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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hi! Well, so far, today appears to be the second day I awoke feeling rather free of any discomfort. Isn't that wonderful? I guess I am not ready for the junkyard yet. That makes me think of the junkyard bot 🤖 in the (2008) movie "WALL•E!" I like cute robots 🥹

I'm a little late getting the old Ford that's me cranked up this morning, wasting too much time "playing yo-yo." That's what I call the running back and forth getting everything together, one item at a time, when I could grab all of them in one swipe and save myself a lot of yo-yos throughout the day. It's short-term memory, not age; I've been cursed with a lack of short-term memory, or should I say absent-mindedness.

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Question: Absentminded:

🔹AI Overview

Absentminded: Being absentminded means being so *lost in thought, daydreaming, or preoccupied* that you fail to notice your immediate surroundings or forget what you are doing. It involves a lack of attention to the present moment, often resulting in minor *memory lapses, such as losing your keys or missing appointments.*

I believe this is more the BINGO! for me. Now I have no further doubt, I'M FROM CYDONIA MARS! ° .🟠*

That will be about it from me here in the Newsroom 📑 Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

WHAT IS WISDOM:

WHAT IS WISDOM FOR ME MAY NOT BE WISDOM FOR SOMEONE ELSE

My wisdom versus your wisdom. Usually, divergence is a matter of perceiving the same idea or belief differently. One person sees the idea as inert, non- existent, contrary to their beliefs. Can that belief be proven? Is it philosophically, biblically, or scientifically feasible, or just leftover junk G-d didn't need to make the universe, asteroid belts, or anything else?? Hmmm, if Elon could get a big enough ship up there, it would make for a great mining field. So even asteroid belts have a purpose.

I believe we, the human species, need to learn to be one, at peace, and gain wisdom to be the caretakers, not the enemy of nature or one another, and we will never lack for anything.

Wisdom to me is whatever I feel inside, whether that be negatively or positively, I react accordingly to whatever I feel. To me, whatever I feel, if negative, then to me it's negative, and I stay away. If I feel positive, then I go with it. Then I'm Gone With The Wind. 😌

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Question: WHAT IS WISDOM?

🔹AI Overview

Wisdom: is the ability to use your knowledge and life experience to make sound, ethical, and practical judgments. It involves not just possessing information, but knowing how and when to apply it effectively to navigate life's complexities.

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WISDOM to know right from wrong:

🔹AI Overview

Developing the wisdom to know right from wrong; requires a blend of moral reflection, empathy, and practical reasoning. This inner compass is strengthened by evaluating how your choices affect others, consulting your conscience, and learning from your experiences.

I know no one trusts anyone much anymore, so it's hard to trust anyone, and one especially can't blame those folks who have been kicked to the corner to live in rags in a makeshift tent or are threatened with that destination. Hard to trust what you see and read in the news, too many lies have been told. I will say. There ain't no lies or deception coming out of the *TREE HOUSE NEWS*, I tell um as I see um. ORANGE FACE 🎃 need kick in pants 👖

I do my research through SNOPES and AI Google Search. OK, now it's on with the news of the day.

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Deadly back-to-back earthquakes strike Venezuela, collapse buildings

A pair of strong earthquakes struck Venezuela Wednesday evening, bringing extensive damage. As of Thursday morning, the country is under a state of emergency.

VIDEO | Included:

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck near San Felipe, Venezuela, on Wednesday afternoon, quickly followed by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, causing widespread damage and claiming dozens of lives. Tsunami advisories were issued for coasts with 300 kilometers of the epicenter, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following the quakes, but were dropped shortly a few hours later.

Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez has declared a statement of an emergency, with extensive damage across the country, including in the capital city of Caracas...

The Caracas International Airport reportedly took damage as well, and as of Thursday morning is still closed. According to the Associated Press, there have been at least 32 fatalities and 700 injured as of Thursday morning...

Rescuers from across Venezuela are responding to collapsed buildings in the capital of Caracas after back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes.

People ran as parts of the Simon Bolivar International Airport collapsed around them during a major earthquake on June 24 ...

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Updated Jun 25, 2026 7:06 AM EDT

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Supreme Court gives Trump major wins on two immigration cases

The justices ruled the president can end temporary deportation protections for some foreign nationals and can restart a controversial asylum policy.

Today's Opinions:

• The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to end temporary deportation protections for potentially millions of foreign nationals who hail from countries like Haiti and Syria that have endured war and natural disasters.

• The court also cleared the way for the Trump administration to revive a controversial policy that aims to curb the number of migrants that officials at the southern border must process to determine whether they have a right to seek safe haven in the US.

• The justices struck down a Hawaii law that banned guns on private property open to the public where the owner hadn’t explicitly condoned the carrying of firearms.

Read More:

12 min ago

More Supreme Court opinions coming Monday

More To Read:

Updated 11:37 AM EDT, Thu June 25, 2026

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Trump turns Congress’ housing boom bill into a bust

The president can’t fathom the point of Congress passing a law that doesn’t provide instant results and gratification.

VIDEO | Included:

Congress hadn’t done much worth celebrating in recent years. Its members have largely been lawmakers in name only as legislating has ground to a near halt. But this week, to address skyrocketing costs for renters and potential homeowners alike, the House joined the Senate to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the most sweeping housing law in decades.

Leave it to President Donald Trump to completely ruin the mood. Trump abruptly canceled Wednesday’s planned signing ceremony for the law because he’s angry the Senate hasn’t passed his misnamed SAVE America Act...

• Trump’s petulance changed the lesson to a reminder of why legislative wins are so rare these days.:

Jun. 25, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Carney takes questions after Parliament rises for summer

VIDEO | News - LIVE:

PM Carney expected to face tough questions as Spring session of Parliament concludes: Mulcair

June 25, 2026 - 51 minutes ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iHpE4gPgHE

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Mark Carney's plan to bulk-buy unsold Vancouver condos might be a bailout, but it doesn't have to be

Canada-B.C. partnership to convert more than 2,200 unsold condos into affordable housing

People need affordable homes, and thousands of empty condos in British Columbia are waiting to be sold. The federal government has an idea to help with both: Prime Minister Mark Carney is partnering with the B.C. government to convert vacant condos into affordable housing units.

Carney has said he's "leveraging financial tools" to increase the housing supply, but Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre skewered the scheme as "bailout" for big developers and "a transfer of wealth from the have-nots to the have-yachts." And he's not the only critic.

The public doesn't know enough about how the government plans to acquire more than 2,200 unsold units in B.C.,.

WATCH | Ottawa and B.C. have a housing plan:

• How do you sell condos if no one can afford to buy?:

CHART | Condo prices in Vancouver:

• Is this a bailout?:

WATCH | What leaders in Vancouver's development industry think:

• Plan part of 'broader toolkit,':
• How do you buy more for less?:

WATCH | Developers try selling condos in bulk:

Read More:

Posted: Jun 25, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

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Key CUSMA deadline looms amid ongoing trade tensions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw1XU7coHhY

BY: - #BNNBloomberg #Canadiannews #Businessnews -

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hi! This is a first for me today. No aches, pain, or discomfort of any kind. I pray that today be a safe and productive day for all, on this day, the 24th of June 2026. May the Great Spirit bless. Let us pause for a moment to meditate and pray for the victims caught up in those Biblical Proportion storms and fires north and south of us.

Discussion: THE GREAT HEALING:

Of which, to my recollection of how the Revelation explains it, it would be of BIBLICAL PROPORTION ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES, massive, numerous wild fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and, this year, more volcanic activity 📓💦⛈️⚡️💨🌊🌋🌪️🔥I think we may be experiencing more today compared to the previous 7 decades since I been on this planet, more so, than I can remember in my life. Add to that the COVID-19 pandemic, the current Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus, and the pestilence left behind by war and other mass death events.

If I'm understanding my Bible correctly, I don't know when, according to Revelation, the era of the antichrist and the beginning of the thousand-year reign will occur. The antichrist on a grand scale began with the NAZIs. But I would guess that the first, most destructive war in terms of collateral and human destruction in history, in my opinion, would be World War I.

Where are we now on that evolutionary scale? My guess is we are in the Anti-Christ era of Revelation, just before Satan, Antichrist, those who do the opposite of the teachings of the man named Jesus, who is the Christ. The Son of the Creator. Now, this is only my explanation of what I see in my mind. And we have a good fill-in for that character, I don't know about The Antichrist himself, or just a FAT ORANGE WANNABEE Christ... Psycho, dementia, tertiary syphilis, take your pick.

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Question: Seven angels and the seven bowls, Revelation's Bible

AI Overview

In the Book of Revelation, the seven bowls (or vials) represent the final, ultimate outpouring of God's wrath upon the unrepentant earth at the close of the tribulation. Administered by seven angels, these devastating plagues mirror and culminate the earlier seal and trumpet judgments.

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Bible Revelations: devastation of biblical proportions

AI Overview

The devastation described in the Book of Revelation is an apocalyptic sequence of divine judgments and cataclysms. Designed to purge the world of sin, it escalates from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to severe ecological disasters and global plagues that claim a massive portion of humanity.

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Question: "Battle of Armageddon"

*Wikipedia:*

is the prophesied gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, according to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible

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EU agreement on arms acquisition without u.s.

The European Union is pushing to build its strategic autonomy by implementing aggressive "Buy European" clauses that lock American defense contractors out of major military procurement projects. Driven by rising threat levels and changing transatlantic dynamics, this move marks a dramatic pivot away from long-standing reliance on U.S.-supplied weaponry.

Carney says Canada is looking to join major European military buildup by July 1

'By Canada Day we'd like to see something concrete there,' PM tells Power & Politics - CBC -

Posted: May 27, 2025 4:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 27, 2025

WE ARE THE ONES BRINGING ALL THIS SUFFERING AND MISERY UPON OURSELVES JUST BY REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES OR DOING NOTHING TO CHANGE THE PATERN.

GROUND HOG DAY?

The spell can be broken if WE stand as one, and WE, THE PEOPLE SAY, LOUDLY!...

THAT BALL OF 💩 STOPS HERE!

What is happening, I believe, is a test. Are we so SHEEPLE as not to HEED those warnings? We don't have to follow those footsteps; we didn't during the Hippie era and the Vietnam War. The Hippies, the Flower Children, helped bring peace! Yes, the rock and rollers, love-ins, also smoke-ins, we were the defiant, not much different than you kids nowadays, Grandchildren, bless your heart, and just make the best choice you can, what comes from the heart. Care for one another.

There's a lot more of us, We the People, those with still enough sanity to tell right from wrong and a heart and soul that is still intact. You have a chance to survive the Orange DUMMY in charge and his screwball DUNCE Brigade, (‿ˠ‿)💋 CADETS and MAGAts 🐛 in charge. LOCK HIM 🧒 UP!

That will be about it for the Newsroom intro. and the discussion of the day. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

The new power broker: How Zohran Mamdani muscled NYC’s Democratic establishment

New York — Outside Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s primary night party, four men on the sidewalk were dressed in full neon sequins, trying to get the party started. Inside, the bar had barely opened. Espaillat spent 20 years trying to get to Washington and another 10 years in Congress. He arrived to give his concession speech and left in under 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, the real party was going on about three miles away. That’s where Zohran Mamdani was completing his victory lap of three celebrations with candidates who likely would not have gotten near Congress without his endorsements, just a year after he stunned the political world by beating Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary.

“We are showing that last June, a year ago tomorrow, was not an anomaly,” Mamdani said. “It was not the end. It was the beginning.”...

• How Mamdani targeted two Democratic incumbents:
• Frayed relationships beyond Tuesday night:

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Updated Jun 24, 2026, 8:49 AM ET - 48 min ago

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Congress passes largest housing affordability bill in a generation

A landmark housing affordability bill is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk after winning overwhelming support in Congress this week, setting the stage for the most sweeping federal housing package in a generation.

The bill aims to tackle America’s housing affordability crisis primarily through encouraging more supply, including of manufactured homes; and through encouraging local governments to reform zoning and permitting restrictions. The bill also includes a first-of-its-kind limit on private equity by prohibiting large investors from buying single-family homes.

A rare bipartisan effort, the bill reflects a growing recognition in Congress that the high cost of living is squeezing Americans and putting homeownership, long a cornerstone of the American dream, increasingly out of reach...

Trump has said he plans to sign the bill into law.

• Tapping into frustration with private equity:
• A win for manufactured housing:
• An attempt to ease zoning and permitting rules:
• Repairing aging homes:
• More to come?:

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PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2026, 7:33 PM ET - 14 hr ago

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Tucker Carlson says he’s abandoning the GOP. That should terrify Trump.

Israel is becoming a wedge issue on the right. Carlson says Trump is on the wrong side of it.

Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson says that because of his fury over President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, he won’t vote for the Republican Party in the midterm elections. Trump should be terrified: Carlson’s defection from the party is precisely the kind of intra-MAGA blow that could demobilize Republican voters ahead of November.

In an interview with the “Can’t be Censored” podcast that aired Thursday, Carlson said, “There’s no chance I would support the Republican Party” this fall because he cannot back “a political party that’s not loyal to the United States, that puts the interest of a foreign country above those of its own citizens.” The country Carlson is referring to is Israel. And while his argument is not accurate, it taps into a narrative that has a lot of potency on the right.

• Carlson’s increasingly hostile position toward the GOP is dangerous for the party’s midterm prospects:

Jun. 24, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

TURNCOATS are the worst enemy one can have. But Trumpo The Typo uses a city bus to fix that problem. "Read all about it!" The newspaper boy shouts. "Man gets run over by city bus!" the boy shouts again, holding up the paper for passersby to peek at.

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Trump threatened new tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. What if other countries follow suit?

Tolls pose 'huge threat' to international waterways and freedom of shipping, analysts say

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tolls in the Strait of Hormuz last weekend, sparking worries that the practice of charging to pass through critical waterways could spread — with devastating consequences to the global economy.

Iran has blocked the strait for much of the war that began this February when the U.S. and Israel first attacked. Iran is only granting passage to certain ships after reportedly charging tolls as high as $2 million US. Iran's ability to leverage the strait has hurt the U.S. and its allies in part because one fifth of the world's oil passes through it and the closure has caused steep hikes in gas prices.

Last weekend, Trump threatened to impose American tolls on the waterway if a peace deal isn't reached in 60 days, saying the money would be for "services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East." ...

WATCH | What the U.S. and Iran's deal means for the Strait of Hormuz:

• Several chokepoints at risk: expert:

* 'Opening up a Pandora's box

WATCH | Analysis of the Strait of Hormuz and the economy:

• U.S., China push to control vital waterways:

Posted: Jun 24, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Same old s**t can 💩🥫 just a different outhouse 🛖

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Feds push to have 3 projects in Canada's North declared developments of national interest

A highway, a deep water port and nuclear waste storage facility could be considered under the Build Canada Act

The Liberal government wants a highway, a deep water port and nuclear waste storage facility in Canada's North to be listed as projects of national interest.

Ministers in Yellowknife announced Wednesday that the government is "initiating the process toward potential listing" of the Mackenzie Valley Highway Project, the Grays Bay Road and Port Project and a Deep Geological Repository as projects of national interest.

The Mackenzie Valley and Grays Bay projects, which were referred to the Major Projects Office (MPO) in March, could be named to the list of projects of national interest as early as the fall, government officials said Wednesday...

New N.W.T. highway set to be Carney government's 1st national interest project: sources

Premier expects N.W.T. will break ground on $1.65B Mackenzie Valley Highway in next 2 to 3 years

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Posted: Jun 24, 2026 10:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Mackenzie Valley Highway construction could start in under 3 years says N.W.T. Premier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fumomFJwC4

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Morning, everyone! I'll be brief this morning, I have an appointment at 11:00 AM, so that kind of messes up the usual things I do. So, we changed our plans to run some other errands at the same time, and while we're out, we'll have lunch at the hot dog wagon at Canadian Tire. That's the highlight of the day. "Hear that, stomach? Now don't mess it up on me, belly snake!" Yeah, sure, Chief Belly Snake 🪶🫄🐍...😕😂

One of these days, when the King of Shmucmarica gets dethroned, there will once again be joy and glee, time for song and dance, and to dream the American Dream, or any dream again, all nations as one, Mexico, Canada, and all other countries where justice, love, caring, empathy, and happiness reign supreme. And everyone is out dancing in the sunshine on Main Street. Then I may return to my fairy land or my idea of heaven. Maybe go back to my storytelling, like when I began, telling stories in a bar on Karaoke night.

"We'll Sing In The Sunshine" 1966

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9gb9ZEvMs

Or how about;

Rainbow Stew ... Merle Haggard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhGJ0gVW13o

By the way, I LOVED LAST NIGHT'S POSITIVE NEWS FROM RACHEL MADDOW ON MS NOW 9:00 PM NEWS

"YOU GO, EARTH ANGELS!!!"

✊☮️VIVE LA RESISTANCE ☮️✊

See you all later! I pray you all have a better day than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better. May the Great Spirit bless.

Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News. Please check back later.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

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Question: What is RESISTANCE?

🔹AI Overview

Resistance broadly means the act of opposing, fighting back against, or refusing to accept something. It also refers to the capacity to withstand force, disease, or electrical current.

The concept applies specifically across several fields:

• General/Social: The refusal to accept changes, or fighting back against an opposing force or authority. (e.g., “There is strong resistance to the new tax laws.

MY COMMENT: Today, it is resisting the unfair removal of laws and services that were meant to protect and accommodate all the people. Now it serves only one. One demented waddly Fn. old duck in diapers, defecating all over everything he touches. The Midas 💩 touch.

• Physics:

• Biology & Medicine:

• Military & Politics:

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SAYONARA

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Morning, everyone. Well, it's a damp, drippy, and cloudy day, but it was still nice to sit by my patio table under the balcony deck above me, which kept me sheltered from the rain. I sat there in silent meditation with steaming coffee in hand, listening to the silence broken only by the faint hissing and dripping of light raindrops on the leaves of the trees across from our balcony, The Tree House 🏡

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

STRESS AND EFFECT:

Let us begin with Strees and GERD

My Personal Experience With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

I've been thinking about my stomach problem, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). I strongly suspected that stress can set off the symptoms of GERD. I found them and their link to stress in a Google Search discussing the symptoms of GERD. My gastroenterologist strongly agreed. The keyword seems to be STRESS. The really bad stomach attacks feel like a cobra twisting and tying itself in knots. It's not a very nice feeling, some days worse than others. I am becoming more convinced that the days when I get a lot of "worming around" in my stomach, not like the extreme GERD, just an annoying level of nausea, like a low background rumble of thunder on and off ALL DAY, the possibility of coming my way, can be aggravated by stress .

The annoying level is like a big worm worming its way along, that's stress-related. Now I need to know when that grenade is going to roll under the door. I have to either prevent it from going under the door, catch it and throw it back before it explodes, or just not be present when it goes off. Undue negative feelings that I emit are reflected to me like Karma is the pitcher 🫳⚾️ of the day. Not to be mistaken for a pitcher 🖼️or a 🍶of milk.*_

I NEED TO LEARN WHEN I allow a situation to become volatile and could trigger a response by me that is stressful without realizing it until later. My raised voice, expressing frustration and anger in invective, is triggered by things that bother me, but I need to know why I allow such a response. If I do feel emotional about something, I need to learn to set it aside for later inspection and evaluation before I respond with vituperation.

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Question: What is STRESS and EFFECT?

🔹AI Overview:

Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences, challenges, or demands. The effect refers to the resulting changes—such as headaches, anxiety, or high blood pressure—that this stress triggers in your body, mind, and behavior.

The Stress Response

When faced with a challenge or danger, your brain activates a "fight-or-flight" mechanism.

• Brain & Hormones:
• Physical Reaction:

Common Effects of Stress

While short-term stress can be a positive force that motivates you, chronic (long-term) stress can have severe effects:

• Physical Effects:

Headaches, muscle tension, fatigue, *digestive issues, and a weakened immune system.

ME. It affects me mentally, slowing my mental processes, like trying to think through quicksand or molasses, but then pain or extreme discomfort drains all my energy away as well.

• Mental Effects:
• Emotional Effects: Irritability, mood swings, feelings of being overwhelmed, and anxiety.
• Behavioral Effects:

Managing Stress

If left unmanaged, the long-term effects of stress can increase the risk of serious health problems like heart disease and depression...

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That's about it for today, folks. Thank you for dropping by to visit and read the Tree House News 🏡

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TOP BREAKING NEWS June 22, 2026:

Tornadoes kill 3 in the Midwest, Plains as storm threat shifts east

An outbreak of tornadoes killed at least two people and left a path of destruction in Illinois and Indiana on Sunday after a tornado earlier in the day killed a person in Kansas.

Nearly three dozen tornado reports were logged by the Storm Prediction Center in Illinois and Indiana, as supercell thunderstorms roared across the region.

CHART | Included: Where recent tornadoes have been reported

• Deadly tornadoes hit Illinois, Kansas
• Storm threat pushes East on Monday

MAP | Included: Today's severe thunderstorm risk

MAP | Included: Today's flooding rainfall risk

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Updated Jun 22, 2026, 9:02 AM ET - 1 hr 7 min ago

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China hits back at U.S. sanctions on tech giants, restricting its exports to American defense firms

The 10 companies include military drone makers and some involved in rare earth mining.

BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday announced sanctions on 10 American military-related companies in response to a recent U.S. move that bars some leading Chinese tech companies from defense contracts.

The Commerce Ministry said that Chinese companies would be blocked from exporting "dual-use" items to the 10 companies, which include military drone makers and some involved in rare earth mining. Dual use refers to goods that can have military as well as non-military applications.

The ministry said the export ban was both to safeguard China's national security and in response to what it called the U.S. government's "wrongful expansion of its so-called List of Chinese Military Companies."...

• Private Chinese companies considering selling Iran anti-aircraft missiles:

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Jun 22, 2026, 4:36 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Gas prices and new incentives sparking more EV sales

EV sales are up 20.8 percent in the first four months of 2026 compared to last year

After months of sluggish sales, electric vehicles are getting a boost from high gas prices and renewed government incentives. EV sales have climbed since January, when the Liberal government restored incentives, and just before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, sparking a Middle East war that sent gas prices soaring.

According to Statistics Canada data, Canadians bought 8,672 new EVs in January. That rose to 12,547 in February and 21,574 in March, before dipping down to 17,795 in April. Taken together, EV sales in the first four months of 2026 were up 20.8 percent compared to the same period in 2025...

WATCH | Automakers hoping EV rebate can revive sales:

• Sales rise after slow 2025:

CHART | Included: EV sales in Canada

• Canadians interested in low-cost Chinese EVs:

WATCH | Test driving Chinese EVs in Mexico City:

Analysis

For Chinese automakers, markets like Canada are more important than ever

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Posted: Jun 21, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: Jun 21

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A white nationalist group visiting Canadian locations is trying to normalize extremism, says a former neo-Nazi

'They're tapping into the crisis in masculinity that already exists,' says Vancouver-based anti-hate activist

WARNING: This story contains distressing content, including racist language.

A former neo-Nazi says white nationalist groups often raise local issues in an effort to gain legitimacy, promoting extremist ideas and trying to recruit new members in the process.

Tony McAleer, now a Vancouver-based anti-hate activist, spoke to CBC News after Second Sons Canada's two recent northern Ontario visits. "It's nothing new. It's about covering yourself in the cloak of respectability, and it's part of an overall strategy, which has been around for decades, called 'mainstreaming,'" he said.

FRONT BURNER:

Fascist fight clubs are growing across Canada

"Just more dead Canadian kids."

• 'They're not original':
• 'It's easy to get seduced':
• Balancing freedom of expression:

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Posted: Jun 22, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Sure ya, Mother Truckin bunch of marauding Goose Steppers, ya think ya can just take over, eh? When WE, THE PEOPLE OF CANADA, FOUGHT AND GAVE OUR LIVES TO STAY FREE OF HATEFUL, MARAUDING DICTATORS AND DUNCE CADET GESTAPOS. Gas chambers converted to showers to wash the 💩 off these cockroaches 🪳 NO NEED TO WASTE GAS (‿ˠ‿) 💨 Concentration camps 🛖🛖🛖🛖are what we should use to keep these Nazis locked up to rot.

White nationalist group condemned for memorial stunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-c8M3q_BO4

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, everyone 🌅🌺🌸🍃🌳🦜. I pray all is well with you. On this first day of summer, it's another beautiful, bright, sunny morning, so peaceful, the only sound is the tweeting of birds, here at the Treee House. The temps have finally caught up to what June temps are supposed to be 🙃 🥳 Soon, it will be July, and to me, after June has gone by, the rest of the summer drops like a rock from a 50-ft bridge into the water below. The stone is picking up speed every foot it drops. If you're the stone, the best you can hope for is to make as big a splash as you can before leaving the show, then come back with a hat with long plume in hand and bow before your audience, dripping all over the stage, "WHAT THE HELL, WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE!," the bridge jumper shouts, jumping up and down with her pom poms.

Wow, I really let loose on yesterday's news! I felt I had to release the truth, at least as I saw it; I simply had the time to put all the pieces together as coherently and clearly as possible, without equal judgment of both sides, as I see it. With due respect for the law of all laws in The Law of The Physical Universe, I was a bit of a firebrand yesterday, but I was speaking my truth from my heart, not on some proverbial balance.

It's not about the weight of the gold, it's about the weight of its true value in the holder's hands, both spiritually and physically. Does it sit heavy or light inside? Like sharing it with Those In Need, to helping them be productive again. In my case, I do my best to analyze and if needed, research, and then share that knowledge that may be of value to someone. Then I make my choice, make the sign of the cross, and hope for the best, and proceed to write; that's the scientific method of theory and proof. I'm a good student of Professor Brian Cox 😁😉

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

AN UPDATE ON ONTARIO HEALTH CARE:

Ontario's Primary Care Action Plan: next steps in Budget 2026

Learn how we are continuing to expand primary care through the 2026 Ontario Budget.

On This Page:

1. Overview: Primary Care Action Team

2. Status Update: Primary Care Action Plan Exceeding Targets

3. Ontario Budget 2026: Primary Care Investment Grows to $3.4 billion

4. Successful Applicants for the 2026–27 Call for Proposals Selected

5. Next Steps: Primary Care Action Plan

6. Current State: Electronic Medical Records in Primary Care

7. Ontario's Primary Care Medical Record System

8. Benefits of the Primary Care Medical Record System

9. Next Steps

The Ministry, in collaboration with Ontario Health and Supply Ontario, will conduct an open competitive procurement process to establish a Vendor of Record arrangement.

As a next step, prior to issuing a Request for Bids, Supply Ontario will conduct a Market Sounding, inviting vendors to participate in informal, non-binding discussions to better understand:

• The current market landscape, including the range of available digital solutions

• Overall market capacity and capability and organizational readiness

• The number of vendors interested in supporting a Primary Care Medical Record system

- Ontario•ca -

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BREAKING NEWS:

While Trump is doing this...

US-Iran talks: Lebanon conflict and nuclear issues are top priorities as meetings begin

Delegations from both sides and mediators are meeting in Switzerland as fighting in Lebanon threatens to derail agreement.

Here's the latest

• Talks begin: High-stakes talks between the US and Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, are underway in Switzerland. As he greeted dignitaries in the mountain resort of Bürgenstock, Vice President JD Vance said the US is willing to “fundamentally transform” relations with Tehran. Solidifying a ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran’s nuclear program are among the top priorities for today’s meetings.

• In Lebanon:

• Strait of Hormuz:

Read More:

26 min ago

Israel and Lebanon sidelined in Iran negotiations

More To Read:

Updated 10:21 AM EDT, Sun June 21, 2026

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The result of Iran's defying Trump The Typo's Vanity

How Trump’s Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms

Democrats say the president started an economically painful war that resulted in nothing positive. Republicans are more divided, even as they show some signs of relief at falling gas prices

President Trump’s fragile agreement with Iran has introduced a new variable into this year’s midterm elections. Democratic candidates have assailed the agreement, arguing that the president accepted unfavorable terms to try to end an unnecessary war that hurt the economy. Republicans have been more divided.

Some, eager to turn the page on the unpopular war, are hailing falling gas prices and praising Mr. Trump for weakening Iran’s military capabilities, while others are expressing doubts about whether the president is likely to achieve the goals he set out to accomplish with the war.

Although the long-term durability of the accord was unclear — Iran claimed Saturday...

With Strait of Hormuz held hostage, Trump’s Iran deal is worse than Obama’s

Mr. Trump has contended that the war remade the Middle East in America’s favor and protected Israel from nuclear obliteration. “Iran got away with ‘murder’ for 47 years,” he wrote Saturday on social media.

Mr. Booker. Added, some Republicans are saying “enough is enough,” describing the deal as a “catastrophic capitulation,” leaving the US with no show for a war killing at least 13 troops and driving prices higher for everything

• More on the Fighting in the Middle East:

June 21, 2026

Updated June 21, 2026 - 5:34 a.m. ET

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CANADIAN NEWS:

U.S. tariffs go easy on Alberta. That lets separatists go harder on Canada

On tariff impact, political response and more, Alberta became an outlier

Several factors have triggered concern in some corners of the country about the role the United States may play in Alberta’s upcoming referendum on separation. They range from a Trump cabinet secretary’s remarks, to administration meetings with separatists, to the spectre of U.S.-based foreign influence campaigns.

But what if the biggest lift Washington gave to the independence movement was done in plain sight and through official policy channels, even though it was likely inadvertent and an indirect boost? We’re talking about tariffs — or, namely the lack of them against the province now eyeing a divorce with Canada...

• Let’s unpack this.
• Fueling the way:

SCALE | Included: Effective US tariff rates by province

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a recent conference on trade that people shouldn't 'freak out' at Trump's threats on trade.

SCALE | Included: Canadians' U.S. travel plummet - but not everywhere

Jeffrey Rath is a lead spokesperson for the Alberta separatist movement, and has shown favour online for U.S. President Donald Trump.

Read More:

Posted: Jun 21, 2026 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

DUNCE CADET TRUMPO THE TYPO DIAPER KISSER_

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Gas prices and new incentives sparking more EV sales

EV sales are up 20.8 per cent in the first four months of 2026 compared to last year

After months of sluggish sales, electric vehicles are getting a boost from high gas prices and renewed government incentives. EV sales have climbed since January, when the Liberal government restored incentives, and just before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, sparking a Middle East war that sent gas prices soaring.

According to Statistics Canada data, Canadians bought 8,672 new EVs in January. That rose to 12,547 in February and 21,574 in March, before dipping down to 17,795 in April...

WATCH | Automakers hoping EV rebate can revive sales:

• Sales rise after slow 2025:
• CHART | Included EV sales in Canada:
• Canadians interested in low-cost Chinese EVs

WATCH | Test driving Chinese EVs in Mexico City:

For Chinese automakers, markets like Canada are more important than ever

Posted: Jun 21, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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How are gas prices affecting electric vehicle sales?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-VJ5CxRkUM&t=47s