Nick Reed's Must Read Headlines – 04.26.21

Posted April 26, 2021

Now Hiring:

A McDonald’s franchise in Florida is so desperate for workers that it started offering people $50 just to show up for an interview — and it still isn’t getting enough applicants.

One disastrous Democratic welfare program is causing a hiring crisis (Washington Examiner)

Nick shares a top 10 list of best cities to start a small business… And a top 10 list of the worst cities.

Utah leads list of best US cities to start a small business, New Jersey ranks among worst: WalletHub (Fox Business)

Mask Mandate:

A Georgia mother of three went viral this week after she sounded off on her children’s school board continuing its mask mandate through next year.

Georgia mother stands up against school’s mask mandate: ‘There’s no end in sight’ (Fox News)

Climate Change Meeting:

President Biden appeared in a Zoom call with other international leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping last week. Biden stumbled his way through wearing a mask, the only person on the call to do so.

Joe Biden Makes an Absolute Clown of Himself on the International Stage (RedState)

Academy Awards:

The Academy Awards were held this weekend. Celebrities pretended to be humanitarians and gave speeches about police brutality.

These same people had the homeless population moved from Downtown Los Angeles before the award show.

LA’s homeless relocate ahead of Oscars ceremony: report (Fox News)

Racism & Police Brutality:

Former police officer Brandon Tatum contradicted the offered racial narrative during an appearance on the BBC while discussing the verdict in the case of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.

WATCH: Former Officer Embarrasses Race-Baiting BBC While Discussing Chauvin Verdict (The Daily Wire)

The FBI:

Survivors of the 2017 congressional baseball shooting are contesting the FBI’s designation that the attacker’s motivation was “suicide by cop.”

Scalise blasts FBI over ‘suicide by cop’ designation in 2017 shooting: ‘He went to that ball field to target and kill Republicans’ (Washington Examiner)

Newly declassified FBI documents reveal that murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was “very drunk” when he was shot by an unknown assailant and was unable to give police any useful information before he died.

FBI memo: DNC staffer Seth Rich was ‘very drunk’ when shot, unable to help police before dying (Just The News)

Capitol Incident:

U.S. Capitol Police is refuting a statement made by California Democrat Rep. Zoe Lofgren that officers were focused only on anti-Trump protesters during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Wait… We thought there wasn’t any anti-Trump protesters?

Capitol Police denies Rep. Lofgren’s claim officers focused only on anti-Trump protesters in riot (Just The News)

MLB:

Major League Baseball (MLB) is now questioning fans about political affiliation in their new post-game survey about the ballpark experience.

MLB Survey Asks Fans if They’re Republicans or Democrats (Breitbart)

Schooling in America:

The Literacy and Speech coordinator for grades 6-12 in the Rockwood School District sent a lengthy email to teachers and principals to address concerns that had been raised by parents. She lays out “recurring messages that appear in the emails” from parents and then makes suggestions about how teachers should address these concerns and complaints…

One of the suggested ways to handle complaints? Hide lessons and materials from parents.

Rockwood School District teachers receive email telling them to hide lesson materials, assignments from parents (Defending Ed)

Meanwhile, the state of Virginia is taking a decidedly racial approach to mathematics as it is attempting to change its curriculum under the banner of equity and social justice.