoring how quickly this convergence is accelerating. That makes fintech a central pillar of the "second wave" of AI adoption, and arguably one of the richest hunting grounds for outsized returns.

Warren Buffett has already illustrated the upside by backing fintech bank Nu, where Berkshire's stake rode a multi-bagger move as the stock climbed from $3 to nearly $20 per share...

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Question: Is Warren Buffett investing in AI? SNOPES

🔹AI Overview

Yes, Warren Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, are investing in AI, but not in the way typically associated with "hot" speculative AI stocks. Instead, they are investing in established, profitable companies that use AI to enhance their core businesses...

I knew this since the onset of CANADA's eagerness to use AI for business transactions way back, probably even before Trumpo the Typo's first term, so there's a possibility that Warren Buffett has something to do with this transaction. I know that, personally, if it came to dealing with finances, I would trust Warren as my manager and confidant.

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Question: Warren Buffett - Do his profitable companies that use AI have anything to do with Canada's business AI?

Yes! Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holds several highly profitable companies that are heavily integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations, despite his historical aversion to technology stocks. As of late 2025/early 2026, roughly 23% to 24% of Berkshire's equity portfolio is invested in AI-driven companies, primarily Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet.

AI Companies in Berkshire Hathaway's Portfolio (As of 2026)

WHAM, BAM, THANK YOU, MA'AM!

I ALWAYS TRUSTED MR. WARREN BUFFETT AS INVESTING GENIUS LEVEL.

Actually, I'm more of a Roach-aroma Treeo 🪳🪳🪳🎷🎺🎸♪♫♭ fan than I am of The MAGAts 🦠🦠🦠😁😉

Trump’s AI push exposes a divide in the MAGA movement

A months-long power struggle over the future of artificial intelligence spilled into Vice President JD Vance’s office in November, when two of President Donald Trump’s allies met face-to-face for a frank conversation.

David Sacks, the White House AI czar, had spent 2025 trying to tuck language into must-pass federal funding bills that would have wiped away state AI regulations and left Congress with limited new oversight of the powerful technology. But Mike Davis, a longtime Trump legal adviser skeptical of the president’s new tech allies, twice helped rally conservative activists and lawmakers to stop it. Trump, meanwhile, had grown publicly frustrated at the lack of progress on one of his top priorities.

In Vance’s office, Davis, known for his combative style, accused Sacks of trying to run over Congress and impose artificial intelligence on the country without sufficient safeguards, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting. Sacks countered that he was simply carrying out Trump’s desire to unleash an AI boom, and Davis was getting in the way...

**Speaker Johnson must sell conservatives on funding deal Democrats pushed for — or risk lengthy government shutdown**

House Speaker Mike Johnson is back in Washington this week with a tough ask for his fellow Republicans: accept a funding deal that Democrats pushed for or risk another painful, prolonged government shutdown.

Two days after a partial lapse in federal funding, the House returns Monday to prepare a vote that many GOP lawmakers are already dreading. Republicans are under pressure to give final approval to a deal between President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats that temporarily extends Department of Homeland Security funding for two weeks — alongside a broader, full-year spending deal — so the two parties can negotiate over Democrats’ demands to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics.

The final vote is expected as early as Tuesday, which would allow federal workers to avoid feeling any major effects of the shutdown. But even with Trump endorsing the package, several GOP hardliners are revolting against the idea...

So sadly America isn't the eagle that used to fly free, it now has an albatross around its neck, the albatross being the rather large Orange Pus Bag, Kink of New Shmukarica. Thank G-d <- The real one that thankfully I am not... I wouldn't even want to think of myself as even a demigod. If I were, Mr. Trump would become a rather tiny bug 🪲 in a rug that sees a lot of traffic 👞👟🥾👡👠🥿👢🥾 in a day 🔘<-big period. 👅👅👅

Already, a key sticking point in negotiations is emerging: the use of administrative versus judicial warrants.

“The administrative warrants, in our view, aren’t worth the paper they are written on,” Jeffries said on ABC’s “This Week.”_ ...

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PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2026, 6:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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That last part makes it as guaranteed as the final result of when you realise you're about to lose your head in a guillotine.

Doesn't seem like AI is as welcomed in the US by the MAGAts 🦠

Actually, I'm more of a Roach-aroma Treeo 🪳🪳🪳🎷🎺🎸♪♫♭ fan than I am of The MAGAts 🦠🦠🦠😁😉

Trump’s AI push exposes a divide in the MAGA movement

A months-long power struggle over the future of artificial intelligence spilled into Vice President JD Vance’s office in November, when two of President Donald Trump’s allies met face-to-face for a frank conversation.

David Sacks, the White House AI czar, had spent 2025 trying to tuck language into must-pass federal funding bills that would have wiped away state AI regulations and left Congress with limited new oversight of the powerful technology. But Mike Davis, a longtime Trump legal adviser skeptical of the president’s new tech allies, twice helped rally conservative activists and lawmakers to stop it. Trump, meanwhile, had grown publicly frustrated at the lack of progress on one of his top priorities.

In Vance’s office, Davis, known for his combative style, accused Sacks of trying to run over Congress and impose artificial intelligence on the country without sufficient safeguards, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting. Sacks countered that he was simply carrying out Trump’s desire to unleash an AI boom, and Davis was getting in the way...

• ‘Sand gods’ vs. ‘civil liberty’:
• The Republican rebellion:
• AI fight moves to Capitol Hill:

Whose utopia?:

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PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2026, 5:00 AM ET - 6 hr ago

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Fulton County expected to sue over FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records

An official in Fulton County, Georgia, announced the county will file a lawsuit Monday over the FBI’s search and seizure of 2020 election records. Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said the lawsuit will “challenge the legality of the warrant and the seizure of sensitive election records, and force the government to return the ballots taken.”

Arrington said that the county’s attorneys are expected to file a lawsuit in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia to fight the action of Trump’s Justice Department and the FBI. The FBI served a warrant last Wednesday at the Fulton County election office, near Atlanta, Georgia, taking 700 boxes of election materials as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election...

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PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2026, 9:46 AM ET - 1 hr 10 min ago

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_*Good Luck 🙏*_

1 hr 36 min ago

US allies working to arrange Iran talks in bid to stave off military strikes

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February 3, 2026 - 1 hr 54 min ago

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Speaker Johnson must sell conservatives on funding deal Democrats pushed for — or risk lengthy government shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson is back in Washington this week with a tough ask for his fellow Republicans: accept a funding deal that Democrats pushed for or risk another painful, prolonged government shutdown.

Two days after a partial lapse in federal funding, the House returns Monday to prepare a vote that many GOP lawmakers are already dreading. Republicans are under pressure to give final approval to a deal between President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats that temporarily extends Department of Homeland Security funding for two weeks — alongside a broader, full-year spending deal — so the two parties can negotiate over Democrats' demands to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics.

The final vote is expected as early as Tuesday, which would allow federal workers to avoid feeling any major effects of the shutdown. But even with Trump endorsing the package, several GOP hardliners are revolting against the idea...

• 'Sand gods' vs. 'civil liberty':
• The Republican rebellion:
• AI fight moves to Capitol Hill:
• Whose utopia?:

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PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2026, 11:13 AM

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Alberta orders fatality inquiry into death of man at Edmonton emergency room

Minister says Alberta emergency room deaths and poor outcomes are exceptions to the norm

I checked all the provinces, and they are all suffering the same systemic shortage of everything. I don't understand why, when back in

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Question: Money allotted by the Trudo fedgov for health care to provinces?

🔹AI Overview

The Trudeau federal government has committed to a 10-year, $196.1 billion health funding plan (starting in 2023-24) to support provincial and territorial healthcare systems. This investment includes $46.2 billion in new funding on top of previously budgeted amounts.

WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE Fn. MONEY?

Thieves? Then do something about the damned thieves!

NOTE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the proposal on February 7, 2023.

And all we have been getting is more clinic closures and a greater shortage of doctors, even before Trudo's government gave them a shot at stopping the Anemic healthcare system from bleeding to death. It's as though people's health doesn't matter. Well, listen, Buster! When you go to your factory in the morning, and all you have is a skeleton crew to work your factory because everyone is home sick in bed or dead because they couldn't get health care.

And if it's Doctors overbilling that are the thieves? That is very disappointing to think that a Doctor who is supposed to care for others, because they are supposed to be empathetic to others, that patient you are overcharging the federal Health Care system for is THEFT! Maybe you even contribut privatising health care. What about the people you are denying health care because they can't afford it? Is That being Empathic? May you burn in hell for your greed and theft.

That will be about it for me for today. I get so frustrated about these Federal government bloodsucking thieves. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT CAN DESTROY AN ENTIRE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC BASE.

🔹AI Overview

Despite the announcement of $46.2 billion in new federal funding for healthcare in February 2023, Canada continues to face doctor shortages and clinic closures due to a combination of systemic, demographic, and administrative factors that money alone cannot immediately fix.

BULLSHIT LIARS! Just excuses to steal the money and use it for something else.

Explaining what Ontario's Auditor General found with province's health-care system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca2mHidCqSI

 

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Well, for a change, I can say it's a bright, sunny, and much milder day ahead. Before sunrise, it was -6 F, with an expected afternoon high of around 23 F. I am so looking forward to spring, when I can go out and sit in my green space. I keep it clean of snow. If it's bright and sunny out there and no wind, as long as I'm wearing a coat, I can actually sit at the table out there in the bright February sun and enjoy a coffee. Not long from now, I'll be seeing the spring birds coming back; they begin to come back even before the snow is all gone.

This is probably the best place I lived since I left the homestead. At least about two months less winter here than there was back at the homestead in north central Ontario. With the apartment facing south, we get plenty of bright sun, certainly enough to keep our solar generators charged. Portable sun panels come with them. It's also great for growing houseplants, and it's wonderful to watch the trees bud just across from our balcony or Green Space. It will be nice to see the creek begin to flow again.

I PRAY 🙏 I'm not sick this summer, I would like to sit by the creek and Grandfather Weeping Willow. I kid you not, it would take at least four full-grown men to wrap their arms around it. Paula and I couldn't even reach halfway around it. I love sitting under that tree; it's so large that it wouldn't be hard to imagine an entire world living in that tree, like in the fantasy movies. And that, my dear friend,s will be about it from the Newsroom this morning.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Garbage for garbage:

WHO AND WHAT IS THE GARBAGE IN THESE VIDEOS?

Garbage for garbage.

Same with the police, if assisting the garbage to help the garbage, then they are garbage as well, GARBAGE EVERWHERE MAN! Well, I believe it's time to find a battalion of garbage trucks... crammed full of garbage. 🤔👂💨 This is turning out to be a really trashy 🪨 🪾💩🪰🦠 🪳🫟🛍 story

Protesters in Los Angeles are blocking in ICE thugs with piles of garbage 😂

Barricades and Garbage: Protesters in Los Angeles have used, and in some cases set fire to, dumpsters, garbage, and other debris to block exits at ICE facilities and hinder federal agents...

LOVE IT! Especially the guy with the skateboard

😂🤣🥲😆😅🙃👅😅

Like out of a black and white Keystone Kops movie

https://politicalhumor.substack.com/p/protesters-in-los-angeles-are-blocking?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=2750765&post_id=186456802&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&r=1tjgsp&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Here's another one: An attack on garbage with garbage. Or throwing out the trash with the trash. The Dunce Brigade! 🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🥁😵‍💫😵🤯👅👅👅*_

What if the Trump regime were to come to a sudden end? Mask or not, they have your name and number, PAL!

ICE Shoots Tear Gas at Protestors Throwing Trash Cans at ICE Vehicles in NYC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DeKwZ7ITTg#:~:text=Demonstrators%20hurled%20trash%20cans%20and%20debris%20to%20block%20their%20path.%20ICE&text=Former%20CNN%20anchor%20Don%20Lemon%20was%20arrested%20by%20federal%20agents%20in%20Los%20Angeles.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump administration news: Latest on the government shutdown, Epstein files and immigration crackdown

What We're Covering

• Partial shutdown: The federal government likely won’t fully reopen until at least Tuesday, when the House is expected to hold critical votes. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says the GOP can’t rely on Democrats to pass a deal struck by Senate Democratic leadership and President Donald Trump to temporarily fund DHS during negotiations on federal immigration enforcement.

• Epstein files: The Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million pages from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, which contain references to Trump, Bill Clinton and other powerful figures. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled on CNN this morning that the DOJ will not pursue new charges related to the case.

• Election fears: Democratic officials are preparing for potential federal intrusion in the midterms, as Trump appointees search for evidence backing long-debunked election fraud claims. Blanche did not offer an explanation for spy chief Tulsi Gabbard’s involvement in a probe of Fulton County, Georgia, when pressed by CNN.

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25 min ago

Blanche says he doesn’t know why Tulsi Gabbard was at Fulton County FBI search

More To Read:

Updated 10:19 AM EST, Sun February 1, 2026

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Bomb cyclone drops historic amounts of snow on Southeast as snowflakes fly in Florida freeze

What We're Covering

• Bomb cyclone: A winter storm strengthened into a bomb cyclone off the Southeast coast, bringing powerful wind gusts and the most snow in decades to some areas.

• Travel snarled: Hundreds of flights were canceled by the storm for the second consecutive day. Icy conditions on roads caused hundreds of accidents on roads and slowed deliveries. Roads remained treacherous after the storm passed.

• Florida freeze: Record-breaking cold after the storm reached as far south as Florida, where rare snow flurried through the air. Over 100,000 customers in the South remained without power in the deadly cold a week after another storm.

Tracking snowfall across the US - MAP Included

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14 min ago

Storm snow totals climb over 20 inches

More To Read:

Updated 10:20 AM EST, Sun February 1, 2026

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Leftist and liberal gun groups are seeing a rush of new members

Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training. With President Donald Trump sending armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists are considering getting armed. And while Americans tend to think of gun owners as leaning more Republican and male, already more women, gay people and people of color have taken up arms in recent years, particularly after 2020.

Weekend classes at L.A. Progressive Shooters are sold out through March. Registrations for permit-to-carry courses at Pink Pistols Twin Cities, which serves LGBTQ people in Minneapolis and St. Paul, are up from an average of five people per class to 25 — the group recently added seven more courses to accommodate increased interest, and those are filling up, too. To paraphrase a recent meme: The right is arguing for gun control, and the left is buying guns. “In the past couple of days, there has been a shift,” Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says. “This changed views on the left.”...

In a Truth Social post early Friday morning, Trump called Pretti an “agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist.” Gun owners across the spectrum aren’t buying it.

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Updated Feb 1, 2026, 8:39 AM ET - 1 hr 59 min ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Former campaign manager says Conservatives should link U.S. relations to cost of living

Jenni Byrne says the messaging on the trade dispute with the U.S. should stay adaptable and evolving.

Posted: Feb 01, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Adaptable and evolving to what? A dead skunk in the middle doesn't evolve to process anything else, but blood, guts, skunk pee, and the smell of the decomposition of dead 🦨 meat. SHEEESH!

On home turf, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith jabs familiar foes to warm reception

Premier targets Trudeau, Guilbeault at Conservative Party convention; doesn’t mention Carney by name

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith flexed her star power amongst Conservative Party faithful on Saturday, advocating for policies popular with conservatives while not directly addressing the separatist issue that has made headlines this week. The Alberta provincial leader was warmly received by delegates of the federal party, reflecting both her standing within conservative circles and the convention’s home field advantage in Calgary.

“It is a true pleasure to welcome Conservatives from across the country to Calgary, into the heartland of conservatism in Canada,” Smith said in her remarks after taking the stage to a standing ovation Aside from a portion of the speech delivered in French — “I gotta give it a whirl, right?” the premier joked following the attempt...

Analysis - The Carney-Smith agreement surely won't make pipelines 'boring again'

“You see, Conservatives supported building new pipelines long before the elbows-up crowd, and they will support them long after all the elbows come down,” Smith said.

• 'heartland of conservatism':

WATCH | Danielle Smith welcomes CPC delegates into Canada's Delegates praise speech:

WATCH | 'You will again have a country that respects your autonomy,' says Poilievre to separatists:

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Posted: Jan 31, 2026 4:50 PM EST | Last Updated: January 31

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Fact-checking Trump's claims about his 1st year back in the White House

U.S. president threw out several figures during recent Iowa rally, but not all are accurate

U.S. President Donald Trump likes to throw out a lot of figures during speeches to his base that he says prove how successful his first year back in office has been.

A rally in Iowa on Tuesday evening was no exception, where he made several wild claims including that a recent poll found that 80 per cent of Americans support his immigration enforcement campaign, while suggesting that mass deportations had led to a 78 per cent drop in crime in Memphis, Tenn., in just two months.

But given Trump's proclivity for spreading misinformation, we wanted to see how many of these figures are accurate and backed up by real data. Here's a look at how they hold up under scrutiny.

• U.S. trade deficit:

WATCH | Trump's claim about U.S. trade deficit:

• 'Hundreds of billions' in tariffs:

WATCH | Trump says U.S. taking in 'hundreds of billions' from tariffs:

• Wages:
• Mortgage rates:

WATCH | Trump on mortgage interest rates, applications:

• Huge drops in crime:

WATCH | Trump expands use of National Guard in U.S. cities:

• Americans' support for immigration enforcement:

WATCH | What Trump said about a Harvard CAPS Harris poll:

Posted: Feb 01, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Fact-checking Trump's Cumpulsive Lying During 1st year back in White House

White House 🏠 is Now The Brown Outhouse 💩🛖 And Should be renamed the House of Liars 😲🥴🐉🐍🦎🐊👹

 

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Speaking of rebellion, that was the last topic I left off on in my first Tree House News Publication at 11:25 this morning.

Whether this bucket holds water or not, it will make the major news.

🙏

BREAKING:

Senate GOP leaders turn against Trump - Capital plunges into open party rebellion

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Based on reports as of early 2026, the Republican Party faces intense internal division, with some Senate GOP members expressing strong dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump following specific, undisclosed actions, leading to accusations of "total access" desires regarding foreign resources. This, paired with historical, long-term divisions (e.g., 2017, 2021), suggests a recurring, deep-seated, and at times public, fracture in party unity PBS.

• Internal Rebellion: Reports show that even prior to 2026, key figures faced intense pressure and calls for accountability, indicating ongoing, deep fissures in the GOP structure PBS.

• Shifting Alliances: The party has struggled with its post-Trump identity, with some members questioning the long-term viability of his, and his allies', approaches to politics, particularly in suburban areas.

• Public Confrontation: Recent, sharp criticisms from GOP senators, with reports highlighting expressions of shame and intense, direct conflicts between party members and the administration, are intensifying these divisions.

The situation reflects an ongoing, intense, and public conflict between various factions within the Republican Party in early 2026.

🙏 Let us pray that today be a better day than yesterday, one day at a time.

Mounting controversies, midterm fears strain Senate GOP’s relations with Trump

President Trump’s slumping job approval numbers and the public controversies swirling around his second term in office are putting a strain on his relationship with GOP senators, who are looking for ways to distance themselves from the president heading into the November midterms...

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January 20/26 6:00 AM ET

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Well, it's another one of those days, snow on and off, and miserably cold as I said a couple of days ago, I ain't a leaving this shack until mid April, when Mr. Jack Off Joe Snow and winter winds are done a-blowin'.

The Tree House News is brought to you by me, Cynthia. My user/avatar is The Fairy Lady. My mission is to share the NEWS THAT MAY NOT BE UPDATED through regular News Networks.

For example, with the Dangerously INSANE NAZI ORANGE DOLT IN CHARGE, the World News is getting more bizarre and crazier to the point it doesn't make much sense anymore. There isn't anything in the U.S. that resembles the norm I grew up with and can still understand as usual. Sometimes it's easier and quicker to check the news through - AI - Google Search - instead of the regular News Sources.

I have no Idea how you can play checkers and chew gum at the same time without rules and regulations, which means that while playing the game, you should stick your gum on your forehead for good luck. But Trumpo, the Dangerous Dolt, thinks he can king all of his checkers then turn and throw everyone under the bus, get everyone else's checkers with his Kinks!*_

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

NAZI AMERICA:

Now, there are no laws and no rules.

Only the law of ONE remains, that of The Orange Kink of Bizarro Land, The Old Dolt with Tertiary Syphilis Brain Rot. Now, even some of you MAGAt people still have a sense of values. If you know what the word values means, then you also would have some awareness of a rudimentary sense of understanding values that tell you what feels right or wrong. But in denial of what you genuinely think is buried in Fake News People, conspiracy theorists, and heretics, lying politicians, crooked judges and lawyers, lawlessness is the norm of the day. As for me, the empathy was always there; I just didn't listen to it. I didn't listen to my intuition or feelings too well, except for the negative ones.

So I kept repeating the same errors, stubbing my toes against the wall of resistance by making the wrong choices and going against my own feelings. Ya know, even after being warned to stay away from that hole in the wall, you're curious to see what's in the hole, you poke the hole with what you believe to be a sufficiently long stick to find out, and end up losing the stick and arm. That's how I also learned, the hard way from experience.

But you can also pray and/or meditate to a greater power of your understanding for guidance, courage, and strength to carry out what is truly in your heart for you to do, not just sucumb to fear under propaganda, lies, beatings by the gods of the Universe, or even death if you don't kneel before some mortal ideologies, like Kink Orange Sour puss claiming to be a god.

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IDEOLOGIES

Ideologies are structured systems of beliefs, values, and doctrines held by individuals or groups that explain how society works and dictate how it should operate.

Well, that will be about it for me for today. It's about time I stepped away from the podium; the microphone is beginning to droop, I had to bend over to speak in it 🤣😂😆😅👋

Now, on with the News. Thank you all for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

‘Worst-case scenarios’: How Democratic election officials are preparing for potential Trump intrusion in the midterms

Washington

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Democratic election officials are preparing for potential federal government intrusion in the midterms, as President Donald Trump’s appointees escalate their efforts to find evidence for his long-debunked election fraud claims. The potential for federal government intervention in state elections “is now in a category, like a weather event, like a bomb threat, like a power outage” that officials must prepare for, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon told CNN. Simon spoke just hours after the FBI’s seizure of 2020 ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.

Simon, a Democrat, stressed that he was not predicting such an intrusion. But he and his colleagues have discussed a range of moves, from seeking to protect voters from interactions with federal law enforcement at polling places to navigating the administration’s push for access to personal information about tens of millions of voters. The Trump administration has pushed to alter election ground rules ahead of the midterms, including with an executive order last year that has been partially blocked in court...

• Would Trump send troops to seize voting machines?:
• Some Republicans also push back: ...

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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2026, 6:00 AM ET - 3 hr ago

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What’s inside the latest Epstein files released by the Justice Department

The Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million pages of files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after Congress passed a law last year forcing the Trump administration to do so. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference the Justice Department has now completed its review of the files and that the White House had “no oversight” of the process. The documents released Friday contain references to President Donald Trump and other powerful figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Clinton and a former Obama White House counsel.

- CNN - reporters have been going through the documents, and you can read highlights below:

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic and disturbing descriptions of sexual violence.

• Trump’s DOJ compiled list in 2025 of tips that made allegations against Trump:
• Diagram shows parts of Epstein’s inner circle but redacts some close associates:
• Draft indictment from 2000s included alleged co-conspirators:
• Drafted, unsigned indictment included details of alleged abuse of minors, a threat and three co-conspirators:
• And 17 other entries in this article: ...

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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2026, 12:00 AM ET - 9 hr ago

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From empty theaters to packed houses, response to Melania Trump documentary reflects America’s political division

Carmel, Indiana

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Marla Ailor attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year with her family, and remembered thinking it was a long day. So she breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as she watched Melania Trump’s documentary and saw that — after a day that included three balls and returning to the White House at 2 a.m. — the first lady kicked off her heels.

“It’s a gauntlet,” she said. “You really appreciate what they have to go through in order to get through an event like that, and what their day must really be like.”

Westfield, was one of about 100 people — mostly older women — who packed all but two of the 10 rows of seats at a Regal movie theater northeast of Indianapolis on Friday

Theaters in some cities were nearly empty. In Washington, DC, the first showing of the day — 11:30 a.m. ET at Regal Gallery Place...

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Updated Jan 31, 2026, 9:13 AM ET - 34 min ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wins leadership review with 87.4% approval

Party calls the result 'an overwhelming majority'

The Latest

• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won the approval of delegates with 87.4 per cent of the vote, a Conservative Party spokesperson says.
• Poilievre delivered a primetime address to thousands of his party's most loyal supporters in Calgary before the vote.

*He opened his remarks with a tribute to his Alberta roots before touching on the "promise of Canada" he referenced throughout the spring campaign.

*Poilievre said a decade of Liberal rule has dashed those hopes for Canadians across the country, though he said he would work with Prime Minister Mark Carney to resolve the trade war with the United States...

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Analysis: So what happens next?:

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Analysis: What the result means

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Updated January 31, 2026 - 8 hours ago

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Was Mark Carney's Davos speech a mistake if it upset Trump?

Not everyone was happy with the prime minister's landmark address

In an interview with an American television network this week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent volunteered some advice to Mark Carney. "I would just encourage Prime Minister Carney to do what he thinks is best for the Canadian people, not his own virtue-signalling, because we do have a USMCA negotiation coming up," Bessent said, using the American name for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement.

"He rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump message, and that's not a great place to be when you're negotiating with an economy that is multiples larger than you are and your biggest trading partner."

The cause of Bessent's concern was apparently Carney's widely lauded speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week. And the treasury secretary's comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Canada needed to be more "grateful."

"I would not pick a fight going into USMCA to score some cheap political points," Bessent said.

• Carney says he told Trump 'I meant what I said in Davos,' contradicting U.S. account
• 'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos
• Mark Carney and 'The Speech'

If a fight is currently being had, one might ask whether Carney — or Canada — can really be said to have picked it. Canada was largely minding its own business a year ago when the United States launched tariffs against Canadian products.

• Second-guessing Carney's speech:

WATCH | Carney on the reaction to his speech:

• A matter of sovereignty, geography and economics:
• 'We have to be able to look ourselves in the mirror':

WATCH | Wab Kinew talks to Power & Politics: ...

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Posted: Jan 31, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Trump, Hitler and how democracies die | Front Burner

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