Tuesday, 24 February 2026

🧚‍♀️TREE HOUSE NEWS🏡

NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

As if you couldn't guess, it's another cloudy, grey morning. I am grateful that we have bright LED lights everywhere in this apartment, so that it gives the impression it's sunny all the time. And thank goodness we don't get a lot of snow; I've been able to keep my Green Space on the balcony looking green so far this winter, and all that helps.

But now I am quite anxious for the warmer weather of spring, when I go out to sit in my Green Space, to return to my post at the patio table with a fresh, steaming cup of coffee to watch the early-rising sun come over the treeline, and be greeted by the spring birds singing their sweet melodies in the trees across the way from my Green Space.

Well, I wish I were out in my Green Space with my laptop, but as it is, I am here in my comfy swivel chair in my cozy Newsroom. just kind of coasting this morning as I sip on my coffee and leisurely scan the Internet for something to catch my eye. A thought came to mind of when I was little, maybe 4 years old, when I was in the office where Dad worked as a clerk for a lumber company up north, and I would get up in his big office swivel chair and spin around as fast as I could and pretend I was in a spaceship. "Wheeeee!" 😂 "hehehe!" I thought that was fun. I could have crashed my spaceship and busted my head, which I didn't think about. Some of the memories that pop up out of nowhere! 😆 I could write several comic books about my growing-up years.

What's up for Today's Discussion you may be asking?

TODAY'S DISCUSSION

STOCK MARKET:

This is the state of the economy (ahead of the State of the Union)

The state of the union's economy is surprisingly strong.

On paper, anyway. Jobs, wage growth, consumer spending, and inflation under President Donald Trump look pretty decent or have been mostly stable, and the stock market is near a record high.

Yet Americans despise this economy. Consumer confidence is near record lows, and recent polling shows Trump's economy gets dreadful grades from potential voters – a political liability for Republicans ahead of this year's midterms...

Why Such Negativity?:
The good:
The stable:
The (potentially) ugly:

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2026, 6:00 AM ET - 2 hr ago

- CNN -

In my opinion, the Stock Market is like a big-city water tank that is overfilled and about to buckle under its own weight. Will you stick around and knock out the props holding it up, just to see what happens? Those props appear to be (A.I.) for the Stock Market at the moment.

The (potentially) ugly:

Income and wealth inequality are not new concerns for the U.S. economy, but the gap between the haves and the have-nots widened this past year. While booming stock prices – themselves bolstered by rampant investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure – have increased prosperity for high-wealth individuals.

As I said, come spring, most of the people of the Great U.S. of A, by the start of the fall of 2026, there will be many living in squalor in tents with no hope of any aid from that psychotic sadist wanker in the Brown 💩 House; do you not see that coming? Do you see any cavalry of any significant potency forming to oppose the challenge? A few judges remained loyal, G-d Bless 🙏 Their Souls, AMEN!

And now they have THUGS going around and beating up people just for taking up space. Taking up space is a serious offence in America, which should get you 5 to 10 years; in the cooler with ya 🥾(‿ˠ‿)🔒🥶You wouldn't want to know what the charge is for breathing their air without paying for it. That's like a parking meter ticket dispute, depending on whether you get charged for speeding while parked 😐🤔

BREAKING NEWS

You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds

The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of tariff revenue collected from President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, which were rendered illegal by the Supreme Court last week. How much of that will consumers, who paid for steep tariffs via higher prices, get back?

Almost certainly nothing.

That’s because consumers paid for tariffs indirectly: They’re mostly not the ones making the actual payment to the government. When – and perhaps if – any funds are returned, they’ll go to what’s known as the importer of record, i.e., the party that paid the initial tariff bill. Think: Costco, Walmart, Target, etc...

What you paid:
Democrats ramp up pressure:
Businesses probably won’t pay you back, either:

Read More:

Updated Feb 24, 2026, 9:46 AM ET - 15 min ago

- CNN -

Savannah Guthrie offers up to $1 million for information about her mother in new Instagram video

The family of Nancy Guthrie is offering up to $1 million for information leading to her recovery, a tearful "Today" host Savannah Guthrie, said in a video posted to her Instagram on Tuesday — 23 days after her mother vanished from her desert home in the middle of the night.

Savannah Guthrie acknowledged that her 84-year-old mother, who has been missing since February 1, "may already be gone." "But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery," she said.

The reward is in addition to the FBI's $100,000 reward for information about Guthrie, the agency said Tuesday...

Suspect may have visited Guthrie's home multiple times:

If you have information that could help investigators, you can call 1-800-CALL-FBI or 520-351-4900. You can also submit information at tips.fbi.gov.

Read More:

Updated Feb 24, 2026, 9:58 AM ET - 7 min ago

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Let us take a moment for prayer and Meditation 🙏

🌸🌺💐MAY YOU BE AT PEACE, Savannah Guthrie 💐🌺🌸

wherever you are.

What to expect from Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's State of the Union response

Abigail Spanberger is less known for her oratory than for drilling down into the work of government and bucking her party leadership. On Tuesday night, she has one of the riskier speeches in politics to figure her way through.

The 46-year-old Virginia governor, the first female chief executive of her state, was House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' pick to rebut a State of the Union address Tuesday that President Donald Trump warned would likely again be very long.

The onetime CIA officer doesn't talk in slogans or catchy promises, once instead describing herself to CNN in an interview as "an optimistic, starry-eyed pragmatist." She refused to support Nancy Pelosi for speaker and once pushed back on former President Joe Biden's overarching economic push by saying no one had elected him to try to be a new Franklin Roosevelt...

Read More:

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2026, 4:00 AM ET

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- Google Search -

Question: What does an optimistic, starry-eyed pragmatist mean?

An "optimistic, starry-eyed pragmatist" is a complex, often contradictory, but highly effective mindset that combines visionary hope with grounded action. It describes someone who believes in a better future (optimistic), dreams big with a sense of wonder (starry-eyed), but anchors those dreams in practical, "what-works" reality (pragmatist)

CANADIAN NEWS:

Nearly 80% of Canadians oppose idea of Alberta leaving the nation: polling

Angus Reid Institute poll looked at Canadians' feelings about the possibility of losing either Alberta or Quebec

A majority of Canadians say that if they could, they would vote to block both Alberta and Quebec from separating from Canada, according to the results from recent polling conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI).

Earlier this month, the non-profit conducted a series of polls that looked at how Canadians feel about separatist sentiments that are being voiced in Alberta and Quebec. The results of the polling were released on Monday. The survey was conducted online between Feb. 2 and Feb. 6 and gathered responses from a randomized sample of a little more than 3,000 Canadians...

'Gives out more than it gets':
Geopolitical uncertainty:

Posted: Feb 24, 2026 8:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago:

- CBC -

I BET TRUMPO THE TYPO IS PERCHED ON A CATUS LIKE A VULTURE IN THE DESERT, DROOLING AND WRINGING HIS HANDS WHILE WAITING FOR A VICTIM TO FALL, and there goes OUR CANADIAN SOLIDARITY and SOVEREIGNTY, but that's another ball of wax to discuss some other time.

🙋‍♂️🙍‍♀️🙍‍♂️🙋~ "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL ~🙋‍♂️🙍‍♀️🙍‍♂️🙋

🙍‍♀️⬇️ Adios Amigas

Carney pledges $2 billion for Ukraine, more sanctions on 4th anniversary of Russian invasion

Sanctions involve 100 vessels in what is called the 'shadow fleet'

Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising $2 billion in military aid for Ukraine and more sanctions against Russia. The sanctions involve 100 vessels in what is called the "shadow fleet" involved in attempts to evade sanctions on Russian oil sales. Carney's announcement comes as Ukraine marks four years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.,,

WATCH | 'Russia is failing': Canada's PM pledges more Ukraine aid 4 years after Putin's invasion:

Carney's announcement comes as Ukraine marks four years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.

Carney says Canadians will support Ukraine "for the long haul.

Posted: Feb 24, 2026 10:48 AM EST | Last Updated: 19 minutes ago

- CBC -