Thursday, 11 June 2026

🧚‍♀️ TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good Morning! The last thing I read in the news last night was about using the exact words: the *US freezing Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare and hospice providers*

Read all about it on - Reuters -

US freezes Medicare enrollments for new home healthcare and hospice providers

• Move is part of the Vance task force on healthcare scams

• Pause will give government time to scrutinize accounts

• Fraud crackdown began in Minnesota

The Trump administration will block new home healthcare and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare for at least the next six months, according to a government source, opens new tab statement, opens new tab posted on Wednesday, citing concerns about widespread fraud...

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- Reuters - May 14, 2026

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There's another aid program I can steal from! The ugly old orange fat grinch 🎃 says with a grin 🫦 ... Then ROARS FOR MORE! with green spittle flying every which way. A thunderous rumbling sound could be heard from his diaper...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE INTERUPT THIS PROGRAM TO SAY...

((DUCK 🦆))

The announcer's voice came booming out of the speakers 🔊, and by the way, better get the umbrellas out 🌂 There's a lot of 💩💩💩 coming your way. Because that will be about all that will be left of America after this voraciously greedy, chief thief, liar, and perpetrator of misery. This monster should be banished from this planet. Maybe someone would like to use him for an experiment for the next flight to Mars.

Do I hear 50 cents?

NOW THAT'S SATIRE. That's what Colbert was good at.

Maybe I was the invisible one most of my life, I mean, like someone who was only noticed as an occasional shadow. I will admit that I didn't mind; I liked my own space, but sometimes I was lonely until I decided to use that idle time to dream of traveling through imagination. Well, that gave me a lot of time to analyze everything around me, whatever habitat I found myself in, until the habitat or environment was part of me.

DURING THOSE IDLE TIMES, I USED THAT IMAGINATION FOR HUMOR. In general, I like handing out my humor like little hotcakes; it usually puts a smile on someone's face.

I also spent a lot of time in the land of infinite potentialities.

So now even a comic book has the potential to be reality in some future time or dimension. What would it be like to hop on board a Neutrino? If I get upset about something, I eventually turn it into a comic book script. I may jump from the Bugs Bunny routine to satire, like the above, depending on the mood of the situation. Trumpo The Typo certainly brings out the negative side of my mood scale, like down in the red somewhere in the irritant zone. like the eyelash-in-the-eye deal.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, those are my comments for today. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Trump warns the US will seize key Iranian oil export hub Kharg Island

He also threatened to take control of Iran's oil and gas markets, after Tehran and the US traded strikes overnight.

Here's The Latest:

• Trump threatens to take key Iranian island: President Donald Trump warned Thursday morning the US will hit Iran "VERY HARD TONIGHT" and threatened to take Kharg Island, which handles roughly 90% of Iran's crude exports.

• Escalation in hostilities: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted US bases in the region overnight for a second consecutive day, following US strikes across Iran. In response to the latest US strikes, Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was closed — a claim the US military rejected. A senior Iranian official told CNN in Tehran that Iran would "respond more severely" to any future attacks.

• Talks under pressure: A Qatari delegation left Tehran after negotiations with Iranian officials, a diplomatic source said. The talks, conducted in coordination with the US, lasted into the early hours of Thursday morning local time, as the US was striking Iran...

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11 min ago

Why Iran's Kharg Island is so significant

21 min ago

Trump says US will seize key Iranian oil export hub Kharg Island**

More To Read:

Thune has delivered big for Trump — but will Trump remember that?

The Senate leader has ushered some of the president's biggest legislative priorities through Congress while refusing some of his most outlandish demands.

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The $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill Republicans have been working to pass for months finally got President Donald Trump’s signature Wednesday afternoon. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was on hand at the White House for the signing, along with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and a smattering of other GOP senators and representatives. Missing from the celebration despite having spearheaded the effort to get it passed: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

It may be a simple matter of scheduling that allowed Johnson to attend and not Thune. But the South Dakotan’s absence was notable given how often he’s lately been forced to play the uncomfortable role of the person who has to tell Trump “no.” And when it comes to Trump, even big wins like a bill funding one of his top priorities can easily be forgotten as his focus slips back toward more esoteric demands. Trump’s relationship with Thune is best examined in contrast with the president’s interactions with Johnson...

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Jun. 11, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Toronto police officer dead after shooting during investigation believed to be tied to U.S.: ambassador

Officers executed search warrant at residential building Thursday morning, prior to shooting

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A Toronto police officer has died after being shot during an investigation believed to be tied to the United States, said U.S. ambassador Pete Hoekstra. Toronto police said the officer was shot after an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in the northwest end of the city Thursday morning.

Police were carrying out a search warrant at a residential building near Tretheway Drive and Black Creek Drive around 5:42 a.m. when an "exchange of gunfire" broke out and led to an officer being shot, said Toronto police on social media.

Toronto paramedics said two people were taken to hospital earlier this morning, one with critical injuries and another in life-threatening condition. Police said one of the individuals was the officer who had been shot...

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Posted: Jun 11, 2026 7:49 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

- CBC -

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Trump threatens seizure of Iran's Kharg Island, as U.S. strike in Gulf of Oman kills 3 sailors from India

Crew of oil tanker ignored repeated commands amid blockade, U.S. military says

The United States will ‌hit Iran "very hard tonight" and will soon take control of its oil and gas infrastructure and ⁠markets, U.S. ⁠President ‌Donald Trump said on Thursday.

"At some point ⁠in the not too distant future, we ‌will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total ⁠control of their Oil ⁠and Gas ⁠Markets, ⁠much like we have with Venezuela," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday morning.

The threat came as the U.S. and Iran traded air attacks, and the U.S. military launched new strikes on ships it said were trying to evade its blockade near the Strait of Hormuz...

WATCH | Iran reportedly fortifies island's defences: