Badvel Voices, The Peoples News
March 29, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants
An Eyesore Runs Through It. US Customs and Border Patrol has launched an audacious plan to install floating barriers along 536 miles of the Rio Grande. What could possibly go wrong?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/trump-administration-rio-grande-river-buoys-border-crossing-cbp-brownsville-texas/
# DEI [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]
Trump turns up the heat on DEI in federal contracting. Departments and agencies have until April 25 to insert a clause in their contracts that requires contractors and subcontractors to not engage in “racially discriminatory DEI activities.”
https://www.hrdive.com/news/trump-executive-order-federal-contractors-dei-canceled-contracts/816001/
# Education / Schools / Children / Youth
Trump tells 7 million student loan borrowers to pick a new repayment plan – or risk being placed in an expensive one. Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan will begin receiving notices about switching to other ways to repay starting Friday
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-student-loan-repayment-plans-save-b2947324.html
The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) began issuing guidance to all borrowers enrolled in the unlawful ‘Saving on a Valuable Education’ (SAVE) Plan
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-next-steps-borrowers-enrolled-unlawful-save-plan
# Gov / Politics
A Plea to the World: Do Not Allow Them to Normalize the Killing of Children! If the killing of children in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and across the Middle East is normalized, then it will become just another accepted feature of war. And since “war is hell,” we will all move on.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/don-t-normalize-killing-children
Minnesota elections office subpoenaed in federal probe involving non-citizens on voter rolls
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-subpoenas-minnesota-elections-172655524.html
‘No Kings!’ 8 Million Rally Against Trump in Largest Single-Day Protest in US History. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of San Francisco, Oakland and dozens of other Bay Area cities Saturday amid record global turnout for the third No Kings Day, an act of defiance against the Trump administration that grows bigger with each installment. Thousands of anti-Trump activists gathered on a local beach to form a human sign that read, “Trump must go now! No ICE, no wars, no lies, no kings.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/no-kings-day-sf-oakland-22156265.php
With Everyone Looking for Iran War Off-Ramp, Experts Offer ‘Exit Plan.’ “The United States and Iran are trapped in a conflict in which each new escalation only deepens a shared, losing predicament… Sooner rather than later, both will confront the urgency of finding an off-ramp.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-exit-strategy
The US Under Trump Is Demonstrably the Most Dangerous Nation in the World. Trump’s military aggression has displaced diplomacy and everyone on this planet is worse off for it.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-most-dangerous-person-on-earth
Trump’s On the Ropes. Who’s He Going to Sucker Punch Next? Trump has taken more serious punches in the past month than in the year that marked the start of his second term
https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-clear-punch-drunk-trump-79-is-on-the-ropes/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Is Dropping 2,000-Pound Bombs on Densely-Populated Tehran, Reports Say. Israeli forces said last week that they have dropped 3,600 munitions on the Iranian capital alone.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-dropping-2000-pound-bombs-on-densely-populated-tehran-reports-say/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Associated Press runs paid PR ads for Chinese telecom, which the U.S. has dubbed a national security threat, as CCP seeks to influence UN agency.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/media/associated-press-runs-paid-pr-ads-chinese-telecom-huawei-ccp-influences-un
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
Trump Says Iran Strikes Ongoing With Thousands of Military Targets Remaining. The president says the U.S. can quickly neutralize remaining Iran targets as conflict enters fourth week, amid ongoing negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.ntd.com/trump-says-iran-strikes-ongoing-with-thousands-of-military-targets-remaining_1135234.html
3,500 Marines Arrive in Middle East. Previously, thousands of Marines and multiple warships were deployed to the region, joining the roughly 50,000 troops already stationed there
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/marines-iran-middle-east-war-assault-ship-b2947649.html
‘Gutter Racist’ Hegseth Blocks Promotion of ‘Exemplary’ Black and Female Army Colonels
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pete-hegseth-racist
# Military / Global
Iran Allowing 20 More Ships Through Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan Says. Islamabad’s diplomatic push bears fruit as the world watches for signs of a broader breakthrough.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/28/pakistan-secures-iran-deal-to-send-20-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security
Social Security’s Website Was Shut Down Regularly. He Fixed It in Two Weeks.
https://www.aarp.org/advocacy/social-security-customer-service-in-crisis-2025/
# Transportation / Trucking
Foreign big rig drivers lose licenses by the thousands, but ride-shares still use illiterate drivers
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/foreign-big-riggers-lose-licenses-thousands-taxis-ride-shares-still-have-non
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