TREE HOUSE NEWS🏡

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Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Well, it is cloudy 🌫 out there but pleasantly warm, like the typical kind of normal late June morning. I don't mind if we get a nice summer rain, but not one of those that stay stuck stationary over you for days like a bad case of constipation. "Sh-t And Get Off The Pot!" Yas kins' read the newspaper later, hun! 😆 🥹

Today, due to the residual heat from yesterday still lingering in the House, especially in the bedroom and spare room, which are closed, the closet crickets and moths don't need air conditioning, they don't pay for the hydro. We still have the AC on to lower the room temperature back down to the normal temperature, as outside.

🙏 Let us begin the day with a short prayer or meditation for those who are suffering. 🙏

Especially those under the thumb of the Orange Jabba the Hutt and his bunions.. er, I mean, minions of air heads, henchmen, AND, forget DOGE.? It should be changed to 'Thugs & Toadies Incorporated'; Don't call the police "CALL THE - T.T.I."

🙏 Or you may simply want to take a moment to meditate on finding a niche of peace and the inspiration required to reflect on the proceedings of the day ahead with organised, positive thoughts.

Ω ☮️ ~VIVE LA RESISTANCE!~ ☮️ Ω

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Thugs Toadies Incorporated

'Thugs & Toadies Incorporated' The T.T.I., in my opinion, is absolutely real and well. Perhaps under a different name, or it may all be encoded simply within DOGE, a pack of rats in a bag.

Then we have those masked ICE agents. Those greenhorns hiding behind a mask, some of them probably only kids who played too many video games, acting tough. How long before one of these amateurs has a mishap with firearms? It wouldn't surprise me if they even know how to safely handle and point one of those things, let alone use one. It'd be better if they blow their own toes off.

What if that crack head kid panics and really hurts a lot of people with that thing he or she has in their hands? Think about it. How long before an armed nation revolts in response? I pray to The Great Spirit, G-d, NOT! Someone has to stand up to the tyrant.

Any state representitive, governor, mayor, who pays attention and has control of their city police force should have them on active duty checking out these orangutans rag faces for proper papers, which is what these, never mind ICE, it's arse pics to them. "Ahhh", nothing like Karma.

I rest my case. I spoke into the mic and stepped down gingerly from the podium. Now it's time for the National News:*_

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump says US will meet Iran ‘next week’ as he maintains strikes destroyed nuclear sites

What We're Covering:

• Trump weighs in on intel:

President Donald Trump disputed an early US intelligence report on the effectiveness of US strikes on Iran last weekend. He said the Fordow nuclear site is “totally inoperable” after the strikes. He also said the US will meet with Iran “next week.”

• Early assessment:

• Truce holding:

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9 min ago

Trump says Iran needs oil money to rebuild, again signaling possible flexibility on US sanctions

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Iran will need oil money to “put the country back into shape” and said he doesn’t have an issue with China purchasing their oil, signaling possible sanctions flexibility on Iran.

“Look, they just had a war. The war was fought. They fought it bravely. I’m not giving up,” Trump told reporters when asked whether allowing China to buy Iranian oil — as he said he’d like to see — would mark the end of his administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran.

“They’re in the oil business. I mean, I could stop it if I want to – sell China the oil myself. I don’t want to do that. They’re going to need money to put that country back into shape. We want to see that happen,” he said of Iran.

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25 min ago

Trump says US will meet with Iran "next week" but doesn’t believe a nuclear deal is necessary

President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the US will meet with Iran next week about a potential nuclear agreement, though he said repeatedly that he doesn’t believe such a deal “is that necessary.”

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10 min ago

Trump says he's leaving NATO summit with a different view of the alliance

NATO members will need to increase spending to meet new defense targets

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries pledged to boost defense spending to 5% of their GDP in the next decade, up from the current target of 2% — a goal long championed by US President Donald Trump.

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Updated 11:12 AM EDT, Wed June 25, 2025

- CNN -

Why Kennedy’s overhaul of a key CDC committee could lead to ‘vaccine chaos’ in the US

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, will gather this week for its second regular meeting of the year, but this won’t be a typical meeting.

Two weeks ago, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a history of vaccine skepticism, upended the independent advisory panel and its planned agenda. All 17 of the previous members were dismissed, and eight new ones were added. Presentation topics central to anti-vaccine activists’ arguments were placed on the schedule, despite studies and data about safety.

Ahead of Wednesday’s meeting, one of the eight new members, Dr. Michael Ross, withdrew during the required financial holdings review, HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said.

The swift changes — and concerns that the committee lacks expertise and has potential conflicts of interest — are so concerning that some public health experts and officials said the country risks shifting into “vaccine chaos,” with different vaccine recommendations at work, inconsistent access, and uncertain insurance coverage.

June 25, 2025 - Updated 4 hr ago

- CNN -

Canada promises to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 in pact with NATO leaders

Now there's pressure on Trump to commit to self-defence clause in exchange for funding boost

NATO leaders — including Canada — have approved a plan to dramatically increase defence spending across the Western alliance to five per cent of gross domestic product over the next decade, a decision that has given U.S. President Donald Trump a significant policy victory. They gathered behind closed doors in the Netherlands on Wednesday, where the final details and potential grievances were hashed out.

"As the global landscape shifts, the collective security created by the [NATO] alliance remains the strongest and most effective way of protecting Canadian sovereignty and protecting the security of Canadians," Prime Minister Mark Carney said in The Hague on Wednesday. "With our allies we must ensure that Canada remains strong, unified and ready to confront the threats not just of today but of tomorrow."

Trump says he will back mutual NATO defence clause

NATO's 5% benchmark would cost Canada $150B a year, Carney says

• Canada signs deal deepening European defence and security partnership
• Canada to join major European rearmament deal as early as June 23: sources

A compromise for allies

WATCH | Carney asked about public support for major defence spending increase:

Controlling costs, reaping benefits

• NATO head 'fairly confident' Canada will hit new defence spending target

Carney heads to Europe with military spending on the agenda

What will Canadians think?

Diversifying Canada's defence supply chain

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Posted: Jun 25, 2025 8:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago

- CBC -

♪♫NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL♪♫

🌟 🪐 ~ May the Light of the Great Spirit Universe be your light ~ 🪐 🌟

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