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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's a beautiful, sunny morning again here at the Tree House—no noise today, at least nothing out of the ordinary. The ships at port with idling engines from a distance make a comfortable, droning sound, like a lonely locomotive somewhere in the distance at night. A couple of birds are singing, and someone's lawnmower in the neighborhood somewhere.

I was out for a bit to water a couple of plants and sat at the patio table for a while, sipping my coffee. It was peaceful in the early warm sunlight. I don't really have much more to add to the Newsroom report this morning. The rest of my thoughts and feelings are quite clearly expressed in today's Discussion.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

KNOWINGS

I do not know if there is an official word for it; I call it ~KNOWINGS~

Precognition is the only other term that aligns with what I call knowing. ~Simply knowing~ about things without previous knowledge is as close as I can come to describing those experiences.

I do not just see it, but I am conscious of it as if I were there. And most of those future events have an equally long history in the past, from their onset to the present. I am more conscious of this stuff than I am of making toast. Don't try slicing my bread with anything that is a sharp instrument when my mind is on overdrive like that.

It's like knowing something but being unable to touch or see it; I can only perceive a likeness of what I think it would look like, using imagination to form my perception. But I can only feel the depth of what I perceive from within. It is definitely a spiritual experience.

One of those sensations is a tingling feeling, like the tiny bubbles when you pour soda pop in a glass, or like goose bumps suddenly appearing and the hairs on the back of your neck standing up as if you had seen a ghost. Then, a strange feeling about something previously unknown is suddenly revealed—one subatomic particle of new knowledge out of all of creation's subatomic dust particles, which are all interconnected.

Closing Thought:

And some of us dare think we know it all and make ourselves tin gods on a speck of dust in an infinity of dust particles. And a certain Orange sadistic Lucifer is having his jollies sitting on his throne getting his butt kissed. There has to be a knight in shining armor. The conqueror of debauchery, someone with a spine somewhere who needs to show up right about now and kick the leg out from under that throne and let the cowardly kink Orange Cockroach fall in a sprawl on his face, then watch the cockroach brigade of dunces scatter like the useless scroungy carrion-eating pests they are.

Archangel Michael 👼 asks God, " 😶‍🌫️ Must you shake off your cloak here, Sir? I have allergies, don't you know!" Of course, I do, answers God, 😶‍🌫️ "but it's a dusty job 💨 creating universes! Don't you know?"

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump administration quietly tries to find a solution for migrant workers amid industry concerns

As the Trump administration has doubled down on its hardline immigration agenda, behind the scenes senior Trump officials and the president himself have grappled with the consequences of that crackdown against a key portion of the workforce: migrant workers.

President Donald Trump has wavered repeatedly on the topic: At times he has suggested farms and other industries employing migrants should be protected, even as he and some top aides have pushed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to intensify its immigration sweeps. “We’re working on it right now,” Trump said Tuesday. “We have a lot of cases where ICE would go into a farm and these are guys that have been there 10 or 15 years, and the farmers know them – it’s called farmer responsibility. Or owner's responsibility. But they’re going to be largely responsible for these people. And they know these people. They’ve worked at the farms for 15 years.”

Senior administration officials have had discussions with stakeholders as they quietly try to find a durable compromise on the fate of migrant workers...

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Updated 11:35 AM EDT, Thu July 3, 2025

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Two days old news, but enough for us to see the rump flip flop again. Signs of a dumb psycho nincompoop useless cockroach 💩 eatin' Maga Mania Dunce who thinks he's kink 👑 of the universe. 💫🪐✨

This home was built in a factory and runs on its own energy

In the face of a housing and construction labor crisis, some people are choosing to build energy efficient homes that are prefabricated in a factory. CNN's Bill Weir speaks to Colin Goodson, who lives in one of these homes completely off the grid in Maine.

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Updated 03:24, July 5, 2025. Watch Video. Interesting.

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Trump wants more skilled tradespeople. His Labor Department is trying to cut off a pipeline of workers

Trump wants more skilled tradespeople. His Labor Department is trying to cut off a pipeline of workers

Eighteen months ago, at around 7 p.m. practically every night, Chloe Lawson would start a four-mile walk to Subway, where she’d work the overnight shift, earning a buck above the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

Eight hours later, the then 19-year-old would clock out and head back to find somewhere to hopefully get some sleep. She had no family, no friends she could stay with in Splendora, Texas, a small town outside Houston. She often found herself at “some shady hotel” or other unsafe places.

“I honestly didn’t have a future,” she said.

That’s changed in the year and a half since: Lawson, now 21, has interviews lined up to be a train conductor, a job that starts out with an $80,000 annual salary and could open the door for other higher-earning positions in the years to come...

• A cloudy future:

An attendee wears a Save Job Corps shirt during a House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing in Washington, DC, on June 5.

• An avenue for at-risk youth:

Jasmine Geib, a conductor for Union Pacific and former Job Corps student, sits in a locomotive in August 2021, in North Platte, Nebraska.

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Published 4:00 AM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025

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Rescuers search for over 20 girls from Texas camp as flooding death toll rises to 24

What We're Covering:

• Rising death toll:

At least 24 people are dead after torrential rain triggered flash flooding in parts of central Texas early Friday, according to officials.

• Urgent search for campers:

• All-night rescue effort:

• One-in-100-years intensity:

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9-year-old missing camper Janie Hunt has died, mother says

The mother of missing Camp Mystic camper Janie Hunt, 9, told CNN in a message this morning that her daughter has passed away.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said yesterday that more than 20 children were unaccounted for at the private Christian summer camp for girls, which hosts about 750 kids overall. After the catastrophic flooding hit Kerr County in central Texas, Anne Hunt told CNN on Friday that she and her family had not heard anything about Janie’s whereabouts and were praying for her return.

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Vice President JD Vance expresses sympathy to victims of Texas flooding

Vice President JD Vance voiced his sorrow over the loss of the individuals killed in flash flooding in central Texas and the loved ones they leave behind.

“Our nation’s heart breaks for the victims in Texas and their families. Just an incomprehensible tragedy,” Vance said Saturday in a statement on X. “I hope everyone affected knows they’re in the prayers of my family, and of millions of Americans.

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53 min ago

First lady Melania Trump offers condolences to families impacted by flooding

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Updated 10:19 AM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025

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A Gaza ceasefire is the closest it has been in months. Here’s what we know

US President Donald Trump says he’s “optimistic” a ceasefire deal in Gaza could be agreed next week after Hamas announced that it had “submitted a positive response” to a proposal for a 60-day truce with Israel.

“We have to get it over with,” Trump said Friday. “We have to do something about Gaza.” Israel and Hamas have long had conflicting demands that negotiators have been unable to bridge, but with both now agreeing the revised proposal, for the first time in months an agreement seems within reach...

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Updated 7:20 AM EDT, Sat July 5, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Ottawa announces funding for 5 Alberta carbon capture projects

$21.5M coming from Energy Innovation Program

Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced $21.5 million in federal funding for five Alberta projects that aim to lower the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions.

The projects are being funded under the Energy Innovation Program, which put out a call for carbon capture, utilization and storage technology proposals.

Bow Valley Carbon Cochrane Ltd., a partnership between Inter Pipeline Ltd. and Entropy Inc., is to receive $10 million to add equipment to a gas extraction plant northwest of Calgary that aims to capture emissions equivalent to taking more than 12,000 cars off the road a year Enbridge Inc. is to get $4 million and Enhance Energy Inc. is to receive $5 million for separate storage hubs in Central Alberta....

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Posted: Jul 04, 2025 1:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 4

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Canada wants new trade partners. But markets like India and China come with major obstacles

International trade minister says there's a global appetite for more trade with Canada

International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu says Canada has a chance to build new partnerships as U.S. tariffs continue to pummel world economies. But landing deeper ties with major markets like the U.K., India and China means overcoming irritants and fraught diplomatic relationships.

"There's an appetite with partners and allies all around the world to do more with Canada," Sidhu said in an interview with CBC's The House. "There is an opportune window that we have to jump on." Sidhu told guest host Janyce McGregor that success to him is "getting businesses more comfortable dealing with overseas markets."

He said Canada "should be screaming at the top of our lungs" about what it can offer the world. Since becoming minister of international trade, Sidhu has helped Canada deepen its trade relationship with countries like Ecuador and the United Arab Emirates...

As Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump negotiate the future of trade between the two countries, Canada is working to diversify its export markets.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seen with Carney in March. Post-Brexit trade talks have sputtered in recent years

• Deepening ties with India, China:

Canada-India trade talks won't resume until India co-operates with Nijjar investigation, minister suggests

As the U.S. trade war drags, calls grow for Canada to cautiously improve ties with China

Posted: Jul 05, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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

🎆~ In harmony with Earth Mother's Love and healing soul energy~🎆

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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's a beautiful day out, but that droning sound and a bunch of backup beepers kind of spoil the usual tranquility here at the tree house. Can't even enjoy the birds. I think that noise is keeping them away. But it is still lovely to sit here at the kitchen table by the sliding glass doors, where I can see the sun shining down on my green space.

There is not much else to report from the Newsroom this morning, so I believe I will go on with the topic of the day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

The Soul Consciousness

My interpretation: the inner consciousness, what some call instincts, the true inner self, is where the senses become the evolution of the spirit, more in tune and in harmony with the infinities of the universe. In the evolution of the spirit, the deeper you go, scientifically or spiritually, the image becomes more blurred; it can be perceived, but it is not conceivable in the finite mind. It's more like something you feel from the heart. ❤️

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Soul Consciousness:

Soul consciousness refers to the awareness of oneself as a soul, a conscious entity separate from the physical body and mind. It involves recognizing the soul's inherent qualities of peace, love, and purity, and living in alignment with these qualities. This shift in perspective from ego-consciousness (identifying with the body and mind) to soul-consciousness is considered a path towards inner peace, deeper understanding of self and others, and a more fulfilling life.

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Majide Bou Tiybe's

There is a pain within me that I cannot express in words…

Pain is like being born to become something you never wanted, like finding yourself in a place you do not belong.

Yet, this pain doesn’t matter to me, for I am holding onto something I want to achieve—something I must do.

It doesn’t matter whether it succeeds or not.

In the end, this life is just a passage; everything will fade away.

But within me, there is something eternal… something that will last forever—and I feel it deeply.

So there is no need to worry…

Let that feeling of pain drift away like passing clouds.

Clinging to the past and overthinking the future are the true sources of pain.

Let the past go, and don’t dwell too much on the future—it is only an illusion.

[We are souls… here to learn.]

From pain, from joy, from every challenge we face.

And what we must do—what truly matters—is to contemplate…

To reflect on the beauty of nature, the beauty in everything around us.

To be still for a moment… to look at the sky, the trees, the light, the existence itself.

For in that contemplation, the secrets of life are revealed, and God speaks to us through beauty.

So let us not burden ourselves with needless worry.

A day will come when we leave this life—and what will remain is what our souls have learned from it.

— Majide 🌿🌌

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Personally, the only thing that differs slightly for me from the above is that I never got to reach my goals. If I were a boxer, I would have been hit by too many right hooks 🥊 to the left cheekamonga. 🥴

First, once I learned to care for myself, I learned to care for others; that still is my mission in life to care and inform and shine the light for others. I also like a little sprinkle of humor 😂

Putting humor aside, the post above could reflect my own raison d'être quite well.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump says he is about to raise tariffs as high as 70% on some countries

On April 9, President Donald Trump gave the world a three-month window to negotiate trade deals with the United States or face higher “reciprocal” tariffs. With just five days remaining in that tariff moratorium, the White House is expected to begin delivering a message to a dozen or so countries: Time is up, and here’s your new tariff rate.

Trump early Friday at Joint Base Andrews told reporters that he would notify 10 to 12 nations a day over the course of the next five days, detailing their new tariffs in letters that the White House would begin sending on Friday. In most cases, the new rates would go into effect August 1, Trump said. “They’ll range in value from maybe 60% or 70% tariffs to 10% and 20% tariffs, but they’re going to be starting to go out sometime tomorrow,” Trump said. “We’ve done the final form, and it’s basically going to explain what the countries are going to be paying in tariffs.”

In April, Trump imposed “reciprocal” tariffs as high as 50% on most of America’s trading partners. So tariffs of 60% or 70% would exceed those rates, which sent stocks crumbling into bear-market territory, while bonds and the US dollar sold off sharply. US stocks and bonds markets were closed for Independence Day Friday, but stock markets and futures fell around the world...

• ‘How many deals could you make?’:

So far, the administration has signed narrow frameworks for trade deal negotiations with just two partners: the United Kingdom and China. Trump this week said his administration has also reached an agreement with Vietnam, though the status of that arrangement remains unknown, and a framework does not appear to have been signed. The White House has not provided terms of the Vietnam agreement beyond a social media post from Trump...

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Published 8:56 AM EDT, Fri July 4, 2025

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In the meantime, Canada, along with the EU, is working out trade deals among themselves, even in aiding and arming Ukraine and F--k BUTHOLETRUMPS tariffs.

A Little Catching Up Since The Beginning Of The Trade War

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Canada, along with the EU, is working out trade deals

Canada and the European Union (EU) are actively engaged in trade negotiations and agreements. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a key example, aiming to eliminate tariffs and facilitate trade between the two partners. This agreement is currently in force provisionally and is expected to be fully implemented once all EU member states complete the ratification process...

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Canadian minerals trade with the EU has seen significant growth, with a notable 34% increase, particularly driven by the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

The arms and military equipment Germany is sending to Ukraine

Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for security capacity building.

An overview as of April 17, 2025. The list will not be updated further.

Air defence is one of the focus areas of the German deliveries. This picture shows the Patriot air defence missile system.

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This list provides an overview of military assistance provided by the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine. This military assistance is delivered in two different ways: on the one hand, there are the Federal Government funds for security capacity building, which are used to finance deliveries of military equipment and other material from industry...

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Russia launches record number of drones at Ukraine after latest Trump-Putin phone call

The smell of smoke and explosives saturated the air in Kyiv on Friday as residents emerged from shelters across the city following a record Russian drone attack that came just hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire in a call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

The massive aerial assault stuck multiple buildings and residential areas in the capital in what has been described by Ukrainian officials as one of the worst attacks of the three-year conflict. At least one person died in the overnight attack, according to local Kyiv emergency services. Earlier Friday, city and military authorities said at least 23 people were wounded in the attack, which lasted 13 hours. Ukraine intercepted 476 out of a record 539 Russian drones, according to the country’s air force. It said Russia also launched 11 cruise and ballistic missiles. Sixty Russian drones were taken down by Ukraine’s new interceptor drones, regional officials said.

Thousands of residents spent the night in shelters, including in subway stations or underground parking lots, as explosions and the sound of drones echoed through the city in the early hours of Friday morning...

• Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone and missile strike in the Ukrainian capital on Friday. State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
• Residents in Kyiv have described growing accustomed to almost nightly aerial assaults from Moscow. State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
• People gather near a building damaged following Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv. Alina Smutko:

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Updated 10:14 AM EDT, Fri July 4, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Automakers want Canada to scrap its EV sales mandate. What would that do to emissions?

Mandate requires hybrids and EVs make up 20% of sales next year and 100% by 2035

When Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday about U.S. trade negotiations, one of the key issues the industry said they wished to discuss was the government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The mandate requires a certain percentage of light duty vehicles — passenger cars, SUVs and trucks — that are sold to be either fully electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, starting with 20 per cent in 2026 and rising to 100 per cent by 2035.

Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, told CBC News on the way to the meeting that "the targets that have been established cannot be met" given current market forces .He later added that Canada already has other policies to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets. Burning fossil fuels such as gasoline and diesel is the main cause of climate change, and transportation is the second-biggest source of emissions in Canada after the oil and gas industry.

The ZEV mandate is part of Canada's strategy to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and decarbonize the transportation sector. But if the mandate were scrapped, analysts say that would hurt efforts to fight climate change — and make it harder to find an EV for sale in parts of the country. Here's a closer look at why.

• How big a deal are emissions from passenger vehicles?:
• How would the ZEV mandate increase EV adoption?:
• What impact would the mandate have on emissions?:
• Couldn't other policies cut emissions if the ZEV mandate gets scrapped?:

Posted: Jul 04, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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

🪷~ Balance Your Spirit: Heal Trauma, Sadness, and Inner Turmoil ~🪷

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4iyYXr4w-0

 

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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

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~ 🪷 🌿

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Breaking News:

WHAT THERAPISTS TREATING IMMIGRANTS HEAR

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

rica Lubliner is a psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who directs a clinic that offers mental-health services to Latinos. She provides care to a wide range of patients: first- to fourth-generation immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, and undergraduate and graduate students at U.C.L.A., many of whom are the first in their families to go to college. She usually meets patients in her bright office on campus in Westwood, where paintings by Mexican artists hang on the walls and children’s books are within easy reach. But, after the ICE raids began around the city last month, she moved her appointments online. Lubliner’s patients are safe in her clinic, she told me, “but even getting here can be scary.”

She had heard that ICE agents had started parking outside some local hospitals. Many of her patients take the bus or walk to their appointments, and they worry that they might get apprehended on the way. “It’s not wise for them to leave their homes, because ICE agents have been circling and patrolling neighborhoods,” she said. Many of her patients have increased their doses of anti-anxiety medication, or have started taking it for the first time. Some young patients experience intense separation anxiety when they go to school, afraid that they’ll return home and their parents will be gone. Many adults ask friends and family to buy groceries for them, or to walk their kids to school.

After ICE arrested people at their places of work, Lubliner sensed her patients’ anguish. “ICE is going after the gardener with his truck, the workers at the car wash. The idea that they are somehow dangerous cuts at their identity in a deep way,” she told me. “They feel unwanted. They feel targeted.” Some of her less vulnerable patients participated in protests against the raids, but others struggled with whether to take the risk...

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Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

🍁 HAPPY CANADA MORNING TO YOU! 🍁

Glad and proud to be a French Canadian, Metis, Moose Bronco Buster, and retired Road Runner. Much better than being in the Dunce Cadet for The Orange Pus Bag, party pooper 💩 of America. 50 lbs of 💩 in a 5 lbs ziplock bag. 🧊 Better duck or carry a tin umbrella in case the zip should suddenly unzip.  😱

Here I am again, set up with my laptop at the kitchen table, sitting next to the sliding glass door going out to my green space.  🏞  The sun ☀️ streaming in and the birds 🦜 singing, as I sit here sipping coffee, and my brain's neuronal network begins to activate. Like strings of tiny L.E.D. lights coming on one at a time, all at once. Quite an imaginary display, I say old chap! I hope I don't pop any circuit breakers like I did yesterday. 😒

Well, there is not much more to report from here at the Newsroom, 🧖‍♀️ except it got a little noisier outside. There's a sound like a stationary bush plane sitting on the ground, idling with a steady drone, somewhere in the distance. Closer by, it sounds like someone raking gravel or something similar. Annoying! I wish they would stick that monotonous droning sound up their butt holes. 🖕

And to my American brothers and sisters:

🌸 🌺 🪷 ~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~ 🪷 🌺 🌸

Don't forget to put a flower in the muzzle of those soldiers ' firearms. 

It's time for the flower children to go into action again, it would seem.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

I never thought we would go through another, not just an eventual Cuban crisis, which I can see the odds of this happening again have certainly been raised by passing that cursed bill, but also the Nazi Party's consolidation of power in Germany, beginning in 1933.

How can any country remain stable under the leadership of a schizophrenic, psychopathic maniac in power? Or like Hitler with tertiary syphilis. In The Orange Pus Bag's case, maybe simply an evil mind in the late stages of dementia. Either way, we can only pray 🙏 that the outcome of either of those diseases soon becomes a reality. Without the master, the rest of his dunce brigade 🔺 🔺 🔺 🔺🔺 

will scatter like cockroaches.  🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 🪳 

AMEN!

BREAKING NEWS:

The behind-the-scenes power John Roberts wields to ensure his influence with justices

Chief Justice John Roberts often laments that he has limited clout as he deals with his eight Supreme Court colleagues.

“You can’t fire people if they don’t follow you. You can’t cut their pay,” he told a group of federal judges on Saturday, the day after the court released its final opinions of the term. “You have to be able to communicate what you think is important, and sometimes that means doing it eight different ways.” But Roberts, in fact, has several powerful levers, perhaps the most valuable being the power to assign opinions that speak for the court.

When the chief is in the majority – as he was more than anyone this term – he chooses which justice will write the opinion. That’s important because the force of any Supreme Court decision exceeds its bottom-line vote. Its rationale sets a precedent for future cases. Even the rhetoric and tone can influence lower court judges...

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Updated 8:12 AM EDT, Wed July 2, 2025

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Tesla reports record sales plunge from last year 

Tesla reported another record plunge in sales Wednesday, as brand damage from CEO Elon Musk’s political activities and increased competition continued to batter the once fast-growing electric car maker.

Tesla reported it sold 384,122 cars in the quarter, down nearly 60,000 cars, or 13.5% from the sales total a year ago. That marks the largest year-over-year drop in sales in the company’s history. However, that number is up 14.1% from its first quarter total. Despite the drop in sales, shares of Tesla (TSLA) opened up nearly 4% Wednesday trading following the report. That’s because it exceeded some analyst forecasts for a much larger drop in sales.

Musk’s political activities, especially his previous role in the Trump administration, has prompted widespread protests at Tesla showrooms across the United States and Europe, along with some instances of vandalism against its vehicles and facilities...

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Updated 9:34 AM EDT, Wed July 2, 2025

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Climate - science - Paleontology:

4 min read

The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why

Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth suffered its most catastrophic blow to date: a mass extinction event known as the “Great Dying” that wiped out around 90% of life.

What followed has long puzzled scientists. The planet became lethally hot and remained so for 5 million years.

A team of international researchers say they have now figured out why using a vast trove of fossils — and it all revolves around tropical forests.

Their findings, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, may help solve a mystery, but they also spell out a dire warning for the future as humans continue to heat up the planet by burning fossil fuels. A team of international researchers say they have now figured out why using a vast trove of fossils — and it all revolves around tropical forests.

Their findings, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, may help solve a mystery, but they also spell out a dire warning for the future as humans continue to heat up the planet by burning fossil fuels. The Great Dying was the worst of the five mass extinction events that have punctuated Earth’s history, and it marked the end of the Permian geological period...

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July 2, 2025 Updated 4 hr ago 

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Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge? Not likely

Government has levers it can pull in times of urgency

By anyone's measure, $150 billion a year is an eye-watering amount of money to spend on anything — let alone defence. While it pales in comparison to the inflation-adjusted appropriations of the Second World War, it is potentially, for this generation, the very definition of beating ploughshares into swords. Or is it?

Following all of the political sound and fury and sticker shock of last week's NATO summit in The Hague, the question of what Prime Minister Mark Carney's government wants to accomplish with all of that money — on an annual basis — is coming into even sharper focus.

• On the surface, the Liberals have pledged to quickly and efficiently rearm the Canadian military. "We are protecting Canadians against new threats. I wish we didn't have to, but we do have to and it is our core responsibility as government," Carney said at the summit.
• NATO's 5% benchmark would cost Canada $150B a year, Carney says Canada signs deal deepening European defence and security partnership

• F-35 program facing skyrocketing costs, pilot shortage and infrastructure deficit: AG report
• Speed vs. shift:
• Canada promises to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 in pact with NATO leaders

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Posted: Jul 02, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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First Nations opposition to Bill C-5 draws comparisons to Idle No More movement

Federal government plans consultations over summer

As more First Nations voice opposition to Bill C-5, some are drawing comparisons to the 2012 Idle No More movement. Hayden King, executive director of the Yellowhead Institute, an Indigenous-led research and education centre at Toronto Metropolitan University, said both the speed with which it was passed and ideas in the bill remind him of former prime minister Stephen Harper's omnibus bill that helped create the Idle No More movement. 

"It was trying to do the very same thing, right? It was trying to fast-track resource development and it got pushed back and it got resistance," said King, who is Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation in Ontario. "And as basically [Prime Minister Mark] Carney's first act, he's taken up that mantle to really drive and push that extractive resource development."

Passed into law last week, Bill C-5 aims to remove interprovincial trade barriers while another, more controversial, part of the law aims to speed up projects of national interest, including energy development projects, by allowing special "designated projects" to bypass some federal laws...

• Wide array of concerns over bill:
• Liberals' major projects bill passes House of Commons with Conservative support
• Bills 5 and C-5 spur Six Nations teach-in on Haudenosaunee rights
• 'Layer upon layer' of approvals slows down projects, says advocate:
• Carney's 'nation-building' projects bill passes into law — but not without Indigenous pushback
• Treaty 8 First Nations call for 2% resource revenues from projects on their land

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Posted: Jul 01, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: July 1

- CBC -

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

🍃 🌿 🌳 ~ Come with me to the Sacred Forest ~ 🌳 🌿 🍃

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAT7s6DCi4w