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Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Well, it's not a bad morning, it's warm, and the sun is valiantly peeking through the clouds. But that infernal humming of what sounds like some kind of motor on high idle, a monotonous, steady background humming sound. I wish I had a 12-gauge shotgun, and I'd put it out of its misery, 💥 ⚙️ 🔩 ➿ 🛞 💫 like in the cartoons, with the engine sputtering and its tongue 😝 hanging out over the front bumper, 🚍 exhaust pipe 🚜 sagging and letting out its last puff of smoke.

I think they moved up the road a bit; good, they can move all the way to Wabasheen, Perkinsfield, or Dryden. How about Wawa, Ontario, or Churchill, Manitoba? For all I care, they can move to Newfoundland. How about McDonald Island at the tip of South America? Since the 10% tariff was imposed on the Penguins, the noise could be a good diversion from the cold for them as well. That will be enough from the Newsroom for today. Another kick at the tin can god.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

As I was scrolling through my phone this morning, I ran into the article below: Mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true. ICE-PHOBIA, or similar to PTSD, a knock at the door, and you're hanging by the ceiling light bulb.

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Immigration-related stressors, including the actions and presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), can significantly negatively impact mental health, potentially leading to conditions like PTSD and phobias, especially among undocumented immigrants. Restrictive immigration policies and enforcement actions are associated with increased rates of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance use. Even the fear of immigration encounters can elevate mental health risks.

Basket cases, shell shocked, we label these unstable states of mental health disorder, which have been replaced with a much better study and diagnosis, which can be categorised as PTSD by today's standards of psychotherapy.

What is the extent of a fear factor or gloomy and maybe even a fatal outlook of the unknown landscape that lies before you in BIZARROMARICA, where Hope, Empathy, Ethics, Democracy, and Love go to die? I rest my case.

BREAKING NEWS:

House to take final vote on Trump’s megabill

What We’re Covering

• Holdouts fall in line:

A group of House Republican holdouts fell in line behind President Donald Trump and agreed to allow his agenda to come to the floor, reversing course after days of threatening to block the sweeping bill from a final vote.

• Democratic pushback:

• In the bill:

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House GOP is "excited" to pass Trump's bill "if Hakeem would stop talking," Speaker Johnson says

Speaker Mike Johnson said House Republicans are “excited” to pass President Donald Trump’s policy agenda bill on today as soon as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries finishes his lengthy floor speech, taking a jab at the top Democrat.

“We’re excited to get this done. If Hakeem would stop talking, we’ll get the job done for the American people. It takes a lot longer to build a lie than to tell the truth, so he’s really spinning a long tale in there, but we’re excited. The people will feel the effect of this bill,” he said as Jeffries stretched well into his fourth hour of speaking. “The sooner we can get to it, the sooner the Democrats will stop talking, we’ll get this bill done for the people and we’re really excited about it. I’m ready to roll,” he continued, before reiterating that he will have the GOP votes to pass the bill...

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53 min ago

Analysis: Who benefits and who may bear the brunt of Trump's agenda bill

President Donald Trump has promised that the “big, beautiful bill” passed by the Senate and being considered by the House of Representatives will be one of the most successful pieces of legislation in American history. The bill could end up boosting some workers and industries, while others may be left worse off.

Here’s a look into who could be affected:

Better off

• Corporate America:

• Manufacturers:

• High-income Americans:

Worse off

• Low-income Americans:

• Hospitals:

• Deficit hawks:

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Updated 10:23 AM EDT, Thu July 3, 2025

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Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging parental consent for abortion

The Supreme Court declined Thursday to review a Montana law that requires people under 18 to seek parental consent before obtaining an abortion, leaving in place a state court ruling that struck the law down.

Montana’s law, enacted in 2013, prohibits a doctor from providing an abortion to a patient under 18 without notarized written consent from a parent. The state’s highest court concluded that the law violated the Montana state constitution, which includes broader protections for abortion than the US Constitution

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Published 9:40 AM EDT, Thu July 3, 2025

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Canada's trade deficit narrowed to $5.9B in May, but impacts of trade war continue

May drop follows big jump in April, when effects of U.S. trade war started to show in data

Canada's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $5.9 billion in May, according to data from Statistics Canada, after hitting a record high in April. The country's exports rose by 1.1 per cent, after falling steeply by 11 per cent the month prior. It also marked the first increase in exports in four months.

But exports to the United States dipped by 0.9 per cent in May, as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war continued to impact business between the countries. Canada's share of total exports headed to the U.S. was 68.3 per cent — one of the lowest proportions on record between the major trading partners. Overall, imports were down for the third month in a row, falling by 1.6 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. The amount of American-made products the country imported fell by 1.2 per cent as well.

While exports to the U.S. were down, trade to other countries was up. Canada sent 30.1 per cent more mineral products to other countries, including the United Kingdom, for example, and 13.3 per cent more meat products to Japan.

• April's $7.1B merchandise trade deficit was the largest on record

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Posted: Jul 03, 2025 8:38 AM EDT | Last Updated: 33 minutes ago

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Militarized Gaza aid system shows Israel's continued use of starvation as weapon of war, Amnesty report says

New report comes as at least 45 Palestinians killed trying to reach aid on Thursday

A new Amnesty International report says the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed group that took over aid distribution in the territory more than a month ago — uses a militarized aid mechanism that enables Israel to use starvation as a weapon of war and inflict genocide against Palestinians. The report published Thursday points at testimony gathered from medical staff, parents of children hospitalized for malnutrition and displaced Palestinians struggling to find food in the war-torn enclave.

"Their accounts provide further evidence of the catastrophic suffering caused by Israel's ongoing restrictions on life-saving aid and its deadly militarized aid scheme coupled with mass forced displacement, relentless bombardment and destruction of life-sustaining infrastructure," U.K.-based human rights group Amnesty International said in its report...

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Posted: Jul 03, 2025 7:29 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

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I see all is well with the criminally insane kookaboora, blood sucking loony bin dunce brigade today I see.

THE GOOD NEWS IS:

Canada must seize 'window of opportunity' to attract U.S. scientists, health-care workers: medical association

Changes to immigration, licensing needed to bring 'wealth of expertise' to Canada, says Dr. Joss Reimer

Canada has a unique chance to become a medical and scientific powerhouse — if it moves quickly to scoop up professionals leaving the United States in the wake of health cuts and layoffs, the head of the Canadian Medical Association says.

Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the Canadian Medical Association, says American medical professionals often face two big barriers when trying to emigrate from the U.S. to Canada, as they "may need to go through immigration, or they may need to get their training — if they did some of it in the United States — recognized in Canada." Her organization is urging the federal government to ensure visas are fast-tracked for American physicians interested in moving north and other unnecessary steps in the immigration process "get removed so that we don't miss this window of opportunity."

Reimer says the best way for Canada to attract more American talent is for the federal government to work on immigration pathways while provinces and territories work on licensing issues with their regulatory bodies...

4 provinces fast-track path for U.S. docs:

• Manitoba targets U.S. nurses in recruitment push

A U.S. brain drain could be Canada's brain gain

'This is the sunnier side':

• SECOND OPINIONTop American scientists just lost their jobs. Canada is rolling out the welcome mat
• Toronto's University Health Network launches scientist recruitment campaign amid U.S. health cuts, layoffs

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canada's economic sovereignty have been top of mind in Canada's current federal election campaign, but Reimer wants more party leaders to push harder to attract American health-care workers and researchers.

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Posted: Apr 10, 2025 5:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 10

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

🌿 🪷 ~Come with me to the resting place in the healing forest~ 🪷 🌿

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HabLAiEQVD0&t=3308s