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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, all 🌄 if you like cloudy, grey, and wet 🌨 mornings and you're a duck 🦆 I've got something hot cookin on the HOT POLITICO STOVE today 🎛️ ♨️🍲 I got up later than usual again this morning; with the overcast weather, it was still dark at my usual wake-up time. Have a blessed day; be happy like that emoji ➡️😂

This thought has crossed my mind 🧠 before, just as many other thoughts do: that which I either suspected or I could plainly see the point quite clearly beforehand, sometimes months or so before, while everyone else was either blind to it or sitting on it, squirming, maybe felt it but ignored it or pretended it was not real;

Some call the point fake news. Like crabs in a bucket, dragging each other back into the cesspool, they all think they're the King or Queen of the hill. That's the way the distorted mind of a psychopath works. Maybe some got smart and left their cycle by the path and walked the path the rest of the way around the precipice of insanity 🧗 thus avoiding getting run over by the big yellow bus 🚌

If Trump tries any bullshit with the midterms, we will call for a Sustained General Strike to drive that criminal from office.

Courtesy of;

TRM - Trump Resistance Movement - Facebook

A BIG THUMBS UP TO THAT! If you're still around; if not, you should be.

"NOTE: me, moi, mí, niin," I never really considered myself American or Canadian; I'm a native of the land I live on. I lived on both sides of the border, so I could say: WE, the People 🫡 👶👦👩👨‍🦱👨‍🦰🧓👵 and WE are in control of the on/off ⏻ button on the controls 🎮 for this nation 🌏

Remember that. A sacrifice now may be required to reaffirm our freedom and rights

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

GENERAL STRIKE

Question: A sustained national general strike to drive Trump from office

🔹AI Overview

Calls for a sustained national general strike to oppose President Donald Trump's administration have been raised by public figures such as musician Tom Morello and U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego.

Origins of the Recent Calls

• Minneapolis Protests:

Following fatal shootings by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis in January 2026, local protests and work stoppages inspired broader national discussions.

• Tom Morello's Appeal:

Guitarist and activist Tom Morello publicly called for a sustained general strike to drive Trump from office during events in Minnesota.

Political and Labor Discussions

• Election Concerns:

Senator Ruben Gallego stated that a general strike could become necessary to "grind the country to a halt" if the administration attempts to interfere with elections or uses federal agents to monitor polling locations.

• Civic Uprisings:

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich wrote in a commentary that large-scale resistance could take the form of millions of citizens refusing to work or buy goods to challenge government policies.

Practical Challenges

• Hurdles to Organization:

• Lack of Formal Backing:

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Inside the Trump campaign strategy to reverse Republicans’ dwindling hopes of winning the midterms

The midterms mood among Donald Trump’s inner circle has soured as GOP candidates openly break with the president and his approval ratings hit an all-time low, prompting a largely unspoken but age-old question: How does an unpopular president best help his party keep control of Congress?

Trump advisers have privately acknowledged that there’s little expectation he can win over large numbers of independents and swing voters, which was part of his path to victory in critical states in 2024. And while they’re more concerned about losing control of the House, Republicans’ previous confidence that they can hold onto the Senate is dwindling by the day.

“It’s obviously going to be f***ing rough,” one Trump adviser told CNN, adding that they believe the best-case scenario is achieving what Democrats did in 2022, when under former President Joe Biden they narrowly lost control of the House but kept the Senate...

• Running away from Trump:
• Trump’s midterms catch-22:
• Deploying Vance:

Updated Sep 28, 2026, 8:17 AM ET - 3 hr ago

- CNN -

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Why Susan Collins is hanging on so tightly in Maine

A new poll provided a reality check to Democrats’ hopes that Troy Jackson would unseat the Republican incumbent.

NEWS VID | Included:

Three months ago, Troy Jackson’s hopes of political success seemed dashed, as the former state senator finished third in the Maine Democratic gubernatorial primary. But then came a reversal of fortune so rapid that, if it were a script, Hollywood would reject it as too fanciful.

After Graham Platner’s sudden fall, Jackson became the party’s standard-bearer for the U.S. Senate, facing the difficult task of beating Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Now a new poll has provided a reality check. The latest New York Times/Siena survey shows Collins ahead (though within the margin of error), 49%-46%. With control of the Senate in the balance, the poll set off alarm bells among Democrats hoping the upper chamber will be a check on President Donald Trump. But the president’s opponents shouldn’t panic.

Other surveys, including two released the same day, show Jackson leading or tied. And regardless of what the polls say on any given day, any race involving Collins was always going to be a true toss-up right till the end.

• Collins’ attacks have come fast and furious, and her side has a considerable cash advantage:
• The core of Collins’ case for herself, though, focuses on how she’s helped Maine in small, concrete ways:
• Collins has asked the Trump administration to tap the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to stem price hikes, but it’s unclear how much that would help:

Sept. 28, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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Carney's comments over possibility of U.S. invasion reveal how contingency plans are always in place

Former army commander says defence plans would have been amended in light of Trump's threats to sovereignty

A senior U.S. military commander recently dismissed a journalist's hypothetical question about a feared American invasion of Canada as "absolutely and utterly preposterous."

The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Paparo, added: "Would you ask me please, also, what my attack plans are for the Martians?"

It seems, however, it hasn't been such a far-fetched notion for Prime Minister Mark Carney, nor his senior defence officials who have dusted off various long-established — in some cases decades old — contingency plans and worst case scenarios.

That's his way of saying there's a really, really low probability of this happening, but the risk is not zero.

Me: Yas, you cain't play dice wit de devil and expect to win, I tells ya! 🎲🔥😈🔱

WATCH | Nothing unusual in military *analyzing risk scenarios, defence minister says:*

• Vault full of contingency plans:
• 'Heightened focus' in light of Trump's threats:

WATCH | Invasion talk highlights state of U.S. relations, NDP's Don Davies says:

• Impact of Trump's threats go unnoticed in U.S.

· Posted: Sep 24, 2026 10:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: September 24

- CBC -

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This tiny N.S. community was frustrated with big-box grocers. So they opened their own store

Fiddlehead Market Co-op opened in Bear River — population 1,000 — in July

High prices. Long travel times. Poor-quality produce. Food insecurity.

There were so many reasons that some people in the tiny, rural community of Bear River, N.S., in the Annapolis Valley were growing frustrated with their grocery options at large, mainstream grocers.

“The prices are, you know, inhumane,” said Bear River resident Drew Tozer. “You're getting produce that has been rotting on the trucks for 48 hours … It's like half-spoiled because Nova Scotia is at the end of the food supply chain.”

WATCH | Residents band together to open community-owned grocery store:

Can a non-corporate grocery chain work across Canada?

A menu shows some food options at Fiddlehead Market Co-op.

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Posted: Sep 28, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

- CBC -

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How Tariffs Are Creating a Buy Canadian Boom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeyixW8Ox50

 

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Great Spirit bless

Hi there! We continue to be blessed with sunny mornings here at the Tree House 🏡🌳. I pray all of you have a productive, safe, and blessed day.

Today's Discussion: Lost In Thought

For me, it's just one of those mornings, ya know, when your 80-year-old inner self notices more klutziness in your physical movements and a few blank spots in your short-term memory. I used to remember all the tools I needed for a project, a project as simple as making a bologna sandwich 🥪. Now I have to make a list 📃to bring with me. Even at home, I should have a list. I have to make a trip for each tool I will need, one at a time, because my mind drifts elsewhere, and I forget the other tools I need to do the job. Self-analysis in a nutshell 🌰🥜 eh!

ᝰ||၊၊THE DRIFTING MIND 🧠 ၊၊||ᝰ

Maybe make a good title for something out of *Psychology Today*

That damned gap in memory and the klutzing times — I won't get into the klutz stuff, but they eat time, and I get impatient. I believe they're connected. For example, like a curse: I'm simply going to the bank to cash a check, and on arriving I discover I forgot my pocketbook at home. Or if I am not constantly on guard, I knock stuff down, drop stuff, etc. But now I believe my memory chip is just skipping like an old record player, short-circuiting or something. Maybe all that Martian🟠 dust... never mind, that's another story 😉

I go to start a project, plop my butt down at my workstation 'empty-handed', and have to make a half-dozen trips to get all the necessary tools to do the job. Anyway, when you're 80 and have to get up for each item, 'brain fartz' you don't just feel it physically from age; when you're approaching 80, I also find myself easily distracted or sidetracked. So my thought process is sometimes not on the scene.

It's not that I forgot it; it just got blanked over by other thoughts. Then it comes back in pieces with new pieces attached. Then I have the re-dos, and end up with something with an entirely different set of details from the original thought. Like playing yo-yo; except the above is a good yo-yo, you can do all kinds of tricks with it. If there were such a contest, an imaginary yo-yo 🪀 contest, I would probably be the pro imaginary yo-yo 🪀 player of the century. I like those yo-yos

Can you imagine what is going on in Trump's malfunctioning yo-yo neuronetwork 🪀🕸️? Don't fall into that bucket 🪣of bits and bytes; WATCH IT! The bytes really bite. A Network of CHAOTIC yo-yos, like a runaway RED MONSTER GALAXY of 0s and 1s swirling and swirling, and feeding upon the others, caring nothing about anything except what pleases it, just like a vampire Jabba the Hutt 💩🟠😬🦇

💥GREED💥

Well, that's enough about me and surely enough about the Orange Menace. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

And here it is: 12:00 noon, and I'm going to take a break; I'll be back in a bit to continue with Today's Discussion.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

LOST IN THOUGHT

Question: slowed down short-term memory forgetting because of an overactive mind

🔹AI Overview

An overactive mind does not actually slow down how quickly you forget things; in fact, it usually accelerates short-term memory loss by creating mental clutter, anxiety, and constant distractions that disrupt the brain's data-encoding process. When your mind is racing, your working memory becomes overloaded, making it incredibly difficult to transfer short-term thoughts into stable long-term memories.

If you feel like your thoughts are "stuck" or dragging, or if you are looking for ways to intentionally slow down how quickly you lose track of short-term information, the key lies in managing your cognitive load...

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I thought that, for a change, we could use a day off from the Orange OOZ BAG 👛🫟.

Just sharing things I learned from personal experience. Thank you.

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

UK police arrest five men on suspicion of terror offenses near air base used by US forces

UK police arrested five men close to an airbase in England that is used by US long-range bombers on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses.

Army bomb disposal units are at the scene while dozens of houses nearby have been evacuated as a precaution with the investigation ongoing.

The arrests were made after information was received from residents in the area soon after midnight, according to Richard Ocone, a senior detective in the county of Gloucestershire. The men have not been identified and no clue has been given about a possible motive. A senior officer in Counter Terrorism Policing, Vicki Evans, confirmed:...

• PM being kept informed:

One local resident, who asked not to be identified, told PA Media that there had been heightened security precautions around the base in recent weeks.

Read More:

Updated Sep 27, 2026, 11:29 AM ET - 53 min ago

- CNN -

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How Trump’s terrible policy decisions led to this one surprising outcome

Seven months into the Iran war, it’s clear Trump had no concrete goals in mind. Least of all accidentally driving down global carbon emissions — and yet here we are.

President Donald Trump’s second administration has by now waged numerous wars, both literal and metaphorical. But amid the catastrophic absurdity of the past two years, a twisted case of kismet has emerged: Trump’s decision to launch a war against Iran may have done the environment a favor in the process.

Yes, it is hard to imagine Trump doing anything that benefits the climate. But according to a Washington Post analysis of International Energy Agency data, that’s exactly what has happened. The IEA initially predicted a big jump in emissions this year compared with last year.

But energy shipments from the Middle East remain stymied by Tehran closing the Strait of Hormuz. That in turn has prompted a reduction in oil and gas consumption around the world, which has significantly reduced overall carbon emissions. As the Post reported: The IEA analysis suggests global demand for oil in 2026 will decline 2.5 percent compared with last year...

• More articles: Iran war discord at CPAC is a warning sign for Trump
• The longer the conflict persists and oil shipments remain hindered, the more likely the shifts in oil demand we’re seeing are to become permanent.:

Read More:

Sept. 27, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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Putin appears to be eyeing NATO. The question is, will he actually attack?

European countries on high alert amid mounting signs of danger from Moscow

European military experts are tracking urgent danger signs that suggest Vladimir Putin may be preparing for a direct escalation against the NATO alliance.

What analysts are split over is whether the Russian president is merely weighing his options or has already decided to pull the trigger.

"What's pretty clear from public intelligence briefings by … a number of heads of state and defence secretaries across different member states is that Russia is planning [some] sort of aggression, probably with multiple potential forms," said Justin Bronk, senior research fellow for airpower and technology at the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based military think-tank...

Read More:

A Russian drone then attacked a Ukrainian passenger train on the border with Poland, a NATO ally, just as it unloaded a carriage full of European VIP

• 'Rat in the corner':

WATCH | Moscow poses real threat, says Norway's PM:

• Eerie similarities:

Posted: Sep 27, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

- CBC -

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Zelensky Says Ukraine Downs Jet-Powered Russian Drones As Strikes Continue | VERTEX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbEzwVN5d-Q

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning. I pray it's a warm, splendid, sunny morning like the one we're experiencing here at the Tree House. ☀️🏡🌳

With the still air out there and the bright sun, it feels more like July 🍃 than it does the end of September 🍂 It's the most spectacular summer-like end-of-September day I've seen in a long time, at least not since I was a kid and couldn't wait to get out of school to go swimming in the lake this late in September.

The forecast is for more of the same next week. See the smile on that emoji ➡️😁 More time for Chief Smoking Bush 🪶🌾ᝰ to spend in her Green Space 𓊐🌱🌿 🍃𓊐

That will be about it from me in the Newsroom. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

For today's topic, take a politician of your choosing; those cute little cupie dolls they used to give you at the county fair. Except these cupie dolls look more like the cabbage patch kids after crawling out of a swamp.

Some politicians have always been as crooked as a dog's hind leg, 🐕🦵with a master's degree from THE COLLEGE OF APPLIED FARTS, DECEIT, LIES, THEFT, and PEDOPHILIA.

WHAT ABOUT THE BIG RED BUTTON 🔴

I would say that the highest and most important requirement for becoming a president or Prime Minister SHOULD BE to be thoroughly psychologically tested and found sound of mind, be emotionally stable, and ensure there is sufficient cogency and sanity to make the most ethical and rational final decision.

_*We all can, and should, pray that the nuclear launch code has been changed and that there is another level of government that is not subservient to the Nutcase 🥜 Orange 🟠 Menace, or to any president or Prime Minister, especially in a dictatorial country. Underground doesn't mean just what's beneath the Earth.*_

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Question: Description of underground

🔹AI Overview

Underground:

Underground Infrastructure Data Standard MUDDI Explained

The word underground describes anything located, occurring, or operating beneath the surface of the earth. It also refers to secret movements or urban transit systems.

Figurative and Cultural Meanings

Resistance movements: A clandestine group organized in secret to fight an occupying force or authoritarian government.

Counter-culture: Unconventional, avant-garde, or experimental art, music, and lifestyles that operate outside the mainstream establishment.

• Secret operations: Activities conducted in hiding or away from public view, such as an underground economy

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Question: Would they change the atomic code if the president is suspected of being insane?*

🔹AI Overview

No, the military or government cannot and would not simply "change" or deactivate the nuclear launch codes to lock out a president suspected of being insane. Under United States law and military doctrine, the President retains sole, unilateral authority as Commander-in-Chief to order a nuclear strike. Deactivating the codes or withholding the "Biscuit" (the card containing the authentication codes) ...

It would essentially constitute a military coup.

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I have heard, though not conclusively yet, that the coup may have already begun aboard some of those military ships in the Strait of Vamoose. Yours or mine 🫎? They can't keep that a secret forever. Psychopathic liars keep secrets? Think about it: do you trust the snake 🐍 in the grass ෴⚘/ not to bite 𓂏 you?

Chief Smoking Bush🪶🌾ᝰ hears a lot of stuff through the brush pile 🌿⚘/🪾🌾 but I do not have the time in this one report to do all the research on the whole deal with the atomic stuff; it appears to have more legs than a millipede 🐛

But to be plain and simple, it does sound like the only way to stop the president, even if he or she isn't of sound mind, from using the nuclear codes — the big red button 🔴 — IS a military coup.

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Question: What happens if a president orders a first strike and the military does not agree with it?

If a president orders a first nuclear strike and the military considers the order illegal, personnel can legally refuse it, though the president retains the constitutional authority to replace *dissenting commanders. ⬅️⬅️⬅️

Presidential Authority vs. Military Duty.

• Sole Authority: The U.S. President has the exclusive authority as Commander-in-Chief to order the use of nuclear weapons, and does not legally require permission from Congress or military leaders to launch a strike.

• The Legality Test: Military officers are bound by the laws of armed conflict and are legally obligated to disobey unlawful orders. This includes a strike that violates principles of proportionality, necessity, or discrimination (such as a wanton, unprovoked first strike where conventional options suffice).

• Chain of Command Friction: If top generals—such as the head of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) or the Secretary of Defense—believe a first-strike order is illegal or irrational, they can demand clarification, delay transmission, or question its validity. What Happens Next? Resignation or Replacement: If military leaders refuse a direct order based on legality, the president can legally fire and replace them down the chain of command with compliant officers.

• The Successor Problem: Even if a commander is replaced, any new officer stepping into the role remains equally bound by military law to refuse an unlawful order.

• A De Facto Standoff: Because the operational launch crew at the end of the chain requires validation and confirmation, a severe dispute between the civilian Commander-in-Chief and the Pentagon creates an unprecedented constitutional and military crisis, effectively halting the launch unless a clear lawful justification is established...

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SO MOTE SHALL IT BE, I guess we'll find out in November if THE TRUE OF HEART AMERICAN WANT AMERICA BACK!

And there are the basics on that topic, a pile of 🐢💩💩💩-

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Trump rejects Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “unacceptable.”

Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, announced earlier this week that Tehran had submitted a fresh offer to the United States that would see the critical waterway reopen and negotiations resume between the two nations, in exchange for the US meeting several long-standing demands.

The Iranian foreign minister did not elaborate on the exact conditions but said they were “nothing more” than what was included in the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed in June but collapsed shortly after amid renewed fighting. That initial agreement included provisions on sanctions relief; the release of frozen assets; and a cessation of military operations, including in Lebanon...

• ‘We are not in a rush’:

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Updated Sep 26, 2026, 11:25 AM ET - 1 hr 43 min ago

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Canadian citizen detained at U.S. border crossing, questioned about voting for hours

'Tip of the iceberg': One lawyer warns more Canadians could be detained over illegal voting concerns

Paige Adamson was on her way home from a birthday dinner in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Sept. 15 when she was stopped at the Point Roberts border crossing.

It was a regular stop that Adamson — a Canadian citizen who has lived in Point Roberts, Wash., as a U.S. permanent resident for 14 years — had grown used to.

But this time, they had a new question for her. "The very first thing she asked was, 'Have you ever voted in a federal U.S. election?'" said Adamson. Adamson, 61, said she told the border agent she had never voted in a federal election...

• Grounds for removal:
• A broader trend:
• Voter registration issues:

The Detainment:

Read More:

Posted: Sep 26, 2026 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

Why go across the US border? You may as well try the Russian border; it may be even safer there, especially if you vote for Putin.

"COCROACHES 𓉴🪳𓉴🪳𓉴🪳"

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Donald Trump rejects new proposal to end Iran War

Military and national security expert Anthony Seaboyer gives more information on the implications of the U.S. president rejecting an off-ramp from the Iran War.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cDCOejm0dA

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Happy sunny Friday morning 🌄 all! I pray that today is better than yesterday and that each day gets better than today ☀️ May the Great Spirit bless 🌌-🙏 I have something personal to share with you 🎤👩‍🦳 and it may be a good example of how, when you're around negativity for too long, it seeps into you. Unwittingly, you become like a sponge sucking up water. Or bad news, conflict, and lies in the news become like a slow-acting elixir of poison coursing through your veins.

This will cause stress — stress that you may not be aware of because you have a struggle inside you. The negative — and the positive +, the ethics you grew up with and their seeming absence in government and society today — are fighting one another, as if empathy were a dying species. That's the world today. Greed and power rule.

My pent-up anger toward those who destroyed law and order and trashed empathy and social responsibility means my response comes across as a little too harsh at times; my apologies for that. I was not called out by a moderator. One of my own Groups is good at catching language edging toward vulgarity. I encroached on one of my own Group's rules. It's almost laughable, but it isn't.

All this gloomy news 🌧📰affects not just mine but anyones moods 🥵😢 usually I can wash away my gloominess with humor 😆🤣 My partner and I share a lot of that, but some of that crap in the news is subconsciously working inside the higher-level cognition part of my neocortex 🧠 Google it .

- Google Search -

Question: Little guy in the comic books with the umbrella and the little storm cloud over his head

So you begin to feel like ... Joe Btfsplk in the old comic strips

Bad Luck Joe.

🔹AI Overview

That character is *Joe Btfsplk* from the classic satirical comic strip

🔹AI Overview

Li'l Abner by Al Capp

July 7, 1940, and appeared intermittently throughout the strip's run until it ended on November 13, 1977

Question: Vicarious Traumatization

🔹AI Overview

Vicarious traumatization is a profound shift in a person's worldview and mental well-being caused by empathetic exposure to the traumatic experiences of others...

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Question: Psychologically disturbed by all the negativity in the world

🔹AI Overview

I hear you, and it makes total sense that you are feeling this way. The constant barrage of heavy news, conflict, and negativity can genuinely feel suffocating and exhausting. You are not alone or broken for feeling deeply impacted by it—it means you have empathy, but right now, that empathy is hitting a limit.

When the world feels overwhelmingly negative, your brain can get trapped in a state of high alert. Here are a few immediate, practical ways to protect your peace and rebuild your mental energy:

_*Psychologically, negative thoughts will put you in a doom-and-gloom attitude; I do my best to *CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT THAT*.

_*Like I said before, when you get rid of bad thoughts, twirl them away with your hands or your imagination, and don't let those disturbing thoughts come back. Make the sign of the cross or whatever other sign you make in your religion; it's all the same to the Higher Power. Meditation and prayer: prayer can be as simple as taking a couple of moments to have a chat with your imaginary mentor.*_

Question: Psychologically disturbed by all the negativity in the world*

_*I felt like I wanted to snap at everything like a snapping 𓂏 turtle 🐢 and that's not my nature.*_

_*And that's it for today. Tomorrow will be soon enough to get back into the demoralizing news. I don't demoralize it. I shouldn't have to; The news does that quite well on its own.*_

Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News🏡📰

*BREAKING NEWS RECAP:*

Inside Trump’s plan for the ‘biggest DOJ election observer effort in history’

President Donald Trump and his allies inside and outside his administration are aiming to blanket polling places with an expanding network of party and federal election monitors this November, intensifying scrutiny of the nuts and bolts of voting as Trump hunts for what he claims, without evidence, is widespread cheating and fraud in US elections.

Trump’s Justice Department says it will dispatch more than 1,000 monitors on Election Day in what Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has called the “biggest DOJ election observer effort in history” — hundreds more than the Biden administration deployed in 2024. New records reviewed by CNN suggest that several DOJ monitors deployed during this year’s primaries helped challenge Trump’s 2020 election loss. Another pleaded guilty to illegally accessing a government elections website in 2016...

* Plans to surge DOJ election monitors:*

_Some 2026 primary election monitors are linked to past election challenges_

* An RNC push to monitor the machines:

* ‘Eyes and ears’ on the ground:

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Updated Sep 25, 2026, 8:04 AM ET - 3 hr ago

- CNN -*

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Inside Trump’s hunt for a new press secretary as clashes with media intensify**

*Nearly a month after Karoline Leavitt’s exit, the job is still vacant. Some aides say that’s why a surprise ban on three news outlets got out the door.*

*NEWS VIDEO | Included:*

For nearly a month, the White House has been without a press secretary, the longest such gap in modern American history. There is little sign of urgency to fill the job.

The stretch since Karoline Leavitt left her post in August has hardly been quiet. President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have hit their lowest point to date, he has escalated a trade war with U.S. allies and the war with Iran is nearing its seventh month with no clear end in sight. That is more than enough to keep a chief spokesperson busy.

Even so, some senior aides are in no hurry, and they want the job to go to someone already inside the White House. In recent weeks, they have worked to steer Trump away from an outside pick, such as Scott Jennings, the conservative CNN commentator who emerged as an early favorite...

More Articles*

* After losing key court case, Hegseth’s Pentagon imposes new limits on journalists:

_The episode underscored how much of the White House’s message now runs through Trump himself. The two people who described the internal dynamics, along with a third who spoke to MS NOW for this story,_ ...

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Sept. 25, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -*

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CANADIAN NEWS RECAP:*

B.C. attorney general shocked by news report that ChatGPT told Tumbler Ridge shooter how to avoid safeguards

According to Mother Jones, ChatGPT told shooter to use hypothetical situations to avoid flag*

British Columbia's attorney general says she's shocked by an article describing alleged interactions between the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter and ChatGPT, in which the AI chatbot vividly describes the effectiveness of a shotgun in a classroom.

The news report, in U.S.-based magazine Mother Jones, also says ChatGPT advised shooter 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar how to get around its own safeguards to obtain information about violent scenarios by framing the content as fictional.

Attorney General Niki Sharma says the details in the article, which does not describe its sources, are "shocking and, as a parent, they are worse" than she ever imagined. She says on social media platform Bluesky that corporations urgently need mandatory and strict regulation to protect children...

_Teachers, students file new wave of lawsuits against OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting_ ...

*Read More:*

Posted: Sep 25, 2026 9:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

*- CBC -*

Is this what the value of human lives has become: characters in a shoot-em-up real-life video game?*

PLEASE NEXT ALIEN SPACECRAFT 🛸GOING BY THE THIRD ROCK 🪨 FROM THE STAR SOL 💥- PLEASE DROP BY AND GET ME OUT OF THIS MESS 💫 🤔

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With time running out, new poll suggests Alberta separatism support is slipping

Poll also suggests decline in people who say they feel mainly attached to Alberta*

With a little more than three weeks to go until the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll done for CBC News suggests support for separation has softened since spring.

Janet Brown Opinion Research, in a random survey of 1,200 Albertans between Sept. 8 and 21, asked respondents the same question they’ll face on referendum day: “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada, or should the government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”

Twenty-three per cent of respondents said they’d vote to start the legal process to hold a binding referendum, while 72 per cent said they’d vote to remain in Canada. Four per cent said they were unsure...

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Morning, all. I pray you are all well, and may the Great Spirit be with you. It's a brilliant, sky-high morning here at The Tree House. At 7:30 a.m., I was sitting in my Green Space, coffee ☕️ in hand — the magic elixir — as I watched the sun rising over the trees 🌄

It was a little brisk out, but with a light jacket it was fine. The long-range forecast 👩‍💼🎤 right into the first week of October is for mostly sunny days ☀️ in the low 70°s F

Well, enough of that; I guess it's on with the show. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News. Here, you may find anything from general news to the philosophical, scientific, spiritual, quantum physics, astrophysics... whatever turns ⚙️ this ball 🥎 of🕯️🪔 wax.

TODAY'S TOPIC: FINGER WAGGING DAY 👈👉 I TOLD YOU SO

6 months or more ago! Yas didn't stick with it long enough with your little picket signs. One Ontario hospital down, who's next? Is this the MAGA virus worming its way through our border like the COVID-19 bug? The difference is this one is fed by GREED! Not with feelings or caring for anyone else, only their pocketbooks.

DO YOU WANT CANADA TO TURN INTO SUCH A PILE OF 💩 EATIN' 🪳🪳🪳LIKE THE REPUBLICANS SOUTH OF THE BORDER?

And our Canadian Conservatives, I do honestly believe, wouldn't have a hard time falling in step with the Republican regime, spineless dunces they are. If the Conservatives are not MORE VIGILANT ABOUT HOW OUR OWN GOVERNMENT CAN ALSO GO DOWN THE 💩TER 🛖 along with the U.S., we will be like them!

HOSPITALS AND STAFF SHOULD BE THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR ANY GOVERNMENT IF THEY EXPECT TO HAVE A HEALTHY WORKFORCE. Go ahead, numbskull nincompoop Nazi cockroach dunces! Get rid of the hospitals and staff and see the shortage of workers build while everyone is home in bed, ill, dying, and even dead within a couple of years. What will the industry and economy be like in both Canada and the U.S. if both fail and allow themselves to be sucked into the cesspool of greed?

WAKE UP BUTT HOLES (‿ˠ‿)🕳️

To whom it may concern.

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My Research:

Patient care at risk as more layoffs announced for Hamilton hospitals

Union representatives and patients affected by the latest round of layoffs in Hamilton hospitals are voicing their concerns following the announcement of major job cuts.

As CHCH News first reported last week, Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) plans to cut 413 positions, including 143 nursing jobs.

The network includes Hamilton General Hospital, McMaster Children's Hospital and Juravinski Cancer Centre in Hamilton, as well as West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Grimsby, Ont.

Let's review the reason Hamilton Health Services (HHS) gave for cutting 413 positions, 143 of which are nurses.

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HHS stated that it has an estimated funding shortfall of $150,000,000 for its 2026/27 budget year.

157 of the positions to be cut are already vacant; HHS did not specify which ones. 84 health care aides are among those positions.

HHS has a financial crisis. How is executive compensation being cut to help? Here's what the brass hats are paid at HHS. None are actual caregivers:

At Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), the President and CEO, Tracey MacArthur, was paid $773,658. Executive Compensation Structure Ontario's public sector disclosure rules outline specific salary ranges and performance pay limits for HHS executives: President & CEO: $560,700 – $758,700 salary range, up to 20% variable pay, and a $960 monthly car allowance. Executive Vice President: $332,000 – $449,200 salary range, up to 15% variable pay, and a $960 monthly car allowance. Vice President (Tier 1): $259,300 – $350,800 salary range, up to 15% variable pay, and a $960 monthly car allowance.Vice President (Tier 2): $223,600 – $302,600 salary range, up to 15% variable pay, and a $960 monthly car allowance.

Maybe I'm wrong, but this is what HHS is paying its president and CEO to see forecasts of financial disaster and preside over their occurrence. I have no doubt Ms. MacArthur saw this "iceberg" ahead, but she is not on the record as having taken action to avoid hitting it 🚢🧊

You can bet your (‿ˠ‿)s the HHS executive will continue at full salary with bonuses and perks for presiding over this avoidable catastrophe🚀💥💨

Call your Member of Provincial Parliament and the Premier's office to tell them to help HHS get out of this mess and put HHS on solid financial footing for the future; also, investigate the executive salaries paid for a calamity on their watch.

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

CNN, MS NOW and Politico denied access to White House despite judge’s order

Here's The Latest

• Request for hearing: CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed an emergency request for a hearing this morning after some staff were denied access to the White House despite a judge’s order that the administration temporarily restore their press badges.

• Government must respond: Judge Timothy Kelly has given the administration until 12:30 p.m. to respond to the media organizations’ filing. Kelly had ordered the Trump administration overnight to temporarily reinstate the three outlets’ access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Donald Trump.

• Access denied: CNN reporter Betsy Klein and a photojournalist were denied access to the White House grounds this morning despite multiple attempts. One CNN producer was able to enter the White House. Some staff from MS NOW and Politico were still denied access.

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CNN, MS NOW and Politico file emergency request for a hearing

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Updated 10:53 AM EDT, Thu September 24, 2026

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Netanyahu’s lonely and Trumpless trip to the United Nations

Trump won’t meet him, U.S. opinion of Israel is sinking, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a tough election at home next month.

When Benjamin Netanyahu walks into the United Nations in New York on Thursday, the Israeli prime minister is in for a chilly reception.

World leaders at the U.N. General Assembly have been openly critical of Israel before he even landed. The mayor of New York previously threatened to arrest him. And Netanyahu has fewer friends in either party in Washington.

Even his longtime pal President Donald Trump doesn’t have plans to meet him, according to two U.S. officials granted anonymity to describe the president’s schedule...

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• Netanyahu threatens lawsuit over New York Times column on Israeli rape allegations:

Democrats who had been reliably pro-Israel are increasingly joining with those in their party who have been more critical. ...

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Sept. 24, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS RECAP:

Sobeys' parent Empire agrees to end property controls after battle with Competition Bureau

Deal means Empire Co. Ltd. will no longer be permitted to restrict competition through land titles

Canada's Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with Sobey's parent company to have the grocery giant strictly limit or stop using property controls after the agency found the practice to be anti-competitive.

Property controls are clauses written into the land title that can prevent rival grocery stores from opening new stores nearby (exclusivity clauses), or can ban food products from being sold at nearby pet stores, dollar stores, gyms or other retailers and restrict what future leaseholders can sell on the land (restrictive covenants).

Empire Company Limited — which owns Sobeys, Farm Boy, Safeway, Freshco, IGA and others — has been under pressure from the consumer watchdog for months to get rid of their property controls after it found the practice to be anti-competitive.

• Win for consumers, economist says:

Why are grocery prices so high? One factor may be property controls — a powerful tool that big groceries can use to block competition and control local markets across Canada. Marketplace breaks down how it works and why it can take a toll on your wallet.

• 'Exclusivity clauses' still permitted: ...

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Posted: Sep 24, 2026 10:04 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Netanyahu 'Humiliated' IN US, Delegates Walk Out In Protest AT UN: Showdown Leaves Hall In Chaos

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