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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, everyone 🌅🌺🌸🍃🌳🦜. I pray all is well with you. On this first day of summer, it's another beautiful, bright, sunny morning, so peaceful, the only sound is the tweeting of birds, here at the Treee House. The temps have finally caught up to what June temps are supposed to be 🙃 🥳 Soon, it will be July, and to me, after June has gone by, the rest of the summer drops like a rock from a 50-ft bridge into the water below. The stone is picking up speed every foot it drops. If you're the stone, the best you can hope for is to make as big a splash as you can before leaving the show, then come back with a hat with long plume in hand and bow before your audience, dripping all over the stage, "WHAT THE HELL, WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE!," the bridge jumper shouts, jumping up and down with her pom poms.

Wow, I really let loose on yesterday's news! I felt I had to release the truth, at least as I saw it; I simply had the time to put all the pieces together as coherently and clearly as possible, without equal judgment of both sides, as I see it. With due respect for the law of all laws in The Law of The Physical Universe, I was a bit of a firebrand yesterday, but I was speaking my truth from my heart, not on some proverbial balance.

It's not about the weight of the gold, it's about the weight of its true value in the holder's hands, both spiritually and physically. Does it sit heavy or light inside? Like sharing it with Those In Need, to helping them be productive again. In my case, I do my best to analyze and if needed, research, and then share that knowledge that may be of value to someone. Then I make my choice, make the sign of the cross, and hope for the best, and proceed to write; that's the scientific method of theory and proof. I'm a good student of Professor Brian Cox 😁😉

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

AN UPDATE ON ONTARIO HEALTH CARE:

Ontario's Primary Care Action Plan: next steps in Budget 2026

Learn how we are continuing to expand primary care through the 2026 Ontario Budget.

On This Page:

1. Overview: Primary Care Action Team

2. Status Update: Primary Care Action Plan Exceeding Targets

3. Ontario Budget 2026: Primary Care Investment Grows to $3.4 billion

4. Successful Applicants for the 2026–27 Call for Proposals Selected

5. Next Steps: Primary Care Action Plan

6. Current State: Electronic Medical Records in Primary Care

7. Ontario's Primary Care Medical Record System

8. Benefits of the Primary Care Medical Record System

9. Next Steps

The Ministry, in collaboration with Ontario Health and Supply Ontario, will conduct an open competitive procurement process to establish a Vendor of Record arrangement.

As a next step, prior to issuing a Request for Bids, Supply Ontario will conduct a Market Sounding, inviting vendors to participate in informal, non-binding discussions to better understand:

• The current market landscape, including the range of available digital solutions

• Overall market capacity and capability and organizational readiness

• The number of vendors interested in supporting a Primary Care Medical Record system

- Ontario•ca -

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BREAKING NEWS:

While Trump is doing this...

US-Iran talks: Lebanon conflict and nuclear issues are top priorities as meetings begin

Delegations from both sides and mediators are meeting in Switzerland as fighting in Lebanon threatens to derail agreement.

Here's the latest

• Talks begin: High-stakes talks between the US and Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, are underway in Switzerland. As he greeted dignitaries in the mountain resort of Bürgenstock, Vice President JD Vance said the US is willing to “fundamentally transform” relations with Tehran. Solidifying a ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran’s nuclear program are among the top priorities for today’s meetings.

• In Lebanon:

• Strait of Hormuz:

Read More:

26 min ago

Israel and Lebanon sidelined in Iran negotiations

More To Read:

Updated 10:21 AM EDT, Sun June 21, 2026

- CNN -

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The result of Iran's defying Trump The Typo's Vanity

How Trump’s Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms

Democrats say the president started an economically painful war that resulted in nothing positive. Republicans are more divided, even as they show some signs of relief at falling gas prices

President Trump’s fragile agreement with Iran has introduced a new variable into this year’s midterm elections. Democratic candidates have assailed the agreement, arguing that the president accepted unfavorable terms to try to end an unnecessary war that hurt the economy. Republicans have been more divided.

Some, eager to turn the page on the unpopular war, are hailing falling gas prices and praising Mr. Trump for weakening Iran’s military capabilities, while others are expressing doubts about whether the president is likely to achieve the goals he set out to accomplish with the war.

Although the long-term durability of the accord was unclear — Iran claimed Saturday...

With Strait of Hormuz held hostage, Trump’s Iran deal is worse than Obama’s

Mr. Trump has contended that the war remade the Middle East in America’s favor and protected Israel from nuclear obliteration. “Iran got away with ‘murder’ for 47 years,” he wrote Saturday on social media.

Mr. Booker. Added, some Republicans are saying “enough is enough,” describing the deal as a “catastrophic capitulation,” leaving the US with no show for a war killing at least 13 troops and driving prices higher for everything

• More on the Fighting in the Middle East:

June 21, 2026

Updated June 21, 2026 - 5:34 a.m. ET

- NYTimes•com -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

U.S. tariffs go easy on Alberta. That lets separatists go harder on Canada

On tariff impact, political response and more, Alberta became an outlier

Several factors have triggered concern in some corners of the country about the role the United States may play in Alberta’s upcoming referendum on separation. They range from a Trump cabinet secretary’s remarks, to administration meetings with separatists, to the spectre of U.S.-based foreign influence campaigns.

But what if the biggest lift Washington gave to the independence movement was done in plain sight and through official policy channels, even though it was likely inadvertent and an indirect boost? We’re talking about tariffs — or, namely the lack of them against the province now eyeing a divorce with Canada...

• Let’s unpack this.
• Fueling the way:

SCALE | Included: Effective US tariff rates by province

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a recent conference on trade that people shouldn't 'freak out' at Trump's threats on trade.

SCALE | Included: Canadians' U.S. travel plummet - but not everywhere

Jeffrey Rath is a lead spokesperson for the Alberta separatist movement, and has shown favour online for U.S. President Donald Trump.

Read More:

Posted: Jun 21, 2026 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

DUNCE CADET TRUMPO THE TYPO DIAPER KISSER_

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Gas prices and new incentives sparking more EV sales

EV sales are up 20.8 per cent in the first four months of 2026 compared to last year

After months of sluggish sales, electric vehicles are getting a boost from high gas prices and renewed government incentives. EV sales have climbed since January, when the Liberal government restored incentives, and just before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, sparking a Middle East war that sent gas prices soaring.

According to Statistics Canada data, Canadians bought 8,672 new EVs in January. That rose to 12,547 in February and 21,574 in March, before dipping down to 17,795 in April...

WATCH | Automakers hoping EV rebate can revive sales:

• Sales rise after slow 2025:
• CHART | Included EV sales in Canada:
• Canadians interested in low-cost Chinese EVs

WATCH | Test driving Chinese EVs in Mexico City:

For Chinese automakers, markets like Canada are more important than ever

Posted: Jun 21, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

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How are gas prices affecting electric vehicle sales?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-VJ5CxRkUM&t=47s

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hi, everyone! It's a spectacular Saturday morning here at the Tree House! Sunny, but still a little cool. It should warm up more as the day progresses. It is still nice to sit out with my coffee in the early morning and watch the sun come over the trees as I listen to the birds begin their chorus for the day. My plans for today all depend on the weather; if it gets cloudy and windy, I'm going to remain in my den. I'm a fair-weather person, a butterfly fluttering in the sunlight, or a lizard sunning itself on a rock. Cold, damp weather is good enough for fish, polar bears, and penguins, and if it's foggy, it's a good time for vampires. GIVE ME THE BEES AND FLOWERS AND SUNSHINE! Thank you, Great Spirit.

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Israel and Hezbollah agree on a ceasefire, US says, as more Lebanon strikes reported

MY OPINION! This mess we have between nations sounds like a bunch of bratty toddlers in a playpen beating each other up with their own shitty diapers. I think they wear their headgear too tightly, which stops the blood from reaching the cerebral cortex. That's my take. Like Trumpo The Typo has his Make America Great Again hat on a couple of notches too tight, maybe his diaper too. Stinkin' thinkin', the whole lot of them. That also goes for the whole lot of Trumpo The Typo's SH**Y PANTS 💩👖🥳🥳 🥳 DUNCE CADETS

KEEP ON READING, THERE'S MORE!

The Hezbollah are not much better; the whole lot of these folks sound to me like the cartoons we had on Black and white TV years ago of assassins wearing a robe and turban and sportin' a long, skinny mustache, a jagged-tooth grin, climbin' a wall with a dagger 🗡️ in his teeth. That's how I see them even more so today. Maybe most of the West and Europe think the same way. They see you by example.

BECAUSE THAT IS THE F'N EXAMPLE YOU'RE GIVING!

WHY DO YOU ASK?

THE WHOLE DAMNED MIDDLE EAST IS ACTING LIKE A BUNCH OF MARAUDING COCKROACHES 🪳 in dresses 👗with a 气亠 under it and a dagger 🗡️ in their teeth, what is the rest of the world supposed to think? Marauding Cockroaches? The Holy Land, God's chosen! My F'n foot, what a F'n. Joke.

It ain't no wonder the Europeans and the West don't trust these MIDDLE EAST MARAUDERS as far as I'm concerned, they can all go circle wank each other in HELL!

F**ck antisemitism. That doesn't apply here. I'm talking about the GENOCIDE of GAZA. C'MON! And bombing Lebanon, EVEN AFTER A CEASE-FIRE, IDJUTS! I call this little tin can god, Netanyahu, a mad little warlord. Be true to yourself, man! Is that what G-d wants His Chosen People to do?... C'MON!!!

- Google Search -

Question: Genocide - Population Control?

🔹AI Overview

Genocide and population control are fundamentally distinct concepts, though they historically intersect. While population control refers to ethical or coercive methods to manage demographic growth, genocide involves deliberate, systematic actions to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group...

• Genocide:
• Population Control:
• The Intersection:

Coercive population control measures can cross the line into genocide. When population control policies (such as forced sterilizations, forced abortions, or the prevention of births) aren't fast enough, guns and bombs are more efficient. Any one of those religious fanatics could rationalize being the great deliverers of genocide for the sake of THEIR god. THINK ABOUT IT. Get rid of the LOFAN, A caucasian foreigner or non-Chinese

I say it, as I see it! Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Israel and Hezbollah agree ceasefire, US says, as more Lebanon strikes reported

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire, a US official says, following intense Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon that killed 47 people. The latest agreement followed concerns that continued clashes, which also saw Hezbollah kill four Israeli soldiers in Lebanon, would undermine the deal to end the war between the US and Iran.

The Israeli military confirmed that a ceasefire was in effect, but later a spokesman said its forces would "continue to remove immediate threats". Hezbollah is yet to confirm the ceasefire but its secretary general, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said: "The project to eliminate Hezbollah has failed."

Rescue officials in the city of Nabatieh told the BBC there had been at least 12 air strikes since the ceasefire began at 16:00 local time (13:00 GMT). The deadly escalation is another sign that Donald Trump is not necessarily in control of the fate of his deal with Iran...

• More on this story:

June 20, 2026 - 15 hours ago

- BBC -

Inside Trump’s mad dash to sign an agreement with Iran

President Donald Trump was about to sit down for dinner at Versailles on Wednesday when he surprised both his host, French President Emmanuel Macron, and some of his own aides with a demand: he wanted to sign his agreement with Iran then and there.

Trump’s top diplomat had received word on the way to the palace that the document had been finalized. But there was already a signing ceremony scheduled for two days later at an ultra-exclusive mountainside retreat overlooking Lake Lucerne. Vice President JD Vance, the top American negotiator of the accord, was supposed to head to Switzerland to ink the memorandum of understanding and begin the next round of technical talks with Iran.

Trump, however, was adamant the agreement take effect immediately. He insisted he sign it that night. Macron advised them he could arrange it quickly, according to officials familiar with the events...

• A chaotic rollout:
• Trump’s desperation to get out of war:
• A rocky road, complicated by tensions with Israel:

Read More:

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2026, 6:30 AM ET - 2 hr ago

- CNN -

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This UFC insult sparked praise for Michelle Obama — and highlighted a very Trumpian pattern

First comes the clumsy effort to glorify the president. Then comes the public reaction that elevates the very people and values he is trying to diminish.

VIDEO | Included:

After winning a cage match in front of the White House on Sunday, UFC fighter Josh Hokit paused his postfight interview to take a vulgar swipe at former first lady Michelle Obama.

In the days that followed, Obama began trending across social media — not because of the insult, but because Americans responded by celebrating her, sharing elegant portraits, highlighting her accomplishments and praising the grace and dignity she brought to public life.

It is a familiar pattern in the Trump era. First comes the clumsy effort to glorify the president and demean his perceived opponents. Then comes the public reaction that elevates the very people and values he is trying to diminish.

• Trump reminded Americans of everything they appreciated about the Obamas:

More from MS NOW Daily

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Should everyone be on GLP-1s? What the science really tells us about cancer prevention and other benefits**

Medications show promise, yet scientists say it's too soon to know for sure

The laundry list of possible health benefits from GLP-1 obesity medications seems to get longer by the day.

They’re proven to reduce the risk of heart disease and improve liver health, and may ward off addiction, too. Mounting evidence suggests these medications might also combat cancer, reducing someone’s risk of developing various forms of the disease. And of course there’s their original purpose: A highly effective medication to lower blood sugar and tackle Type 2 diabetes.

Given all the hype around these drugs, and the rising number of people taking them, it’s easy to assume GLP-1s are a cure-all for, well, almost anything...

WATCH | What we know about GLP-1s and cancer prevention:

• Wide-ranging benefits:
• Reduced cancer progression, risk:
• Not all promising benefits pan out:

Posted: Jun 20, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

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Israeli strikes kill 16 in Lebanon hours after Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire takes effect

Israeli military says Hezbollah fired over 50 projectiles at its forces in southern Lebanon

Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 16 people on Saturday, Lebanese Civil Defence said, hours after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, with Israel saying it was responding to projectiles fired by the Iran-backed group.

Lebanon's state news agency NNA said Israeli warplanes and drones hit multiple locations in the south and the Bekaa Valley. An Israeli military official said Hezbollah fired more than 50 projectiles at its forces in southern Lebanon overnight, prompting strikes on what the official said were "Hezbollah targets."

WATCH | Israel, Hezbollah reportedly agree to renew ceasefire:

Read More:

Posted: Jun 20, 2026 6:22 AM EDT | Last Updated: 40 minutes ago

- CBC -

Israel and Hezbollah agree to ceasefire as continued strikes in Lebanon reported | BBC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAia9w_LHfA

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning! I pray for a good morning for all who are reading this Newsroom Report. Or should I call it The Back Porch Report, since during the summer months I do my work on a laptop next to the open sliding glass doors to my balcony Green Space?

As for the weather, it's going to be a carbon copy of yesterday except with lighter winds. Here, we had 61-mph winds; the Niagara Peninsula and Buffalo sustained storm damage from near-hurricane-force gusts. Here today is starting nice and sunny with only a light breeze, but with on-and-off showers and winds gusting to 20 mph. Oh well, we'll be spending that time on my dentist's clock.

The way I look at it, I have a dentist's appointment out of town so that it will be an all-afternoon trip there and back, and the dentist is never fast in and out. What's in our favor is the crappy weather. I see it going to the dentist as wasting someone else's time, so it's a good time to get a couple of things from the store and have supper out, too. That's getting two birds with one stone and a way to take the boredom out of tedious and annoying appointments 😆🍔🍟🌭☕️🧋🍺🛍🏫 Now, isn't it more fun to do it on someone else's clock? Well, now, on to the discussion of the day. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Attacks in Lebanon and Delay in Talks Test U.S.-Iran Deal

Israel said it targeted Hezbollah militants after four of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon. Switzerland postponed U.S.-Iran talks that had been set for Friday.

A Memorandum of Understanding is an agreement to agree. Written on toilet tissue, it won't hold a truce for very long. We were surrounded by 💩🦤 S**T BIRDS and DUNCE CADETS 𓉴🙃 Who the Hell 🔥 is running the show 📽️

Like two psychotic brat toddlers 👶😈👿 in a playpen 🪜 🧸throwing their 💩🏳️ diapers at each other

WHAT TO DO WITH SPOILED BRATS?

Question: Bullies and Wars

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🔹AI Overview

*Bullies and Wars:* Wars are often described as bullying on a global scale, functioning as the most extreme manifestation of intimidation, coercion, and the abuse of power. Just as a bully uses strength or status to victimize the vulnerable, aggressive nations and warring factions use military and economic might to oppress, invade, or exploit weaker states.

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Question: Spoiled Brats:

🔹AI Overview

A spoiled "brat" is someone who behaves with a strong sense of entitlement, expecting the world to cater to them without earning it. This behavior often stems from an upbringing free of boundaries or consequences, masking deeper insecurities.

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Now, let us proceed to the National and Local News.

BREAKING NEWS:

US-Iran talks postponed as Israel’s clashes with Hezbollah strain truce

Iran seeks guarantees that hostilities in Lebanon will end before resuming US talks, diplomat says.

Here's The Latest:

• Talks postponed: The first round of technical talks between the US and Iran has been delayed as Tehran seeks guarantees that hostilities in Lebanon will end before it resumes negotiations.

• Delicate diplomacy:

• Deadly clashes:

• Strait of Hormuz:

Read More:

Clock ticks on final US-Iran agreement as talks are delayed. Here's what to know

More To Read:

Updated 9:33 AM EDT, Fri June 19, 2026

- CNN -

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The Obama Presidential Center stands out — much like the 44th president

It’s fitting that, much like the president it’s named for, nothing about the Obama Presidential Center is traditional.

Few presidents have walked a more improbable path to the American presidency than Barack Obama. So it’s fitting that, much like the president it’s named for, nothing about the Obama Presidential Center is traditional. Not its Juneteenth opening. Not its location on the South Side of Chicago. Not its design, not its sprawling campus that includes a basketball court and outdoor grills, and not the exhibits that not only showcase what the 44th president accomplished but also highlight what he did not get done.

Michelle Obama’s story is also woven throughout the main narrative. There’s a teaching kitchen and a sledding hill. And, in a break with tradition, the $850 million campus does not include the president’s physical archives. The Obamas’ physical papers are in separate facility maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration, and that federal agency is managing his fully digital library.

Watch MS NOW’s _exclusive interviews with Barack and Michelle Obama as part of “Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center,”_

Airing Friday, June 19, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

• This “Yes We Can” ethos reverberates throughout the campus.
• More from MS NOW Daily:

Read More:

Jun. 19, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides

Bill C-30 gives cabinet power to greenlight use for economic or food security reasons

The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize their use — even pesticides Health Canada has deemed are unsafe.

Bill C-30 passed both the House of Commons and the Senate on Thursday before Parliament rose for the summer.

While the legislation largely deals with measures the federal government announced in its spring economic update, buried within it are major changes to Canada's Pest Control Products Act.

• Government promises transparency:
• Health minister meets with pesticide lobby:

Posted: Jun 19, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

- CBC -

What's wrong with this picture? They don't tell you why there is such a dire need to use those chemicals, which researchers have proven to be hazardous to our health. Unless it was an emergency, like spraying for the screwworm fly pandemic from down south. But they don't say BOOOOO!

I SMELL GREED!

Carney cabinet can now authorize the use of banned pesticides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1vsMGCoFBU

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Morning folks. Well, the morning is beginning with some sun and clouds, warm out there for the moment. There were supposed to be winds gusting to 65 miles an hour today, but that hasn't materialized, thank the Great Spirit, that certainly would have damaged the tropical arrangement I have in my Green Space. So far it's been behaving itself, and by five this afternoon the high winds should subside. That's about it from the Newsroom. Thank you for dropping by to view and read the Tree House News.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

SENDING IT OUT

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Question: In spiritual beliefs, "sending it out

AI Overview

In spiritual beliefs, "sending it out" refers to projecting your thoughts, intentions, or energy into the universe to influence reality, manifest desires, or help others. Practitioners believe this focused energy impacts the world around them, often functioning similarly to concentrated prayer or the law of attraction. Depending on your spiritual framework, this concept generally falls into one of three core expressions:

I do try my best to do that here on the Tree House News each day, to SEND OUT. I do that by sharing my thoughts, feelings, and opinions on a world event, government policy or action, or other occurrence that seems to be a few degrees off plumb. Even if I don't understand all of what the bull 💩 is in politics, I can still tell bull 🐂💩 by the smell ♨️ even if they were describing and promising a rose garden, standing there BAREFACED describing to you the aroma 🍃the delicate beauty 💃🏞️ and the various colors and shades 🌈 of a rose.

MEANWHILE! Behind curtain number 3, Doug Ford has some stooges 🤡🙃🥳 and a 🪏digging a hole for the public outdoor 💩🛖house.

Intention in spiritual beliefs

AI Overview

In spiritual beliefs, INTENTION is the foundational "why" driving our thoughts, words, and actions. It is the *'concentrated' internal energy* and focus that *shapes personal reality*, connecting inner values to the universe and transforming passive wishes into active, purposeful living.

Whatever the intention of others on the internet, you have a voice too, at least for as long as we have public internet service. The greedy corporate thieves, vampires 💉 🦇 won't shut down the internet for as long as they can still suck blood out of it by allowing rampant advertising that breeds tracking cookies, data scraping, and colossal data centers. BUT there's nothing wrong with expressing, or putting out there what's right in your heart. I am certain there are enough positive voices out there with the truth in their heart,... IT'S TIME TO EXPRESS THAT VOICE. The Blue Hats, "Take America Back!"*_

_*IT WAS MY COUNTRY, TOO, at one time. I lived there for months at a time. I am glad I came back to the country of my birth, where things still make sense. I haven't been back there, the US, since that Orange Jack Ass 🫏 NAZI 👮 took office 🏛️ the first time.

Think about it.

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BREAKING NEWS:

A Drone Barrage on Moscow Escalates Ukraine’s Push to Take the War to Russia

The attack, which shut down the capital’s airports for several hours, appeared to be the biggest wave of strikes on the city since the start of the war.

Black smoke from a burning oil refinery filled the Moscow sky. The city’s four airports were urgently closed. And part of the busy highway that rings the Russian capital, a metropolis of 13 million people, was shut down. As Ukraine escalated its effort to bring the war home for Russians, the strikes on Thursday appeared to be the largest drone attack on the Russian capital since President Vladimir V. Putin launched the war more than four years ago.

No deaths were immediately reported. But the large-scale assault seemed likely to feed fears among Russians that the Kremlin’s ability to isolate society from the impacts of the war was sharply eroding. That would usher in a new stage for a conflict that has now run longer than World War I. For days, lines have formed and rationing has been implemented at gas stations in dozens of Russian regions, as persistent Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries and processing facilities have threatened a fuel shortage...

Damage in the Moscow suburb of Zhukovsky on Thursday after a Ukrainian drone barrage...Reuters

The aftermath of the strikes across the Moscow sky on Thursday.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Debris in a playground next to a damaged apartment building in Zhukovsky.Credit...Reuters*

• Damage in Moscow after Ukrainian drone strikes:

June 18, 2026

Updated 9:50 a.m. ET

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Supreme Court sides with weed user over Trump administration in gun case

The administration has cast itself as a defender of gun rights but, in this case, sought to disarm a man over what it called his “habitual use of marijuana.

The Supreme Court sided with a marijuana user over the Trump administration in the court’s latest Second Amendment ruling, with Justice Neil Gorsuch writing for the court that the prosecution of Ali Danial Hemani ran afoul of the amendment. The case involved a federal law that bans gun possession by someone who’s an “unlawful user” of, or addicted to, any controlled substance.

The Trump administration, which has cast itself as a great defender of the right to keep and bear arms, wanted to disarm Hemani due to what it called his “habitual use of marijuana.” In light of recent high court precedent that requires historical analogies to justify modern gun laws, the government pointed to laws from the time of the country’s founding that restricted the rights of “drunkards.”

Hemani countered that the federal law in question is too vague and that the country has no historical tradition of “stripping anyone who consumes an intoxicant a few times a week of the right to keep a firearm in the home for self-defense.” ...

• The Supreme Court takes on guns and drugs in its latest Second Amendment hearing;

Read More:

Jun. 18, 2026, 10:09 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Trump wants CUSMA to expire 'immediately.' Here's the reality behind his takes on the trade deal

U.S. can only withdraw from the deal with Canada and Mexico by giving 6 months' notice

U.S. President Donald Trump has sounded off once again about his country's three-way trade deal with Canada and Mexico, this time musing about the agreement "expiring immediately."

Trump spoke about the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) in response to a reporter's questions Wednesday at Orly Airport near Paris, on his way back from the G7 Summit. Each of the three countries must declare by July 1 whether they want to extend CUSMA beyond its 2036 expiry date.

WATCH | A deeper dive into Trump's latest comments about terminating CUSMA:

• 'We do better as a country if we don't have an agreement':
• 'I view it as possibly expiring immediately':
• 'I'd rather have it terminated':
• 'To be honest with you, I'm not a big fan of it':
• 'I would prefer not having an agreement, but I'm open to doing it':

Read More:

Posted: Jun 17, 2026 8:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 17

- CBC -

Now Canada and Mexico know where they stand. I believe Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo were already expecting this result; they should get Brazil (specifically the state of São Paulo) to connect with them, too. Mexico could ship directly to Canada without going through NAZI-LAND, exchanging commerce rights around the U.S. Canada could be the hub distributor for the northern region.

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NHL fans will now have to pay to watch games on Sportsnet. What that means for Rogers — and CBC

Experts say CBC could carve out new business with women's sports leagues

The National Hockey League season came to a close this month and with it came the end of an era as longtime partners Rogers and CBC were unable to come to a new agreement for NHL broadcasts. So fans will no longer find NHL games on CBC platforms and will, at this point, only be able to watch if they pay for a Sportsnet cable or streaming subscription.

Rogers Sports and Media, the parent company of Sportsnet, recently renewed its agreement with the NHL for the exclusive Canadian English television broadcasting and streaming rights in an $11.2-billion deal for the next 12 years. It first acquired those rights in 2013, for $5.2 billion at the time, but struck an agreement with Canada's public broadcaster to air playoff games and regular-season games featuring Canadian teams on its Saturday night show Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) since 1952...

WATCH | Why men's major league hockey will no longer air on Canada's public broadcaster:

• Money matters:

YEA, Fn' Greedy Thieving Cocroaches! 🪳💸🪳

WATCH | NHL move away from CBC a loss for Canadian culture, says hockey analyst:

• A costly move:

Hockey Night in Canada is gone. Could women's hockey be what comes next? Click 'Join the Conversation' at the bottom of this story

LISTEN | What will change, has already changed when it comes

• watching Canada's game:
• Eye on a new prize:

WATCH | Here's how much women's professional hockey players are making:

Read More:

Posted: Jun 18, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery and residential building in Moscow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2emMAPUmQM

 

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE REMOVALS

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Question: List of institutes and government services Trump destroyed

2025 United States government online resource removals

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Beginning in January 2025, a series of web page and dataset deletions and modifications across multiple United States federal agencies began.

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President Donald Trump has systematically downsized, dismantled, or severely restricted numerous federal agencies and public services, primarily through mass workforce layoffs, budget cuts, and executive orders. While several of these sweeping closures have faced legal challenges or require formal acts of Congress, many key functions have been significantly impaired.

Targeted Departments and Institutes:

• Department of Education:

• National Institutes of Health (NIH):

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):

• Gutted Government Services and Agencies:

Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA):

• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS):

• Foreign Aid and Global Initiatives:

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):

Track the ongoing legal, legislative, and functional updates to these agencies through the PBS News and Science.org legislative portals.

During his second term, the Donald Trump administration has engaged in a historic, systematic effort to downsize, restructure significantly, and strip powers from several federal agencies by establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, and issuing executive orders targeting the civil service and numerous government institutions. The specific institutions and government services most severely dismantled, defunded, or restructured include:

The list of institutes and government services has been destroyed by Trumpo The Typo

• The Donald Trump administration has not destroyed or permanently eliminated any major Cabinet-level department:

• U.S. Department of Education:

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) & Global Media:

• U.S. Civil Service & Personnel Operations:

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) & Science Agencies:

• General Services Administration (GSA):

Note: While many of these aggressive staffing cuts, budget freezes, and structural transfers have been implemented, dozens of active lawsuits from federal worker unions, non-profits, and state governments are moving through federal courts to determine if the administration exceeded its legal authority...

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IS THIS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR?

To get thrown out of your home to go live on the street, and if you're lucky, you have a makeshift tent to live in, and maybe catch a rat for your lunch. But don't tell anyone! YOU'RE LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM, eh?

TAKE AMERICA BACK, put that on your hat 🧢

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BREAKING NEWS:

Read the 14-point draft agreement between the US and Iran

The agreement between Iran and the US lays out the terms of the ceasefire between the bitter rivals, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, some financial relief for Iran and a reiteration from Tehran that it will never produce a nuclear weapon, according to a draft copy of the text obtained by CNN.

The 14-point memorandum of understanding has not yet been officially released but a copy of it was obtained by CNN from a US official. A diplomat who saw it at the G7 summit in France this week confirmed its contents, as did two other diplomatic sources with knowledge of negotiations.

Given both the US and Iranians’ secrecy around the language, it remains unclear whether the draft text shared with CNN will reflect the exact wording of the final document due to be signed in person on Friday in Switzerland Technical details are also being finalized, so the wording could still shift. A White House spokesperson said the text did not reflect the actual memorandum.

Below is the text in full:

1 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States:

2 — Islamic Republic of Iran the U.S. to agree on sovereignty and territorial integrity:

3 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States negotiate and agree within a maximum period of 60 days:

4 — Immediately upon the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding:

5 — Upon signing this Memorandum of Understanding, Iran will immediately ensure the movement of merchant ships:

6 — The United States undertakes, together with its regional partners,

7 — The United States commits to ending, on a schedule agreed upon:

8 — The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons:

9 — The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that:

10 — The United States undertakes signing of this Memorandum of Understanding:

11 — The United States undertakes negotiations and agreement to release frozen funds and assets of Republic of Iran:

12 — Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree future commitment to the Final Agreement:

13 — Following the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding:

14 — Final agreement approved through a binding resolution of the UN Security Council:

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Updated Jun 17, 2026, 7:52 AM ET - 2 hr ago

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Vance’s slick answers on ‘The View’ can’t hide his biggest problem for 2028

Succeeding a president from your own party is hard enough, and being Trump’s vice president makes it harder.

Vice President JD Vance knew the assignment, and he likely knew how that assignment would go. Promoting his new book in an interview on “The View,” whose co-hosts are no fans of Donald Trump, he would have to defend the president’s gaffes and policy mistakes, while not looking too thirsty to replace the president come 2028.

Vance performed well, as he usually does in TV interviews. But he also revealed the awkward position in which he finds himself — as does just about every other Republican who will run for president in two years. Succeeding a president from your own party is hard enough; being Trump’s vice president makes it harder.

• The vice president has had plenty of practice being confronted with his criticisms of the president, and the answer he gave was quite revealing:

• Trump may be a despicable and dangerous figure, but when Vance saw that he could ride Trump to power, he jumped aboard eagerly:

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'Major shock': Canadians grapple with loss of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada tradition

CBC will no longer air NHL games as Rogers Sportsnet takes over

Canadians are grappling with the loss of a cultural touchstone after CBC announced Tuesday its Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts have come to an end. "It came as a major shock," Craig Baird, host of the Canadian History Ehx podcast, told CBC News.

"It's not just a show, it's a part of our culture. It's woven into the fabric of Canada." The national broadcaster said it was unable to come to an agreement on a new sublicensing deal with rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet on the NHL games, including its staple Saturday night double-header broadcasts...

• How 'massive' was the cultural impact?:

CBC will no longer air NHL games in 'end of an era' as broadcast deal expires

WATCH | The classic theme:

• 'Huge loss':

Sports fans 'flabbergasted' after Sportsnet announces double-digit price hike

WATCH | Jeff Marek on the loss of HNIC:

• Is there room for HNIC in 'vastly different' digital world?:

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Posted: Jun 17, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Carney says he's seen U.S.-Iran framework to end war, calls it a 'game changer' in CNN interview

Deal lays groundwork to ensure Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon, prime minister says

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's seen a copy of the preliminary deal struck between the U.S. and Iran to end hostilities in the Middle East and is calling it a "game changer."

"I have to say, it's exceeded my expectations. We're very pleased with the deal that's been struck," the prime minister said in an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France.

The precise terms of the deal haven't been made public, and Carney didn't say specifically how he came across the copy he reviewed other than "sources." He also didn't address criticism of the deal, namely that negotiations didn't include Israel or Hezbollah...

WATCH | The U.S. and Iran's deal to make a deal | About That:

WATCH | Trump says Iran deal details coming soon, slams Israel's Lebanon war tactics:

WATCH | How Strait of Hormuz shutdown caused history's biggest oil crisis:

• 'Constructive' talks on Ukraine:

Posted: Jun 16, 2026 11:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 16

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2026 G7 Leaders’ Summit: PM Mark Carney speaks with reporters – June 17, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElkLu0IsBoo