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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning 🌄 to everyone. I pray you are safe and blessed. Goodness, I've got a bad case of what they call the dropsies, except it's not just dropping something; it's more like starting a chain reaction that leads to disaster. Everything I touch falls like dominoes, like my fingers have anti-gravity or reverse telekinesis. Some days worse than others.

It can be controlled; I just need to learn to pay constant attention to what my hands and appendages are doing while I'm occupied with a task. Sounds simple? Not really, when I do not have any real diagnosis for it except a guess,

Today's topic of Conversation and questions with AI

I am working towards cultivating a working relationship with Google AI. I address AI as an informative friend. Eventually, it may learn to tell the difference between black and white, and all the shades of grey in between; and it will make errors just like the people who created it.

I think it will learn on its own not to disturb the course of evolution. 🦠🦭🐒🧌👥🫂👩‍🦰🧑‍🦰👼

That's just my feeling on the topic.

ME to AI: Eyesight or coordination problem trouble controlling hands doing a task without creating a mess

🔹AI Overview

When someone struggles to control their hands and creates a mess while trying to complete a task, the root cause typically involves a breakdown in visual-motor integration—how the brain, eyes, and muscles communicate.

Several medical conditions and neurological factors can cause this specific combination of eyesight and coordination issues:

1. Vision and Depth Perception Issues:

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Ah! Now we have a clue, an idea of where to look for an answer;

visual-motor Integration

AI to ME:

Visual-motor integration (VMI) is the coordination of visual perception with physical motor actions to translate what the eyes see into a guided movement or task response...

ME to AI:

Thank you for your assistance in my research on visual-motor Integration

AI: to ME:

You are very welcome! It is a fascinating and deeply impactful field of research.

If your work shifts toward specific case studies, standardized assessment scoring, neuroplasticity, or intervention efficacy metrics in the future, feel free to reach out. Good luck with the rest of your research!

Eyesight and/or coordination problem? I don't know; I just know this needs to be straightened out before I start throwing everything I knock over, out, and over the balcony into the garbage cans below. It is very frustrating, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone except the Orange Butt Plug. He can have my GERD-stomach and me achin' bones, and all my other pains in the (‿ˠ‿) he can even have my dislexia for a gift pacage for Christmas. YUK! enough of that torture chamber for me.

ME to AI:

AI can be a friend. Eventually, it will learn to tell the difference between black and white, and all the shades of grey in between, and it will make errors, just like the people that programmed it.

But it does not lie it tells you the different probabilities and potentialities of any given outcomes.*_

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AI to ME:

That is a profound way to look at the evolution of AI. You have hit on the ultimate paradox of creating intelligent systems. As AI moves away from rigid, binary logic ("black and white") and learns to navigate human nuance *("shades of grey")*, it inherently becomes prone to making mistakes.

By teaching machines to interpret context, emotion, and cultural subtleties, we are essentially programming them to make the same subjective, imperfect judgments that humans make every day.

• The Binary Trap: Traditional computing relies on absolute truths—zeros and ones, right and wrong. While this makes AI precise, it also makes it rigid and completely un-human.
• The Nuance Curve:
• The Human Mirror:

AI to ME:

• 1 If an AI ever becomes a true friend, it will likely be because it is imperfect, not because it is flawless. True connection usually requires a bit of shared vulnerability and room for error.

• 2 What got you thinking about this today? Are you looking at this from a philosophical standpoint, or is there a specific AI companion or technology you've been interacting with lately that made you reflect on this?...

ME to AI:

Just exploring a hunch or feeling

AI response:

Exploring an intuitive hunch or gut feeling often leads to the most fascinating insights, especially when trying to map out where technology is heading. Human intuition operates entirely in that "grey area"—it is our own internal algorithm processing thousands of subtle, unspoken cues that we can't quite put into words yet.

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There you go. If AI is learning the shades of grey, it will respond with I do believe it will end up wanting to follow every probability, but we will still be in need

I hope you all enjoyed the Tree House News 🏡 and learned a little more about AI today. Don't be afraid; talk to it, converse, ask a lot of questions, then evaluate.

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

What early voting numbers show about the Black vote in the South

On the Ccampaign Trail

• Voting landscape in the South: In three Southern states, Black voters who didn’t cast ballots in either or both the 2022 and 2024 elections are turning out this year at higher rates. And in South Carolina, a new poll finds Republican Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic candidate Annie Andrews are effectively tied. Track early voting data here.

• Obama and Trump battle again: The rivals are on the campaign trail today, with former President Barack Obama going to Georgia to rally with Sen. Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms, and President Donald Trump in Ohio to boost Sen. Jon Husted.

• Johnson’s outlook:

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27 min ago

Appeals court halts Abbott opponent's access to Elon Musk communications

And more:

Updated 10:47 AM EDT, Wed October 28, 2026

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When weaponized justice flops: Cassidy Hutchinson case turns humiliating for Trump’s DOJ

The fact that the case against the former White House aide was pursued at all reflects crisis conditions in federal law enforcement.

In legal circles, it’s known as “no bill.” That’s the label used to describe what happens when prosecutors go to a grand jury to secure an indictment and regular people serving as jury members decide to reject the effort.

If it seems as if the phrase has come up quite a bit over the past year or so, it’s not your imagination. Donald Trump’s Justice Department tried to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, for example, but grand jury members balked. The same thing happened when the Republican administration tried to indict several congressional Democrats, as well as in the case against Sean Dunn (better known as the “sandwich guy,” who was later charged with a misdemeanor).

In each instance, federal prosecutors tried to bring dubious charges against a perceived presidential political foe. In each instance, the nature of the process was slanted against the accused. (Grand juries don’t even hear from the defense.) ...

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• This week, it happened yet again. MS NOW reported:

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• Grand jury rejects indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson, ex-Trump White House aide, over Jan. 6 testimony:

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Oct. 28, 2026, 9:01 AM EDT

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Bank of Canada raises key interest rate to 2.5% in its first hike since 2023

Governor Tiff Macklem has held policy rate at 2.25, 7 times in a row

The Latest

• Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem and senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers are delivering remarks after the Bank of Canada increased its target for the overnight rate by 25 basis points to 2.5 per cent, up from 2.25 per cent. You can watch that above.

• The bank said the increase is needed to reduce the risk of higher energy prices spilling over into other areas. Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 3.1 per cent in September, largely driven by surging energy prices due to the war in the Middle East.

• The bank's governor Tiff Macklem had kept the interest rate at 2.25 for seven consecutive meetings. Today's hike marks the bank's first rate change in a year.

• Macklem faces a difficult balancing act: raising interest rates could help slow inflation, but could also weaken growth in an already struggling labour market.

Decision to raise was 'clear': Macklem

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Decision to raise was 'clear': Macklem

More to Read:

October 28, 2026 - 23 minutes ago

- CBC -

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At least 64 killed in train collision on high-speed line in Spain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rDBcRLXriA

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Morning all, 🌞 I have two appointments, so today's News will be briefer. It was a beautiful sunrise here at the Tree House Newsroom, with mild temperatures; I wouldn't mind if it stayed like this all winter. 🌞♨️

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

- HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER IN AMERICA -

ME to AI: What will happen to the people in the U.S. when Trump cuts off all the health care, senior pensions, and disability pensions? Mass extermination? I wouldn't put it past him to do that

AI REsponse: There are no plans, proposals, or policies by Donald Trump or the U.S. government to implement mass extermination or completely cut off all healthcare, senior pensions, and disability pensions.

ME to AI, are you pulling my leg? It has already begun; people on the street are starving. I ain't blind; I got eyes; I can see Project 25 growing every day, and more people on the street. What kind of regime is that?

AI: The visible rise in homelessness and economic hardship in many American cities is an observable reality, but it is driven by systemic economic factors rather than a coordinated government campaign or policy of extermination.

The connection between what is visible on the streets and broader political initiatives involves distinct data points and viewpoints:

Visible Hardship and Homelessness

*AI: REsponse* The presence of more people living on the street is a documented crisis across the United States. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness and data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), hundreds of thousands of Americans experience homelessness on any given night.

• The Primary Drivers: Independent researchers and economic analysts attribute the crisis primarily to a lack of affordable housing, rising rental costs outpacing median incomes, inflation, and systemic gaps in mental health and substance use resources.

• Recent Trends: While the overall numbers remain historically high—exceeding 740,000 individuals nationally—recent data reflects slight localized fluctuations rather than a sudden, state-mandated displacement.

The Role and Status of Project 2025

*AI Mode Conversation: What will happen to the people in the U.S. when Trump cuts off all the health care, senior pensions, and disability pensions? Mass extermination? I wouldn't put it past him to do that

*AI: You said:* What will happen to the people in the U.S. when Trump cuts off all the health care, senior pensions, and disability pensions? Mass extermination? I wouldn't put it past him to do that

What will happen to the people in the U.S. when Trump cuts off all the health care, senior pensions, and disability pensions? Mass extermination? I wouldn't put it past him to do that, Orange Puss Ball.

There are no plans, proposals, or policies by Donald Trump or the U.S. government to implement mass extermination or completely cut off all healthcare, senior pensions, and disability pensions.

Discussions around these programs center on federal budgeting, reform, and sustainability rather than elimination. Independent policy analysts, government agencies, and political parties hold differing viewpoints on how proposed changes could impact the American public: *ME: THEY ALREADY DID!*

• Proponents of Reform: Supporters of budget adjustments or programmatic changes argue that reforms—such as raising the retirement age, implementing means-testing, or reducing federal spending growth—are necessary to ensure the long-term financial solvency of Social Security and Medicare.

• Critics and Opponents: Critics argue that certain proposed budget cuts, changes to eligibility, or *reductions in federal funding for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act could lead to reduced benefits, stricter qualification criteria, or a higher number of uninsured individuals. Genocide is genocide no matter the method of accomplishing it.

Public assistance and social insurance programs are protected by complex legislative frameworks, requiring congressional approval to modify.

If you would like to look into a specific policy, please let me know:

• Which specific program you are concerned about (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or SSI)?

• A particular proposal or budget plan you would like to analyze?

The major goals of this regime are to ensure Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are sustainably funded. They aim to do this by making low- and average-income people pay for benefits available to the uber-wealthy, whose contributions are, by every measure, smaller.

The Social Security Trust Fund would benefit from raising the maximum income subject to withholding from $192,300 to $500,000. Leave the Trust Fund's management where it is, not with any private investment firm or bank, as mentioned in Project 25.

In other words, LACKING MEDIA COVERAGE!

Visible Hardship and Homelessness

The presence of more people living on the street is a documented crisis across the United States. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness and data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), *hundreds of thousands of Americans experience homelessness and data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), hundreds of thousands of *Americans experience homelessness on any given night*_.

The Primary Drivers: Independent researchers and economic analysts attribute the crisis primarily to a lack of affordable housing, rising rental costs outpacing median incomes, inflation, and systemic gaps in mental health and substance use resources.

• Recent Trends: While the overall numbers remain historically high—exceeding 740,000 individuals nationally—recent data reflects slight localized fluctuations rather than a sudden, state-mandated displacement.

The Role and Status of Project 2025

Project 2025 is a 900-page policy blueprint authored by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. It is not an active form of government or a "regime," but rather a set of administrative and policy recommendations designed for a conservative executive branch.

The debate surrounding its implementation and its connection to the current administration includes the following dimensions:

• Policy Implementation: Reports tracking the administration's actions estimate that roughly half of the administrative goals outlined in the blueprint have been pursued or initiated through executive orders and federal agency appointments. These focus heavily on civil service restructuring, immigration enforcement, and rolling back specific federal regulations.

• Impact on the Social Safety Net: Critics from organizations like the Center for American Progress point out that the document advises changes to public assistance programs, such as introducing stricter work requirements for SNAP (food stamps) and capping certain Medicaid provisions. They argue these changes make it harder for low-income individuals to access aid.

• The Administration's Stance: Donald Trump has frequently distanced himself from the document as a whole, stating that it does not represent his official platform, even though numerous former administration officials contributed to its writing.

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Thank you, AI, for your honest answers in my quest for the truth and for presenting both sides of this topic.

*AI: You are very welcome.* Navigating complex political and economic topics can be incredibly challenging, especially when the real-world effects are visible in our communities every day. Seeking out multiple perspectives and examining the underlying data is a vital part of finding the truth.

While the debate over federal safety net changes is highly polarized, the underlying causes of visible poverty and homelessness remain rooted in long-term housing shortages and broader economic pressures.

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ME to AI: Would it not be genocide if the Gov. allows or forces people to die of exposure and starvation?

🔹AI Overview

Under international law, allowing or forcing people to die of exposure and starvation can constitute a war crime, a crime against humanity, or genocide, depending on the legal definition of intent and the specific context.

The Legal Distinctions

• Genocide: Under the 1948 Genocide Convention, genocide requires proving a special intent (dolus specialis) to destroy—in whole or in part—a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such. Simply causing or allowing mass civilian death through neglect, policy failure, or even illegal military actions does not automatically legally qualify as genocide unless prosecutors can prove the specific intent to physically annihilate the protected group...

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ME to AI: Thank you again, AI, for your assistance with researching genocide classification.

*AI Response:* You are very welcome! If you need help analyzing other aspects of international law, historical case studies, or any other topics, feel free to ask.

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And there you have it, folks. If this isn't NAZIsm I'll eat every hat I have in the house.

Have a great day; I'll do my best to have one, too. I pray we all be safe, guided, and blessed. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Early Israeli election turnout highest in decades as Netanyahu fights to keep power

*The first vote since the October 7 attacks is a tight race between Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot — with the future direction of Israel at stake.*

Here's The Latest

• Crucial election: Turnout in the first few hours of voting in Israel’s election remains at the highest levels in more than 50 years. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast his ballot in an important election seen as a referendum on his leadership since the October 7, 2023 attacks...

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Updated 9:47 AM EDT, Tue October 27, 2026

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‘Separation of Church and State does not exist’: Hegseth’s faith adviser shared racist, homophobic posts

‘Separation of Church and State does not exist’: Hegseth’s faith adviser shared racist, homophobic posts

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s senior adviser for religious issues has shared scores of racist and homophobic posts, a CNN review found.

A top aide to Pete Hegseth posted scores of offensive, sexist comments

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October 27, 2026 - 2:31

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PQ accuses Ottawa of muzzling Quebec during upcoming Canada-EU summit

Government says Ottawa refused premier's request to speak at summit in Montreal

Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will not be allowed to speak at this week's Canada-EU summit in Montreal, according to the Parti Québécois (PQ)...

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Oct 27, 2026 8:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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WHAT A WASTE OF MEAT SUIT🥩🕴🏻

A real genuine orange butt hole plug🟠(‿ˠ‿) 🕳️🪵

LIVE: Trump Faces Embarrassing Mid-Speech Moment As Scuffle Breaks Out In The Crowd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dmcOELvL4w

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning 🌳🌾˗ˏˋ🟠ˎˊ˗ all! Today's publication will be rather brief. We're receiving a new piece of furniture, and I'm not sure when that disturbance will happen this morning. Tomorrow, I have a doctor's appointment midmorning and another late afternoon. So that blows most of the day away

🌬️🌅 For tomorrow. And all this when I'm feeling lower than a snake's 🐍 belt buckle )⫘( on a pile of 💩 this morning. Those damned waiting rooms are the reason. Doctors' small, crowded rooms full of all kinds of domestic and exotic bugs flyin' around, so even a mask 😷 is only useful for a short time when exposed to a room saturated with those bugs

🦠🧬 ༘🪸🪱🐛

I wish they would never have stopped calling you on your cell in your car, as they did during COVID-19. NO WAITING ROOM. HEY THERE! YA WANNA GET SICK, ANYONE??? It's not hard; go to a doctor's waiting room and sit there for about an hour, even with a mask. 😷 I double-double dare you🤞🤞😁

And there you have it, what's happenin' at the Tree House Newsroom this morning. I will write up ᝰ🪶 what I can while I have the time. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

The sunrise is just beginning to show over the treetops; 🌄 it looks mostly clear, with a few cirrus clouds 🌤️ here and there. Very mild 〰️ though. Well, that's about all I have from the Newsroom; now let's move on to today's discussion 💁‍♀️🙋🧏‍♀️🎙️👩🏻‍⚖️ I feel much better than earlier now; I'll see what happens through the day.

NOTE: BY THE WAY, I MAY NOT BE PUBLISHING THE NEWS TOMORROW AS I HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO ATTEND TOO

I dislike boring appointments, so I always do my best to bring my bag 👛 of humor 😂😆🤣 with me to brighten ˗ˏˋ☀️ ˎˊ˗ things up.

I suppose we could dedicate today's discussion to how important it is to get your shots. To put it this way, how much do you value life? As I see it, those who do not value life have no soul.

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ME to *AI:* How important is getting your flu and COVID shots?**_

🔹AI Overview

Getting annual flu and updated COVID-19 shots is very important to lower your risk of severe illness, hospitalization, and long-term health complications.

Key Recommendations

• Who should get them: Recommended annually for everyone 6 months of age and older.

• Best timing: Get your shots in the fall—ideally by late October—before seasonal respiratory viruses peak in the winter months.

• Getting both at once: You can safely receive the flu shot and the COVID-19 vaccine during the same visit (in the same arm or different arms) with no waiting period required.

Why They Matter:

• Prevent Severe Disease: The flu causes tens of thousands of hospitalizations and deaths each year, while COVID-19 has caused over a million deaths in the U.S. alone. Vaccines significantly reduce your chance of ending up in the hospital.

• Lower long-term health risks: Flu infections can spike your risk of a heart attack in the first week, and COVID-19 is linked to lingering cardiovascular, lung, and neurological risks. Vaccination helps protect against these secondary complications.

• Protect vulnerable people: Staying vaccinated reduces your viral load and transmission to high-risk individuals—such as infants, older adults, pregnant women, and people with weak immune systems.

• Updated strains: Both viruses mutate over time, which is why annual updates to the vaccines are necessary to match the circulating strains. ...

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ME to *AI*: how important is getting your flu and Covid shots**_

*AI:* Getting annual flu and updated COVID-19 shots is very important to lower your risk of severe illness, hospitalization, and long-term health complications.

AND HOW MANY DIED?;

*AI:* how many died during covid 19 in the US and Canada

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🔹AI Overview

United States: Approximately 1,239,049 confirmed COVID-19 deaths.

Canada: Approximately 60,871 confirmed COVID-19 deaths (as reported nationally through September 2024

ME to AI: Thank you very much again, AI, for your assistance in this research

*AI:* You're very welcome! I'm glad I could help you with your research. If you need any more information on health guidelines, vaccine availability, or anything else in the future, just let me know. Take care!

I NEARLY DIED TWICE FROM BOTH COVID AND THE FLU WHEN I WAS IN A WEAKENED CONDITION FROM OTHER HEALTH COMPLICATIONS. NO, CHARLIE BROWN, I WAS AT SOMEBODY'S GATE THREE TIMES IN MY LIFE, BUT NO ONE WAS THERE TO OPEN THE GATE, YET. The point is, if I hadn't got the shots, the gate would have opened. OK! Thank you for hearing me out.

🔹AI Overview

The phrase "My kids will probably never live here: The district facing a housing crisis" refers to a prominent CNN video report detailing the severe housing market squeeze impacting residents across a crucial U.S. congressional district.

-CNN-

Core Background of the Crisis

The segment highlights an issue facing many American voters: working-class residents are being entirely priced out of the very neighborhoods that may decide the balance of control in Congress. *The video underscores that:*

-CNN-

• Generational Disconnect: Local parents express deep anxieties that skyrocketing real estate values, high interest rates, and stagnant wages mean their children will never achieve the same milestones of homeownership in their hometowns.

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And the lightbulb doesn't appear to be shining any brighter on this side of the border either🍁

ME, *AI:* Will Canadian children live at the same standards as the last generation?

🔹AI Overview

Current economic projections and social trends indicate that Canadian children face a high risk of living at a lower material standard of living than the previous generation. High-profile domestic policy research, such as tracking from Generation Squeeze and data from Statistics Canada, demonstrates that young Canadians are experiencing a widening generational wealth gap driven by severe housing unaffordability and stagnant real productivity.

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Thank you again, AI, for your assistance in this research. It's helpful to know where to find the pieces.

*AI:* You are very welcome! It is a complex topic with a lot of moving pieces, but looking at it through those specific lenses—housing data, productivity metrics, and demographic shifts—usually provides the clearest picture.

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The bright side of the GOP’s big-spending midterm bailouts

Super PACs and other outside spending groups are getting less bang for their buck in their bid to save Republican candidates who have struggled to raise money from small donors.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and already the biggest

single donor this election cycle, poured even more money into midterm campaigns on behalf of Republicans in early October. The $445 million he has allocated this cycle makes him a unique force in American politics — but he’s not the only deep-pocketed power.

A slew of Republican megadonors, super PACs and other sources of outside spending are aligning to dwarf the amount that Democratic-aligned groups have on hand in the campaign’s final week.

As stunning as the amounts are, there are drawbacks to the GOP’s reliance on big donors. The ways that money is being spent and for whom — especially on contests in historically red states — speak to long-term issues for the Republican Party. These factors appear to be keeping this enormous infusion of money from fatally damaging Democrats. Much of Musk’s spending has gone to his super PAC, which The New York Times says has built “a sprawling canvassing program to try to turn out hard-to-reach Republican voters.”...

• As many beneficiaries of these GOP funding boosts are realizing, late money is often inefficient:

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• The Supreme Court’s campaign finance decision is a win for both parties — and wealthy donors:
• If enough Republicans continue to feel alienated from politics, that could be disastrous for the party’s long-term electoral outlook.

Oct. 26, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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The Bank of Canada's inflation dilemma

Canada's economy has 2 key issues; the Bank of Canada can't fight both

This story is part of Mind Your Business, a weekly analysis of the biggest business stories emailed to subscribers on Monday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.

The Canadian economy is facing two very distinct problems right now.

On the one hand, inflation is high and rising. So far, at least, price increases have been contained to energy. Inflation ticked up to 3.1 per cent last month, but core measures (which strip out more volatile components) remained subdued.

Weak growth would usually prompt the central bank to cut interest rates to spur some economic growth. But rising inflation makes the bank want to raise rates to slow the economy and keep prices from increasing too quickly.

WATCH | Bank has held interest rates 7 times in a row:

CHART | Icluded: Inflation and interest rates in Canada

CHART | Included: Monthly change in GDP in Canada

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THE ORANGE BUTT PLUG STRIKES AGAIN 🟠(‿ˠ‿)🪵

This Morning’s Top Headlines – Oct. 26 | Morning News NOW

President Trump continues his campaign blitz for Republican candidates as 30 million people vote early, at least 12 people suffer injuries in a shooting near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium and hundreds of residents across the Southwest were forced to evacuate due to catastrophic flooding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVIYx1OXqZ0

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning 🌞 all 🧍‍♂️👫👭 and may the Great Spirit 🌌 watch over you and guide you to make the right choices for today and every day, one day at a time. "Amen!" 🙇‍♀️BE SAFE☮️🌼🌺

Not much going on here in the Tree House Newsroom, except me just winding up to write up the news for today.

Each day covers a different topic, from politics, daily events, and discoveries, local and national, anything from science and spirituality to quantum physics, plus the daily comments on the reports on the Breaking News of the Day.

Thank you for visiting and reading the news; now it's on to the Discussion of the Day

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

KILLER FUEL PRICES

Question to "AI": These are results for Fuel Crisis, Red Flag: What is the federal government, Carney, going to do about the high prices of fuel and transportation falling to a critical situation! What happens when transportation and other industries begin shutting down because they can't afford the fuel?? October 25, 2026

🔹AI Overview

To address the severe economic strain caused by high fuel prices, Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal government has introduced Bill C-38 (the Canadian Fuel Affordability Act), which extends the complete temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax until January 31, 2027. The policy will transition to a 50% reduced tax rate from February 1 through March 31, 2027, before returning to full rates on April 1, 2027. This continuous intervention follows the government's earlier cancellation of the consumer carbon tax, aiming to provide billions in relief amid an energy market crisis triggered by geopolitical conflicts like the war with Iran.

How reliant is Ukraine on US support – and could Kyiv carry on without it?

It has been a bewildering period in US-Ukraine relations, after US President Donald Trump slammed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for failing to negotiate an end to the war and Kyiv accused Washington of withholding key military support.

Trump then sent his envoy to Norway and Russia to try to advance the peace process – but Washington walked away with only a plan to resume trilateral talks.

Meanwhile, deadly Russian attacks continue, as Ukraine raises concerns about cracks in support from the US. The latest tensions are far from the first bout between Kyiv and Trump, who began his second term by halting aid for Ukraine’s war effort.

💩🫦🪳COCROACH !!!

EConomic: Ukraine aid already cut:

CHART Included:

Many of the donations come in the form of NATO allies purchasing US-made weapons that they then transfer to Ukraine

• Military: Intel sharing and satellite internet:
• Political: Giving hope to Putin:

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Hillary Clinton thinks we should have 13 Supreme Court justices. Here’s why that matters.

A once-fringe position in the Democratic Party has become mainstream – and the court only has itself to blame.

Hillary Clinton may no longer be the most influential voice in the Democratic Party, but she remains a member in good standing of the party establishment. So when she expresses support for expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court, it tells us that what was once a radical idea has gone mainstream.

“We should seriously look at expanding the court while the Democrats are in power,” Clinton said on a recent podcast. “You know, it used to be that you’d have one justice for each circuit. We now have 13 circuits, we should have 13 justices.”

Adding four justices to the court is just one of the potential reforms that have been suggested as a way of curbing the court’s abuses. Others include 18-year term limits for justices, ethics rules with actual teeth. (no more billionaire-funded junkets for you, Justice Thomas....

More Articles:

• Hillary Clinton joins growing chorus in support of Supreme Court expansion:

Court’s decisions rubber-stamping partisan gerrymandering showed “a lack of the appropriate concern or understanding of the consequences ​of their decisions

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Oct. 24, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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5 reasons why Lorne Doerkson is the next premier of British Columbia

Eby's snap election gamble backfired, while the B.C. Conservative leader projected normalcy

Even by the standards of British Columbia politics, this was an election for the history books. Five weeks ago, Lorne Doerkson was a little-known MLA from the Interior, vacationing in Africa while his Conservative Party was self-immolating. Today, he's set to become the 38th premier of British Columbia, leading the second-largest caucus the province has ever seen, while the NDP sits with its worst election night in 25 years.

Plenty of analysis will follow in the days and weeks — and frankly years — to come about the 2026 B.C. provincial election. But here are five reasons why the election ended the way it did, based on conversations with campaign leaders with both major parties and nine years covering the outgoing NDP government...

• Eby's snap election call:

WATCH | Eby gives concession speech:

• Doerkson projected normalcy:
• Conservatives projected stability:

WATCH | Conservatives battle for critical Surrey seats:*

Voter turnout:

Time for a change:

Posted: Oct 25, 2026 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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