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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Helloo! Well, here we are again on a Sunday morning, and the world is still in one piece. The Newsroom report will be a bit longer today. I have more about my mission here, along with a short tribute to Stephen Colbert, that I'd like to share with you. Thank you, G-d Great Spirit, for watching the Dunce Cadets who think they run this show, I guess now that Colbert has been chased off the air.

The network that is now Trumpo The Typo's (‿ˠ‿) kissers. acting like gangsters, snuffing out the cops. Neither side, the good or the bad, seemed very intelligent in those B-grade gangster movies, just like this bunch of dunces we have now, but those second-rate movies were easier to watch, if you ask me. They made more sense.

Now I have always loved making fun of serious stuff and telling straight and outlandish, hinging on profane but not quite. Jokes, like silly kids' stuff. It works like this: Inside my head live many different imaginary friends that I can choose to illustrate the joke. Like, for instance, my friend Bugs Bunny here -> 🐰 Eeep, what's up, Doc? In comic book land, everything is The Infinite Potentialities.

I am 80 years old, and I have seen many great stand-up comedians come and go in my time, and they remain in my heart. Comedians began their careers on that very stage in that very building, The Ed Sullivan Theater. Colbert belongs up there with them. He may be The Last Of The Mohicans at the end of the era of late-night talk shows. Like many of the elders I have heard say when I was a child, My Lord, I dread to see what the world is going to be like in the future. Not that it will matter to the world, I'll be just another dead old fart.

Compassion and Empathy are a dying species, along with the rest of our natural environment, or was this caring for one another just somebody's pipe dream, and they ran out of pipe and couldn't finish the pipeline from Alberta to B.C, SEE? 😆

There will be hard times ahead for as long as that NUT CASE WHO THINKS HE'S JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, coo-coo bird 🦜 that 💩 in 🩲 diaper presently left to run the show. Well, insanity doesn't make sense; they speak very little unless anxious or irritated. They will speak rapidly about anything they want to say or do, but very clearly and coherently. They mean it, and so it goes for someone who has absolutely no fear of death and thinks they have nothing to lose. There is no right or wrong, or any feelings; they are like an. automaton, only wishing to fulfill its desires. I know, I'm a retired social worker, and I worked with these people.

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Question: The above statement

🔹AI Overview

It sounds like you are exploring some heavy, philosophical, or psychological themes—perhaps describing an encounter with a sociopathic mindset or a specific character archetype.

When you strip away empathy, morality, and emotional depth, you are left exactly with that: an automaton entirely driven by its own raw impulses and desires.

What brings this to mind? If you are looking to explore these concepts further, whether through psychology or literature

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Question: Sociopath

🔹AI Overview

"Sociopath" is an informal term for someone with Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). It is characterized by a profound lack of empathy, an underdeveloped moral compass, and a persistent disregard for the feelings and rights of others

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Thank you for hearing, er, reading me out. And thank you for reading the Tree House News. Now it's on with the NEWS.

BREAKING NEWS:

US touts 'significant progress,' but uncertainty remains over Iran deal

Source tells CNN Iran will reopen Strait of Hormuz in deal's first phase, with nuclear issue to be discussed in second phase.

Here's The Latest:

• Peace talks: US and Iranian officials have touted progress in talks aimed at reaching a peace deal, after President Donald Trump said an agreement had been "largely negotiated." Full details remain unclear, but a source told CNN the deal is expected to unfold in two phases.

• Conflicting messaging: Trump said the deal would involve the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, as Iranian state media outlets moved quickly to dispute the president's characterization of the agreement, signaling it intends to maintain control over the vital waterway.

• Nuclear issue: The potential agreement includes commitments by Iran to not pursue a nuclear weapon and to enter into negotiations on giving up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium while pausing any new enrichment, a source said. Iran's president said they are not seeking nuclear weapons...

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18 min ago

US-Iran deal could mark “turning point” for Middle East, Iranian source says

More To Read:

50,000 residents in California told to leave their homes as threat of chemical explosion looms. Here’s what we know

As officials in Southern California race to cool down a massive tank filled with a toxic chemical at risk of explosion, tens of thousands of nearby residents have been forced to leave their homes due to health concerns and the risk of catastrophic damage if there is a blast.

About 50,000 people in Orange County have been told to evacuate, with many spending the Memorial Day weekend in shelters, hotels or with friends and family outside the danger zone. Busy tourist destinations like Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm are nearby, but not included in the evacuation zone.

The chemical inside the tank, methyl methacrylate, or MMA, can cause respiratory issues and irritation to the skin and eyes upon exposure, according to the Environmental Protection Agency...

• Where the evacuation orders have been issued:
• Tank began to overheat Thursday:
• Some residents reporting symptoms:
• Residents flock to shelters:
• Past inspection led to violation and settlement:

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PUBLISHED May 24, 2026, 5:31 AM ET - 3 hr ago

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Russia ‘not winning this war’: Exiled journalist on Ukraine edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgOSy22Vd6k

Colbert avoids Trump in final ‘Late Show,’ but president rages afterward anyway

But the late-night host didn’t hold back on CBS as he gave an emotional goodbye, and an array of special guests, including Paul McCartney, celebrated his legacy.

Stephen Colbert took his seat behind the “The Late Show” desk for an emotional final broadcast Thursday evening but, true to his famous satiric wit, managed to get in a last dig at CBS, which has drawn harsh backlash since it canceled the show in July.

Colbert spoke of his joy in hosting the show for so long. The show team refers to the production as “the joy machine,” Colbert said, explaining it must run like a machine. But he added, “If you choose to do it with joy, it doesn’t hurt as much when your fingers get caught in the gears.” The show brought in several famous guests, several of whom chided the Paramount-owned network and alluded to President Donald Trump’s fury at being a target of Colbert’s sharp jokes, to celebrate Colbert’s legacy.

The cancellation was met with accusations that Paramount was ending the show to appease Trump. It came 10 months after Paramount-owned CBS announced it was pulling the show, citing financial reasons. At the time, Paramount was seeking the Trump administration’s approval for its $8 billion merger with Skydance, which cleared in July and cemented Trump-aligned David Ellison as chairman and CEO of the powerful media company...

RECOMENDED

• Farewell to Colbert — and an era of comedy:
• What Stephen Colbert protects by standing up to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr:

May. 22, 2026, 1:40 PM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Trump's man in Ottawa doesn't understand why Canadians are so frustrated right now

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says tariffs are here to stay, and Canada needs to accept it

Pete Hoekstra does not mince words.

A close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, the 72-year-old Republican politician has developed a reputation for speaking bluntly, especially when it comes to the Canada-U.S. relationship.

When he welcomed Radio-Canada to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa for a sit-down interview earlier this week, Hoekstra offered a few compliments, describing Canada as "an awesome friend" with whom "American businesses really enjoy doing business." But soon the niceties give way to the Trump administration's "disappointment" and "frustration" with the Carney government...

WATCH | Ending U.S. booze ban won't lead to tariff relief, Hoekstra says*

• Booze bans a sore point:
• Canada 'could make tremendous sales pitches':
• Looking for details on defence spending:

Posted: May 24, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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E-bike battery fires are a hazard across Canada. These companies are pitching solutions

PopWheels and PowerShelter launch fireproof charging lockers, e-bike battery swapping

Fires and explosions from lithium batteries for e-bikes and e-scooters have led to millions in damage from Nanaimo, B.C., to Moncton, N.B., — and even deaths.

Fire chiefs have voiced concerns and e-bikes face bans in some buildings and transit. Now companies have launched a solution in Canada that they say could have added benefits to the growing numbers of e-bike users seeking an affordable, convenient transportation option. PopWheels and Powershelter both launched in Canada this spring, offering fireproof charging lockers for e-bike batteries.

• Taking a weight off food delivery workers:
• Why there are so many e-bike battery fires:
• Inspired by a ban:

Posted: May 24, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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US and Iranian officials claim peace agreement progress | ABC NEWS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM1F-higc1Y

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

TODAY'S BREAKING NEWS and DISCUSSION:

THE ONTARIO HEALTH PROGRAM IN CODE RED!

Good morning to all! I pray that today will be a better day than yesterday. Be grateful for what you have. There are many greedy thieves about, who would be glad to sell your soul to the devil, Lucifer himself. Whatever you imagine Lucifer to be. What about the complete 100% reversal of where you are now on the world stage? Enjoying the comfort level you have acquired in life, no matter whose backs you had to step on to get there, "I serve number #1 first! I deserve it! " she/he said!

Then you might find yourself going down into that dark, creepy, dank, wormy, arachnid-infested hellhole of carrion meat-eating creatures with batwings, and fire-blowing dragons, and all that stuff. Whatever you imagine it to be, so shall it be. That could work the other way, too.

It's called the unconscious, and how do we know that this short life consciousness we possess is but one microsecond etched on the fabric of time and space, waiting for another chain reaction to trigger it again? Now I'm rambling. Naw, I'm a writer, and writers have imaginations; if they didn't, it would be hard to sell a blank book. Or a, dum - dum book 😉

I have another long query into ONTARIO HEALTH CARE, as it appears that the situation has gotten worse. No matter how many money infusions we give the patient, the patient remains anemic. WHO OR WHAT'S EATING ALL THE LIFE BLOOD? GET THEM OUT, LOOK AFTER THE PATIENT FIRST!

THE ONTARIO HEALTH CARE TRUDEAU AND FORD DEAL

🔹AI Overview:

*Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a $3.1 billion, three-year health-care funding agreement*. The deal focuses on expanding access to family doctors, reducing emergency room wait times, and hiring more healthcare workers in Ontario.

• Key details of the agreement include:

• Primary Care Teams:

• Medical Education:

• Credential Recognition:

Removing barriers to help internationally trained doctors and nurses practice in Ontario faster.

• Digital Infrastructure:

• Mental Health:

WHAT DID THIS MONEY GO TO?

🔹AI Overview:

The Province and federal government previously signed a 10-year, $73.97 billion healthcare funding deal, which includes a tailored bilateral agreement worth $3.1 billion over three years. The multi-billion dollar agreement between Canada and Ontario is part of a larger national health plan. The specific funding streams for Ontario include: Canada Health Transfer (CHT): An initial one-time top-up of $776 million to address immediate pressures in pediatric hospitals, emergency rooms, and surgical backlogs. Bilateral Funding:

WHAT DID THIS MONEY GO TO?

🔹AI Overview

Recent CBC News coverage highlights a deepening financial crisis in Ontario's health-care sector, leading to longer wait times, hospital deficits, and growing job cuts.

• Key details of the agreement include:

Key Stories & Developments

Hospital Job Cuts and Deficits: A Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) report indicates that the majority of Ontario hospitals face multi-year deficits, with about $9.2 billion spent on private staffing agencies over a decade. Despite increased provincial funding, nearly 70% of facilities are operating at deficits, forcing hospitals to cut positions and freeze vacancies to balance budgets.

• Surging Wait Times:

• Addiction Treatment Crisis:

• Primary Care Gap:

Relevant Links to Actionable Tools & Reports

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Question: I thought the province and federal government had made an agreement

🔹AI Overview

You are likely thinking of the April 1st deadline, by which the federal government mandated that all provinces—including Ontario—publicly fund the services of nurse practitioners to align with the Canada Health Act. However, Ontario missed this deadline, meaning some patients still pay out-of-pocket for primary care.

The broader federal-provincial health-care deals have a more complex history, but recent developments have unfolded on multiple fronts:

Federal Mandate and Nurse Practitioners

"HUH???"

The Deadline:

Current Status: Ontario chose to miss this deadline, delaying the rollout of a fully publicly funded model for NPs. The province will be penalized on its federal health transfers if compliance is not met by April 2027.

Advocacy: Nursing organizations like the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) are actively pushing the Ontario government to implement the funding model and stop out-of-pocket patient charges. Recent Provincial Investments

Of course, this is where the money disappeared. WE ALL KNOW BY NOW THERE'S NOTHING MORE Ford would rather do than kill OHIP and privatize everything. He would close our public healthcare system that is paid for by our tax dollars and give the work to his money-bags friends. His pal, Mike Harris, owns multiple long-term care facilities that receive payments from OHIP to provide whatever level of care a profit-making business cares to provide to the residents of the homes. He wants us to PAY for our health care through our anus rectum (‿ˠ‿), but there's only one big fat butt 🕳️ hole that big in this province! That's all we need in Canada is another Trump, Trump North, or Trump Lite!

C'mon Folks, IT'S TIME FOR THE PICKET SIGNS and to a little marchin'. At least it's warmer weather for that now. And if need be, I'll join you all with my lawn chair and picket sign of my own. The last time I did that was in support of my brothers and sisters. I was living on the res at the time. If the TV news takes notice of the protests, you can bet that Little Trump Lite will see them. Raise organized and legal hell! It's your healthcare system, too!*_

There is no reason we couldn't be doing the same as B.C. by hiring more Doctors and Nurses from south of the border. WHY NOT, MR. FORD, instead of firing them and closing hospitals? Now it's time for me to go get chilled out and wipe away the tears over all this inhumanity to humanity stuff. It's going to get worse, the greed and violence, so I know I need to be ready, along with you and the leader of the opposition, Marit Stiles. We can do this!

OTHER BREAKING NEWS OF THE DAY:

‘Senators are not happy’: How Trump pushed the GOP to the breaking point this week

President Donald Trump’s relationship with Senate Republicans has hit a new low after a revolt over his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund surfaced deep divisions over the direction of the party and its priorities.

Trump and his close allies were fuming over the rebuke on Friday, while on Capitol Hill, GOP senators and aides blasted the fund as the latest in a series of damaging White House blunders that they increasingly fear will cost them control of the chamber, according to five people familiar with the conversations. “The president is making it as hard as humanly possible,” said one senior GOP Senate aide. “This is a true unified front. All 53 Republican senators are not happy right now.”...

• Trump’s inevitable clash with congressional Republicans has arrived. What happens next?:
• Trump sent a message by targeting Bill Cassidy. In defeat, Cassidy delivered one back:

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PUBLISHED May 23, 2026, 6:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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‘He’s pushing it too far’: The week Republicans told Trump no

GOP lawmakers broke with the president on Iran, a compensation fund that could go to Jan. 6 rioters and his ballroom renovation — and they are increasingly bleak about November.

VIDEO | Included:

The same week that President Donald Trump proved his grip on the Republican base by wiping out two incumbent lawmakers in their primaries, congressional Republicans discovered something that had eluded them for much of the past 16 months: the word no.

“The president had a good week electorally, but he’s really hurting himself,” one House Republican told MS NOW, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the president. “He’s not endearing himself with any of us in the Capitol, that’s for sure.”

The flash point was a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund to compensate political allies and Jan. 6 defendants — including those convicted of assaulting police officers. As soon as its existence became public, Republicans on Capitol Hill began breaking ranks...

* Republicans discuss why they’re keeping their Trump reservations private:*

• Nicolle Wallace on Trump’s Epstein files reversal:
• ‘Following his party, not leading it’:

May. 23, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Can a province just decide to leave Canada? Here's what the law says

Legal process for leaving Canada is laid out in a 1998 Supreme Court ruling and subsequent Clarity Act

With the possibility of two separation referendums on the horizon, Canadians could be forgiven for wondering what would happen if voters in one province or another decide they no longer want to be a part of Canada.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pledged that her province would hold a referendum in the fall essentially asking if voters want a second binding referendum on separation at a later date.

In Quebec, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon — who could be premier after October's election — has promised a secession referendum in his province during a first mandate...

WATCH | Premier says she feels 'obligated' to proceed with referendum question:

• Clear question, clear majority:

WATCH | New polling shows nothing is set in stone ahead of Quebec provincial election:

WATCH | Split from Canada would be 'a disaster' for Alberta, says Ontario Premier Doug Ford:

• Indigenous consultation:

WATCH | The facts about treaty rights and Alberta separatism:

• Can a province ignore the Clarity Act?:

WATCH | Binding referendum on Alberta separation not possible this fall, says premier:

May 23, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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HELP! ONTARIO HEALTH CARE IS IN TROUBLE! Think you're on a deserted island and you have written this with seashells on a sandy beach for any aircraft to see, but all you have in return are seagulls 𓅰 pooping 💩 on your sandwich 🥪

Ontario budget has more money for hospitals, but is it enough?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI38Pz_TG1E

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Well, it is a nice, bright, sunny morning, so far, I just wish the air was a tad warmer, at least warm enough so I don't have to wear that dumb jacket anymore to go out in my Green Space. I seem to have dodged the bullet on the morning sickness this morning. I wasn't sure, but it felt nice waking up this morning and feeling nothing. I was so comfortable I drifted off for a while longer, later than usual. That's all the personal news I have from the Newsroom for today. Sometimes, I like a slow news day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Corporate Theft

BREAKING NEWS:

Canadian steel companies pay US$19 million to settle allegations they lied about their steel shipments

*U.S. steel companies have long complained that Canada has acted as a backdoor for cheaper, unfairly subsidized steel*

Two Canadian steel companies and one of their part owners agreed to pay US$19 million as part of a settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) that they illegally circumvented duties on steel from China, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey, and Vietnam.

Article Content

Brampton, Ont.-based Royal Canadian Steel Inc., Farjess Inc., and Feroz Jessani, president and part-owner of the two companies, allegedly misrepresented the steel as being from Canada or the U.S., according to the DOJ.

Between May 2019 and January 2025, Royal Canadian Steel, Farjess, and Jessani avoided duties by "knowingly misrepresenting … the country of origin of certain flat-rolled steel," the DOJ said. ...

Canadian steel magnate offers $1,000 reward to whistleblowers who report foreign steel in public projects

Zekelman, a supporter of Trump's steel tariffs, says Canada's been lax in allowing foreign-made steel to enter North America

VIDEOS | Included:

Energy markets: pricing the shock—or missing the strain?

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Published May 21, 2026

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JUST HOW MANY NO GOOD FOR NOTHING GREEDY IDIOT BUBBLE HEADED NINCOMPOOPS DO WE HAVE RUNNING THINGS, STEALING OUR MONEY AND SENDING THE DEFECTIVE PARTS BACK TO YOU in a nice NEW, well-wrapped box.

Talk about 💩 in your own 👖 WELL!

THERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE THIEVES,

I pray that the Carney Government become even more stringent on corporate theft

Then on the other side of the border, we have a demented orange JABBA the HUTT. If that wasn't enough, then the saints came marchin' in, the fakees, the fake news, spammers, coo-coo demented individuals, the Jabba the Hutt's arse kissers, who think they're above the law and holier than thou. FAKES, the whole lot of them! Like, how about some cornflakes and raisins? Ever take a close look at the picture on the box? That's flies, not raisins. See, they lied to you again. You're lucky they didn't charge you for the meat.

Oh, yeah... then Paranoia Time! sets in, and you're looking around the room for a hidden camera lens. THE MEN IN BLACK ARE COMING! Hey ma! Put on the tea, we have company.

Money, power, and greed, that's all that matters today. If you don't have a $, it's tough luck, better hope you at least have a tent to sleep in, and do THEY care?

I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS STEPHEN COLBERT

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS

‘We were lucky’: Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ bids farewell in final broadcast on CBS

VIDEO | Included:

Stephen Colbert put on an emotional and existential final episode of “The Late Show” Thursday night, thanking his staff, studio audience, and viewers for eleven years of laughs. Colbert walked on stage to deafening cheers at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where longtime friends and VIPs filled the rows of seats.

“If you’re just tuning into ‘The Late Show,’ you missed a lot,” he quipped, alluding to CBS parent company Paramount’s controversial and politically charged decision to cancel the show. Paramount cited financial pressures, but many Colbert fans blamed political pressures, namely President Donald Trump’s contempt for Colbert’s frequent criticism of him. Paramount was urgently seeking the Trump administration’s approval of a media merger at the time Colbert was given marching orders last summer.

• Paul McCartney appeared as Stephen Colbert's final guest on "The Late Show" Thursday.

• Stephen Colbert hosts the final episode of "The Late Show" on Thursday

STREAMING NOW: “The Last Laugh: Stephen Colbert,” examining the legacy of one of America’s most influential satirists.*

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Updated May 22, 2026, 7:37 AM ET - 2 hr ago

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I can't stop crying every time I read this article. It's all in the past, The Last of the Mohicans, possibly an era lost somewhere on the fabric of time and space.

Republicans revolt over Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The Trump administration’s push for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund derailed Senate Republicans’ plans to pass the president’s priority immigration enforcement package Thursday. Senators left Washington for their Memorial Day recess with Republicans saying they were blindsided by the Justice Department’s announcement of the fund and at odds over how to rein it in.

The issue had become so toxic for the Senate GOP that there were doubts they could muster 50 votes needed to pass the broader bill that would provide tens of billions of dollars to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border patrol. President Donald Trump had demanded the package land on his desk by June 1, but GOP lawmakers will now almost certainly miss that deadline...

It was just the latest example of the party’s revolt against Trump, whose separate request for $1 billion in US Secret Service funding and East Wing ballroom security also seemed likely to be stripped from the package in part because of GOP opposition.

‘A galactic blunder’:

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Updated May 22, 2026, 8:29 AM ET - 1 hr 45 min ago

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The DNC achieved the worst of all worlds with its 2024 autopsy

DNC Chair Ken Martin’s incompetence is matched only by his fear of accountability.

VIDEO | Included:

In a surprising turn of events, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin on Thursday released an unfinished, error-laden draft of the 2024 election autopsy report he had commissioned last year but then refused to release in December on the grounds that it would be a “distraction.”

Martin wrote a peculiar note announcing the unexpected release of the 192-page report, which read, in part:

I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards. I don’t endorse what’s in this report, or what’s left out of it. I could not in good faith put the DNC’s stamp of approval on it. But transparency is paramount. So, today I am releasing the report as I received it – in its entirety, unedited and unabridged – with annotations for claims that couldn’t be verified

The report is also striking for what it doesn’t include.

The DNC report itself is at once both boring and a mess. And the drama surrounding its release distills how utterly disastrous Martin’s handling of the autopsy has been from start to finish.

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May. 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Foreign affairs minister condemns 'appalling abuse' of Canadian flotilla activists detained in Israel

Activists say they were beaten and subject to mistreatment, which Israel denies

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is calling for Israeli officials responsible for "appalling abuse" of Canadian activists to be held accountable, after its forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla earlier this week and detained hundreds of participants in the aid effort.

"I have just received information from my officials which details the appalling abuse of Canadians who were detained in Israel," the minister said in a post on X on Friday. "Canada unequivocally condemns the grave mistreatment of Canadians in Israel."

According to Global Sumud Canada, 12 Canadian citizens were among the participants on the latest flotilla effort aiming to break ​Israel's blockade of Gaza by delivering humanitarian assistance. Anand said they arrived in Turkey after being deported from Israel on Thursday...

WATCH | Activists say they were beaten, subject to 'systemically dehumanizing treatment:

WATCH | Israeli ambassador summoned over incident:

Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla are carried on wheel stretchers upon their arrival at Istanbul Airport on Thursday. Emrah Gurel The Associated - Press

Read More:

Posted: May 22, 2026 9:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

- CBC -

Breaking down the Democrats' 2024 election autopsy report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exTN-Jgb6Vo

 

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS*

May Great Spirit bless 🙏

I pray that you all be well today. Yesterday, I went to see my stomach specialist in the Big Smoke, Toronto. Interestingly, traffic into the city was slow, but everything went according to schedule, with some time left over. The traffic on the return trip was slower and heavier. We hadn't had supper, so we looked for a place to stop on the way home. The difficulty of finding a restaurant near the QEW in Oakville was surprising! We ended up at a "modern" McDonald's with automated ordering and a decor like a departure lounge. Three things I didn't like. The darned air conditioning was on when it's only 60°F outside. I'm a French Metis Canadian, not an Inuit, and I'm from southern Ontario. I'm more like Chilly Willy 🐧 I have to put on my overcoat 🧥 before opening the fridge door 🗄️🥹 Back home, they used to call me the "Wrapaho," because I was always cold and would wrap myself in a blanket when I was outside. And the poutine I ordered was not worth the money. All told, the trip went well

I went out to sit in my Green Space for a few moments, to do my best to relax and gather my thoughts after another bad start to the day, but I am feeling much better now. The air is cool again this morning, but at least it's a nice, bright sunny day. With the early morning sun shining brightly down on the new growth of leaves in the trees, they appeared actually to glow a golden green. Early mornings are very spiritual, especially the quiet ones like this. I can close my eyes and feel the early morning PEACE and HARMONY, that twilight zone of peace before the crazies wake up.

That's about it for my report from the newsroom, Beautiful bright sunny Thursday, May 21, 2026.

I would also like to add:

G-D BLESS STEPHEN COLBERT FROM THE LATE NIGHT SHOW, AND HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED

Final Episode of 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Set to Air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFreqqpr1e0

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ONTRARIO HEALTH UPDATE

And now for the latest research and report on the:

Do I Still Smell a Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road For Ontario Health Care?

This is scary, after I read this myself. Now! We all know that the *Trudo government gave funding to Ontario to shore up the medical care* ... Yes, the federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Ontario government under Premier Doug Ford signed a $3.1 billion health-care funding agreement. Date: February 9, 2024

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Question: What is happening with the healthcare crisis in Ontario May 20, 2026

🔹AI Overview

Ontario’s healthcare crisis is deepening as chronic provincial underfunding forces widespread hospital deficits and layoffs. Emergency room wait times are skyrocketing statewide, and healthcare unions are actively protesting service cuts. Meanwhile, a massive family doctor shortage leaves millions without primary care.

• Key Developments: Hospital Funding and Layoffs:
• Record Emergency Wait Times:
• Primary Care Shortage:

The Ontario College of Family Physicians projects that up to 4.4 million Ontarians will be without a family doctor. The provincial government has invested a portion of its $3.4 billion Primary Care Action Plan to attach hundreds of thousands of people to care teams, but millions remain stranded without a primary provider.

IT'S HAPPENING AT ALL HOSPITALS NEAR YOU

"Another Russia coming down!" To many Oligart Fn Thieves.

Update on the healthcare crisis in Ontario,

May 20, 2026

HEALTH CANADA 🍁

Canada-Ontario Agreement to Work Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians (2023-24 to 2025-26)

• Tables of contents

• Funding agreement

(the "Agreement")

Between:

His Majesty the King in Right of Canada (hereinafter referred to as "Canada" or "Government of Canada"), as represented by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health (herein referred to as "the federal Ministers")

- and -

His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of Ontario (hereinafter referred to as "Ontario" or "Government of Ontario") as represented by the Minister of Health (herein referred to as "the provincial Minister")

*Referred to collectively as the "Parties", and individually as a "Party"*

Preamble

Whereas, on February 23, 2023, Canada and Ontario announced an overarching agreement in principle on Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians, supported by almost $200 billion over ten years in federal funding, including $46.2 billion in new funding to provinces and territories;

Whereas, Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians includes a federal commitment of $25 billion in bilateral funding to provinces and territories over ten years, focused on four shared health priorities:

Whereas, on February 23, 2023, Canada and Ontario announced an overarching agreement in principle on Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians, supported by almost $200 billion over ten years in federal funding, including $46.2 billion in new funding to provinces and territories;

Whereas, Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians includes a federal commitment of $25 billion in bilateral funding to provinces and territories over ten years focused on four shared health priorities:

expanding access to family health services, including in rural and remote areas;

supporting our health workers and reducing backlogs;

improving access to quality mental health and substance use services; and modernizing health systems with health data and digital tools.

Whereas, in the area of mental health and substance use, Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians also includes a commitment by Canada and Ontario to continue to work to support collaboration on the Common Statement of Principles on Shared Health Priorities (hereinafter referred to as the "Common Statement", attached hereto as Annex 1), supported by the federal Budget 2017 investment of $5 billion over ten years;

Whereas, Ontario has the primary responsibility for delivering health care services to its residents and makes ongoing and significant investments in health consistent with its broader responsibilities for delivering health care services to its residents and in supporting diversity, equity, and the needs of underserved and/or disadvantaged populations, including, but not limited to First Nations, Inuit and Métis, official language minority communities, rural and remote communities, children, racialized communities (including Black Canadians), and LGBTIQA2S+;

Whereas, Canada authorized the federal Ministers to enter into agreements with the provinces and territories, for the purpose of identifying activities that provinces and territories will undertake in respect of the four shared health priorities, and for funding in this Agreement associated with the federal investment for mental health, substance use, and addictions services consistent with the Common Statement (and menu of actions outlined in Annex 1);

Whereas, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act authorized the provincial Minister to enter into agreements with the Government of Canada under which Canada undertakes to provide funding toward costs incurred by the Government of Ontario associated with the federal investment for four shared health priorities, and mental health, substance use and addictions services consistent with the Common Statement; and

Now therefore, this Agreement sets out the terms between Canada and Ontario as follows:

1.0 Key principles and collaboration

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