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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Morning everyone, and I pray that today is a brighter, more promising day than yesterday, and may tomorrow be better than today. There you go, how's that for a greeting? - 😄🙏 It was supposed to be sunny today and over 100° F - pop goes the thermometer 🌡️💥 if it gets sunny! But right now, it's overcast and around 80°F. It's quite likely going to be an air-conditioned day for the second time this year. The first heat wave we had was those two nice days we had back at the beginning of June.

During the last couple of years, we have been shortchanged by about three months of what used to be nice, mild, seasonable weather from April through June. Now, it feels like early April from the first of April to the last day of June. That's not normal.

Still, we should be grateful that all we have is a little messup with the temperatures and wet weather here, when south and west of us, severe droughts and wildfires have plagued the northern half of that area while tornadoes and floods destroyed large portions of the south. Recalling the past 70 years of my life, we had some wildfires and tornadoes, a few hurricanes a year in the Maririme Provinces, the seasonal flooding of the Red River, possibly a few more localized floods, droughts on the Prairies, but nothing like it is today.

It seems there is a pattern of wildfires and drought in one state or province, and flooding in the next, year after year. The same pattern? The earthquake in Venezuela, climatological calamities of Biblical proportions? How about the *Hunga Tonga–Hunga* eruption being the most powerful volcanic eruption globally in the 21st century? Consider all the new strains of viruses rearing their ugly heads, threatening to put the human race out of existence.

Are these some of the prophecies of the Apocalypse? To me, these would certainly match some of the occurrences foretold in the Book of Revelation. Biblical proportions compared to the past years that I recollect. So what's next? Natural or human catastrophe? Take it or leave it, these are the observations of an 80-year-old who's still got all her beens.

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Question: What is the Apocalypse in the Bible?

AI Overview

Four horsemen of the apocalypse | Bible, Meaning, Revelation ...In the Bible, "apocalypse" does not mean a sudden, destructive end of the world. It comes from the Greek word apokalypsis, which literally translates to "revelation," "uncovering," or "pulling back the curtain"

Biblically, it refers to a genre of literature (such as the Book of Revelation) where God gives a prophet a divine, heavenly perspective on human history so they can understand the ultimate triumph of good over evil...

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That will be about it from me from the Newsroom for today, thank you very much for visiting and reading the Tree House News

AND REMEMBER

VIVE LA RESISTANCE ✊ VOTE ✅ FOR DEMOCRACY 📜✒️ We, THE PEOPLE / PEEPS🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♀️🧎🧍🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️🧔👵👩‍🦳👲👳‍♀️👳‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙅‍♂️👫

AMEN! 🙏

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BREAKING NEWS:

Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship

The court also ruled states can ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams.

Here's The Latest

• Birthright citizenship upheld: In a big loss for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, striking down his executive order. Chief Justice John Roberts, calling citizenship “the right to have rights,” wrote for the court that “the Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land.’ We keep that promise today.”

• Ruling on trans sports: The Supreme Court is letting states ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams. The ruling comes amid a political and legal backlash against trans Americans in conservative states.

• Campaign finance: The court also lifted a Watergate-era cap on how much money political parties may spend in coordination with candidates.

• 6-3 court: Tuesday is the last day of the term, which has seen the 6-3 conservative majority further cement its power in ways that has benefited Trump and Republicans...

4 min ago

Supreme Court shuts down Trump’s argument on "domicile"

11 min ago

Analysis: Explaining Kavanaugh's writing on birthright

Updated 10:53 AM EDT, Tue June 30, 2026

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Supreme Court approves state sports bans for transgender women and girls

More than half the states in the country have restricted transgender women and girls from playing women’s and girls’ sports.

The Supreme Court approved state bans on transgender women and girls in sports, siding with Idaho and West Virginia in cases that affect bans in more than half the states around the country.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the court that under federal law and the Constitution, schools can “maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females.” The Trump appointee wrote that schools can “determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports

based on biological sex.”

Kavanaugh noted the court wasn’t deciding the separate question of whether schools can allow “biological males who identify as female to participate on girls’ and women’s sports teams.” He said that question is currently being litigated in the lower courts. So that issue could be addressed by the court in the future...

• Trump’s fight against transgender women in sports lurks in Supreme Court appeal:
• Trans female athletes’ best real hope could be that SCOTUS doesn’t decide the issue at all:

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Jun. 30, 2026, 10:14 AM EDT

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Thousands are now Canadians under new citizenship law. Half of them are Americans

Sharp increase in applications after court required Ottawa to change rules

Thousands of people around the world have received Canadian citizenship certificates as a result of a change late last year to federal law.

Half of them Americans, CBC News has learned.

In the first three months since the change, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued proof of citizenship certificates to 4,075 people under citizenship by descent provisions in Bill C-3.

The law allows people living in other countries who can trace their lineage from Canadian ancestors to qualify for Canadian citizenship...

MAP | Citizenship by descent country of birth

Middlemiss said a lot of the inquiries are prompted by the current political context in the U.S.

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Posted: May 30, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 1

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Supreme Court rejects Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPenB7asMeM

 

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I do pray and take time for meditation outside in my Green Space, especially on such sunny summer mornings. I begin by meditating on the welfare of our sisters and brothers, the victims of the insanity south of us. We have our problems in Canada to deal with, meditate on, and then act on them in whatever capacity we can. Be wary! Fight and resist the spread of that same disease and venom from infiltrating Canada from the south of our border.

VIVE LA RESISTANCE!

And AMEN! 🙏

It was a perfect morning to be sitting out there in my Green Space in my nightie, in the botanical garden of artificial plants I have attached all around the railing and at the end of the balcony. No one can see me from next door or from below, hiding in my greenery. PRIVACY! I don't need any "shugs" watching me sitting on my balcony in less-than-casual dress on the balcony, which is now transformed into a tree house 🏡🌳🦜

Well, that's about all I have coming from the Newsroom for now for today. Let us move on to the Discussion of the Day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Former President Joe Biden on Trump: "It's not just his vanity projects...putting his name on the Kennedy Center, building an arch in his own honor. Even hiring his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool. Whoa, what a loser." Full video here:

Joe Biden on Trump: "What a loser."

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

I have been sharing the same message since the beginning of Trumpo The Typo's F'n NAZI Regime.

✊☮️VIVE LA RESISTANCE☮️✊

What's happening in America? Has everyone lost their backbones after the Treaty of Paris (1783), May 8, 1945 (V-E Day), September 2, 1945 (V-J Day), and the U.S. exit from Vietnam (1973), the exit from Afghanistan (2021), fighting revolts, slavery, Communism, and NAZIism, and any other enemies of democracy?*_ WHAT THE F. MAN????

There is another belief I have been proclaiming since I began the Tree House News. The Tree House News went through a few different iterations before settling on this one. Originally, I started on Facebook as the Fairy Lady for my handle about, oh my goodness, at least 25 years ago, if not more. I began in Yahoo Groups, playing Farm Town, not certain when. I lost track of how many years after hanging around this place for maybe 20 years.

It's a world full of loons and Dunce Cadets running the show. Does it make you question the sanity of existence here on this plane, which some classify as reality, because they can see, touch, and perceive it as solid or made of matter? And what is MATTER? Matter is made up of molecules; when all matter = molecules broken down to its atoms, which would mean matter is the product of energy, that's reality.

THE ONENESS OF THE UNIVERSE

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Question: What is ONENESS OF THE UNIVERSE

🔹AI Overview

The oneness of the universe is the philosophical and spiritual concept that all things are fundamentally interconnected, sharing a unified source, consciousness, or underlying reality. It suggests that apparent divisions and separations are illusions, and that every entity—from the smallest particle to vast galaxies—is a part of an infinite, single whole.

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BREAKING NEWS RECAPS:

Supreme Court allows Lisa Cook to remain at Fed

The justices also ruled states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a rebuff of Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting.

What We're Watching:

• The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to immediately fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

• The justices also upheld state laws that count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, an unexpected rebuff of Trump’s longstanding attacks on mail-in voting.

• The court on Monday, meanwhile, denied President Donald Trump’s appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict, meaning he must pay $5 million to the former columnist. Justices also denied Alan Dershowitz’s defamation appeal against CNN...

Read More:

11 min ago

Supreme Court expands Trump’s power to fire officials, overturning nearly century-old precedent

Read More:

8 min ago

Supreme Court allows Lisa Cook to remain at Fed in loss for Trump

AND MORE:

Updated 10:25 AM EDT, Mon June 29, 2026

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Supreme Court denies review in one of Trump’s E. Jean Carroll appeals

The Supreme Court declined to review President Donald Trump’s appeal in one of the cases in which writer E. Jean Carroll won a multimillion-dollar jury award against him.

The court’s action Monday concerned the $5 million in damages awarded by a New York jury that found the president abused and defamed Carroll, who had accused him of sexually assaulting her decades ago in the dressing room of a luxury department store.

The president argued that his appeal presented important legal issues regarding evidence. He complained that the trial judge wrongly allowed, among other things, the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape in which he bragged about grabbing women by their genitals...

• Legal Blog Presidential immunity is coming back to SCOTUS in Trump’s E. Jean Carroll appeal:
• E. Jean Carroll fights against Supreme Court review of Trump’s appeal:

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Jun. 29, 2026, 9:40 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

As winds of change blow toward Cuba, how will Havana chart a path forward?

U.S. involvement likely in whatever happens next, observers say

Six months into a tumultuous year-to-date for Cuba, the winds of change are aggressively blowing across the Straits of Florida, toward the island nation.

The country is under relentless pressure from its neighbour to the north, via an onslaught of U.S. sanctions that have hampered Cuba's ability to import fuel, to manage its affairs and to maintain its independence.

Sanctions have touched the lives of the very top members of the Cuban government, as well as those of ordinary citizens living with the consequences of what's unfolding between Washington and Havana...

• 'A system that hasn't worked': Vance:
• Cut off from allies, tourists and oil:
• Threats loom over calls for change:

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Posted: Jun 29, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Family of teen fatally injured on Quebec ski lift grieves a life that 'shouldn't be over'

Megan Bell, 13, died in February four days after a school field trip to Centre Vorlage

When Jenni Bell looks out her kitchen window, she sees the backyard swing her daughter Megan treasured as one of her happy places. Other kids might have outgrown it, but Megan, even at 13, was different. All year long, whenever she was worried about an upcoming school project "or whatever was happening in her teen world," Megan would hop on her swing and instantly be all smiles, Jenni recalls.

But ever since a school field trip to a ski hill four months ago turned into a nightmare — one witnessed by many members of Megan's school community, including some of her closest friends — the swing sits unused, and the lives of Megan's mother, father and 15-year-old brother have become forever divided into "before and after," Jenni says...

• A life still unfolding:
• 'A very heavy day':
• The investigations:

WATCH | CBC News reports in the aftermath of the incident:

• Honouring Megan:

Posted: Jun 29, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Supreme Court Releases Opinions

Streamed live 1 hour and 17 minutes ago

BREAKING:* The Supreme Court is releasing several opinions.

What happened? Did the Great Spirit 👻💥၊၊၊|| .🌕 🪐* • ° 🟠 set their pants on fire 👖🔥-? I can see them now with the backside of their pants smoking and their running around like bloody chickens with their heads missing, like in a cartoon. THAT'S A BAD CHOICE OF CARTOONS! Like, why doesn't Willy Coyote wear a parachute? - 🐺 🪂 Poor Willie is too dumb to get out of the rain; if he did, he would only step into a meteor shower without his tin umbrella ☂️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxHBTz3Da58

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning all, and I mean a GOOD MORNING, it's a beautiful, golden, sunshiny morning (photo below). It's "TROPICANA TIME!" out on my Green Space. So silent and peaceful, except for the distant humming of a cargo ship somewhere out on Lake Ontario and the singing of birds in the trees across the driveway. With that early sunlight beaming down, it appeared to glow golden through the trees.

On the forest floor, there is a mesmerizing golden-green magical garden where the fairies dance in their fairy circle with the leprechauns a' playin' the bagpipes. At the same time, the elves played their fiddles in a tune so enchanting that it lifted me into the fairy circle and gently got me a' dancin' with 'em! My imagination serves me well as my mind was a' wanderin'.

When I returned from time with mystical woodland creatures, my thoughts turned to all the misery there is around me in the world, and I prayed 🙏 for everyone and gave thanks for my little Island of peace 🏝️ I closed my eyes 😌 I allowed myself to bathe in the warm, golden sunlight 🌞 Certainly, it was a spiritual experience 👼 Being humbled keeps me on the right track. My only mission is to INFORM, and I pray that I always be guided by the The ALL/G-d in sharing my thoughts and feelings here in the Newsroom.

That will be about it for today in the Newsroom. Now it's on with the Daily Discussion. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

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DAILY DISCUSSION:

Question: A Spiritual Experience/HUMILITY:

AI Overview

In a spiritual context, humility is not self-deprecation or weakness; it is the honest evaluation of your place in the universe. It means letting go of ego and acknowledging your dependence on something greater. This shift unlocks deep inner peace, resilience, and a profound capacity to learn from everyone and everything.

Any good deed is done humbly and from the heart, not for show or financial advantage. A real philanthropist would not necessarily want to go public, or even be known to the public, to obviously then the debauchery sets in; liars, defamers, crooks, blood suckers, and Dunce Cadets all decide to pile up on you like cockroaches 🪳 on a pile of 💩💩💩

If I'm aware of the debauchery, I believe it's my duty to point out what smells like 💩 IS 💩 big period ->• and that's it.

I pray 🙏 you all have a good, productive day 👩💝🌞 Amen!

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BREAKING NEWS:

Iran attacks US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait as strikes strain fragile truce

US President Donald Trump warns Iran 'will no longer exist' if strikes continue, while Tehran threatens to halt negotiations.

Here's The Latest:

• Regional flare-up: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted US military sites in neighboring countries including Kuwait and Bahrain, after the US struck Iranian sites. The exchanges of attacks are testing the fragile US-Iran agreement.

• New threats: Neither side is looking ready to de-escalate. US President Donald Trump threatened more military action if Iranian strikes continue, while the IRGC warned ceasefire violations would “result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes.”

• Strait of Hormuz: The escalation was triggered by an Iranian attack on a cargo ship on Thursday in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Despite this, ships continue to pass through and are increasingly steering clear of the Iran controlled route.

• Lebanon: Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah remains another flashpoint. An Israeli soldier was killed while the Israeli military reportedly carried out fresh strikes in southern Lebanon. There have been four separate agreements on Lebanon in June alone.

Read More:

8 min ago

Strait of Hormuz "chaotic" despite US-Iran deal

More To Read:

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How Trump’s reconstructed Reflecting Pool created a ‘perfect’ storm for algae

For one thing, an ecologist explained, the president’s color choice “absorbs more light, more heat, and extra heat is a benefit for algae growth.”

Swamp. Vomit. Mountain Dew. These are just a few of the comparisons Washingtonians and tourists have drawn to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which filled with algae last week after President Donald Trump’s multimillion-dollar renovation project went awry.

“It smells worse than it looks. That’s just… it’s not what Trump promised,” said Joe Cribbs, a pedestrian walking near the Reflecting Pool. Algae blooms in the Reflecting Pool are not new — the water feature has been turning similar shades of green since its opening in the early 1920s — but experts say the administration’s renovation likely worsened the problem.

Dr. Peter May, an algae expert and ecologist at the University of Maryland, specifically pointed to three mistakes made by the administration during the overhaul: the color, the water, and the season...

• Chris Hayes rips Trump's Reflecting Pool failure as water turns 'Kermit the Frog green':
• Problematic Reflecting Pool to be drained, Trump says:

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Jun. 28, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

SPACE NEWS:

One I Missed;

My Update June 28, 2026

More evidence of life on Mars but still no life

Bob McDonald looks back at the many times scientists previously thought they'd found life on the Red Planet

Scientists are excited over the latest geological evidence for the existence of life on Mars. But as we have seen many times in the past, the Red Planet guards its secrets closely with the possibility of non-life explanations for the formations.

As geologist Joel Hurowitz said in our recent conversation on Quirks & Quarks, the rock in question was found by the Perseverance rover that has been exploring what was once a river delta that drained into an ancient Martian lake.

Two chemicals found in the delta, vivianite and greigite, are most often formed on Earth by microbial activity in the soil — hence the excitement. But under certain conditions, they can also be formed by chemical reactions. In other words, we have potential evidence for life on Mars, but no conclusive proof...

• NASA's Perseverance rover discovered spots on reddish rock in July 2024 that scientists are considering as a potential biosignature for life. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS):
• It was not until the late 1960s, when robots were finally sent to Mars, that we got the first close-up images of the surface and saw that there was evidence of channels but not canals. (NASA's Mariner 9 orbiter):

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Posted: Oct 03, 2025 2:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 3, 2025

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Some Canadians are crowdfunding their way through the cost of living crisis

More than 15,000 fundraisers for essential needs launched on GoFundMe

When he found himself strapped for cash to pay his bills, Luke Alberton says he had to "swallow his pride" and do something he normally wouldn't do.

"After a little bit of soul searching and difficult decision-making, I ended up starting a GoFundMe for myself," said Alberton. "[It's] a little against my typical way of getting through life." Originally from Sudbury, Ont., Alberton has lived in Toronto for the past 14 years and built a career largely in telephone-based customer service.

In August 2024, Alberton got laid off from his job. He went on employment insurance (EI) and began searching for work...

• Gaps in social support:

WATCH | Volunteering hours are down for some community organizations :

• Are online fundraisers the answer?:

Posted: Jun 16, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 16

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Fresh strawberries were a summer luxury. When did they become an all-season toddler snack?

Parents say they have to 'stretch the budget' to keep their kids in berries

- CBC News -

Posted: Jun 28, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

So now we know one thing. Our safety networks that protect our health, welfare, and well-being are beginning to fall apart, and more people are moving into tents, and eating at soup kitchens IN CANADA 🍁

Then we have this NAZI crap slowly infiltrating us like the poison from a rattlesnake bite, and the snake is as ugly as a mud fence 🪹 𓊏 It's the fat, orange Jabba the Hutt south of the border. May he get eaten by one of those sand worms on that desert planet with the two suns. Yeah, unfortunately, there is still too much of America sneezes, Canada says gesundheit. Will Canada continue holding onto Jabba the Hutt's 👹 coat tails 🥼 right straight into HELL 🔥It sure as Hell seems like it from where I sit.

Anyway, my morning began in my Green Space, very serene and peaceful, and that is where I will retire to after the news and lunch.

Below is an image of my Green Space in the early morning sunrise.

 

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Well, what do you know? It's a beautiful, warm, bright, typical lazy sunny summer day here today. Wow! It makes me feel like a kid just let out of school for summer vacation. Life is so wonderfully precious when one is not feeling like a pincushion with discomfort and pain.

I remember my first day out of school for vacation. I would purposely miss the bus and walk the five miles home. I especially liked walking in the woods along the highway; exploring, I called it. I liked exploring old buildings, caverns, beaver ponds, junk yards, sand and gravel pits, DESERTS! etc.

A sand or gravel pit also makes for a good shooting range, and we had one in our backyard. I practiced there with various types of long arms from BB guns to hunting rifles as I got older. Annie Oakley? Well, I can't say that, but I got proficient enough at shooting my Winchester from the hip that I could knock empty beer bottles off a pile of lumber at thirty feet, just directing the barrel of the gun instinctively, feeling it 😉 much like when you make a shot playing pool, a gut-shot, I believe they call it—feeling certain, without doubt, and bingo! Like magic, until you start doubting yourself, then you scratch.

Self-doubt would be a good topic for the day. I also wish to say Thank You for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Question: SELF-CONFIDENCE

AI Overview

Self-confidence is a realistic belief in your own abilities, judgment, and inherent worth. It empowers you to tackle challenges, recover from setbacks, and express yourself authentically without constantly needing validation from others.

Understanding self-confidence involves recognizing how it operates, why it matters, and how you can actively cultivate it in your daily life.

The Core Pillars of Confidence

• Self-Efficacy:

• Self-Esteem:

• Self-Fidelity:

• Why It Matters:
• How to Build It:

To dive deeper into the science and psychology behind overcoming self-doubt, check out the comprehensive Psychology Today Basics guide or explore practical habit-building tips on MindTools...

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As I wrote above: Playing pool, without DOUBT, and bingo! Like magic, until you start doubting yourself, then you scratch.' That was my downfall.

Positive thinking is a learned behavior. I can't guess how many times a person hears the word "no" from the time they are a toddler to their teenage years, often said in a loud voice to keep a child from harm. But a child doesn't understand why there's shouting, and their growing mind imprints negativity. We begin mental and emotional growth from a negative view. How can we fix that?

First, question why you feel less than self-confident. Why do you question your ability to fit in or to be equal to others? Discard that stinkin' thinkin by helping yourself change it. Positive affirmations are easy to do and effective tools. Telling yourself, in a soft voice, what you believe you are lets you hear what others never show you. We get messed up by hearing bad stuff. We can start fixing that by hearing good things. I discovered that being aware of when you're using stinking thinking is the warning to change the direction, or check it into the mental locker where I store all of my old pet peeves for later analysis, one at a time, please.

And that about wraps it all up for today, so let us move on to the Breaking News Recaps of the day.

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BREAKING NEWS RECAPS:

Iran says it hit US targets as tensions over Strait of Hormuz strain agreement

Iran said it has struck US military targets in the Middle East region in response to US strikes around the Strait of Hormuz as tensions over the key waterway strain a peace deal between the two nations.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that it targeted US military positions, Iranian state media Press TV reported, with the foreign ministry accusing the US of violating their agreement. The US military has not confirmed any strikes, but the exchanges are the first since the memorandum of understanding was signed last week.

CNN has reached out to the White House and CENTCOM for comment.

Bahrain, which hosts a US military base, reported Iranian drone attacks on its territory early Saturday morning. The country's foreign affairs ministry condemned the strikes as "a flagrant violation of Bahrain's sovereignty."

VIDEO CLIP | - US military releases video it says shows strikes on Iran on Friday:

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Updated Jun 27, 2026, 8:37 AM ET - 39 min ago

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The Reflecting Pool shows Trump's warnings of a weaponized government were really threats

If the administration can't admit a mistake, it has to find someone to blame

President Donald Trump can be unpredictable. He changes his mind based on who last talked with him. He has no real interest in the day-to-day work of running the federal government.

But beneath the chaos, he does have a governing philosophy.

The ongoing debacle of the Reflecting Pool has been a helpful distillation of his approach:

Make a big promise, use it to reward your allies, blame setbacks on your opponents, criminalize dissent, and then attack the press. The first three steps are fairly common in politics, especially among populists with little experience in government.

• Once ordinary politics is treated as criminality, the machinery of government inevitably follows:

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Jun. 27, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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Some Russians are turning on Putin as drones hit Moscow. Does it matter?

'Not only are they not winning, but the war is coming closer,' says Pulitzer-prize winner Anne Applebaum

Last week, Moscow residents looked up at black smoke hanging over the city as Ukrainian drones buzzed overhead.

It was Ukraine's largest drone attack on the Russian capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled, while a major oil refinery on the city's outskirts was repeatedly struck and set ablaze.

"If Ukraine is going to burn, your Moscow will burn too," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said...

WATCH | 'They're not winning':

• Images of attacks suppressed:

WATCH | Applebaum on autocrats:

• 'We are Not Protected'

WATCH | Russian civilians speak out:

• Pro-war figures criticize leadership:
• Will Putin double down?:

WATCH | Putin's rise to power:

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Posted: Jun 27, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Venezuelans on the front line of earthquake relief: 'It's all improvisation'

The coastal state of La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit areas, has faced natural disaster before

Death is everywhere in Playa Grande, a beachfront neighbourhood in Catia del Mar, a city in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira which was devastated by Wednesday's back-to-back earthquakes, says Rober Javier, who has spent the past two days searching for survivors and bodies.

Javier, a musician who plays the French horn, says he came across more than a dozen unclaimed bodies Friday within a 300 metre radius — not far from the local Marriott hotel where he and a group of doctors, paramedics and volunteers have set up a base camp in the city, which sits along the Caribbean Sea, about 30 kilometres north of Caracas.

"They've [dug out] many more people," he said, in a telephone interview with CBC News...

WATCH | Desperate Venezuelans and rescue teams race to find survivors:

• Global aid coming, president says:
• 'We thought that nothing worse could happen':

WATCH | Venezuela's crises *before earthquakes hit:*

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Posted: Jun 27, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

- CBC -*

RECAP IN ADDITION TO YESTERDAY'S ONTARIO HEALTH CARE REPORT.

Ontario nurses rally at St. Joe’s Hamilton over hospital budget cuts

In my opinion, I believe Ford is copy-catting a page out of Trump's book. RIP 'EM OFF! They're just a bunch of sheeple! What do they know, and what do they matter, as long as my rich thieving friends make lots of money? Thank you, Great Spirit, that I don't wear a judge's robes.

Are we going to allow this Nazism to seep into our Federal Government, too, like a snake bite?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k-L-FYweBQ

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, well, not as great as I would like it. We had a thunderstorm last night, and it knocked out the power to the building. I'm now working off a solar battery until the power comes back on. We are good to go for the next twenty-four hours on battery, but if the sun doesn't come out by then, dumb arse clouds, it's shkaputskie for the internet.

Outside of that little mess, everything is fine, my stomach is behaving itself, thank you, Great Spirit 🙏 Four days now, only getting the snake treatment now and again. like a snake writhing in my stomach. Not tying itself up in knots like it was before, that wasn't just nauseatingly uncomfortable, it was torture. I do not want to go through that crap again.*_

I believe I'm paid in full for my sins. Well, that's enough about me. So far, I've survived this pile of bull s**t 🐃💩 I've encountered on my life's journey. Glad there was a pile of bricks 🧱 in that pile of 🐃💩, or I would never have made that face plant, which certainly woke me up, and I discovered that 🐃💩 made for good fertilizer for growing roses 🌷🌹 I learned a lesson that day, and I collected many roses 💐 along the way that are precious to me ✨💝

I pray that my journey in life was worth something, that it pleases the Higher Power, that be whoever that is, the Big Thinker and Designer of all this whole ball of wax.

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

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Question: Appreciation positive thinking

🔹AI Overview

Appreciation and positive thinking are powerful mental tools that actively reshape your mindset. Practicing gratitude helps you naturally identify the good in any situation, which in turn reduces stress, triggers mood-boosting brain chemicals, and builds long-term resilience against negative thought patterns.

Key Psychological & Physical Benefits

• Stress Reduction: Expressing thanks lowers cortisol levels, helping to soothe the nervous system during overwhelming times.

• Improved Perspective: Positive thinking isn't about ignoring problems; it’s about reframing them to focus on solutions and growth.

• Enhanced Wellbeing: Regular appreciation promotes better sleep, improved heart health, and a stronger immune system.

Easy Ways to Practice Daily

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If one has an overactive mind, it's a lot easier said than accomplished. It took me many years before I learned how a patern of negativity and positivity worked. For one, it's very simple: if it doesn't feel right, DEAD STOP "don't do it!" big period, that's it, at least not until you've taken time to analyze it carefully first, before then make a decision. That was hard for me to learn to sit and contemplate or meditate on things before acting.

Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

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BREAKING NEWS:

Rescuers race to find Venezuela quake victims as global relief effort gains pace

At least 235 people were killed, with thousands more injured, after two of the country's strongest quakes in over a century.

Here's The Latest

• Deadly quakes: The death toll from the twin quakes in Venezuela — a country mired in political and financial crisis — has risen to around 235, as rescuers race to reach survivors before the “golden window” to save people closes. The second quake was the country’s most powerful in more than a century.

• Nowhere to go: An estimated 4,300 people are injured, and many others are missing or still trapped beneath rubble. Affected residents have nowhere to go after their homes were flattened in Caracas, La Guaira and surrounding areas.

• Global response: The US military is on the ground for rescue efforts in Venezuela — where, earlier this year, special forces conducted a deadly raid to seize then-President Nicolás Maduro. Relief teams from around the world are also mobilizing help, and pledges of foreign aid are pouring in.

*Read More:*

9 min ago

Venezuela's corruption issues have likely contributed to poorly constructed buildings

More To Read:

Updated 8:20 AM EDT, Fri June 26, 2026

- CNN -

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Trump’s SAVE America obsession is more likely to doom the GOP

Wasting weeks that could be spent passing new legislation in favor of an election bill that can’t pass the Senate is certainly a choice.

VIDEO Included:

President Donald Trump has exactly two modes: unfocused and obsessed.

Most things in this world activate the first mode. But there are a handful of exceptions that become deeply ingrained in his mind and nothing can shake them loose, no matter how many times he’s been denied, contradicted or proved wrong. You see it in Trump’s fixation on renovating and building monuments, his refusal to accept his 2020 election loss as anything but fraud, and, lately,

the supposed necessity of passing the SAVE America Act.

• The president’s obsession with the SAVE America Act has blinded him to political reality:

Read More:

Jun. 26, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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Energy minister to name 5 priority power-line projects for federal backing today

News comes as Ottawa has set the ambitious goal of doubling Canada's electric grid by 2050

The federal government is expected to announce on Friday that it will prioritize infrastructure upgrades that would allow provinces to share excess electricity more cheaply and easily. Energy Minister Tim Hodgson is expected to highlight five power-line projects, or interties, that the federal government is working on with the provinces and the Yukon. Interties are power lines that cross borders or regions, transmitting electricity in both directions.

A senior government official who was not authorized to speak publicly shared the details of Friday's announcement in advance with CBC News. While no new dollar figure will be attached to the announcement, the federal government will "prioritize financial and regulatory support" for the five projects, CBC has learned...

WATCH | Carney's electricity plans:

• Alberta-British Columbia intertie:*
• Alberta-Saskatchewan intertie:
• Saskatchewan-Manitoba intertie expansion:
• P.E.I.-New Brunswick interconnection expansion:
• British Columbia-Yukon grid connect: ...

Read More:

Posted: Jun 26, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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He managed Jesuit finances for decades. Now he has to repay the Catholic order $8.8M in stolen funds

Barry Leidl, 62, consented to multimillion-dollar judgment in late April

For more than 30 years, Barry Leidl was trusted by the Jesuits of Canada to manage the accounting, finances and fundraising of the Catholic order. "The treasury is not really operative when I’m not around," Leidl, now 62, reportedly said shortly before his retirement in November 2024.

Now, the former finance director has agreed to repay millions in stolen funds, for embezzlement allegedly dating back to at least 2010, according to court documents obtained by CBC News...

*The $8.8-million settlement includes:*

• $6.5 million in damages.

• $1.27 million in interest.

• $990,000 in legal fees.

• 'Ethically unbelievable': donor:
• 'Serious accounting irregularities':
• Cottage, cars for sale:
• Personal assets to be liquidated:

LISTEN | Jesuit retreat programs end:

Read More:

Posted: Jun 26, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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FAKE NEWS:

"Your June 26 Deposit Is the Last One at This Amount — Here Is What Changes on July 29"

Tomorrow is June 26 and millions of Canadian seniors will see their CPP, OAS, and GIS arrive on the same day. But that deposit is the last time those exact amounts will appear. On July 29, everything recalculates. OAS goes up automatically. GIS is recalculated from scratch using your 2025 tax return. For some seniors, July 29 will bring a lower GIS because of income from last year that quietly changed the calculation. In this video you will learn what changes on July 29 and one free move that can recover hundreds of dollars in lost GIS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nFL9Vs_WRA

Latest news on Ontario Health Care

🔹AI Overview

Ontario’s health care sector is marked by record spending but intense labor disputes and concerns over austerity. The 2026 provincial budget allocated a record $101.2 billion for healthcare. However, in inflation-adjusted terms, this growth rate falls short of the levels required to maintain previous service volumes.

There you go, I told you to WATCH THE MONEY. The money, POOF! MONEY GONE 💨💸 and the healthcare system is falling apart. Whose to blame, a damned thief by the name of Ford.

Update on Ontario Health Care:

Most things in this world activate the first mode. But there are a handful of exceptions that become deeply ingrained in his mind and nothing can shake them loose, no matter how many times he’s been denied, contradicted or proved wrong. You see it in Trump’s fixation on renovating and building monuments, his refusal to accept his 2020 election loss as anything but fraud, and, lately,

the supposed necessity of passing the SAVE America Act_

• The president’s obsession with the SAVE America Act has blinded him to political reality:

Read More:

Jun. 26, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

________________________________

Energy minister to name 5 priority power-line projects for federal backing today

News comes as Ottawa has set the ambitious goal of doubling Canada's electric grid by 2050

The federal government is expected to announce on Friday that it will prioritize infrastructure upgrades that would allow provinces to share excess electricity more cheaply and easily. Energy Minister Tim Hodgson is expected to highlight five power-line projects, or interties, that the federal government is working on with the provinces and the Yukon. Interties are power lines that cross borders or regions, transmitting electricity in both directions.

A senior government official who was not authorized to speak publicly shared the details of Friday's announcement in advance with CBC News. While no new dollar figure will be attached to the announcement, the federal government will "prioritize financial and regulatory support" for the five projects, CBC has learned...

WATCH | Carney's electricity plans:

• Alberta-British Columbia intertie:
• Alberta-Saskatchewan intertie:
• Saskatchewan-Manitoba intertie expansion:
• P.E.I.-New Brunswick interconnection expansion:
• British Columbia-Yukon grid connect: ...

Read More:

Posted: Jun 26, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

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He managed Jesuit finances for decades. Now he has to repay the Catholic order $8.8M in stolen funds

Barry Leidl, 62, consented to multimillion-dollar judgment in late April

For more than 30 years, Barry Leidl was trusted by the Jesuits of Canada to manage the accounting, finances and fundraising of the Catholic order. "The treasury is not really operative when I’m not around," Leidl, now 62, reportedly said shortly before his retirement in November 2024.

Now, the former finance director has agreed to repay millions in stolen funds, for embezzlement allegedly dating back to at least 2010, according to court documents obtained by CBC News...

The $8.8-million settlement includes:

• $6.5 million in damages.

• $1.27 million in interest.

• $990,000 in legal fees.

• 'Ethically unbelievable': donor:

• 'Serious accounting irregularities':

• Cottage, cars for sale:

• Personal assets to be liquidated:

LISTEN | Jesuit retreat programs end:

Read More:

Posted: Jun 26, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

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FAKE NEWS:

"Your June 26 Deposit Is the Last One at This Amount — Here Is What Changes on July 29"

Tomorrow is June 26 and millions of Canadian seniors will see their CPP, OAS, and GIS arrive on the same day. But that deposit is the last time those exact amounts will appear. On July 29, everything recalculates. OAS goes up automatically. GIS is recalculated from scratch using your 2025 tax return. For some seniors, July 29 will bring a lower GIS because of income from last year that quietly changed the calculation. In this video you will learn what changes on July 29 and one free move that can recover hundreds of dollars in lost GIS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nFL9Vs_WRA

Update on Ontario Health Care:

🔹AI Overview

Ontario’s health care sector is marked by record spending but intense labor disputes and concerns over austerity. The 2026 provincial budget allocated a record $101.2 billion for healthcare. However, in inflation-adjusted terms, this growth rate falls short of the levels required to maintain previous service volumes.

There you go, I told you to WATCH THE MONEY. The money, POOF! MONEY GONE 💨💸 and the healthcare system is falling apart. Whose to blame, a damned thief by the name of Ford.