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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Here I sit, it's 8:06 am Tuesday. My mind is like the weather: it can't decide whether to be partly cloudy or partly sunny. Although much milder today than yesterday, I still need the sweater. At least I am appreciative of what we have, which is better than the last couple of days. But I still feel a bit of the doldrums; it's mild. I am sure that as it continues to get warmer out and I can spend more time outside, I will feel much better in my recovery from the ordeal of the past three years. I would love to walk the trails again. I miss being in and with nature.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Aggressive / Depressive.

Aggressive Versus Depressive The doldrums may have been brought on by having more attacks of GERD symptoms, periods of time when I feel like I am experiencing a violent hangover, more frequent in the last few days. Depression, that I am aware of them. What's unusual is that I don't usually feel depressed until the fall. Not in the springtime! That's what's odd. Then there's the wounded or ailing animal's reaction to an intruder. 'Pain-Induced Aggression': in my case, replace the word aggressive " with " depressive.

When I am in extreme discomfort, I pray for the healing of others who suffer such pain. At least that way, I feel like I suffered for something, for a worthwhile reason.

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Question: Word for wounded or ailing animal's reaction to an intruder

🔹AI Overview

The most accurate term for a wounded or ailing animal's intense, often desperate reaction to an intruder is pain-induced aggression. Because injured animals are often unable to flee, they switch from a flight response to a fight response, becoming far more aggressive than usual to defend themselves, a reaction sometimes called defensive aggression or being cornered.

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Depressive Disorder

🔹AI Overview

Persistent depressive disorder (PDD), formerly known as dysthymia, is a chronic, long-term form of depression lasting at least two years. It features milder but more enduring symptoms than major depression, including low mood, fatigue, low self-esteem, and difficulty concentrating. Treatment typically involves talk therapy, medication, or a combination.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

🔹AI Overview

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression related to seasonal changes, typically starting and ending at the same time each year, most commonly appearing in late fall/winter and lasting until spring. Symptoms include persistent low mood, low energy, carbohydrate cravings, weight gain, and excessive sleep. It is often treated with light therapy, counseling, or medication

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I know there will be a lot more depressions at whatever level of extremity, depending on one's pain threshold, especially for those who live in tyrannical lands and those with close ties to the serpent of evil, eh! It's the snake! It's the same joker that tricked Adam and Eve to begin with. Hitler tried too. Tin can gods of empires such as Egypt, Sumeria, China, and India. In America, the Aztecs, the Pueblo people, the Ojibwe scripts, and others speak of the errors of the past that are written within, and yet, here we are. Well, F... 'shrugs shoulders' then says, almost inaudibly, " Well, here goes nothing, throw that dart, Charlie! Right for "Your Royal Hinyness, Queen Betsie's (‿ˠ‿) and BINGO! History repeats itself.

BREAKING NEWS:

The nine justices are increasingly building their own personal brands outside the court

The Supreme Court has long presented itself as a uniform group of justices, all sheathed in long black robes. Its rulings are the product of a collective majority. And when justices refer to a precedent, they speak reverently of “The Court.”

But “The Nine” more often resemble solo operators these days. Seven have written or are about to publish books telling of their own lives or approach to the law. Several have been on the stump in recent weeks, touting their individual message and views, sometimes seeing it backfire.

This is not business as usual. There was a time when the late Justice Antonin Scalia (who served from 1986 to 2016), stood out for his confrontational speeches and prolific extracurricular writings. As he barnstormed campuses, building support for his originalist approach, he created an identity for himself beyond the bench...

• Changing times and a changed court:
• Rare to write books while on bench:
• Everyone wants to be heard:

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PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2026, 4:00 AM ET - 6 hr ago

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Epstein’s victims say other men abused them. Files shed little light on how investigators followed up

A 15-year-old victim of Jeffrey Epstein was summoned one day to his Palm Beach mansion, she said, introduced to one of his “special” friends and instructed to get naked and give the mysterious bald man a massage.

“Make sure our friend has a really good time,” Epstein’s criminal accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly told her. The man then raped her, said the victim, who never learned his name. Afterward, she received about $1,000 in cash and Maxwell suggested she’d be introduced to other Epstein associates in the future.

Her disturbing account is one of more than a dozen potentially credible FBI interviews CNN reviewed in the Department of Justice’s Epstein files release in which victims told authorities the financier or Maxwell facilitated sexual encounters with his rich and powerful friends. They named more than a half dozen other men, including Wall Street executives, a former senator, a wealthy psychiatrist and a film producer...

VIDEO | Includded: Epstein victimes say they were trafficked to other men, raising doubt about investigation:

• Multiple men accused:
• Unnamed men accused:
• Following leads:

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PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2026, 6:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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The most troubling question from Kevin Warsh’s confirmation hearing

If he can’t answer a basic factual question about President Donald Trump, then his commitment to keeping the Federal Reserve independent continues to seem tenuous.

VIDEO | Included:

There was one question hanging over the room during Tuesday’s meeting of the Senate Banking Committee. According to the hearing schedule, the gathered senators were there to adjudicate Kevin Warsh’s nomination to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Matters of monetary policy were discussed, but the focus would inevitably return to whether Warsh, if confirmed, would stand up to President Donald Trump and ensure the independence of the Fed from political pressure.

• Though it may seem counterintuitive, Warsh’s desire to be entirely nonpolitical potentially undermines the independence the Fed requires.

• As part of Bible reading event, Trump expected to recite Scripture read at Jan. 6 riot

Ja’han Jones

• Catherine Hanaway participates in a forum on Jul 26, 2016 in Jefferson City, Mo.

Missouri’s failed DEI suit vs. Starbucks offers lessons to Big Business

Apr. 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

SERIOUSLY! I pray 🙏 it makes a little more sense on this side of the border.

Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources

Trump administration demanding concessions before formally launching CUSMA talks, sources tell Radio-Canada

The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told Radio-Canada.

"The Americans are setting conditions before negotiations begin," said one high-ranking individual familiar with the matter. Three sources used the term "entry fee" to describe concessions the U.S. administration is seeking before formal trade talks begin. The U.S. demand was also confirmed by former Quebec premier Jean Charest, who was appointed Tuesday to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s...

WATCH | Carney, premiers discuss trade hurdles ahead of U.S. talks:

• The source of the dispute:

WATCH | Carney commits to diversify trade away from the U.S. in video:

• Playing for time?:

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Apr 22, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Ontario government sold private jet back to Bombardier, Ford says

Premier says province sold Challenger 650 back for $28.9M

The Ontario government has sold a $28.9 million private jet that it purchased less than a week ago back to Bombardier after outcry from the public.

Premier Doug Ford made the announcement at an unrelated event Wednesday. "We sold the plane for the same price, right back to Bombardier and said 'OK, you take it back.,'" Ford said.

"We gave it back to Bombardier at the exact same price, no one lost anything."

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Posted: Apr 22, 2026 10:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

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MOTHER TRUCKING PIRATE! 🥷☠️

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We Toured the World's Largest Doomsday Bunker Community!

In rural South Dakota, xPoint is a subterranean neighborhood that is home to what may be the world's largest residential community of "preppers."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lO8tfBppTc

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning to you! It's the same stuff, different day here this morning, chilly and grey clouds, BOOORING!" 🥵🫤😵‍💫🤮😖😠

Here we go; On the road again! ♪♫♭⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬𝄞 All the way from MacAteer to Toronto on a bicycle built for two, here we go, toot, toot! - 🪈 Here comes Trumpo's Dunce Brigade, 🫩🔺🫩🔺🫩🔺🫩🔺 a marchin' in two by two, down Eggor St. So here we go, just me and Bobbie McGee in tow, making our way to Kokomo Island 🏝️ to sit under the coconut trees 🌴. That beats the hell out of the weather at the Tree House so far today. Anyway, blessings to you all. That was just enough profane comedy to get the brain cells going. I'm a little cobwebby in the head this morning, "brain fog, some would say 🤯"

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Trump’s Bible reading streams tonight at a complicated moment for his relationship with American Christians

"BLASPHEMY and HYPOCRACY!"

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Question: BLASPHEMY!

AI Overview

BLASPHEMY: Blasphemy is the act of insulting, showing contempt, or lacking reverence for a deity, sacred objects, or something considered inviolable. It involves disrespectful speech or actions against religious beliefs. While historically and in some cultures a serious religious crime, it is often viewed today as a form of expression.

Merriam-Webster

Key Aspects of Blasphemy

• Definition & Forms:
• Religious Perspective:
• Legal Standing:

In some countries, blasphemy is a crime punishable by fines, imprisonment, or death. Conversely, in many Western countries, such acts are protected under freedom of speech

• "Unpardonable Sin":

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Question: HYPOCRISY:

AI Overview

HYPOCRISY = is the act of feigning beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold, often involving behavior that contradicts one's own expressed moral rules or standards. It is commonly understood as saying one thing while doing another, or enforcing rules on others that one does not follow personally.

Merriam-Webster

Key Aspects of Hypocrisy

• Definition:
• Examples:

A person advocating for honesty while lying, or a leader publicly condemning behaviors they privately engage in.

• Psychological Drivers:
• Societal View:

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An insane sociopath, sadist, pedophile, demented, habitual liar, The Orange Pus Bag READING FROM THE BIBLE?- 😖 Eeek, eh!

I have no further to say on this topic. I believe the Google Searches above speak for themselves.

BREAKING NEWS:

China’s energy fortress was built to withstand just this type of oil shock

Beijing — For more than a decade, leader Xi Jinping has overseen a transformation within the Chinese economy with one aim: making it energy-secure. Under that vision, China has unleashed a renewable energy revolution of wind, solar and hydropower, drilled ever deeper into oilfields offshore and on, and forged pacts with partners for more supply – all in a bid to cut the country’s reliance on imported fuel and insulate it against “external shocks.”

Now, the historic oil crisis triggered by the United States and Israel’s war on Iran is posing the sternest test to date of China’s Promethean effort toward energy self-sufficiency. It’s a test that China appears to be passing. While fuel-strapped countries across Asia have scrambled for supplies, China – the world’s largest energy importer – has been sitting on vast stockpiles of oil, an industrial sector largely run on domestic energy and a fleet of cars increasingly powered by electricity, not gas.

For China, the ability to weather the energy shocks from the weeks-long war “is sort of a vindication of everything they’ve done to enhance energy security,” said Erica Downs, a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. “There’s a lot they can look back on and say, ‘We made the right call.’” ...

• Electrostate:

SEE CHART | Countries with the largest operating solar and wind power capacity, in gigawatts

• Oil wean:
• SEE CHART | Coal still looms large in China's energy mix
• Green tech future?:

CHART | Percent of global manufacturing capacity in 2024

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PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2026, 8:16 PM ET

This picture is so easy to see, any dumb-dum idiot can see the reasoning in all this. THE HOLLY F'n DOLLAR. Or should I say THE FUTURE HOLLY CHINESE WUAN, This is China's opportunity to be the central industrial country of the world, using green energy to turn the wheels of industry. Not so much to save the environment as it is to gain superiority, and BOY will they have it. While we are dead in the water with no power to run our industry because we were addicted to the biggest thieves of all, the BANDITOS, the oil industry. Like blood suckers squeezing every ounce of blood from us,

Airlines are about to run out of jet fuel because of the Iran war

Thought the summer travel season was looking bad? Brace yourself: It could get even worse. On top of higher airfares and fees because of the war in Iran, airlines in Europe and Asia, many of which depend on imported jet fuel, are now facing a potential shortage, raising the odds of flight cancellations and schedule cuts.

The US is in no immediate danger of running out of jet fuel, but the global shortage is driving up fuel prices for US carriers. They are cutting back on cheap airfares and less profitable flights, a move that’s likely to drive up airfares for US travelers particularly in the summer months...

• What a jet fuel shortage means:
• Spirit’s low-cost seats could be the first to go:

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PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2026, 7:05 PM ET - 14 hr ago

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Trump purges his Cabinet as his presidency faces mounting pressure

The ousting of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the latest sign of a president whose second term has not gone as planned — and who is starting to make his Cabinet pay for it.

Three Cabinet secretaries gone in four weeks. For President Donald Trump, the purge has begun.

On Monday afternoon, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer became the latest to be shown the door. The White House announced the embattled Cabinet member would leave the administration effective immediately, with Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling named acting secretary. It comes less than a month after Kristi Noem ended her tenure as secretary of homeland security and weeks after Trump pushed out Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Shortly before news of her departure broke, Chavez-DeRemer — whose time at the Labor Department was mired in controversy — was summoned to the White House, a source familiar with the matter who was granted anonymity to speak candidly told MS NOW.

There, the secretary was given an ultimatum: Resign or be fired, a White House official told MS NOW. She took the first option, putting a bookend on a tumultuous tenure marked by investigations of misconduct and allegations of a toxic workplace.

Chavez-DeRemer’s resignation notably came days before she was scheduled to sit for an interview with the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General, one of the sources said...

Maddowblog:

• As scandals mount, the troubled White House Cabinet isn’t doing Trump any favors

Opinion:

• Kristi Noem was everything a Cabinet member is not supposed to be

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Apr. 21, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canadian woman shot dead, another Canadian wounded in Mexico, authorities say

Multiple people wounded in shooting, gunman is said to have killed himself

VIDEO | Included:

A gunman killed a Canadian ‌woman and wounded multiple people — including a second Canadian — at the Teotihuacán pyramids outside Mexico City on Monday before killing himself, authorities ​said, jolting one of the ​country's most visited tourist sites.

Local media footage appeared to show an armed man ​shooting from atop one of the pyramids. ⁠Further details were ⁠scarce. The Teotihuacán pyramids are located in ​the State of Mexico, near Mexico City. The office of the attorney general for Mexico state identified the injured Canadian as Felicia Lee, 26. The other individuals wounded...

• 'I just started to hear people scream':

WATCH | Daniel Edwards describes what he saw at Teotihuacán site:

WATCH | Brenda Lee says a vendor told her friends to run:

With files from The Associated Press, Jorge Barrera and Chris Ensing

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Posted: Apr 20, 2026 3:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Who was Sir Isaac Brock, and why does Carney have his statuette in the Prime Minister's Office?

Celebrated general is a reminder Canada has beat the Americans and 'can do it again': official

Prime Minister Mark Carney stunned some Canadian historians over the weekend when he released a pointed video message about the U.S. featuring a War of 1812 general who led the charge against the American invaders of that era.

For the first time Sunday, Carney publicly disclosed that he takes daily inspiration from Sir Isaac Brock, a foundational figure in Canadian history who expertly prepared Upper Canada for a possible U.S. invasion and then defended the territory against the marauding American forces when they eventually marched north.

A spokesperson for Carney said comedian Mike Myers gifted him a figurine of the general during the last election — the day they filmed that now infamous "elbows up" campaign commercial — and Carney, a history buff, has since given it a prominent place on his desk at 80 Wellington St...

WATCH | Carney commits to diversifying trade away from the U.S. in video:

Isaac Brock, wasn't daunted by the opposition against him, he took the initiative at Mackinac and Detroit and changed the whole dynamic of the War of 1812

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0AK_8z5VEI

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning! I pray you are having a pleasant and productive Monday. It's sunny out but chilly, too chilly for this time of year. I hear that the grapes were starting to bud from the last warm spell. I pray this cold spell doesn't stick around long enough to kill them. Everything was beginning to get nice and green, including people's yards. Young leaves and buds on the bushes and trees.

This is the third consecutive year of Southern Ontario living under the climate phenomenon I call "the limp penis effect." We get early spring, only to get another week or two of winter-like 💩 weather. This low jet stream, the "limp penis," could have stayed away this year. I DON'T LIKE "COAT SUMMERS!" They're for the birds, specifically penguins. Summers may have been shorter up north than they are here, but you didn't have to wear a coat in June, July, August, or even Sept., and that was up north in Hurst, in the Cochrane District of Ontario, near the Hudson Bay Area, below the Ring of Fire.

So I suppose today's topic will be about climate change. We are getting longer warm weather in the spring and fall, but cooler summers. A lot more grey skies and rain in early spring. Mostly cloudy during summer, but dry and cool. There are more forest fires now than I have seen in my entire life, and I grew up in lumber country, where the summers, June, July, and August had temperatures from 90° to 100° F on some days. You could go swimming in the lake by mid-May.

It seems we're getting more of the freezing temps and snow during late winter, February, and March. The milder climate of the Niagara Peninsula has gotten colder over the past two years to the point that they are planting even hardier grapes that can withstand the colder weather.

Many in Canada have lost their lives and homes to flooding and forest fires. But at least CANADA has an active aid force, search and rescue, and Coast Guard. We still have hospitalization insurance, even though it has been greatly degraded through the years; it is still active healthcare for the people. Except for certain regions with greater wildfire or recurrent weather-related losses, fire insurance, auto insurance, and homeowner's insurance remain reasonably priced and still available.

In the U.S., the occurrence of dangerous weather has been increasing and becoming much harsher than here in Canada, with more frequent hurricanes and tornadoes of greater destructive power. More storm victims are losing their lives, and their homes are being destroyed each year. The aftermath of tornadoes and hurricanes and the flooding they bring creates an eerie, almost post-apocalyptic scene.

AND THERE ISN'T ANY CAVALRY COMING TO THE RESCUE, like in the past decades. The funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been cut to a nonsensical level, and the states have been tasked with responding to disasters that require federal funding and recovery management. No health care, no home, no food, no farms, and so on. What is America going to look like in another four years? Let us take a moment to pray 🙏 for our American friends. January 1st, 2027

Deploying 30,000 - strong CANADA INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS to help in the crisis in America. THE BANANA REPUBLIC 🍌🌴🐒

• Wikipedia -

"Banana republic" is a derogatory slang term for a politically unstable country with a corrupt government, extreme wealth inequality, and an economy dependent on one export, usually controlled by foreign corporations.

BREAKING NEWS:

Iran peace talks hang in the balance, as oil prices climb

Strait of Hormuz virtually empty for third day running, with Tehran vowing to retaliate for ship seizure by US.

Here's The Latest:

• US-Iran talks: Vice President JD Vance and top US officials are expected to travel to Islamabad in the coming days, but Iran’s foreign ministry insisted there were no plans for talks. The ceasefire, which the US and Iran have accused each other of violating, expires on Wednesday.

• Global energy supply: Oil prices rose sharply again as the Strait of Hormuz remains essentially closed. US President Donald Trump said his energy secretary is “totally wrong” about gas prices possibly taking a year to fall to pre-war levels.

• Ship seizure: Iran has vowed to retaliate after the US Navy fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship yesterday, “once the safety of the families and crew of the vessel” is ensured, according to state media.

• Lebanon-Israel talks: Meanwhile, Lebanon’s president said his country’s peace talks with Israel should be separate from any negotiations with Iran. They may continue this week, with no exact date set yet, a source told CNN.

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7 min ago

Vance expected to depart Washington Tuesday for Iran war talks in Pakistan, sources say

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Updated 10:08 AM EDT, Mon April 20, 2026

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Supreme Court will decide if preschools that decline children of same-sex couples may receive state funding

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Colorado law that requires preschools receiving taxpayer money to enroll children of same-sex couples — setting up an important First Amendment showdown at the high court that pits religious rights against LGBTQ families.

At the same time, the court declined to hear another high-profile case involving a Massachusetts couple who said their school began treating their middle school child as genderqueer against their wishes.

After years of allowing religious schools in some settings to receive state funding alongside secular schools, the 6-3 conservative court will now decide what to do when school leaders assert that anti-discrimination laws intended to protect gay and transgender people conflict with their religious beliefs. The appeal from the Catholic parishes will likely be heard in the fall and a decision is likely sometime next year.

• Court declines parental rights case:

The merits case the court declined to hear involves a child identified as “B.F.”

_In a 2021 email to teachers and school officials, B.F. identified as genderqueer and asked to be called by a new name and for the school to use a range of pronouns that included both “she/her” and “he/him.” At home, according to court records, B.F. used “she/her” pronouns and requested that the school do so in correspondence with her parents._ ...

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Updated Apr 20, 2026, 10:02 AM ET - 9 min ago

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The Republican battle royal that’s consuming Washington

GOP lawmakers trying to re-open DHS find themselves besieged on all fronts by their fellow conservatives.

It was just a few short months ago that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters to expect a major focus on health care from his fellow congressional Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. And yet, health care could not be further from lawmakers’ minds as the GOP struggles to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, let alone do much of anything else before November. The clock is ticking but, incredibly, with little time left for legislating, Republicans have yet to even agree what’s on their agenda, let alone the steps to carry it out.

The biggest headache for Johnson and Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has been the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown, which has stretched over 65 days. There are two big disagreements among GOP lawmakers about how to proceed. One dispute has split Republicans between the Capitol’s chambers, with the House on one side and the Senate on the other...

• The clock is ticking but, incredibly, with little time left for legislating, Republicans have yet to even agree what’s on their agenda.

• It’s an admittedly thorny problem that Thune and Johnson face, one with good arguments on both sides...

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Apr. 20, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.4% in March, driven by high gas prices

March's 21.2 per cent monthly increase in the price of gasoline was the largest on record

Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.4 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said on Monday, as the cost of oil sent fuel prices way up.

High prices for energy, especially gas, due to the war in Iran drove inflation higher. Energy prices were 3.9 per cent higher compared to a year ago, and the data agency said March's 21.2 per cent monthly increase in the price of gasoline was the largest on record.

• Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 1.8% in February, war's impact not yet reflected

The impact on inflation would have been higher, Statistics Canada noted, if it weren't being compared to prices from March 2025 that still included the consumer carbon tax, which was dropped in April of last year...

CHART | Included: Annual Inflation Rate In Canada

• CBC ExplainsSummer gas is here. What does that mean for sky-high prices?...

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Posted: Apr 20, 2026 8:37 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

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Northeastern Ontario businesses face steep losses after rapid flooding

Owners in North Bay, Mindemoya describe damaged inventory, uncertain recovery timelines

Businesses across northeastern Ontario are facing mounting losses after fast-moving floods drenched several communities over the past week. Much of the region remains under a flood warning, with Chapleau and Wawa under a flood watch. Officials are monitoring watersheds in Timmins and on the James Bay Coast.

For business owners, the damage has been swift and, in some cases, devastating. Shane White, owner of Manchester’s Sleep Centre, Furniture and Spa in North Bay, said the water rose dramatically within hours last Tuesday...

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

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Mark Carney Addresses Nation On Canada-US Ties Amid Trump Chaos: 'Strength Became Weakness'

April 20, 2026 - 11 hours ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRF9q2JC3sg

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning. I pray it's a good morning. I'm not sure; I feel more like a zombie 🧟 who just happens to be sitting in a room full of fog. It must be that dad-burned vacuum tube 💡 in my built-in radar system 📡 that has burned out again, Dang it!. Now I have to fetch the fatchezino to remove the thingamabob from the rigamajig to reach the vacuum tube, which is located behind the Gel Packs 🧊

Are you lost yet? -🌵🏜️☀️🌾🌴 Well, that's great, just be careful that the Romulans 👽🛸 don't get you on the way to the outhouse, eh! WHAT? Oh yeah! They parked their UFO behind the house 🏡 not the backhouse 🛖 Sorry, I must have misheard. Ooops, better hide my antennas 👾 before the humans get up! I'm halfway through my first coffee ☕️ and I think that is beginning to light up my sparkplugs -

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I lived on the road for nearly 10 years, at first, in a truck and camper, and ended the last venture with a 1980 Chevy Citation.- 🚙 A girl learns to fix an internal-combustion-engine-driven vehicle ⛽ ō͡≡o˞̶ when on the road. At least back in the day, when you could get under the hood with a wrench to fix it yourself with replacement parts 🔩⚙️ I worked as a social worker for 25 years, and NOW I am retired and doing my best here on this little space called Tree House News to express my thoughts, feelings, comments, and to inform

🚫🍾🦯💉👨‍🦽‍➡️👩‍🦼🧎‍♀️‍➡️👬🤦‍♂️🙅‍♀️ - 👩‍🏫💕

Question: Does anyone remember that TV series, Highway to Heaven?

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Highway to Heaven:

(1984–1989) solidified Michael Landon's legacy as a creator of heartfelt, family-oriented television, starring as probationary angel Jonathan Smith, who, alongside Mark Gordon (Victor French), helped people in need

I pray 🙏 to accomplish my Highway 🛣️ to Heaven through my mission 🦸‍♀️ here in this lifetime and pray that this is what going to Heaven is: adventure, learning, growth, evolving, becoming one with NATURE.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

ONE WITH NATURE:

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Question: ONE WITH NATURE:

Becoming or being one with nature gives one an immediate feeling of peace and calm, but what does it really mean? It involves letting yourself become absorbed with the natural world. Nature can be a place where we can sit and reflect on life's meaning — away from the distractions and demands of our regular lives. A

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Becoming One With Nature: In science, the QUANTA = G-d - Creator - Ra - Manidoo - Baayami - The Great Spirit - Allah, so on... They are all within the physics, quantum, and quantum physics - mechanics of the nature of this Universe

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🔹AI Overview

Quantum physics: is the fundamental theory describing nature at atomic and subatomic scales, where matter and energy behave as discrete, probabilistic "quanta" rather than continuous entities.

⭐️It reveals a universe where particles exist in superpositions (multiple states/locations simultaneously), entanglement connects distant objects, and observation determines reality.}

*VIDEO | Included* This video explains how the smallest particles in the Universe can have such a huge impact:⭐️

*Key Principles Governing the Universe:*

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_*It's not like going down the rabbit hole after the answer. It is finding the central point from whence we came. Everything connects to a beginning, a central point.*_

_*Where were we thought of before the Big Bang? In what energy form? What dimension? In which quadrant of nothingness were we thought about by who and what??? Quantum Mechanics may point the way someday.*_

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump says US delegation heading to Pakistan for talks with Iran

US president threatens to 'knock out' Iranian power plants and bridges if no deal is reached.

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• US-Iran talks: President Donald Trump said US officials are heading to Pakistan for talks with Iran, warning that US strikes will resume if negotiators can’t reach a peace deal. A delegation from Tehran will arrive Tuesday and work toward announcing a ceasefire extension with the US the following day, Iranian sources said.

• Strait closure: Trump accused Iran of violating the ceasefire with its actions in the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway where Tehran has once again blocked the passage of most ships, alleging US “breaches of trust.”

• Complex negotiations: The two sides have a long way to go before reaching an agreement, Iran’s parliament speaker told state media in an interview that seemed aimed at appeasing both the political elite and hardliners. Both countries have the will ⁠to continue talks, but key points of disagreement remain, Turkey’s foreign minister said.

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US Energy Secretary says gas prices may not fall below $3 a gallon until 2027

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Updated 10:08 AM EDT, Sun April 19, 2026

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Domestically, the route between Fort McMurray, Alta., and Vancouver is suspended effective May 28, Air Canada said. The Yellowknife to Toronto route is suspended effective Aug. 30.

WATCH | Jet fuel shortage threatens summer air travel:

• Fuel prices have more than doubled:

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They tried everything, and nothing worked. Now, women are turning to cannabis for help

When I started filming the first “Weed” documentary back in 2012, I could not have predicted where this journey would take me — or the stories that would keep unfolding long after that initial exploration into the world of cannabis.

At the time, I thought I was making a single self-contained film about a controversial plant and its place in modern medicine. What I didn’t realize was that I was also beginning a long, evolving conversation about hope, healing and who gets to be taken seriously when talking about something as provocative as medical marijuana.

Over the past year, I’ve traveled across the country filming the eighth installment in this decade-plus-long series. This latest chapter focuses on women and weed — a natural progression, and one that felt overdue...

Ebony Jones hosts a bonfire party in her backyard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jones calls herself a "cannopreneur" and hosts educational cannabis events for women in the community.

April Ayers, right, advises Brenda Tsukas on which cannabis products are best for the pain relief Tsukas is looking for. Ayers owns Cowboy Kush Dispensary in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and says her primary customers are women ...

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PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2026, 7:00 AM ET

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Jamie Raskin’s 25th Amendment push is a distraction. But there’s a better solution.

The 25th Amendment is no substitute for impeachment. A proposed panel of doctors and ex-politicians can’t replace Congress doing its job.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., together with 50 Democratic co-sponsors, has reintroduced his bill to create a “Commission on Presidential Capacity” under Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. It is being framed as a response to the crisis of a president who threatened to annihilate an entire civilization, who shares renderings of himself as Jesus Christ while feuding with the pope and who posts snuff videos on social media — to name the highlights from just the past couple of weeks.

In other words, the most powerful man in the world appears to be manifestly insane. It’s not great. But this proposal is misguided on the details, and more importantly, a distraction from what Congress can and should do: impeach Donald Trump and remove him from office.

This is not a new idea from Raskin. He first proposed essentially the same bill in 2017, and again in 2020 during Trump’s bout with Covid. I wrote about it at the time for the Cato Institute, and my objections have not changed. If anything, the current situation makes the flaws in this approach more glaring...

• The most powerful man in the world appears to be manifestly insane. It’s not great.

• Trump may be deranged, but he is not incapacitated in the way the framers of the 25th Amendment envisioned.

• Impeachment is not only about removal. It is a statement of principle. It forces a public debate, puts the spotlight where it belongs and creates a historical record.

Apr. 18, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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Rare footage reveals 'fish city' near an Ontario nuclear plant on Lake Huron*

Ahead of an Earth Day livestream, CBC News got a rare look at fish crowding near a nuclear plant

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In the warm waters flowing from an Ontario nuclear plant, fish are gathering by the thousands in Lake Huron — a striking scene now visible in rare detail.

Using a $250,000 underwater drone — one of only about 10 of its kind in the world and the only one operating in fresh water — documentary filmmakers Yvonne Drebert and Zack Melnick are capturing footage from parts of the Great Lakes that are often too deep or remote to observe directly.

CBC News was given rare access to footage from once such dive ahead of a livestream event planned for Earth Day to promote the premiere of their new documentary Hidden Below: the Great Lakes, a series featuring rare wildlife from the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth.

• 'Fish city':
• The illusion of abundance:

Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, Images included: is seen from the waters of Lake Huron, where its warm water outflow has created a gathering point for fish. (Bruce Power)

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

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Air Canada suspends 6 routes 'no longer economically feasible' amid jet fuel cost crisis

Airline's move includes temporary pause on flights from Toronto and Montreal to JFK

Air Canada has suspended service on six different routes, both domestic and cross-border, as the war in the Middle East drives up fuel costs. "Jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict, affecting some lower profitability routes and flights which now are no longer economically feasible," the airline said in a statement on Friday. "Schedule adjustments, including some frequency reductions, are being made in response. "Domestically, the route between Fort McMurray, Alta., and Vancouver is suspended effective May 28, Air Canada said. The Yellowknife to Toronto route is suspended effective Aug. 30.

• WATCH | Jet fuel shortage threatens summer air travel:
• Fuel prices have more than doubled:

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Posted: Apr 17, 2026 11:24 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 17

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