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  • FBI shuts down 3 India-based call centers posing as Social Security, tied to $50M stolen from Americans. How they worked

    03/30/2026 9:29:57 AM PDT · by xxqqzz · 37 replies
    yahoo ^ | March 30, 2026 | Staff
    Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. A collaborative effort by the FBI, local police and Indian authorities has shut down a huge scam call center operation in India that saw Americans lose nearly $50 million. The FBI Baltimore Field Office, Montgomery County Police Department and Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that a coordinated investigation traced scams reported by residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, to “extensive international scam call center operations in India that had been targeting Americans since 2022,” according to a FBI Baltimore news release (1). Top Picks...
  • Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Removes Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction

    03/30/2026 9:25:50 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 15 replies
    Whitehouse.gov ^ | March 13, 2026 | The White House
    REMOVING BARRIERS TO BUILDING HOMES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to eliminate unnecessary regulatory burdens that delay housing construction and increase housing costs for American families.The Order directs the EPA Administrator and the Secretary of the Army to review and revise stormwater, wetlands, and other water-related permitting requirements to reduce building and ownership costs, streamline Federal regulatory approvals, and increase home insurability.The Order also directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to eliminate unduly burdensome rules and reform programs...
  • Canadian public TV hires interpreter to play air guitar for deaf people during RUSH concert broadcast

    03/30/2026 9:10:14 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 36 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | Mar 30, 2026 | Holly Ash
    Every once in a while, one has to remember the unfortunate fact that Canadians exist. He's literally doing air guitar to let the deaf folks know ... the guitarist is playing guitar. Who is this for, honestly? The woke HR ladies who run the CBC? Why isn't this in both French and American sign language? I'm sure they'll get letters for that! Take a bow, Canada
  • Islam "comedian" Ismael Loutfi: I'm from Ocala FL., the people are not nice, they are conservative.

    03/30/2026 9:08:16 AM PDT · by Milagros · 29 replies
    Mar 30, 2026
    The View, 3.30.26 In promoting an Islamic show off-Broadway’s “Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba”. Ismael Loutfi: I'm from Ocala FL.. the people are not very nice... they are conservative... as an artist: I protest ICE, I say "free Palestine" - as soon as he uttered the last two words, he got a cold shoulder --even from these pro liberal-- audience.
  • US and Israel strike more military targets, plus Iran’s leadership, repression units, and energy sites

    03/30/2026 9:07:44 AM PDT · by MeanWestTexan · 5 replies
    Foundation for Defense of Democracies ^ | March 20, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh
    The US campaign against Iran has continued to degrade the Islamic Republic’s military capacity, with thousands of targets struck, including missile infrastructure, air defenses, drone systems, and naval assets, alongside the use of bunker-penetrating munitions against fortified coastal sites near the Strait of Hormuz. Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have complemented the US effort with strikes across Iran, including on missile-related sites and personnel. Strikes have also extended to economic targets, including gas processing facilities in Asaluyeh, which prompted Iranian threats of retaliation against regional and Israeli energy infrastructure. At the same time, the focus of the campaign...
  • Looking For S&K M1 Carbine Scope Mount Part #1070

    03/30/2026 9:04:27 AM PDT · by Lmo56 · 10 replies
    Self | Self
    Product has been discontinued. Looking online for third party sale. So far no luck. 8 slots. Any help is sincerely appreciated.
  • ABC, CBS & NBC: Total Blackout

    03/30/2026 8:59:35 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 37 replies
    X ^ | 03/30/2026 | GRANDPA'S FREE ADVICE
    🚨 ABC, CBS & NBC: Total Blackout Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) just got hit with 25 ethics violations by the House Ethics Committee. She’s accused of stealing $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds — money meant for hurricane & COVID victims — then laundering it through her campaign and spending on personal luxuries like a diamond ring. She faces up to 53 years in prison. George Santos got wall-to-wall coverage for weeks. This Democrat? Zero seconds on ABC, CBS, or NBC evening news. NewsBusters confirmed the total media blackout. The media isn’t biased. They’re complicit. #MediaBias #TwoTieredJustice #CherfilusMcCormick
  • Alcoa, Century Aluminum jump after Iranian missile strikes hit major Middle East aluminum producers

    03/30/2026 8:50:17 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 8 replies
    Alcoa (AA) up 11% and Century Aluminum (CENX) up 10.5% in Monday's trading after Iran attacked two aluminum production sites in the Middle East over the weekend, threatening to deepen global supply disruptions and sending prices on the London Metal Exchange surgimg to nearly four-year highs (LMAHDS03:COM). Also, Constellium (CSTM) up 3.3%, Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) up 3%, and Rio Tinto (RIO) up 2.9% on Monday. The Middle East is home ​to 7M metric tons of aluminium smelting capacity, accounting for ~9% of ​global capacity.
  • $167M Powerball winner, outed as career criminal, stole $12K in third arrest since hitting jackpot

    03/30/2026 8:43:55 AM PDT · by Twotone · 29 replies
    NY Post ^ | March 29, 2026 | Zoe Hussain
    A $167.3 million Kentucky Powerball winner who went from career criminal to multi-millionaire overnight is accused of stealing a comparatively minuscule $12,000 cash during a head-scratching home burglary over the weekend. James Farthing, 51, was arrested on second-degree burglary and marijuana possession charges Saturday after security footage allegedly captured him breaking into a Lexington residence that evening, according to Lex18. Farthing allegedly snatched $12,000 in cash from the home and fled the scene in his black Porsche Passenger — before police caught him and spotted a marijuana blunt in plain view and found more bud during a search of his...
  • Georgia Senate passes revamped legislation requiring hand-marked ballots

    03/30/2026 8:40:20 AM PDT · by Twotone · 5 replies
    Just the News ^ | March 29, 2026 | Kim Jarrett
    Three weeks after the Georgia Senate failed to pass a bill requiring hand-marked ballots for the November elections, a revamped House bill with the same requirement was approved. In its original form, House Bill 960 would have added a 12th Superior Court judge to the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit. The amended bill presented by Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, on Friday contained some of the same language as Senate Bill 568, which failed on crossover day. House Bill 960 still requires hand-marked ballots for the November 2026 general election and requires a manual recount of some elections. The new version reduces the...
  • BREAKING: Delaware Judge Kathaleen McCormick has officially announced that she will no longer preside over multiple lawsuits involving @elonmusk and his companies

    03/30/2026 8:39:57 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 16 replies
    X ^ | 03/30/2026 | Sawywer Merrit
    BREAKING: Delaware Judge Kathaleen McCormick has officially announced that she will no longer preside over multiple lawsuits involving @elonmusk and his companies after Elon's lawyers alleged she had shown bias against him after ruling against him in high-profile cases. Last week, Elon's attorneys wrote to the court pointing to a LinkedIn screenshot that they said shows she supported a post on the network celebrating Elon's defeat in a California civil fraud trial. In the past, Judge McCormick ruled against Elon with his $56B Tesla pay package case and the Twitter lawsuit. Here is Judge Kathaleen McCormick's full letter that she...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Bishop who said Church treats women ‘as second-class citizens’ appointed to major Vatican post

    03/30/2026 8:38:59 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 5 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | March 30, 2026 | Gaetano Masciullo
    [Catholic Caucus] Bishop who said Church treats women ‘as second-class citizens’ appointed to major Vatican postPope Leo XIV has appointed the Australian Bishop Anthony Randazzo as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts. Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Australian Bishop Anthony Randazzo as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts.On March 25, Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Anthony Randazzo, until now Bishop of Broken Bay, Australia, as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, conferring upon him at the same time the personal title of archbishop.Not content with the Western interest in the female diaconate, the bishop has declared...
  • Sen Mazie Hirono trolled for admitting Trump not 'a king,' and 'never has been'

    03/30/2026 8:38:05 AM PDT · by Twotone · 14 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 29, 2026 | Eric Mack
    Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, intended to hit President Donald Trump amid nationwide "no kings" protests, but instead Republicans argued her comment admits the flimsy case being made. "Donald Trump is not, never will be, and has never been a king. #NoKings," Hirono's Saturday morning X post read as left-wing protesters marched in various anti-Trump demonstrations. The remarks landed with rare agreement from figures on the right, though. "So you agree – you think your 'no kings' rallies are stupid…," replied Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who once backed Trump's 2024 Republican primary opposition from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. "Roger that!" Sen....
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    03/30/2026 8:37:22 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 3 replies
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  • Rift deepens between Iran’s president and Guards chief over war, economy

    03/30/2026 8:28:03 AM PDT · by MeanWestTexan · 28 replies
    Iran International ^ | March 28, 2026 | staff
    Serious disagreements have emerged between Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and IRGC chief-commander Ahmad Vahidi over how to manage the war and its damaging impact on people’s livelihoods and the economy, sources with knowledge of the matter told Iran International. Pezeshkian has criticized the approach of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps regarding escalating tensions and continuing attacks on neighboring countries, warning about the economic consequences of the situation, according to the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. He has stressed that without a ceasefire, Iran’s economy could face total collapse within three weeks to one month, the sources said. On...
  • Analysis: Iran likely transferred highly enriched uranium to Isfahan before the June strikes

    03/30/2026 8:27:32 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 23 replies
    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ^ | 29/3/26 | Francois Diaz-Maurin
    Working with a team of visual investigators that included the Bulletin, the French newspaper Le Monde has analyzed a previously unreported satellite image of the Iranian nuclear site at Isfahan, showing a large truck loaded with containers. In a Le Monde article published Saturday, experts said they could not be certain what the containers held. But the timing of the image, the type of load, and other indirect evidence suggest that Iran may have placed a significant quantity of highly enriched uranium—possibly all of its inventory—at the facility ahead of the June 2025 strikes by Israel and the United States...
  • Air Canada CEO steps down amid backlash over apology video after fatal LaGuardia plane crash — because it wasn’t in French

    03/30/2026 8:24:26 AM PDT · by DFG · 44 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/30/2026 | Taylor Herzlich
    Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau is stepping down after facing heated backlash for a video statement he made almost entirely in English after a fatal plane crash earlier this month – snubbing Montreal’s official language of French. Rousseau, who became CEO in 2021 and served in top positions at the airline for nearly two decades, told the board he will retire by the end of the third quarter of 2026, Air Canada said in a statement Monday. Asked whether Rousseau’s retirement is tied to the backlash, an Air Canada spokesperson said Rousseau “has reached a natural retirement age” and that...
  • Chaos at Ultra Music Festival... [Unarmed White Man Shot in Back By Female Cops, Media is Silent]

    03/30/2026 8:24:15 AM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 14 replies
    X ^ | 3/29/2026 | Officer Lew
    Chaos at Ultra Music Festival time: Miami cops shoot a man in his 20s acting erratically outside the YVE Hotel Saturday morning around 7AM. Taser and pepper spray? Useless. Dude turns violent...
  • Delta flight’s engine explodes in heart-stopping video — forcing packed plane to make emergency landing

    03/30/2026 8:17:08 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 15 replies
    nypost.com ^ | March 30, 2026 | Emily Crane
    A Delta plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Brazil late Sunday after an apparent engine glitch sent flames and sparks shooting from the packed jet. Delta Flight DL104, which was bound for Atlanta with 272 passengers and 14 crew on board, suffered a mechanical issue with its left engine as it was taking off at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport. The airline blamed a “mechanical issue” for the wild mishap. “The Airbus A330-300 landed safely and was met by ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting), then customers were taken by bus to the terminal,” a spokesperson said in...
  • Teenagers charged after attack on rescue volunteer and his dog (Bangor, N. Ireland, UK)

    03/30/2026 8:14:45 AM PDT · by PghBaldy · 13 replies
    BBC (via Yahoo) ^ | 30 Mar 2026 | BBC Staff
    Four teenagers have been charged following an attack on a search and rescue volunteer and his trained dog. Three boys, one aged 13 and two aged 15, and a girl aged 16, have been charged with various offences including assault. Ryan Gray, from K9 Search & Rescue NI, was walking his dog Max through Bangor on Friday evening when they were both assaulted.