Voices, The Peoples News
March 11, 2026 – PM Issue
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Communications / Censorship
Why scammers call you and say nothing – and how to respond safely, ZDNET’s key takeaways
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4514431015921-why-scammers-call-you-and-say-nothing-and-how-to-respond-safely?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzMyNTkxNTM1NDY%3D
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Lawmakers propose bipartisan commission as debt tops $38 trillion. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is seeking to unite Democrats and Republicans in a collaborative effort to talk about the nation’s unsustainable debt.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_249f1b74-f466-464c-82b1-ab10228d6e18.html
White House, Democrats trade blame for missed paychecks and airport delays. More than 100,000 federal workers are slated to miss entire paychecks in the coming days.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/03/white-house-democrats-trade-blame-missed-paychecks-and-airport-delays/412030/
Gutted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leaves some without credit help. Cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are starting to hit Americans’ credit as they face difficulty removing erroneous entries, costing some housing and loans.
https://san.com/cc/gutted-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-leaves-some-without-credit-help/
The Trump Administration Is Engaging in Increasingly Blatant Efforts to Misuse Federal Funds to Coerce and Punish
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/the-trump-administration-is-engaging-in-increasingly-blatant-efforts-to-misuse-federal-funds
# Education / Schools / Children / Youth
Another illiterate graduate sues their high school. What is happening? The ability to read is such a fundamental life skill that it’s hard to imagine going through life without it. Her lawsuit is just the latest in a series alleging school districts are graduating students unprepared for life after high school.
https://people.com/high-school-graduate-who-reads-at-first-grade-level-suing-former-school-district-11921036
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump Official Accused of Manipulating Oil Markets With Post About Strait of Hormuz. “The fusion of war-making and market manipulation by top Trump officials isn’t entirely without precedent,” said one observer, “but the speed and brazenness does seem new.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/chris-wright-market-manipulation
The fog of war is coming from inside the White House—and it cost oil markets $84 million in 10 minutes
https://fortune.com/2026/03/11/iran-war-fog-deleted-tweet-oil-markets-brent-crude/
Middle East crisis live: three ships hit in strait of Hormuz as ‘largest ever’ oil reserve release agreed by 32 countries. Middle East crisis live: Iran launches ballistic missiles in Qatar territory as Trump says US has ‘got to finish the job’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Geologists are exploring the possibility of using salt caverns for renewable energy storage: The massive caverns could be used as a more efficient storage option for hydrogen or compressed air than above-ground storage.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/geologists-drill-borehole-assess-energy-storage/
The World’s Largest Acidic Geyser Just Woke Up in Yellowstone National Park
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-worlds-largest-acidic-geyser-just-woke-up-in-yellowstone-national-park/#:~:text=2026%2C%208%3A20am-,The%20geysers%20at%20Yellowstone%20National%20Park%20are%20still%20very%20much,had%20been%20dormant%20since%202020.
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
The Unsealed Files Zuckerberg Hoped You’d Never See: Inside the ‘Wild’ Epstein Dinner. Unsealed emails reveal ongoing connections between Epstein and tech leaders, including visits to Epstein’s properties and discussions about fundraising efforts, raising questions about judgment and transparency in the tech industry.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/unsealed-files-zuckerberg-hoped-d-175941514.html
Hacker broke into FBI and compromised Epstein files, report says. The breach “included combing through certain files pertaining to the Epstein investigation,” according to a court document.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/hacker-broke-into-fbi-and-compromised-epstein-files-report-says/
# Gov / Politics
Ivanka Trump’s Real Estate Brokers Found Guilty of Sex Trafficking. Women testified that the Alexander Brothers, raped them at exclusive parties and on trips in the Hamptons and New York City.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19VMVJWz?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzMxOTQyOTY5MjI=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
‘Lost His Ever-Loving Mind’: Lindsey Graham Draws Heat Over Remark About Sending America’s ‘Sons and Daughters’ to the Middle East. Since then, voters, commentators, and politicians on both sides of the political aisle are letting the senator have it. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace said she doesn’t want to send the state’s children into the war
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lost-ever-loving-mind-lindsey-175409391.html
Trump admin may be forced to reveal military-election plot with new lawsuit. The Trump administration has not denied whether armed federal agents or military personnel would be stationed at polling places or election offices
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-administration-elections/
Newspaper corroborates some details in woman’s story about Epstein and Trump. It comes after the Department of Justice released previously withheld documents alleging that President Donald Trump raped a girl decades ago.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/newspaper-corroborates-details-womans-story-230818318.html
MAGA collapse as Candace Owens tells US soldiers to resign today as Trump has ‘betrayed America’
https://www.aol.com/articles/maga-collapse-candace-owens-tells-131312702.html
Lindsey Graham Gives Away Trump’s Entire Game on Iran War. Here’s why we’re really at war.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207503/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-iran-regime-change-oil
Trump’s War in Iran is Illegal – Congress Must Stop It. Trump wants to drag American lives and resources into a war without the people’s support
https://www.commoncause.org/work/trumps-war-in-iran-is-illegal-congress-must-stop-it/
Sen. Murphy: “It Might Just Be That Israel Forced Our Hand, And How Weak Does That Make The United States Look?”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/11/sen_murphy_it_might_just_be_that_israel_forced_our_hand_and_how_weak_does_that_make_the_united_states_look.html
Demands for Schumer, Jeffries to Step Down Over Failure to Fight ‘War-Crazed’ Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/coalition-demands-schumer-jeffries-step-down-over-failure-to-fight-war-crazed-trump/
Preliminary Pentagon findings betray Trump’s outrageous lies about Iranian school massacre. Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth “should be potentially charged and prosecuted for war crimes,” said the advocacy group Just Foreign Policy
https://www.commondreams.org/news/preliminary-findings-iran-school-bombing
Amid Alarm That Trump Has No Plan for Iran, Critic Contends None ‘Could Possibly Justify This.’ “The war is wrong and illegal and needs to stop now—that’s it, that’s the line,” said journalist Adam Johnson.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-not-made-case-iran-162041526.html
Trump’s War of Choice in Iran Has Cost US Taxpayers Over $10 Billion in Just 10 Days.The estimated spending on the Iran war in just over a week amounts to over 1% of the 2026 US defense budget.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-operations-against-iran-rack-up-over-10b-in-just-10-days/3856455
Trump humiliated as expert explains how Iranian ‘strategy’ has trapped the US. Professor Robert Pape warns Iran is using Vietnam War tactics to trap the US in a widening military conflict that could spiral toward WW3
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-iran-israel-war-1730741
Trump’s Chicago hotel is latest property to be hit by health violation: ‘Affected by pests’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-chicago-hotel-latest-property-172600915.html
“Trump is spending $1 BILLION A DAY bombing Iran while Republicans in Congress cut health care at home.”
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19XRWKbm?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzMyNTU3Mzc1Nzc=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
Pam Bondi moved to a military base after Epstein threats, and she’s one of six Trump officials living in taxpayer-funded housing with no military ties. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth all live in housing on secured military bases
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pam-bondi-threats-military-base-epstein-cartels-b2936022.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran’s new supreme leader might lack an official record, but his shadowy behind-the-scenes resume paints a far darker picture. The 1979 revolution was built on ending the idea of passing power from father to son, and this appointment directly contradicts that founding principle.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/irans-new-supreme-leader-might-lack-an-official-record-but-his-shadowy-behind-the-scenes-resume-paints-a-far-darker-picture/
Claudia Sheinbaum Responds to Trump’s Remarks on Cartels, Urges U.S. to Stop Illegal Arms Flow and Fight Drug Addiction. US president claimed he wanted to eradicate cartels and made comments about Mexico’s president that were deemed sexist in summit speech
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/09/mexican-cartels-guns-come-from-us-sheinbaum-trump
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
FBI fired staff who worked on the Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago documents investigation. FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed more FBI agents and staff tied to the probe into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/26/kash-patel-fbi-agents-fired/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Disinformation Floods Social Media as Iran Conflict Sparks Viral Rumors: State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war. The Iran conflict has triggered a surge in online disinformation, including AI-generated imagery and unverified viral claims.
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/state-actors-are-behind-much-of-the-visual-21960872.php
Q&A: This Iranian fact-checker has been working nonstop since the uprisings. Then the war came. Farhad Souzanchi and his outlet Factnameh have been fact-checking claims about Iran from exile since 2017. The Iranian government has shut down the internet inside the country, cutting off Iranians from the outside world and leaving state media as one of their only sources of information. A “North Korea-esque situation,” he said.
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/factnameh-fact-checks-iran-strikes-exile/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
Elite Former US Air Force Pilot Arrested for Training Chinese Military Pilots
https://www.twz.com/air/former-air-force-fighter-pilot-and-f-35-instructor-charged-with-training-chinese-military
Retired general questions reason for Iran war: “Seems like someone has been googling ‘Why should we attack Iran?’”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/retired-general-questions-reason-for-iran-war-seems-like-someone-has-been-googling-why-should-we-attack-iran/vi-AA1XSnB7?ocid=ob-fb-eses-741
President Trump Said He Was “A Little Upset” That the U.S. Military Sunk 46 Iranian Ships Rather Than Capturing Them, Because They Were High-Quality Ships — “Why Didn’t We Just Capture the Ship? We Could’ve Used It”
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19URLHyT?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzMxNjU2NzQ5ODM=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
U.S.–Israel Campaign Against Iran Shifting to “Phase Two”—Here’s What Comes Next: The U.S.–Iran war enters a new phase as U.S. and Israeli forces shift strikes toward Iran’s missile factories and defense industry.
https://thedebrief.org/u-s-israel-campaign-against-iran-shifting-to-phase-two-heres-what-comes-next/
Ukraine offered Trump a battle-tested anti-drone system months before the Iran war, but the administration dismissed it and is now begging for it back
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/us-ukraine-anti-drone-offer
# Military / Global
Israel did tell U.S. about its Iran strikes in advance but went so far beyond expectations that a U.S. official’s response was just ‘WTF.’ Israel targeted 30 fuel depots, creating massive fires and significant pollution.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/israel-did-tell-u-s-about-its-iran-strikes-in-advance-but-went-so-far-beyond-expectations-that-a-u-s-officials-response-was-just-wtf/
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
The US just intercepted an encrypted Iranian transmission that may have activated sleeper cells around the world, and law enforcement on high alert. The development comes as conflict between U.S., Israel, and Iran continues to grow.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19W3Cv2j?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzMxOTM5NTUyMzE=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
# Technology / AI / Robotics
Tech experts sue Trump admin. over visa bans: A coalition of tech experts on Monday sued US President Donald Trump’s administration over a policy resulting in visa denials, detention or deportation for researchers and fact-checkers reporting on social media platforms.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/tech-researchers-sue-trump-administration-over-visa-bans/
Scientists just uploaded a fly’s brain into a computer, unleashing another manmade horror we’re definitely not ready for
https://wegotthiscovered.com/tech/scientists-just-uploaded-a-flys-brain-into-a-computer-unleashing-yet-another-manmade-horror-were-definitely-not-ready-for/
Iran Warns US Tech Firms Could Become Targets as War Expands: Iran Reportedly Identifies Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle And Palantir Offices In Middle East As Potential Targets
https://www.wired.com/story/iran-warns-us-tech-firms-could-become-targets-as-war-expands/
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