AMERICANTHINKER - The teachers’ union and May Day
The latest Nation’s Report Card shows abysmal results, but the teachers have bigger fish to fry, and are out marching for communism.
AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Asian Americans report highest anxiety as U.S. debates identity and immigration
Asian Americans report higher levels of anxiety than any other racial group in the U.S., a new survey finds. Why it matters: As Washington hardens its policies on immigration, citizenship and its relationship with China , public attitudes toward Asian Americans are shifting in parallel. - The broad survey illustrates the anxiety felt by Asian Americans six years after the COVID pandemic generated a wave of anti-Asian violence in the U.S. By the numbers: Around 44% of Asian Americans say they feel worried about life right now, according to the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S.) released Friday. - Asian Americans are the only group where worry outweighs hope (40%), the wide survey of all U.S. adults found. …
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Morning Greatness: Congress Ends Record-Shattering DHS Shutdown
Good Friday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time 10:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives his […] Source
STRIPES - Fort Polk soldier charged for threatening to attack synagogue | Stars and Stripes
Audio clips obtained by the FBI from Discord allegedly feature a soldier saying he would kill Jewish people inside a synagogue after his deployment.
WASHINGTONPOST (Theodoric Meyer) - A key Senate rule is slowly losing its grip, and both parties know it
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump’s pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it to try to fund immigration enforcement agencies.
WASHINGTONPOST (Liz Goodwin, Patrick Marley) - Janet Mills stood up to Trump. Democratic voters shrugged.
Liberals say they want a fighter. But a popular governor who clashed with the president failed to catch fire in Maine’s Senate race.
NPR (Joel Rose) - Passenger railroads see a sharp jump in ridership as gas prices climb
More Americans are turning to the train as gas prices reach their highest point since the war in Iran began. Brightline, the privately-run railroad in Florida, had its best month ever in March.
NPR (Phil Galewitz) - It's Day 1 of Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska. People are worried
Starting May 1, many people covered by Medicaid in Nebraska have to prove they are working. It's a requirement most states will have to implement under President Trump's budget law, beginning in January.
NPR (Scott Neuman) - Nationwide May Day protests expected to pick up mantle of 'No Kings'
The protest organizers are calling for a boycott of work, school and shopping to protest Trump administration policies and what activists describe as a billionaire takeover of government.
NPR (Scott Neuman) - 'Decimate' means much more today than it did in ancient Rome
Today, most people know the word as a synonym for "destroy." But fewer realize its origins — or that it's come to mean something strikingly different than it once did.