TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

How is everyone on this beautiful sunny 🌞 Saturday morning? I pray that everyone is well and enjoys this lovely day. There is always a greener side on the other side of that hill, I know, I've been there, and I'm still looking forward to seeing the next side of the next hill. ⛰

To me, humor is my personal gauge as to where I am on the mood scale. When the last unicorn in the tall grass has gone and the sun begins to set in Happy Land, it's time for Cinderella to pull a disappearing act. I know then that there's trouble in Paradise, and I'd better get on my dragon and get my tin umbrella out. Hang on, Ma! We're in for a sh-t storm. Better batten down the hatches, Ma! I'll git the bailin' bucket and the snow shovel.

It's in de bag! Look at de bag, man! Like Tatu on Fantasy Island would say, it's not de plane, it's 300 pounds of 💩 in a five-pound ziplock bag! YIKES! Wow! Yeah, can't compact it better than that, eh? I guess it depends on how fast you can have a bowel movement in a five-pound ziplock bag! 😱 I believe that would be a bit of a complicated job if you ask me.

Too complicated, and I don't think I'd care to try to uncomplicate that one. But then, if I did, I would try to get a patent on it. But it would be less harmful than the bombs they use now. The garden centers would make a bundle selling snow shovels, garden hoses, and window squeegees. Let's continue this discussion on a rainy day in Rio. Well, they make babies on snow days in the winter here in Canada. 🤪 Enough nonsense. Now, on to the discussion of the day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

SHOVELING SHIT

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To work hard for something with no final benefit or that will leave you worse off.

If you shovel shit into the tide, it's just going to wash it all back up onto your feet.

My car broke down again, and I'm not sure if I will get it fixed. I feel like I'm shoveling shit into the tide.

In my opinion, it's like trying to patch a hole in the boat with Band-Aids. You know it won't work, but you're too stubborn to stop. Give it a rest and do something else - maybe a couple more stitches in those socks you've been knitting. Then start over again.

Sometimes, just tackling the project with a different frame of mind after giving it a rest for a couple of moments, you may not even have to unravel the entire mummy on this dig. "Isn't hiney sight incredible, eh?" It would have been better to learn when you're up against the wall like a dumb robot after breaking a breaker and couldn't change course, than receiving the boot print from Chief Bent Feather on my backside to kick start me. Have a great day, and thank you for reading the news before the news. 📰 😉

Let Us Pray:

Ω - ☮️~~ VIVE LA RESITANCE ~~☮️ - Ω

BREAKING NEWS:

Judge orders Trump administration to stop immigration arrests without probable cause in Southern California

*Customs and Border Protection officers and California National Guard troops line up opposite protesters, after immigration agents conducted a raid on a cannabis farm in Camarillo, California, on Thursday.

A federal judge on Friday found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making stops and arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause and ordered the department to stop detaining individuals based solely on race, spoken language or occupation.

US District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ordered that DHS must develop guidance for officers to determine “reasonable suspicion” outside of the apparent race or ethnicity of a person, the language they speak or their accent, “presence at a particular location” such as a bus stop or “the type of work one does.” ...

Federal agents ride on horseback through MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on Monday.

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Updated 12:52 AM EDT, Sat July 12, 2025

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Trump announces tariffs of 30% on Mexico and the European Union

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened duties of 30% on products from Mexico and the European Union, two of America’s biggest trading partners, in an ongoing tariff campaign that’s upended global trade since he retook office in January.

“The United States of America has agreed to continue working with the European Union, despite having one of our largest Trade Deficits with you. Nevertheless, we have decided to move forward, but only with more balanced and fair TRADE,” Trump wrote in the letter to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, which he posted to Truth Social.

Trump has imposed a slate of tariffs on US trading partners this year – then paused, modified, raised or lowered them, in a chaotic barrage of policy actions that’s left everyone from major nations to individual Americans trying to figure out how to plan for the future even as economic uncertainty grows. The EU and Mexico join a growing list of countries whose imports will face updated duties on August 1, since Trump began posting tariff letters on Monday with rates of up to 40%.

In his letters to the EU and Mexico, Trump said that all imports were subject to the 30% tariff, excluding “Sectoral Tariffs,” such as the 25% auto tariff...

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Updated 10:36 AM EDT, Sat July 12, 2025

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Battered but not beaten, Hamas embraces guerilla tactics with deadly force

The deadly surprise attack in Gaza was almost as shocking as its location.

On Monday night, a group of Israeli soldiers walked across a route used by tanks and armored vehicles about a mile from the border fence when a bomb exploded. Remotely operated, it tore into the troops from the Netzah Yehuda battalion, a unit made up of ultra-Orthodox soldiers.

More Israeli forces rushed to their aid as a second bomb exploded, also remotely operated. When a third bomb went off moments later, it came with a hail of small arms fire from a Hamas cell that had been hiding nearby...

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Published 6:00 AM EDT, Sat July 12, 2025

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Carney's plan to cut tens of billions in spending is tough but doable, experts say

Former privy council clerks say there are upfront costs to long-term savings

The federal government has started its comprehensive review of government spending, but what will it mean for Canada's public service, what balance will it have to strike and can the Liberals really cut so much? These are the questions facing Prime Minister Mark Carney as he embarks on one of the most ambitious public spending reviews since former prime minister Jean Chrétien and his finance minister Paul Martin balanced the budget in the 1990s.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne kicked off Carney's review on Monday by sending letters to fellow cabinet members, asking for "ambitious savings proposals" that will lead to spending less on the day-to-day running of government tChampagne wants to cut operational spending by 7.5 per cent for the 2026-27 fiscal year, 10 per cent the following year and 15 per cent in 2028-29....

• Leaning on attrition:
• Where you cut — rather than how much:
• Trying to emulate Chrétien and Martin's fiscal success:

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Posted: Jul 12, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

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Now that is not good news; who's going to have to do without eyeglasses and dentures, and who needs groceries? Eh! Go eat your weezle soup! No blankets? Who gets to share the bear tonight?

That's about the end of the trail, folks 🛑〽️

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

🌟~A bright star, shine your light brightly and proudly~🌟

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TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Happy tropical day, everyone! I guess we're making up for lost time. Fast forward the show, please! Ed Sullivan was right, IT'S A REALLY BIG SHEW, FOLKS! Jees, I should be selling woof tickets on this one.

Me oh me oh my, wasn't that a party? Remember me? I was under the table with the cat at the party. The cat was a-singin the blues after drinkin' too much booze, and I was the bookie from Milwaukee selling woof tickets for the hockey game. 😆 😂 🤣 🥲 There ya go, make the best of it while you can because tomorrow you could be a-singin'', The Tennessee Bird Walk, while standin' on Main Street in your dirty underwear.*_

🐦 🦉 🦇 🦅 🦆 🦜 🦤 🩲 🩳 👙 🩱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=4-OrVQaqkg0

I hope my little foray on the silly side of life was something —a smile, a little humor, light, a straw of hope to hang on to. Everyone needs those few precious moments. Even during the Great Depression, some would save everything they had for the theatre and the saloons. I did the saloon fly thing. It may have been fun in the beginning, but it ended up being a dead-end road. I ended up in the swamp with the alligators. 🐊 The best escape is in your mind, 😶‍🌫️ ✨ 🌙 🪐, and ya don't need stimulants, or do you need to leave the farm?

Before we begin the discussion, let's take a moment to pray, meditate, and consider how we can get involved. As the Three Stooges say, "Don't know what to do? Just start pushing buttons." Whatever method you have at your disposal. Block, hamper, counteract, persist to resist, uphold, and support the constitutional laws of the land.

Ω~~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~~Ω

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

IMAGINATION

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Imagination: is the ability to form new concepts and mental images of things that are not actually present to the senses, or to create new ideas by combining previous experiences. It's a fundamental human capacity that allows us to understand the world, solve problems, and create new things...

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Formation of Mental Images:

Imagination allows us to conjure up mental pictures of things we've experienced or even things we've never encountered, like a fantastical creature or a future invention...

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*Imagination:* is the production of sensations, feelings and thoughts informing oneself.[1] These experiences can be re-creations of past experiences, such as vivid memories with imagined changes, or completely invented and possibly fantastic scenes.[2] Imagination helps apply knowledge to solve problems and is fundamental to integrating experience and the learning process...

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Once my imagination awoke and kicked me in the shinbone, I have never been bored for very long. Like Walt Disney, those characters are always swimming around, not far away in my imagination.

Squeaky the Duck, Snifferoo the mummy in his flotation device in the pool is cool. Charlie the one-eyed ghost is sunbathing on the chaise lounge and drinking a Martini, and Bobbie McGee is serving iced tea. And all the little eyeballs are hiding under the beach blanket. Even Wooly, the mammoth, in her bikini, is in the pool doing the backstroke alongside Archibald the witch doctor and his boomerang in my imagination station's swimming pool.

🤣 😂 😅 😆 🥹 It's not fair, there should be more homemade comedians on these social networks.

OK! Now on to The News:

BREAKING NEWS:

Watch: Intense standoff outside California farm between protesters and federal agents

The Ventura County Fire Department said they responded to calls of people having breathing problems at a farm in Ventura County, California, after federal agents appeared to deploy tear gas canisters into the crowd. A DHS spokesperson told CNN that they were "executing criminal warrants at a marijuana facility." It is unclear if any arrests were made.

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In my opinion, with that Dunce Brigade of greenhorns The Trumpet has for a Gestapo, the greenhorns they are will pull the trigger, probably shoot themselves in their own feet, in a panic. Then that will spark off a counter-resistance by we, the people, at least I don't think every frog in the US is into allowing themselves to be slowly boiled. It appears that the civil war has reared its head.

Clarence Thomas has long tried to undercut the Voting Rights Act. Now, he may finally have the numbers

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been imploring his colleagues for decades to gut a crucial part of the iconic Voting Rights Act that prohibits practices denying Blacks, Hispanics and other racial minorities an equal right to vote.

When Thomas first laid out his objections in 1994, insisting that the act was exacerbating rather than easing “racial tensions,” several colleagues called his position “radical,” and only Antonin Scalia endorsed it. But as more right-wing justices have joined the court, the views of Thomas, a conservative African American, have gained traction.

Now, a mysterious order from the high court in a Louisiana redistricting case suggests it is seriously reconsidering the scope of VRA safeguards against congressional and state legislative district maps that dilute minority votes. The looming battle comes as some states, notably Alabama, are resisting court orders to remedy discrimination, and President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is abandoning the federal government’s usual role in protecting minority voting rights...

• White voters challenging majority-Black district in Louisiana:
• Who gets to enforce VRA’s Section 2?:

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Published 6:00 AM EDT, Fri July 11, 2025

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What the firing and death of a transport minister reveals about Putin’s Russia

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state media on Monday, one stood out. Near his body, the Kommersant newspaper reported, investigators found a Glock pistol that Starovoit had been given as an award.

In October 2023, in his previous job as governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Starovoit was pictured in a local news article being presented with a velvet-boxed firearm from the region’s interior ministry for his role in maintaining security there. Fast forward 21 months and his death came amid reports he may have been doing the exact opposite. Two sources told Reuters he was suspected of being involved in a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars earmarked for border defenses. Defenses that would undoubtedly have come in useful when Ukrainian troops launched a surprise invasion there last August.

There’s no way of knowing if it was the same pistol, and it’s not clear yet if the corruption case had anything to do with his firing (no official reason was given) or his death. But the image it creates of a state-sponsored self-destruction, of a once rising star in Vladimir Putin’s political elite dead near his Tesla, with the spoils of his former loyalty, is especially poignant in today’s Russia...

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Updated 7:17 AM EDT, Fri July 11, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Trump threatens even steeper 35% tariff on Canadian goods

U.S. President Donald Trump released a letter late Thursday threatening to impose 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods on Aug. 1, an unexpected move that came as the two countries engaged in negotiations around trade.

The Latest

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened even higher tariffs on Canadian goods.

CUSMA-compliant goods are again exempt, so the new 35% rate will be expected to apply to goods currently tariffed at 25 per cent.

Trump said the new rate would take effect Aug. 1, though he suggested he could change his mind again between now and then.

“These Tariffs may be modified, upward or downward, depending on our relationship with your Country,” the president wrote at the end of a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The latest move has thrown off trade negotiations between the two countries. They had agreed to try and make a new economic deal by July 21, but Carney extended that deadline to Aug. 1 after Trump's letter last night.

U.S. president says increase would take effect Aug. 1

Updated July 11, 2025 -18 minutes ago

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And so goes the cat and mouse game. I'm on the side of the mouse. The Mouse that Barked! 🐭 🐕 🍁

UN reports nearly 800 deaths near Gaza aid hubs, humanitarian convoys in last 6 weeks

Most reported injuries near aid hubs since late May were gunshot wounds, UN says

The UN human rights office said Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and near convoys run by other relief groups. The GHF uses private U.S. security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a United Nations-led system that Israel alleges has let Hamas-led militants loot aid shipments intended for civilians. Hamas denies the allegation.

The European Commission said Monday it has no evidence that Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid in Gaza. After the deaths of hundreds of Palestinian civilians trying to reach GHF's aid hubs in zones where Israeli forces operate, the United Nations has called the aid model "inherently unsafe" and a violation of humanitarian impartiality standards...

• Most injuries were gunshot wounds: UN:

Gaza doctors cram babies into incubators as fuel shortage threatens hospitals

Palestinians, human rights activists slam Israeli defence minister's plan to build camp on Rafah's ruins

• What to know about Francesca Albanese, the UN investigator sanctioned by the U.S.

• 7 children killed in Israeli strike while lining up for nutritional supplements in central Gaza
• Most injuries were gunshot wounds: UN:

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Posted: Jul 11, 2025 8:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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Netanyahu and his dunge 💩 brigade WEENIE 🌭 SUKIN COCROACHES! 🪳

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

🖼~Relax, and rest for a while in the garden of peace~🖼

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4VUgRWmt7Y

 

TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's a beautiful, sunny, typical early July day, and I baked a cake 🍰, and I'll eat it too. "Sigh!" ♪♫♭ A lovely sandals and sundress day on the flight deck of the Good Ship 🚢 Lollipop! 🍭 👧

If I were to allow my mind to wallow in the state of the world today, it would be in a garbage can. Chaos and confusion all because of one Orange-Pus Bag and his evil dunce brigade. If I allowed myself, I would be on a gloomy and doomy 🌫 💥 ⛈ ⚡️ 🌊 day that I couldn't do anything about. So I have to put on my cartoon time thinking hat and turn on my Looney Tunes hi-fi stereo and let it all hang out, man! Hey, maybe I invented a new video game, Kink Orange Shmuck and The Dunce Brigade, versus Cartoon Land.

💩👾👅🤣👹😭🪳🤡 🔺versus 😱🧙‍♂️🐿👁🐰🦆😼🐭🥸

Jim Carrey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEK2duZmO_E

I love just plain old silliness sometimes, like the really ABSURD type. Absurd only to this potential in space-time reality.

Now is the time to pause for prayer and meditation:

Let us pause here for a moment to send prayers and meditate for those in need south of the border. Espacially those that didn't vote for this crap and for those just waking up to the fact that the Kool-Aid was spiked with rattle snake venom.

Let us Pray and Meditate:

God, Great Spirit willing, I intend to continue this prayer meeting, each day I am here to type this prayer notice, until the insanity has ended.

🙏 🌸 ☮️ Ω ~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~ Ω ☮️ 🌸 🙏

PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPATHY

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The Psychology of Emotional and Cognitive Empathy

The study of empathy is an ongoing area of major interest for psychologists and neuroscientists in many fields, with new research appearing regularly.

Empathy is a broad concept that refers to the cognitive and emotional reactions of an individual to the observed experiences of another. Having empathy increases the likelihood of helping others and showing compassion. "Empathy is a building block of morality—for people to follow the Golden Rule, it helps if they can put themselves in someone else's shoes," according to the Greater Good Science Center, a research institute that studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being. "It is also a key ingredient of successful relationships because it helps us understand the perspectives, needs, and intentions of others."

*Emotional and Cognitive Empathy:*

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PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPATHY:

Helping others psychologically and empathically involves understanding and sharing the feelings of another person, and then acting in a way that supports their well-being. It's about recognizing their perspective and emotions, and responding with compassion and helpful actions. This can involve active listening, validating their feelings, and offering support.

Empathy, in psychology, is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. It involves both cognitive and emotional components, allowing individuals to not only understand another person's perspective but also to feel some of their emotions. According to Psychology Today, empathy is essential for forming strong relationships, cultivating social connections, and encouraging prosocial behavior.

My personal experience:

My personal experience is that it feels like the other person is an extension of my feelings. Even in an image on TV or a picture, I feel like what the person feels is a part of me. It is very difficult for me to watch the photos we get on TV of the genocide in Gaza. That certainly would keep me awake nights if I didn't let it go, with a prayer. And I do what I can here to lift the spirits of readers, wherever this network reaches. I'm sure there's even someone in the middle of the Sahara desert with a working cellphone. Or even a thousand leagues under the sea.

Or Elon's Starship on Mars.

What about The Delta Quadrant? Neelix reading my Tree House News on his wrist watch while playing cards with Tubok in the engine room aboard Straship Voyager.

Thank you for reading the News.

BREAKING NEWS:

Russian drones swarm Kyiv from all sides in apparent shift of tactics

Hundreds of Russian drones flying from all directions attacked Kyiv overnight into Thursday in an apparent new Russian tactic, marking a second consecutive night of ferocious attacks on Ukraine.

At least two people were killed, including a 22-year-old police officer who was named by authorities as Maria Dziumaha, and more than a dozen were wounded in the attacks, according to authorities. CNN staff on the ground in Kyiv witnessed massive, fiery explosions that illuminated the night sky. Smoke filled the air, creating a burning smell and obscuring the visibility in the city center.

Russia has been intensifying its aerial attacks against Ukraine in recent weeks, but the assault on Thursday appeared to mark a change in approach from Moscow. Russia launched 400 drones and 18 missiles, including eight ballistic and six cruise missiles, according to a telegram post from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...

• Peace talks going nowhere:

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Updated 9:36 AM EDT, Thu July 10, 2025

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31 workers rescued after partial tunnel collapse in Los Angeles, officials say

Thirty-one people working in a massive underground tunnel in Los Angeles were rescued Wednesday night after a portion of the structure collapsed, officials said.

Those rescued didn’t have any visible injuries, the LAFD said in a statement, shortly after an operation that saw several of those trapped in the industrial tunnel hoisted up to safety by crane. More than 100 Los Angeles Fire Department responders raced to the scene in the city’s Wilmington neighborhood to assist in the operation, including Urban Search and Rescue teams, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said on X.

The collapse occurred approximately five to six miles from the sole entry and exit point of the tunnel and about 400 feet below ground, officials said. The tunnel is part of a municipal wastewater project...

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July 10, 2025 Updated 29 min ago

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It hasn’t been this hard for Americans to find work since 2021

Layoffs may not be mounting, but it’s getting harder to find a job in a labor market where hiring is “anemic” as tariff-driven economic uncertainty has put a chill on some employers.

New data released Thursday showed that initial claims for unemployment benefits — considered a proxy for layoffs — fell last week. However, the number of recurring claims made by people who already have filed for unemployment rose to their highest level since November 2021. There were an estimated 227,000 first-time applications for unemployment insurance made during the week that ended on July 5. That’s down 5,000 claims from the prior week.

Economists were expecting claims to move higher to 238,000, according to FactSet. The US labor market has cooled significantly during the past year, and the pullback in job growth has largely been attributed to employers reining in hiring rather than conducting mass layoffs...

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Updated 9:33 AM EDT, Thu July 10, 2025

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The US has a plan to breed millions of flies and drop them from planes. Here’s why

Hundreds of millions of flies dropping from planes in the sky might sound like a horrible nightmare, but experts say such a swarm could be the livestock industry’s best defense against a flesh-eating threat poised to invade the southwestern border of the United States.

An outbreak of New World screwworms — the larval form of a type of fly that’s known to nest in the wounds of warm-blooded animals and slowly eat them alive — has been spreading across Central America since early 2023, with infestations recorded in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador. Most Central American countries hadn’t seen an outbreak in 20 years.

_The strategy — essentially fighting flies with flies — slowly degraded the insects’ populations by preventing them from laying more eggs. Now, as the insects continue to spread north officials are hoping the approach could work again_

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Updated 6:27 AM EDT, Thu July 10, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Evacuation ordered for Garden Hill Anisininew Nation after wildfire breaches Manitoba fly-in community

Canadian Armed Forces assisting with evacuation of 4,500 residents

Breaking:

Snow Lake residents ordered to evacuate for second time due to fires

Manitoba's largest northern city Thompson declares state of emergency amid wildfires

Northern fires force another evacuation of Lynn Lake, Man.

July 10, 2025 - 43 minutes ago

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First Nations call for Ontario minister to resign over clean drinking water bill

Environment Minister previously asked federal government to steer away from legislation

Several dozen First Nations in Ontario called for the resignation of the province's environment minister Wednesday after he asked the federal government to not reintroduce a bill that would enshrine clean drinking water rights in law. Last month, Todd McCarthy and Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz wrote to federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin asking her to move away from legislation that they say would "delay project development and undermine competitiveness."

They singled out Bill C-61, legislation introduced in the last Parliament that sought to ensure First Nations have access to clean drinking water and can protect fresh water sources on their territories...

• Bill 5 recently passed:

First Nations say this is the latest 'slap in the face'

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Posted: Jul 10, 2025 10:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Trump stopped the global fight against HIV/AIDS in its tracks. Canada can help fix it

'A global problem needs a global solution,' says UNAIDS director

Winnie Byanyima is trying to hold onto hope in the face of what she calls unbelievable cruelty. She is the director of UNAIDS, the United Nations agency that, until recently, was on track to meet its target of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

But now, as President Donald Trump's second administration rapidly and dramatically scales back U.S. foreign aid contributions, UNAIDS is instead predicting in a new report that there will be six million new HIV infections and four million additional deaths within the next four years alone. "It's just so cruel," Byanyima told As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal. "It was not necessary to withdraw funding for life-saving services so suddenly."...

• Canada should lead the way, doctors say:
• 'An act of criminal negligence':
• A global disease needs a global solution: UN director:

Posted: Jul 10, 2025 5:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago:

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

🎆~ Awaken Third Eye, to Mental Clarity & Open Vision ~🎆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvjOFZU2kc

 

TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

A little late getting started, the laptop wasn't doing what a nice, dumb, not-so-smart machine is supposed to do, and that purpose is obeying thumb or finger commands to perform tasks. I admit that I sometimes have a problem with eye-to-hand coordination, which is why I often get bruises on my hands just reaching into a drawer to retrieve something. But sometimes it feels like I have that little red devil 👹 with the pitchfork 🔱 on my shoulder waiting to pounce on me when I least expect it, then it's, "AMBUSH TIME! THEN MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT GOES OFF THE TRACKS!"

Anyway, the problem is fixed.

It's difficult for me to stop the chain reaction of stumbling on things like a drunken soldier over the garbage cans in the allyway, then I fall flat on my face, metaphorically that is, I'm fighting with the keyboard, trying to pull the train back on the tracks, but end up in the swamp with the train. I didn't know when to take a break and come back later to tackle it again.

You can't blame a dumb computer; they're not smart enough to do things by themselves, at least not yet. They need a program, and the program is a computer program limited by human limitations on the amount of data that can be stored in the computer that runs the machine. Except for Betsy, our Rumba floor sweeper is the smartest machine in the house. 😉

That's about it from the Newsroom; now, let's pause for a moment to acknowledge our American neighbors.

~🌸 Ω - ☮️VIVE LA RESISTANCE! ☮️ - Ω 🌸~

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

"The harder I try, the harder I fall"

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The phrase "The harder I try, the harder I fall" reflects the concept of the "law of reversed effort," which suggests that excessive conscious effort can sometimes hinder rather than help, especially in tasks requiring relaxation and fluidity. This paradox, also noted by Aldous Huxley, indicates that focusing intently on achieving something can create tension and resistance, making success more elusive.

• The Paradox:

The harder you strive for something, the more frustrated you may become, leading to increased tension and a sense of struggle. This can be counterproductive in activities that rely on natural flow, like falling asleep or performing a task where your mind needs to be at ease.

• Finding a Balance:

The opposite of trying too hard doesn't mean being lazy or apathetic. It means finding a state of relaxed effort, where you are focused but not tense, and allowing your natural abilities to come to the surface.

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Now on with the national news. Thank you very much for reading the news.

BREAKING NEWS:

Supreme Court backs Trump’s effort to dramatically reshape federal government for now

The Supreme Court on Tuesday backed President Donald Trump’s effort to carry out mass firings and reorganizations at federal agencies, putting on hold a lower court order that had temporarily blocked the president from taking those steps without approval from Congress.

The decision is the latest in a series of significant wins for Trump at the Supreme Court, including an opinion making it more difficult to challenge executive orders and rulings backing the administration’s deportation policies. In an unsigned order, the high court said that lower courts had stopped the plans based on the administration’s general effort, rather than specific agency “reduction in force” plans that would drastically cut the size of the government workforce.

No vote count was released, but Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a member of the court’s liberal wing, dissented. The case stems from an executive order Trump signed in mid-February that kicked off the process of significantly reducing the size of federal agencies, an issue the president campaigned on last year. Departments subsequently announced plans to lay off tens of thousands of employees...

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• Jackson: Ruling is ‘hubristic and senseless’:

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

Updated 5:29 PM EDT, Tue July 8, 2025

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Frustration grows inside the White House after DOJ’s Epstein review comes up empty

Many of President Donald Trump’s close advisers, both inside and outside the White House, have grown increasingly frustrated with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, following days of intense criticism from some of the president’s most devoted supporters.

A recently released Justice Department memo finding no evidence that the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender was murdered has become a target of deepening scrutiny from the MAGA-aligned right, leaving many in Trump’s orbit unconvinced that the matter has been adequately addressed, according to multiple people briefed on the situation.

Much of the scrutiny has fallen on Bondi, who was among many in Trump’s orbit who publicly suggested there was more to reveal about Epstein’s death, though a senior administration official said Trump was not acutely focused on her...

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• A review without revelations:

The search for explosive deep-state secrets hidden inside the federal Epstein investigation began coming apart weeks into the second Trump administration...

Published 9:33 PM EDT, Tue July 8, 2025

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At least 111 dead and more than 170 still missing in catastrophic Texas flooding, officials say

Where Things Stand:

• Scores missing:

At least 161 people are known to be missing in Kerr County as a result of the flooding in central Texas, according to Gov. Greg Abbott. At least a dozen others are missing in other parts of the state, he said. Separately, officials confirmed that 111 people have died. Kerr County officials will provide an update on rescue and recovery efforts this morning.

• Alert system under scrutiny:

• Emergency plan at camp:

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Gov. Abbott orders flags lowered to half-staff for flood victims

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas flags to be lowered to half-staff Wednesday in honor of the victims of the deadly flash floods that devastated parts of central Texas on July 4. “Texas stands united in mourning and in our resolve to support those who strive to heal and recover,” the governor said in a news release. “May God bring comfort to every family affected and strength to the thousands of first responders still working on the ground.”

Flags will remain at half-staff until sunrise on Monday, July 14, according to the release...

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Gov. Abbott orders flags lowered to half-staff for flood victims.

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas flags to be lowered to half-staff Wednesday in honor of the victims of the deadly flash floods that devastated parts of central Texas on July 4.

“Texas stands united in mourning and in our resolve to support those who strive to heal and recover,” the governor said in a news release. “May God bring comfort to every family affected and strength to the thousands of first responders still working on the ground.”

Flags will remain at half-staff until sunrise on Monday, July 14, according to the release.

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Before-and-after images show destruction from Texas floods

New before-and-after satellite images reveal the extensive destruction caused by catastrophic flooding in central Texas over the weekend.

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Texas officials will hold a news conference in about an hour. These are some of the questions they may face

Texas officials are facing heated questions from reporters and community members over how much was — or was not — done in the overnight hours of Friday as the Guadalupe River flooded, sweeping away buildings and people in its path. But five days after the flooding, officials still have not provided a clear timeline...

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Updated 10:33 AM EDT, Wed July 9, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Law society moves to suspend Hamilton lawyer amid claims she took clients' money then 'abandoned' practice

A tribunal will decide if law licence should be suspended or restricted

The Law Society of Ontario is attempting to suspend a Hamilton immigration lawyer-turned-tribunal adjudicator after a dozen people complained she took their money but never completed the work to help them stay in Canada. "Based on complaints the law society has received against the respondent to date, there are reasonable grounds to believe that there is a significant risk of harm to members of the public and/or to the public interest in the administration of justice," it said in its motion filed June 25, 2025 with the Law Society Tribunal.

It said it's currently investigating claims she misled the federal government, misappropriated $10,500 in client funds and failed to serve 12 clients with active refugee claims...

_Oksana Hrabova and Oleg Lomanov moved to Canada in 2022 and settled in downtown Hamilton._

Ukrainian couple paid lawyer $3K to help them stay in Canada but say she 'disappeared.' It's not the 1st time

Couple facing deportation to Colombia have 3 daughters in Hamilton, including 1 with disabilities

• 9 law society investigations ongoing:
• 'Good news for us,' says former client:

Hamilton mom says botched immigration process led to 'horrific' months-long separation from family

GOOD! one less thief.

Russia unleashes another record drone attack on Ukraine, including near Polish border

In Russia's Kursk, Ukraine attack leaves at least 3 dead, 7 injured

Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually direct criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian air defence units destroyed almost all the drones, including through electronic jamming systems, Ukraine's air force said on the Telegram messaging app.

The attack, which follows a series of escalating air assaults on Ukraine in recent weeks, showed the need for "biting" sanctions on the sources of income Russia uses to finance the war, including on those who buy Russian oil, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram. In a statement, Russia's Defence Ministry also said that it had hit Ukrainian military airfields in strikes overnight...

Trump says U.S. will 'have to' send Ukraine more weapons so it can defend itself

Finland's president on the Ukraine war, golfing with Trump and elbows up

• Russia says civilians killed in Kursk:

Ukraine says it struck an airbase in Russia amid Moscow's stepped-up drone barrage on Kyiv

• Trump frustrated by halt on Ukraine deliveries: report:

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Posted: Jul 09, 2025 7:16 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

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