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Saturday, 17 January 2026

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡


NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTARY


May Great Spirit bless 🙏


During my early sobriety years, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In my experience with bipolar disorder, I discovered and experienced that with this disorder, moods can swing both to the high side and the low side. This effect can last for days, weeks, or even months, then it switches to the opposite mood. It can follow a seasonal pattern, like seasonal depression, but with bipolar disorder, the highs and lows can occur at any time of year, during any season.


I don't like the somber light of winter. As long as I have bright lights on and make the place look at least cheery and alive with plants and such, and lots of pictures taken when Paula and I traveled on the wall, like *Gulliver's Travels* across North America, both the US and Canada. Sharing with Paula, many great memories help to stave off the doom and gloom, or get into my cartoon-type humor to lighten things up. I used to love doing that with the kids. I can usually ride through the darkest parts of winter that way.


TODAY'S DISCUSSION:


DISASTERS & STRESS


My Thoughts;

When it came to realising, first, that I had stress levels and changes, I was seeing a shrink back then, Dr. Kraus, an outstanding gentleman, scholar, and teacher. Our talks, along with some mood-altering medications, lessons I learned from him, and a lot of the material I read while going to night school for Social Work, put me on a path of service and recovery. I then discovered the difference between the stressors of my daily life, and I realised how petty all those other stressors were compared to this mess we find ourselves in today.


I have a release from stress in serving. At this point in my life, I do my best to serve whoever reads my posts by directing them to some of the important news of the day, sharing my comments, thoughts, and feelings about what's happening, and researching the news to provide a basis for my ideas.


The Way I See It;

What is the biggest threat of a disaster? What do I believe one should really be concerned about most? A lit stick of dynamite under your feet, an atomic bomb, or an asteroid the size of the one that ended the dinosaurs? The most immediate danger is the stick of dynamite, buried just beneath the ground under your feet. WORRY ABOUT WHAT IS IN YOUR POWER TO RESIST!


_*Then you can only PRAY and MEDITATE 🙏 for those fools, the Dunce Cadets and master Trumpo The Typo, who buried the dynamite there in the first place. You have no control over them except to pray.*_


- Google Search -


America's Resistance

"America's resistance" generally refers to organized opposition and activism against policies and figures, especially during the Trump administration (often called "The Resistance"), but also encompasses historical movements like the Civil Rights era's fight against segregation or colonial-era protests against British rule, highlighting diverse efforts to defend democratic values, individual rights, and challenge perceived authoritarianism, ranging from insider government actions to widespread street protests and legal challenges...

Read More:

  • Google Search - America's Resistance:


It wouldn't be a bad idea to hold demonstrations at the consulate of the nation that is home to the political parties causing turmoil in your home countries.


I also would like to know WTF NATO is doing? W.T.F. GOOD ARE THESE 🐓 🐓 🐓 💩 💩 💩 ANYWAY?


☮️✊VIVE LA RESISTANCE✊☮️


Now it's time for the Breaking News. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.


BREAKING NEWS:


Minneapolis mayor, who decry probe as intimidation tactic

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.


A person familiar with the matter told CNN that grand jury subpoenas had been issued for both men as part of the investigation. But neither office had received any notice as of Friday evening, according to sources familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear when Frey and Walz would receive the subpoenas.


The Justice Department declined to comment. President Donald Trump and his administration have been critical of state and local officials’ response to unrest in Minnesota over the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, with the president suggesting he might invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to the city to quell any violence...

Ongoing tensions in the Twin Cities:

Read More:

Updated Jan 17, 2026, 8:29 AM ET - Updated 2 hr ago

- CNN -


From ‘A+’ grade to ‘we can’t stand this much longer,’ Georgia voters take stock of Trump’s first year back in office

Boston, Georgia

Franz Rowland* has heard *President Donald Trump


He endlessly brags about a roaring economy, but he's seen few signs of it from his cotton farm here in southern Georgia. "Trump says, you know, be patient. The farmer is going to be better than ever," Rowland said, standing on the edge of his field about a dozen miles north of the Florida-Georgia state line. "Well, you'd better hurry up because we can't stand this much longer."


Rowland voted for Trump, hoping a stronger economy and better trade deals would follow. He doesn't entirely blame the president's policies for one of the worst years he's ever had farming, but he said the administration hasn't made it any easier to make a living...

  • ‘He gets an A+ from me’:
  • 'I don't think voters voted for this':
  • 'Somebody wasn't looking out for us':

Read More:

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2026, 6:00 AM ET - 5 hr ago

- CNN -


What the Hell is left to give the farmers when Trumpo The Typo has PIRATED away all of the Federal Sow's titties from We, the People? And those oil ships coming in and out of Venezuela? Yeah, you can add PIRACY to his long list of crimes. THE ORANGE PUS PAG!!!

A GRADE "A" PUS PAG!

P.S. I use CNN as a news source because it is supposed to be unbiased toward either party. I also research their news as well when I gits that feelin, ya know! like an itch you can't quite reach.


Hell, I gits that itch just hearing the word *Republican*, which instantly the words hypocrisy, fascist, lawless, liars, and thieves come to mind😫 DON'T YOU THINK THE REST OF THE WORLD IS THINKING THE SAME THING, EH? Even the other Nazi Fascist countries despise you. They have more respect for Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is welcomed like a *Head of State*, because he can show stability, honesty, and sanity, and knows how to deal the cards.

What do you have South of the border? A bunch of enibriated clod hopin' knife juggling clowns!


AI Overview

- Google Search -

'Huge': Trump-voting states left in the lurch with latest mass ouster Verifications

Based on reports from early 2025 and late 2025/early 2026, the second Trump administration has undertaken a massive, ongoing reorganization of the federal workforce, which has resulted in the termination of thousands of government employees across various departments. These actions, which included firing probationers and cutting positions, have created significant "chaos and confusion" in federal agencies.

'Huge': Trump-voting states left in the lurch with latest mass ouster

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is gutting its disaster recovery workforce, leaving disaster-ravaged communities in the lurch, including in two states that voted for President Donald Trump, according to a new report.


The agency is on pace to axe thousands of Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery, or CORE, employees, the boots-on-the-ground personnel who stay in disaster zones for years, Notus reported Friday. FEMA is simply not renewing their contracts. A current CORE employee sounded the alarm.


ALSO READ: Here's what ICE is really doing in Minneapolis — and it's not enforcing the law...

Read More:

January 16, 2026 6:16PM ET

- RawStory-com -


CANADIAN NEWS:


'Superagers' reveal how to stay sharp as you get older

Research is revealing 3 key factors to help people live independently and for longer


This story is part of -CBC- Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Morry Kernerman, an accomplished violin prodigy, commits YouTube recordings of classical music to memory, hikes in a hilly ravine with his son and volunteers to teach music in South America.


As he prepares to celebrate his 101st birthday next week, Kernerman is convinced that music has played an outsized role in contributing to his long and active life...

  • Brain scans of superagers:
  • 'It gives me purpose':
  • Stay active:

WATCH |* Dementia care revamped:

Read More:

Posted: Jan 17, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 40 minutes ago

- CBC -


Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official

Official says Washington had advance warning about Canada's tariff deal with China


Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with Chinese companies within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official. The official, who spoke on the condition they not be named, said the goal is for Canada to become the first country in North America to build this type of EV.


It’s a fundamental error, the official said, to think that U.S. President Donald Trump will not allow Chinese electric vehicles into the United States...


Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he did not hear from Prime Minister Mark Carney about the electric vehicle arrangement with China before it was announced, adding, 'this was not thought out properly.'


Posted: Jan 17, 2026 11:18 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -


TRUMP APPEALS for WHEAT deal CARNEY’S answer paralyzes supply chains


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


 

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡


NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTARY


May Great Spirit bless 🙏


During my early sobriety years, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In my experience with bipolar disorder, I discovered and experienced that with this disorder, moods can swing both to the high side and the low side. This effect can last for days, weeks, or even months, then it switches to the opposite mood. It can follow a seasonal pattern, like seasonal depression, but with bipolar disorder, the highs and lows can occur at any time of year, during any season.


I don't like the somber light of winter. As long as I have bright lights on and make the place look at least cheery and alive with plants and such, and lots of pictures taken when Paula and I traveled on the wall, like *Gulliver's Travels* across North America, both the US and Canada. Sharing with Paula, many great memories help to stave off the doom and gloom, or get into my cartoon-type humor to lighten things up. I used to love doing that with the kids. I can usually ride through the darkest parts of winter that way.


TODAY'S DISCUSSION:


DISASTERS & STRESS


My Thoughts;

When it came to realising, first, that I had stress levels and changes, I was seeing a shrink back then, Dr. Kraus, an outstanding gentleman, scholar, and teacher. Our talks, along with some mood-altering medications, lessons I learned from him, and a lot of the material I read while going to night school for Social Work, put me on a path of service and recovery. I then discovered the difference between the stressors of my daily life, and I realised how petty all those other stressors were compared to this mess we find ourselves in today.


I have a release from stress in serving. At this point in my life, I do my best to serve whoever reads my posts by directing them to some of the important news of the day, sharing my comments, thoughts, and feelings about what's happening, and researching the news to provide a basis for my ideas.


The Way I See It;

What is the biggest threat of a disaster? What do I believe one should really be concerned about most? A lit stick of dynamite under your feet, an atomic bomb, or an asteroid the size of the one that ended the dinosaurs? The most immediate danger is the stick of dynamite, buried just beneath the ground under your feet. WORRY ABOUT WHAT IS IN YOUR POWER TO RESIST!


Then you can only PRAY and MEDITATE 🙏 for those fools, the Dunce Cadets and master Trumpo The Typo, who buried the dynamite there in the first place. You have no control over them except to pray.


- Google Search -


America's Resistance

"America's resistance" generally refers to organized opposition and activism against policies and figures, especially during the Trump administration (often called "The Resistance"), but also encompasses historical movements like the Civil Rights era's fight against segregation or colonial-era protests against British rule, highlighting diverse efforts to defend democratic values, individual rights, and challenge perceived authoritarianism, ranging from insider government actions to widespread street protests and legal challenges...

Read More:

  • Google Search - America's Resistance:


It wouldn't be a bad idea to hold demonstrations at the consulate of the nation that is home to the political parties causing turmoil in your home countries.


I also would like to know WTF NATO is doing? W.T.F. GOOD ARE THESE 🐓 🐓 🐓 💩 💩 💩 ANYWAY?


☮️✊VIVE LA RESISTANCE✊☮️


Now it's time for the Breaking News. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.


BREAKING NEWS:


Minneapolis mayor, who decry probe as intimidation tactic

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.


A person familiar with the matter told CNN that grand jury subpoenas had been issued for both men as part of the investigation. But neither office had received any notice as of Friday evening, according to sources familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear when Frey and Walz would receive the subpoenas.


The Justice Department declined to comment. President Donald Trump and his administration have been critical of state and local officials’ response to unrest in Minnesota over the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, with the president suggesting he might invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to the city to quell any violence...

Ongoing tensions in the Twin Cities:

Read More:

Updated Jan 17, 2026, 8:29 AM ET - Updated 2 hr ago

- CNN -


From ‘A+’ grade to ‘we can’t stand this much longer,’ Georgia voters take stock of Trump’s first year back in office

Boston, Georgia

Franz Rowland* has heard *President Donald Trump


He endlessly brags about a roaring economy, but he's seen few signs of it from his cotton farm here in southern Georgia. "Trump says, you know, be patient. The farmer is going to be better than ever," Rowland said, standing on the edge of his field about a dozen miles north of the Florida-Georgia state line. "Well, you'd better hurry up because we can't stand this much longer."


Rowland voted for Trump, hoping a stronger economy and better trade deals would follow. He doesn't entirely blame the president's policies for one of the worst years he's ever had farming, but he said the administration hasn't made it any easier to make a living...

  • ‘He gets an A+ from me’:
  • 'I don't think voters voted for this':
  • 'Somebody wasn't looking out for us':

Read More:

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2026, 6:00 AM ET - 5 hr ago

- CNN -


What the Hell is left to give the farmers when Trumpo The Typo has PIRATED away all of the Federal Sow's titties from We, the People? And those oil ships coming in and out of Venezuela? Yeah, you can add PIRACY to his long list of crimes. THE ORANGE PUS PAG!!!

A GRADE "A" PUS PAG!

P.S. I use CNN as a news source because it is supposed to be unbiased toward either party. I also research their news as well when I gits that feelin, ya know! like an itch you can't quite reach.


Hell, I gits that itch just hearing the word *Republican*, which instantly the words hypocrisy, fascist, lawless, liars, and thieves come to mind😫 DON'T YOU THINK THE REST OF THE WORLD IS THINKING THE SAME THING, EH? Even the other Nazi Fascist countries despise you. They have more respect for Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is welcomed like a *Head of State*, because he can show stability, honesty, and sanity, and knows how to deal the cards.

What do you have South of the border? A bunch of enibriated clod hopin' knife juggling clowns!


AI Overview

- Google Search -

'Huge': Trump-voting states left in the lurch with latest mass ouster Verifications

Based on reports from early 2025 and late 2025/early 2026, the second Trump administration has undertaken a massive, ongoing reorganization of the federal workforce, which has resulted in the termination of thousands of government employees across various departments. These actions, which included firing probationers and cutting positions, have created significant "chaos and confusion" in federal agencies.

'Huge': Trump-voting states left in the lurch with latest mass ouster

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is gutting its disaster recovery workforce, leaving disaster-ravaged communities in the lurch, including in two states that voted for President Donald Trump, according to a new report.


The agency is on pace to axe thousands of Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery, or CORE, employees, the boots-on-the-ground personnel who stay in disaster zones for years, Notus reported Friday. FEMA is simply not renewing their contracts. A current CORE employee sounded the alarm.


ALSO READ: Here's what ICE is really doing in Minneapolis — and it's not enforcing the law...

Read More:

January 16, 2026 6:16PM ET

- RawStory-com -


CANADIAN NEWS:


'Superagers' reveal how to stay sharp as you get older

Research is revealing 3 key factors to help people live independently and for longer


This story is part of -CBC- Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Morry Kernerman, an accomplished violin prodigy, commits YouTube recordings of classical music to memory, hikes in a hilly ravine with his son and volunteers to teach music in South America.


As he prepares to celebrate his 101st birthday next week, Kernerman is convinced that music has played an outsized role in contributing to his long and active life...

  • Brain scans of superagers:
  • 'It gives me purpose':
  • Stay active:

WATCH |* Dementia care revamped:

Read More:

Posted: Jan 17, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 40 minutes ago

- CBC -


Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official

Official says Washington had advance warning about Canada's tariff deal with China


Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with Chinese companies within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official. The official, who spoke on the condition they not be named, said the goal is for Canada to become the first country in North America to build this type of EV.


It’s a fundamental error, the official said, to think that U.S. President Donald Trump will not allow Chinese electric vehicles into the United States...


Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he did not hear from Prime Minister Mark Carney about the electric vehicle arrangement with China before it was announced, adding, 'this was not thought out properly.'


Posted: Jan 17, 2026 11:18 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -


TRUMP APPEALS for WHEAT deal CARNEY’S answer paralyzes supply chains


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




Friday, 16 January 2026

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡


NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTARY


May Great Spirit bless 🙏


- BREAKING -


I've been doing some searching on this topic for the past few days, but did not find a more complete outline of Project 2025 than this, which I found plastered across my monitor this morning. I couldn't miss it. It came home to roost on its own when I turned on my system this morning. 😒 🙀


PROJECT 2025

Names, numbers, and places, designers, and architects of the project.


From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025#cite_note-seriously_extreme-108


Have fun reading.


Beautiful morning, with a bright orange sunrise outlining the tops of the trees across the driveway. I was out there sweeping the remaining snow from yesterday off my Green Space, the balcony. It's darn chilly and brisk out there, but so still, quiet, and pretty. In this winter wonderland, I felt like being silly and danced with the broom in the snow. So still and silent out there, all I could hear was the crunching snow under my winter sandals, a pair of shoes with the backs taken out so I could just slip my feet in like sandals.


The only thing moving out there was the steam from the laundry room on the ground floor below us. In my imagination, it became the image of fog rising on the surface of a pond or lake on a frosty morning. Although the cold and I aren't the best of friends, I still have many very fond memories of winters past. You don't lose memories; they're all stored back there for you to visit anytime you wish. Information is never lost,


TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Memories are Information


- Google Search -

Unitarity (physics) Information Is Never Lost

Unitarity in quantum mechanics means information is never truly lost in the universe, as the evolution of a closed system is perfectly reversible, allowing past states to be reconstructed from future states; it's a core principle ensuring the total probability remains 100% and underpins concepts like the no-hiding theorem which states that information moved to the environment isn't destroyed, just hidden, though the black hole information paradox challenges this by suggesting information might escape black holes in a scrambled form (Hawking radiation).


Does time only exist where there is motion, like the energy and matter created by the Big Bang? Is the evolution of body and soul infinite or only for the duration that we are made of matter and energy?🤨


Schrödinger equation:

- wikipedia-org wiki Schrödinger-equation -

The Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a non-relativistic quantum-mechanical system.   Its discovery was a significant landmark in the development of quantum mechanics. It is named after Erwin Schrödinger, an Austrian physicist, who postulated the equation in 1925 and published it in 1926, forming the basis for the work that resulted in his Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933.

Read More: - Google Search -

Schrödinger equation:


I savor my memories, and I am always eager to store more with what I already have for as long as I possibly can, so many loose ends or pieces to the jigsaw puzzle of life to tie together. Thank you for reading the news. I pray that you all have a better day than the day before, one day at a time.


BREAKING NEWS:


911 transcripts and an incident report reveal where Renee Good was shot and how her community faced her killing in real time

After Renee Good was shot last week by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, the mother of three was “unresponsive, not breathing, with inconsistent, irregular, thready pulse activity,” an incident report from the city’s fire department says.


“I saw … an ICE officer fire two shots through her windshield into the driver,” a caller to 911 reported soon after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot Good, according to scores of emergency call transcripts CNN also got from Minneapolis officials. “She tried to drive away but crashed into the nearest vehicle that was parked,” the caller said. “I saw blood all over the driver, then the partner who was trying to provide assistance.”


Good, whose killing has spurred days of protests in Minneapolis and far beyond against the White House’s nationwide immigration enforcement crackdown, had blood on her face and torso when an emergency responder found her in the driver’s seat of her SUV minutes after the January 7 shooting, the incident report says...

Read More:

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2026, 8:03 AM ET - 1 hr 13 min ago

- CNN -


CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities


Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little to address cost of living.


A majority, 58%, calls the first year of Trump’s term a failure. There’s hardly any good news in the poll for Trump or the Republican Party entering a critical midterm year, with the president’s handling of the economy looming as the defining issue in key House and Senate races.


Asked to choose the country’s top issue, Americans pick the economy by a nearly two-to-one margin over any other topic. The poll suggests Trump is struggling to prove that he’s addressing it. And it finds broad concerns over Trump’s use of presidential power and his efforts to put his stamp on American culture...

  • Trump retains his base but has little support beyond it:

Trump as making progress on some inaugural pledges. CHART | Included:

  • Most say Trump’s use of power has gone too far:

Gone too far in using presidential powers; CHART | Included

Read More:

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2026, 5:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

- CNN -


Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support

When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US President Donald Trump has long coveted: a Nobel Peace Prize.


Machado, a fierce critic of Venezuela’s former strongman Nicolás Maduro, won the award last year for her campaign for greater democracy. Now she was leaving the medal in the White House, hoping the gesture might buy her something far more valuable: US backing in the fight to lead Venezuela’s post-Maduro future. But, if she thought the gift might nudge the president toward providing a clearer endorsement, it appears she may be left waiting, at least for now.


She was later photographed holding a Trump-branded swag bag as she left the White House – with little clarity on her political future...

Read More:

Updated Jan 16, 2026, 12:55 AM ET - Updated 8 hr ago

- CNN -


CANADIAN NEWS:


Updated 8 minutes ago:

Carney, reaching trade deal with China, says country is more 'predictable' than U.S.

Pact will see tens of thousands of Chinese EVs in Canada in exchange for lowering canola duties

The Latest:

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government has reached a “landmark” trade deal with China.
  • The deal allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. In return, Ottawa expects Beijing to drop canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March.
  • The pact would also remove tariffs on Canadian canola meal, lobsters, crabs and peas from March until at least the end of 2026.
  • Carney in Beijing said China is more predictable partner than the U.S.
  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford is critical of the EV deal, warning that China now has a "foothold" in the Canadian market and will use it "at the expense of Canadian workers."

Read More:

- CBC -


12 minutes ago

Carney: 'Value-based realism' approach to international relations

More To Read:

- CBC -


Doug Ford says he’s firmly opposed to lifting tariffs on Chinese EVs

January 13, 2026

News:

Premier Doug Ford says he’s opposed to any move to lower tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Canada has had a 100 per cent tariff in place since 2024.

VIDEO Included:

- CBC-ca -


Canada reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola

Carney says relationship with China 'more predictable' than it is with U.S.


The Liberal government has reached a deal with Beijing to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the domestic market in exchange for dropping duties on canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. It marks the prime minister's first deal on trade with another country since taking office last year and a de-escalation in tensions with a country the Liberal government had, in recent years, branded a disruptive power and Carney had called the biggest threat facing the country.


Carney described this as a "preliminary but landmark" agreement to remove trade barriers and reduce tariffs, part of a broader strategic partnership with China...


WATCH | Q&A: Carney takes questions on China trade deal, EVs and security:


Cross Country Checkup is asking: Why does Canada’s new EV deal with China matter to you? Leave your question here and we may read it or call you back for Sunday's show.

  • Relationship with China 'more predictable' than U.S., Carney says:

WATCH | Canada's relationship with China 'more predictable' than with U.S., PM says:

WATCH | Trump dismissive of a new North American deal:

Read More:

Posted: Jan 15, 2026 10:30 PM EST | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago

- CBC -


MY GREEN SPACE IN A WINTER WONDERLAND



Thursday, 15 January 2026

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡


NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTARY


May Great Spirit bless 🙏


Before I began doing this media thing, I never knew the actual depth of the darkness that lies hidden beneath only a fragile veneer of human semblance on the skin's surface. What's acted out isn't in sync with what I feel just beneath the veneer. That I could always do, I am an empath. That simply means I feel other people's feelings.


But never to such a depth as the short time I have been following and doing the News. It is almost shocking now how divided America has become, the depth of which cannot be determined, and which side will overcome the other. "It's like chopping a lemon in half with a machete, with no way to tell which half will fall into the basket," you think to yourself, "while hoping it's the dark side of the human psyche that falls in the basket."


TODAY'S DISCUSSION:


FEELINGS


If you can't tell by now which side of the lemon was bad or good, you'd better toss a coin and call it, heads or tails. Otherwise, a WARNING TO ALL YOU FENCE SITTERS! If you think you made a mistake, and you choose to remain on the fence this time around, you don't need to. No one has to know who you voted for. I would think there are likely MANY OF YOU FENCE-SITTERS who have decided to DO NOTHING. If you choose to do nothing, you'd better learn to sing the RUSSIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM, because surer than spit, Trumpo the Typo will get married to Putin and live happily forever as Putin's 🐕 in his underground castle 🏰


Anyway, back to feelings. I feel that just doing my own news media coverage along with my personal comments, thoughts, and feelings, hoping that someone, maybe a senator, a king, a president, a prime minister, the janitor on Parliament Hill in Ottawa or the 17 year old girl working at McDonalds in Toronto, I can only pray they take a piece of my medicine home with them, maybe to help themselves and help to build a new Canadian.


The genocide in Gaza, the destruction of human lives in Ukraine. I see the starving people like walking skeletons. I almost became like that after being ill for nearly two years. So again, I had the experience. With different medical complications aggravated by COVID and that super flu, not just once, but both, twice, two consecutive years, along with my other complications.


So I know every human being with a regular set of feelings, in the normal range of ethics, who values life and has compassion and has empathy for others around them, and who has feelings about different matters in the news is aware and has feelings. These feelings will vary from person to person, but anyone with humanitarian values, NOT SOMEONE LIVING WITH TERTIARY SYPHILIS BRAIN ROT -> THE ORANGE PUS BAG!


So I simply express what I feel. I don't look or read the cards; I just deal 'em as I get 'em! Again, I pray you all have a better day than yesterday, and thank you for reading the Tree House News.


BREAKING NEWS:


U.S. unveils Palestinian technocratic group to administer post-war Gaza

It remains unclear how Hamas will be disarmed as required under agreement


U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, announced on Wednesday the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian body that will play a role in administering the war-ravaged territory under a phased U.S. plan for Gaza's future.


"Today, on behalf of President Trump, we are announcing the launch of Phase Two of the President’s 20-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction," Witkoff said in a post on social media platform X.

It remains unclear how Hamas, which has regrouped since a fragile ceasefire began in October, will be disarmed as required under the plan


Israel and Hamas signed off in October on Trump's plan, which says that the technocratic body will be overseen by the international "Board of Peace"...

  • Demilitarization challenge remains:
  • U.S. to introduce 2nd phase despite violence:

WATCH | At least 100 children killed since ceasefire plan was signed in early October:

Read More:

Posted: Jan 14, 2026 11:58 AM EST | Last Updated: January 14

- CBC -


BREAKING NEWS CNN:


Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act as anti-ICE protests flare following another shooting in Minneapolis


What We Know so Far

• Insurrection Act:

President Donald Trump warned he might invoke the centuries-old law to deploy US troops to Minnesota as state and federal officials clash over tactics used by immigration agents...


• Another Minneapolis shooting: Law enforcement and demonstrators clashed last night near where a federal agent shot and injured a man after he allegedly assaulted the agent.


During the struggle, DHS said two people came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle. After the suspect got loose and joined the attack, the officer fired “defensive shots,” DHS said, striking the man in the leg.


• High tensions: Minneapolis leaders are asking residents to remain calm following last night’s shooting, which happened a week after Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent. The shooting sparked nationwide protests and prompted the Trump administration to send in hundreds more agents as part of its coast-to-coast immigration enforcement crackdown.


• Court fights: A judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order after Minnesota and the Twin Cities sued federal officials, claiming the immigration enforcement operation involves warrantless arrests and excessive force. The decision “should not be considered a prejudgment,” the judge said...

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Updated 9:43 AM EST, Thu January 15, 2026

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75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds


Three-quarters of Americans say they oppose the United States attempting to take control of Greenland, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, indicating that President Donald Trump’s push to expand America’s territory faces stiff headwinds with the public.


The survey finds just 25% of Americans favor the US attempting to take control of the Danish territory. Even the president’s partisans are about evenly divided, with 50% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying they support it and 50% opposed. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are deeply against the move, with 94% opposed overall, including 80% who say they strongly oppose it.


About 8 in 10 independents who don’t lean toward either party are also opposed. Trump said Wednesday on his social media website Truth Social that “anything less” than US control of Greenland is “unacceptable.”...

  • Americans more closely split over Venezuela military action:
  • Poll was conducted by SSRS Included:

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PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2026, 5:00 AM ET - 5 hr ago

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Private guns, public oil: Trump’s Venezuela plans start taking shape


The Trump administration is preparing to use private military contractors to protect oil and energy assets in Venezuela rather than deploying US troops, according to two sources familiar with the plans, setting up a potential boon for security firms with experience in the region and ties to the administration.


While President Trump hasn’t ruled out a possible US military presence in Venezuela, sources close to the president say he’s wary of putting American boots on the ground for an extended period of time. That raises a potential problem for the White House following the US capture of Venezuela’s former President Nicolás Maduro.


As it lobbies major oil companies to reinvest in Venezuela’s ailing oil industry, the administration must convince them it can provide the kind of security they will need to operate safely there — not just for months but years...

  • ‘Ninjas to keep them alive and safe’:
  • Venezuela as ‘uninvestable’:
  • History of using private contractors:

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PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2026, 12:01 AM ET - 10 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:


Canadian citizen has died 'at the hands of the Iranian authorities:' Anand

Global Affairs advising Canadians in Iran to leave country now if they can do so safely


A Canadian citizen has died in Iran “at the hands of the Iranian authorities,” according to Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand. In a social media post on Thursday, the minister called on the regime to end its violence against protesters. At least 2,600 people have been killed since demonstrations started in late December, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).


“Peaceful protests by the Iranian people — asking that their voices be heard in the face of the Iranian regime’s repression and ongoing human rights violations — has led the regime to flagrantly disregard human life,” Anand wrote...

  • Iran warns of retaliation if Trump strikes, as U.S. withdraws some personnel from Mideast bases
  • Iranian protest deaths estimated at more than 2,500, larger than in any recent unrest in country

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Posted: Jan 15, 2026 10:34 AM EST | Last Updated: 31 minutes ago

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Carney's 1st day in China secures agreement on energy — but no tariff breakthrough yet

Beijing does not commit to buying more Canadian petroleum and liquified natural gas


Prime Minister Mark Carney witnessed the signing of an agreement to co-operate more with China on clean and conventional energy the first day of talks in Beijing on Thursday, after years of difficult relations between the two countries. But at this point, none of the agreements included a resolution to tariffs.


Beijing also did not commit to buying more Canadian petroleum and liquified natural gas in the memorandum of understanding signed by energy and natural resources minister Tim Hodgson.


The MOU states both countries will strengthen talks between ministers in several areas, including oil and gas resource development, liquified natural gas along with liquified petroleum gas, and emission reductions. This energy MOU builds on previous agreements.


WATCH | China looking for trading partners that 'don't use energy for coercion,' Hodgson says:


PHOTOS | Carney's China trip in photos:

  • Years of diplomatic tension:

WATCH | Carney meets with China's premier in Beijing:

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Posted: Jan 15, 2026 5:58 AM EST | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

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JUST IN: Carney's GRAND Welcome in China Leaves Trump Frustrated on Reporters


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