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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Morning, all. I do pray that everyone is well and abundantly happy on this late-August Thursday morning. Here, the sun has risen to shine upon the green canopy of trees across the driveway from our perch, a 5th-floor apartment that is on the edge of city parkland. It's much like a treehouse with the balcony all decorated with artificial plants and flowers. Age is all that's preventing me from putting out real plants.

Wildfires update just came up. Let me put it this way: it's not much better than it has been, just shifting places. It's not choosy; it'll eat whatever it can in its path. It only lives to burn and will only stop when someone pi--es 💦 on it, it rains 🌧️☔ or it runs out of something to consume 𓂏🥪🥘. There! That about sums it up. I call it the beast; they call it FIRE 🔥. It has a will of its own, like anything else in nature; it gives us life and can also take it away. We are either in harmony with it, or we're not! Simple as that. Nature gone wild, like a certain madman 😜 in Washington 🏛️? Kink Orange 💩🚼👑, maybe the Great Spirit 🌌of NATURE will be at peace soon.

More humbly today, I ask for us to take a moment to meditate and pray for the Spirit of Nature to be at peace. Take a personal inventory today and see where you are in your life and where you could best be of service to others; that is all that is required. To feel for others as though you were inside them, that's Empathy; it's what connects us all as one.

Dolly Parton 👱🏻‍♀🪕 knew all about this; she lived it as I did in my own way, the best way I could. I'm not a movie star; I'm just a retired social worker who makes a lot of noise, whereas before she would not say 💩 if she had a mouthful 🫦

My topic today will be about:

_**Who's in charge of America?**_

_*It's as plain and real as the made in CANADA 🍁 GOOSE *𓅭, yeah, the one that just 💩 on your hat 👒!*_

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Question: Who is running the show in America? Anyone who had brains has been canned.

🔹AI Overview

The United States government is led by President Donald J. Trump, who was inaugurated for a non-consecutive second term on January 20, 2025.

Miller Center

Executive power is distributed across a few key pillars:

The Executive Branch

• The Presidency: Donald Trump holds the ultimate executive authority, serving as head of state and commander-in-chief.

• The Vice Presidency: JD Vance serves as the Vice President, supporting executive initiatives and leading the Senate as its president.

• The Cabinet: High-level policy execution is handled by Senate-confirmed department heads. Prominent leaders include Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

System of Checks and Balances

While the President leads the administration, the U.S. Constitution splits governance among three co-equal branches to prevent absolute control:

• The Executive Branch: Enforces federal laws.:

• The Legislative Branch (Congress): Compiles and passes laws and controls the federal budget.:

• The Judicial Branch (Supreme Court): Evaluates the constitutionality of laws and executive actions:

They OWN your underwear 🩲; you can only rent them from the Executive branch or buy them used. That way, they can give you a wedgie whenever they feel like it, for free.

BOMBSHELL: Troops allege Hegseth and Trump are pushing them to VIOLATE laws as discharge requests SURGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbRc5c9v78

In two more years, who will be in charge? Who will still have brains of their own to make decisions for the nation? How safe do you feel living under the rule of a madman? WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW? "Jabba the Hutt Orange Snot Ball's Dunce Cadets?"

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

The Postal Service is an American marvel. Trump wants to destroy it.

The post office is the butt of a lot of jokes, but Americans overwhelmingly have a positive view of the USPS.

The list of federal agencies and institutions President Donald Trump has poisoned with his naked corruption and contempt for democracy is long. And now, with his most recent attempt to seize control of American elections, seemingly to prevent the electoral whupping his party appears headed for in November, we can add one of our most beloved national treasures: the United States Postal Service.

If you’ve ever been frustrated by a slow line at the post office, you might find that assertion jarring. But the USPS is indeed a treasure, at once a marvel of logistical engineering — it delivers more than 100 billion pieces of mail a year — and an embodiment of profoundly American values. And Trump is determined to ruin it.

Last week, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court used its “shadow docket” to lift a stay issued by a lower court against a recent executive order Trump signed, which Trump says is meant to curb widespread voter fraud — though his administration still hasn’t provided evidence to back that allegation — but which more likely is an attempt to attack Americans’ right to vote by mail.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the USPS is one of the central foundations of American democracy. Our first Postmaster General was Benjamin Franklin, and the country’s founders understood that a well-functioning postal service was essential to creating a unified nation.

Aug. 27, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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Hundreds killed in Nepal flood as fears grow of secondary disaster

Over 1,300 people are missing after floodwaters destroyed villages and infrastructure on the Nepal-China border, with more storms possible during monsoon season.

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Here's The Latest

• Hundreds missing: More than 1,300 people are missing – including at least 700 foreigners from two dozen countries, including the US – after catastrophic flash flooding hit China and Nepal on Wednesday. The death toll in Nepal has climbed to more than 350 people as search and rescue operations are hampered by a lack of connectivity, power and resources.

• Secondary threat: Landslides have created a new lake, increasing the risk of landslides, mudslides and flash floods, with three days of rain ahead and collapsed earth forming unstable dams, China’s state media said.

• What caused it: Scientists are still working to determine exactly what caused the disaster. The US Geological Survey said a glacial collapse – when a large section of ice breaks off a glacier and falls down a slope – and landslide was behind the disaster...

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US State Department says 90 Americans are unaccounted for

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Updated 11:22 AM EDT, Thu August 27, 2026

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Why Some in Canada Want Out of the F-35 Deal With the U.S.

A year into a government review of the purchase of as many as 88 F-35s, one premier says buying American warplanes makes no sense in the face of President Trump’s latest tariffs

The premier of British Columbia has an additional suggestion for Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, in dealing with U.S. tariffs: stop plans to buy as many as 88 American-made F-35 fighter jets.

Not long after Canada said that it would retaliate against President Trump’s sweeping 50 percent tariff on hundreds of Canadian exports with tariffs of its own, Premier David Eby questioned why Canada would pursue supplying its military with the warplanes.

“When your friend kicks you in the back, one of the first rules is you don’t then go and buy $12 billion of fighter jets from that person,” Mr. Eby said on Tuesday, citing roughly the cost of the first 16 airplanes. “It makes absolutely no sense,” he added.

Anger toward the United States has grown among Canadians in the 18 months since Mr. Trump launched a trade war...

He described the Gripen as “simpler, cheaper and more operationally consistent” and better suited to patrol and perform defense missions in Canada and the Arctic.

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LeBlanc welcomes U.S. decision 'withdrawing positions' on language, culture

Dominic LeBlanc says 'U.S. clarifications on their other positions' would keep prospect of deal alive

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the federal government "welcomes" the United States "withdrawing" its positions on the French language and culture after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CBC News Canada's streaming laws are not a "red line" for the American side.

"Canada welcomes that the U.S. is now withdrawing its positions on discoverability and labelling and is confirming that measures to promote French language and Canadian culture will not be subject to future U.S. trade actions," LeBlanc said in a statement posted on X.

"We look forward to further constructive U.S. clarifications on their other positions which would create the possibility of a mutually beneficial trade agreement that respects Canadian sovereignty."

WATCH | U.S. trade rep disputes why talks fell apart | Canadian exclusive:

• Modifying position on culture, language:

Do you support Canada’s new retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., set for Sept. 8? Click “Join the Conversation” below. On the app? Tap here

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Posted: Aug 27, 2026 9:05 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Well, that's about it, folks. Please watch the video. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hi everyone, I woke up this morning with a new understanding of where the U.S. is going. Of course, it doesn't make sense, because that is part of insanity. It will go to the dogs if sycophants of The Orange Slime Ball are elected, and that's quite possible. He will use force to make that happen. Unfortunately, the Democrats and other opposition gave the Orange Slime Ball too much time to organize. As I said before, this is not TRUMPO's brain thinking all this NAZI stuff up. It's been in the works for years. It's called Project 25. Well, I'm sorry to say, but if there is no action from the people on Nov. 3, 2026, there will be no more chances. AMERICA WILL BE THE FOURTH REICH AND RUSSIA!

TODAY's DISCUSSION:

Ever Wondered?

DOES AMERICA WANT NAZISM?

They were originally not hard to find, but now it seems it has managed to get buried under all the other crap news we are getting about our dear fearless shit-in-diapers leader.

Thank you TRUMPO, Our Dear Orange 💩ty DIAPER ARSE 🩲(‿ˠ‿) Leader

I pray for all my American friends to make the right choice, even if THEY have to do it by force, VOTE! Well, as I can see it, it's going to be CLOBBERIN' TIME, AS THE INCREDIBLE HULK WOULD SAY🧟💪, BY VOTER TURNOUT🥊 on Tuesday, November 3, 2026! One way or the other, the TRUMPO REGIME ✠ has to go. If NOT, you will be living in a trashed country. You are NOT AMERICAN ANY LONGER [✨ 🟰] Boom!💥ˎˊ˗ -> Stars and Stripes ✸*•°. \ / _ . . blown into oblivion with the Constitution, by Executive Orders. 🌀‧˚✩ 🪐.

YOU NEVER WERE PATRIOTIC IN THE FIRST PLACE TO ALLOW AMERICA TO GO NAZI.

NEVER WILL AMERICA BE GREAT AGAIN UNLESS YOU GROW A BACKBONE AND FIGHT BACK FOR FREEDOM,

TIME TO FIGHT THE TRAITORS November 3, 2026 BY VOTING DEMOCRATIC!

If you choose to sit on your effing HANDS and do nothing, you are USELESS, GOOD FOR NOTHING, ALLIED WITH MALCONTENTED IDIOTS AND TRAITORS 🤬😡▄︻ 💥🥵👹📡🤖⚡️👺💥🤡👽〽️☠️🙃⚔️🤪😏🥊😫 and deserve WHAT YOU GET. 🚀 SO, BEING A TRAITOR TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY, YOU DESERVE WHATEVER THE ORANGE FUEHRER SAYS IS THE LAW 🚀 and a 𓍯 •<- "Big period, that's IT!"

_*TRAITORS ARE malcontents; they can always volunteer to get on Elon's next Starship to Venus. Yeah, Venus 🌑 I DON'T WANT THEM ON MY HOME PLANET, MARS 🟠 Let the Dunce Brigade go get their arsses (‿ˠ‿) fried ♨️ on Venus!

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Does America Want Nazism?

🔹AI Overview

No, the United States as a whole does not want Nazism, and the vast majority of Americans reject its core tenets of racial supremacy, dictatorship, and the destruction of democracy.

🔹AI Overview

Critics and political opponents did try to raise awareness and counter Project 2025, but stopping an outside think tank's policy blueprint posed unique political and structural challenges.

Why It Was Hard to "Stop" a Policy Blueprint

Not an Official Bill or Law: Project 2025 was a 900-page transitional policy guide and wish list created by the Heritage Foundation, an independent conservative organization—not an official piece of legislation voted on in Congress. Because it was not a bill, opponents could not vote it down, veto it, or block it through traditional legislative procedures.

The 19th News

• The DeniabilityShield: Although many contributors had ties to the former administration, Donald Trump and his campaign formally disavowed the project, claiming no official connection. This allowed proponents to distance themselves from the document's more toxic or unpopular provisions whenever critics attacked specific proposals.

·PBS NewsHour

How Opponents Tried to Counter It

Public Awareness Campaigns:

Shifting Public Opinion:

2nd Question: Is Project 2025 still alive?

🔹AI Overview

Yes, Project 2025 is very much alive, and the Trump administration has already implemented a majority of its domestic policy recommendations.

YouTube & MS NOW.

Current Status

Active Implementation:

Independent tracking by policy watchdogs shows that the administration has initiated or completed over half of Project 2025's recommended domestic actions. Key Architects in Power: Key contributors and authors of the 900-page blueprint—such as Russell Vought—have taken influential roles within the administration, actively driving its policies.Policy Alignment: Despite earlier campaign-season attempts to distance the White House from the blueprint, numerous executive orders and agency overhauls mirror Project 2025's precise roadmap

I already looked it up; there isn't one thing in Project 25 that benefits the average American wage earner, unless reducing them to living in tents, and maybe, if lucky, to be placed in a labor camp. WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE IN AMERICA, "THE LIFE OF RILEY, EH?"

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Hundreds missing and many feared dead after massive flash flood hits Nepal-China border

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Here's the latest

• Many feared dead: Catastrophic flash flooding has hit China and Nepal, with at least 95 people confirmed killed. The toll is likely to rise. Hundreds of tourists, including foreign nationals, are missing.

• Nepal: The small Himalayan nation has been badly hit. Dramatic footage shows a torrent of water hitting the Nepal-China border and villages lie submerged . Helicopters have been winching stranded people from rooftops.

• In China: No toll has been given but state media is warning of “major casualties.” A mudslide hit China’s Gyirong port, with Chinese leader Xi Jinping urging “all-out” search efforts. The quick response of China’s leadership is another sign of the severity of the disaster.

• What caused the devastation? Nepal’s foreign minister said an earthquake triggered a large landslide, which in turn blocked the Bhote Koshi river, sending a torrent of water downstream from China to Nepal...

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Nepal is a danger area for glacier melting as the planet heats up

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Updated 10:34 AM EDT, Wed August 26, 2026

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Troops fighting against Iran and alleged drug smugglers say they are being asked to violate international law

*Organizations that help service members apply to leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats and targets inside Iran.*

VIDEO | Included:

One service member is concerned the military blew up bridges in Iran that were not military targets. Another thinks Pentagon leaders are not doing enough to prevent civilian deaths during airstrikes inside Iran.

Yet another asked questions about how the military knew it was not killing civilians when launching missiles at boats it believed were trafficking drugs. MS NOW spoke to five troops who want out of the military because what they saw in recent months challenged their moral beliefs.

Nearly six months into the United States’ war with Iran — and a year into the Pentagon’s decision to launch deadly strikes to kill alleged drug traffickers — the number of service members seeking a formal discharge from the military as conscientious objectors has skyrocketed,..

• Civilian infrastructure in Iran:
• Targeting alleged drug boats:
• More conscientious objectors:

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Aug. 26, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canada’s resistance to Trump’s trade demands offers Europe a blueprint. Will the EU take it?

Carney walked away from U.S. trade negotiations last week

When European Union head Ursula von der Leyen sat alongside Donald Trump at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland last year, she promised Europeans that accepting a blanket 15 per cent U.S. tariff on EU exports would buy the continent "predictability and stability."

Some critics now see the trade deal as a one-sided capitulation that instead paved the way for an ongoing cycle of American economic coercion.

First came U.S. efforts to reclassify certain European industrial goods to impose higher tariffs. Now, a fresh battle has emerged over European efforts to levy a digital services tax on U.S. tech giants — a dispute that echoes Washington's recent attempts to dictate tax terms to Ottawa.

No sooner was the Turnberry deal ratified by the European Parliament than Trump was on Truth Social, threatening to override the entire accord by slapping 100 per cent tariffs on any European nation that implements or expands tech taxes.

As European resistance to Trump’s demands stiffens, some lawmakers are looking at Mark Carney’s dramatic exit from the U.S. trade table not as a reckless gamble but as a lesson in how to stand up to a bully...

• Quiet support:
• Tepid trade deal:
• Sophisticated audience:
• Volatile shift*

Posted: Aug 26, 2026 10:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago

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How Europe can support Canada in its trade war with Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MPUpfxFssE

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, all! Well, well, I see the FORD AND TRUMPO THE CLOWN ACT is not over yet. Yet. Although I don't trust PIRATE FORD, I'll bet on him. Only because, even though he is a weasel, it's true, he has more brains in his little toe than Trump has in his head, or what's left of it, and all of his Dunce Cadets wouldn't make up Ford's "baby toe," as he put it 👍

😆😁😅🤣😂

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Trump considering renaming Lake Ontario as relations with province sour

WATCH: Ford, Trump trade insults as Canada-U.S. trade war escalates

President Donald Trump says the United States is giving “serious consideration” to renaming one of the Great Lakes as relations with Canada’s most populated province sour. Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday morning that he’s thinking of changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”

“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to do much business with Ontario any longer,” he wrote. A change would be similar to the Republican president’s executive order last year renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

The Great Lakes — Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior — are a chain of five freshwater lakes that hold roughly one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Michigan is the only lake that doesn’t border Canada.

VIDEO Included:

• Stick to the Facts:

I don’t respond to a dictator like President Trump, a bully like President Trump. I’m not going to take any advice off a guy that’s the king of bankruptcies,” Ford said during a news conference

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Posted August 25, 2026 - 7:52 am

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What Carney's said ending the trade deal, his own words:

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Question: Some terminology Carney came out with about Trump and the US

🔹AI Overview

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that trade talks with the U.S. became untenable because Washington "[a]sked too much and offered too little" and that *Canada was "at war when you get attacked".*

How can you trust a viper snake, especially if you are both at the bottom of the same hole? Now, if you move fast enough, you might get out before the viper bites.

Question: How did Carney say in his own words,

America could not be trusted anymore?

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🔹AI Overview

He stated, "We cannot accept what they've offered, and we will not give what they've asked. "

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Key Reasons for Walking Away

• Sovereignty and Demands: Carney stated that the U.S. introduced late, unacceptable demands that asked too much and offered too little.

• Specific Flashpoints: The final breakdown involved American pushback against Canadian rules protecting French-language content on streaming platforms like Netflix and requirements for bilingual product labeling.

• Sector Threats: The U.S. pushed demands that would hurt Canada's auto sector and restrict Canada's independence to pursue trade deals with other nations.

• Retaliation: Following the collapse of talks and active 50% U.S. tariffs on nearly $30 billion of Canadian goods, Carney announced Canada would match duties dollar-for-dollar on targeted U.S. sectors.

That sums up the saga of Ford's little toe versus Trumpo the Typo's Dunce Cadets of Shmukarica regime for the day. Thank you for visiting The Tree House News. WOW! This should be better than watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon, "GET THE POPCORN AND COKE OUT, MA!" Maybe we should call in Captain Canada 🦸‍♂️🍁 on this too, elbows up 💪 !

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FULL SPEECH | Carney explains why Canada suspended trade talks with U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-WgOxbWUHk

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BREAKING NEWS:

Trump’s theory of global power faces a reckoning in Iran and Canada

Donald Trump’s presidency rests on the premise that he and the United States are so powerful that allies and enemies alike must submit to his will.

His break with decades of US foreign policy doctrine is laced through his speeches and national security strategies. It was best explained in January by top aide Stephen Miller, who told CNN’s Jake Tapper that “iron laws” dictate a real world that is “governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power.”

But the philosophy faces its most serious tests in deepening showdowns with Iran and Canada. Iran has defied the might of the US military for six months in a war Trump started but has been unable to end.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, who shut down trade talks with Washington, has meanwhile argued more forcefully than any other Western leader that the US under Trump “has changed.” He told his country Saturday that Trump was using “economic integration as a weapon.”...

* Will Trump stay the course?:*

• What Trump could achieve by strangling Iran’s economy:
• Canada sees a showdown that goes beyond a trade dispute:

“We will not allow any nation to dictate our future,” Carney said Saturday.

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PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2026, 12:01 AM ET - 9 hr ago

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Hakeem Jeffries needs a plan for power. He won’t get it from Jared Kushner.

Democrats must show voters how they will connect accountability to action if they regain control of the House.

Hakeem Jeffries needs a plan, and he’s not going to find it talking to Jared Kushner.

The House Democratic leader recently met privately with Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, in New York City. According to The New York Times, which first reported the meeting, the topics of discussion included housing, immigration, the cost of living and possible areas of common ground between Democrats and the Trump administration. Jeffries, who acknowledged the meeting in an Instagram video Monday, said in an initial statement after the story broke that Democrats would meet Republican extremism with “forceful opposition” and deliver “bold change.”

I understand why people are inclined to defend Jeffries over this meeting.

• Defending Jeffries from a double standard does not require defending this meeting.:
• Most voters understand the signal sent by the party’s House leader privately discussing “common ground” with Trump’s unelected son-in-law.:

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Aug. 25, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

How Canadian content on streaming platforms became a trade issue with the U.S.

Streaming giants like Netflix and Disney have long opposed efforts to promote Cancon

The fight between Canada and the United States on trade isn’t just about dairy, car parts and natural resources. It’s also about what appears on your Netflix homepage.

The Globe and Mail, citing a senior government source, reported Sunday that U.S. negotiators demanded Canada drop requirements for American streaming companies to promote Canadian content, including French-language content.

The federal Liberal government refused. We were not prepared to compromise on our sovereignty, the protection of the French language, and our culture,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech on Saturday after trade talks collapsed...

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CBC News · Posted: Aug 25, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Trump order on mail-in ballots, but more legal battles are expected

Election officials worry about changes that would be impractical, potentially chaotic ahead of Nov. 3 vote

The U.S. Supreme Court's preliminary approval of President Donald Trump's restrictions on mail-in voting has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third of the country uses to vote — even if it may not lead to a single procedural change during the November midterms. The high court's majority said Monday in an unsigned order that it hasn't determined whether Trump's order is constitutional, but that states that sued did not have the legal right to challenge it.

But even the prospect of such a potential sweeping overhaul led to a dissent from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who warned the decision "needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty" into the midterms. Trump’s executive order, signed in March, calls on his administration to create lists of eligible voters and orders the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists...

*'I just don't see it'*

WATCH | Trump speech slammed by critics:

• Sustained White House efforts:

LISTEN | Trump's efforts to change midterm voting:

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Posted: Aug 25, 2026 9:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Pissing off one of our biggest allies’: MS NOW reacts to Trump’s new tariffs on Canada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f693BmFHVws

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Be happy, be safe, be strong throughout all adversity, and be BLESSED on this Monday morning,

Not much Green Space time this morning under grey, gloomy, cloudy skies and clammy, cool temps. Feels more like mid-October than it does the 24th of August. Does that mean I would have to begin my winter routine already? Like brightening up the place with extra LED lamps and growing my own little garden indoors, I like watching something green grow during the winter. I also do a lot of reading and research online. BUT, BEGINNING HYBERNATION IN SEPTEMBER? That's too long even for a fertile imagination that prefers being indoors during the cold weather. Written by Chief Smoking Bush 🪶👩‍🦰ᝰ🪾𓍯𓂃_

"Knock, knock! Who's that knocking at the door?" It's Grandma! I shout out loud, Joann, get off the can and let Grandma in, before she gets frozen toes while wearing snowshoes in the snow!"

Well, enough of that, now on to the discussion of the day. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

US-CANADA TRADE WAR

Canada declares trade ‘war’ after Trump imposes new tariffs and talks break down

• US-Canada trade talks have collapsed, pushing relations between Washington and Ottawa into a new phase of economic confrontation. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

• The US is imposing new 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, including wine, dairy, cement, clothing and hockey equipment. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed “dollar-for-dollar” retaliation starting September 8.

• Donald Trump, Mark Carney, US tariffs, Canada retaliation and the future of the USMCA are now at the centre of this escalating trade dispute.

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My guess as to where any of this is all going remains in the hands of those who have control or can work together as one under a UNITED PROVINCIAL GROWTH; BUILD BABY BUILD!

🍁CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE DIVERSIFICATION🍁

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Question: August 24 2026, latest report from Prime Minister Mark Carney

🔹AI Overview

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the suspension of trade negotiations with the United States and pledged dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs beginning September 8, following the collapse of talks and new U.S. 50% tariffs on Canadian goods.

Background on the Trade Breakdown

• Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that Canada walked away from a bad deal after the U.S. introduced last-minute, unacceptable demands regarding the auto sector, sovereignty, and restrictions on independent trade deals.

• When questioned about the sharp escalation, Carney stated that Canada is effectively in a trade conflict "because we're under attack".

• The Prime Minister of Canada Official Website provides full transcripts of Carney's remarks on the negotiations and readouts from the emergency First Ministers' Meeting held with provincial and territorial premiers

Retaliation and Next Steps

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgNIj-Ziukc

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP

Iran’s currency drops to record low against dollar as US set to unveil ‘economic D-Day’

Here's The Latest

• Economic pressure: Iran’s currency has dropped to a record low against the dollar, as the US moves to tighten the economic screws on Tehran. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to reveal details of the administration’s sanctions plans later today on a country which has so far been numb to economic pain.

• Differing views: There appears to be growing differences within Iran’s leadership on how to handle the conflict with the US. While President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran “cannot continue with war forever,” others have continued to reject dialogue.

• Strait of Hormuz: Oman’s foreign minister will visit Iran tomorrow for talks on the critical waterway. Iran’s state-controlled Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) warned that ships violating transit rules in the strait could face penalties including detention or confiscation...

*Read More:*

10 min ago

The Trump administration’s big gamble on an “economic D-Day” for Iran

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Updated 10:06 AM EDT, Mon August 24, 2026

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Congress is finally getting mad about money

Even Republican lawmakers are getting tired of OMB Director Russ Vought going rogue on federal spending.

There’s been a lack of trust lately between the Capitol and the White House. On one end of Pennsylvania Avenue, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has claimed sweeping authority to withhold money from projects that go against President Donald Trump’s policies.

But just over a mile away in the halls of Congress, lawmakers, even Republicans, are finally growing tired of Vought’s incessant incursions into their power of the purse.

• Since returning to the head of OMB last year, Vought has used every lever he can reach to staunch the flow of federal dollars.:

More from MS NOW Daily

• Vought’s shenanigans have grown increasingly less well received with legislators as time has passed.:

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Aug. 24, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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Minicomputers Made by Nvidia Are Powering Moscow’s A.I. Drones

The tech giant says it does not sell the devices in Russia, but they are widely available on resale markets. When purchased that way, they are virtually impossible to track.

The miniature Nvidia computer that Ukrainian officials say Russia has used in fully autonomous A.I.-guided drones is an inexpensive model designed for civilian robotics and machine vision applications, according to the company.

Ukrainian forensic examiners recently found the minicomputer, the Nvidia Jetson Orin, in the wreckage of drones launched by Russia’s military in apparent tests of a self-targeting system in the city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.

Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency showed New York Times reporters two such guidance systems that included damaged but still recognizable Jetson computer components. Air defense officials said that a drone with one of the systems killed three people in an attack in Zaporizhzhia on July 6. ...

The circuit board on which the Nvidia chip was installed was stamped “Made in China.” It was unclear how Russia’s military obtained the computers.

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Aug. 24, 2026 - Updated 7:19 a.m. ET

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CANADIAN NEWS:

These 3 charts show where Trump's new tariffs could have the biggest impact

Electronics sector, B.C. could feel the bite of potential new duties

.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff gambit is the most sweeping trade threat Canada has faced to date. With an unprecedented 50 per cent duty set to hit a wide swath of Canadian-made goods on Aug. 19, the clock is ticking for businesses across the country.

These three charts break down which sectors are in the crosshairs, which provinces will be the hardest hit and how the tariffs will be felt on both sides of the border.

Major Threatened Sectors

Value of 2025 Canadian exports to the U.S. under tariff threat, by category ($ US)

Electronics and electrical equipment

$4.41B

Plastics

$3.1B

Furniture, bedding and lighting

$2.51B

Industrial machinery

$1.58B

Paper and paperboard items

$1.34B

Categories based on broader HS2 codes for items in the tariff list. Category names edited for clarity.

The Hardest Hit Provinces:

• Cross-border effects:

Frustration, worry and hope: Canadian businesses brace for the latest round of U.S. tariffs

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CBC News · Posted: Jul 23, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: July 23

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Woman flagged by ID scanner as nationwide 'public safety concern' after incident in Winnipeg bar

Privacy experts say establishments need to better explain what happens to data

Privacy experts are raising concerns after a Winnipeg bar flagged a woman as a nationwide public safety concern through its ID scanning system, which led to her being denied entry to a Calgary Stampede venue in July.

Alexandra, a Montreal-based lawyer, went to the Riverside bar in St. Vital on June 6, where a person working security scanned her driver's licence at the door using a Patronscan ID scanner. She said she was not told why they were scanning it and had no idea an incident later that evening would lead to a flag that potentially banned her from bars across Canada.

"This flag had denied me entry at an establishment in a whole other province without my knowledge, without any transparency surrounding how this flag had been established," Alexandra said. She said she started feeling sick while at the Winnipeg bar and ran to the nearest washroom, thinking she was going to throw up.

Someone knocked on the door and told her to leave, and Alexandra asked for more time to pull herself together. She then left without incident, she said...

• Denied entry to Calgary Stampede venue:
• Flag network used across North America:
• People need to understand how data is used: experts:
• Public flags keep people safe: BarWatch chair:
• 'Undesirable to whom?':
• Bars must display signage: Patronscan:

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Posted: Aug 24, 2026 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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