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Donald Trump’s US ratings fall to a record low amid Iran war – The Conversation
Donald Trump’s US ratings fall to a record low amid Iran war
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
United States President Donald Trump’s net approval has fallen to a record low on the Iran war, while Democrats had a 25-point swing in their favor in a federal special election. On current polling, Democrats are likely to win the US House but not the Senate at midterm elections this November.
In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of US national polls, Trump’s net approval has dropped 4.1 points since March 5 to -16.9, with 56.5% disapproving and 39.5% approving.
Trump’s net approval is at a record low, below his previous lows of -15.0 in November 2025 and February. It’s also below what any past president since Harry Truman had at this point in their term, with Trump during his first term the closest at -12.8.
On four issues tracked by Silver, Trump’s net approval is -10.7 on immigration, -21.8 on the economy, -24.2 on trade and -33.6 on inflation. The Iran war has caused a slump for Trump recently on the economy, trade and inflation but not immigration.
Silver also has an aggregate of US support for the Iran war. Net support had fallen to a low of -18.1 on April 4, but has recovered to -15.1 now, with 53.8% opposed to the Iran war while 38.7% support it.
The polls will not have caught up to the ceasefire announcement between the US and Iran on Wednesday EST. But the benchmark US S&P 500 stock market index was up 2.5% in last night’s trading session. Since a low on March 30, the S&P has surged 6.9% and is now only 2.3% below its peak in the week before the Iran war began.
Trump is likely to recover some ground on the stock market surge, particularly if fuel prices fall back. I believe as long as nothing goes badly wrong with the US stock market or the overall US economy, Trump will not become very unpopular.
Democrats have big swing in Georgia
A special election runoff occurred Wednesday EST in Georgia’s 14th federal seat, and I covered this for The Poll Bludger.
At the March 10 jungle primary for this seat, a Republican and a Democrat had qualified. At the 2024 presidential election, Trump had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris by 37 points in Georgia 14.
While the Republican won by 55.9–44.1, this 12-point Republican margin was a 25-point drop from Trump’s 2024 margin. I also covered a Wisconsin Supreme Court election which the left-wing judge won by 20 points. Wisconsin voted for Trump by 0.9 points in 2024.
This Poll Bludger post covered the results of recent European elections and the upcoming Hungarian election on Sunday and three Canadian by elections on Monday.
See Also: https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker. Chart embedded below:
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One great poem to read today: Michael Ondaatje’s “To a Sad Daughter”
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Lit Hub Daily: April 9, 2026
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Elena Zolotariov on The Torrents of Spring – One True Podcast – The Hemingway Society
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Episode Description
In the midst of our centenary festivities around The Sun Also Rises, One True Podcast takes an opportunity to celebrate another Hemingway work published in 1926: The Torrents of Spring.
Elena Zolotariov, author of “‘Black and Red Laughter’: Subverting Whiteness in Hemingway’s The Torrents of Spring” (from the Fall 2023 issue of the Hemingway Review), joins us to offer an exploration and even defense of Hemingway’s neglected satire.
In this episode, we talk about how and why Hemingway satirizes Sherwood Anderson’s Dark Laughter, examine the plot of Hemingway’s novella and the characters we meet along the way, and finally discuss its legacy.
At the end of the episode, enjoy Garnet Ungar’s rendition of Chopin’s Étude Op. 10, No. 4 (Torrent). For even more on The Torrents of Spring and its publication history, also check out our episode with Ross K. Tangedal on Hemingway in 1926. See at: https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/ross-k-tangedal-hemingway-1926
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Unmasking the Creator of Bitcoin
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder has hidden his identity for 17 years despite many attempts to unmask him, even as his cryptocurrency has revolutionized finance and made him a billionaire.
John Carreyrou, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, walks us through the evidence he found pointing to the person behind the pseudonym. Then, we hear from the man John believes is Mr. Nakamoto.
Guest: John Carreyrou, an investigative reporter for The New York Times’s business section.
Background reading:
Read John’s investigation into the identity of Bitcoin’s creator.
Here are four takeaways from the article.
Photo: Illustration by Yoshi Sodeoka; Photo by Amir Hamja
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When Federal Policy Threatens the Freedom to Read
As a librarian, I have dedicated my career to ensuring that young people have access to books that help them learn, grow, and understand the world around them. But before entering librarianship, I served as anEnglish teacher and a professor of children’s literature, studying how stories shape literacy, empathy, andcritical thinking. That background informs my concern about the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, H.R. 7661. While the title suggests a measure designed to protect children, the bill’s language is broad and ambiguous in ways that could have serious consequences for libraries, educators, and students. The legislation defines “sexually oriented content” in sweeping terms that could easily be interpreted to include books discussing gender identity, LGBTQ+ experiences, or other aspects of identity and humandevelopment that appear in age-appropriate literature for young readers. By tying federal funding to suchrestrictions, the bill could pressure schools and libraries to avoid or remove books…
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Chicago Public Library, Chicago Public Schools Expand Automatic Library Access to More Than 315,000 Students – infoDOCKET (Library Journal)
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Public Library (CPL) are expanding access to diverse and rich digital library resources across the city through a new partnership called The 81 Club. Through this CPS-CPL partnership, the District’s more than 315,000 public school students are automatically registered and have digital access to the full resources of CPL’s 81 neighborhood libraries.
Through a first-of-its-kind data-sharing agreement between CPS and CPL, CPS students can instantly access library resources and materials through the 81 Club with no application, paperwork or additional steps beyond a school ID number. The initiative removes any barriers to access and creates a seamless pathway to learning beyond the classroom.
to a 6 million-item collection, online databases, digital media and free academic support. Through library resources like Teacher in the Library and Brainfuse, students can access one-on-one tutoring both in person and online, reinforcing classroom learning in real time.
“At Chicago Public Library, the library is the city’s most accessible out-of-school learning space,” said CPL Commissioner Chris Brown. “The 81 Club moves us beyond access, it ensures every CPS student can step into opportunity, with the freedom to explore their interests, the joy of choosing their own path, and an abundance of books in every neighborhood. This is how we connect schools and libraries to strengthen Chicago’s neighborhoods and support young people and their families.”
The 81 Club also expands educators’ access. With dedicated “eTeach” accounts, CPS teachers can access CPL’s digital resources, including research databases, instructional tools and the Sora platform, which provides seamless access to millions of eBooks and audiobooks aligned with classroom learning. These resources help enhance instruction and deepen student engagement both in and beyond the classroom.
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International Partners Launch OA Forward to Strengthen Open Access Negotiations and Advance Open Scholarly Communication
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Launch Announcement:
DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS), together with contributing partners the University of California Libraries, Consortia Colombia, the Council of Australasian University Librarians, the Max Planck Society, the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), and the South African National Library and Information Consortium, today announced the establishment of OA Forward—an internationally governed coordination initiative that builds on the achievements of the OA2020 movement to advance the next stage of open scholarly communication through coordinated engagement with publishers and other stakeholders.
While the OA2020 and ESAC initiatives were supported and hosted by the Max Planck Society, their success has been driven by a growing international community of libraries, consortia, funders, and research institutions. OA Forward reflects a further step in this development: partners across five continents are now working within a common framework, with broader reach, stronger legitimacy, and shared responsibility across a more unified international community.
OA Forward emerges from a decade of concrete achievement. The OA2020 and ESAC initiatives reshaped the landscape of scholarly publishing agreements, enabling hundreds of thousands of research articles to be published openly each year, driving transparency around publishing costs, and removing the burden of publication charges from individual authors. This foundation now positions the community to engage more deeply and strategically with the evolving scholarly publishing system.
“OA Forward embodies the shared commitment of the contributing partners to strengthen international collaboration around open access negotiations,” said Dr. Bettina Böhm, Secretary General of the Leibniz Association and current Chair of the DEAS shareholder meetings. “Together, we are building on the progress of OA2020 and ESAC to advance open scholarly communication and negotiate better agreements with publishers worldwide.”
“The shift toward open scholarly communication represents a structural transformation of the research system,” said Dr. Heide Ahrens, Secretary General of DFG (German Research Foundation). “OA Forward strengthens the collective capacity of institutions and funders to prompt further reforms and innovations in line with the evolving needs of researchers and the expanding potentials of modern scholarship.”
“This is a community that has developed both the experience and the alignment needed to engage with publishers at scale and, as co-creators of OA Forward, our international partners have shaped not only its direction but its foundations,” said Christian Agi, Managing Director of DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS). “OA Forward cements that alignment and supports a more coordinated approach at every level.”
The maturity and impact of open access negotiations have brought the research community to a new inflection point, where institutions are better positioned than ever to shape publisher agreements and direct resources toward diverse forms of open research dissemination. OA Forward provides the coordination needed to take this work forward collectively.
“What this community has built together—visible in the uptake of open licensing by authors, improved workflows and metadata, and greater institutional control over financial flows in scholarly publishing—is remarkable, and what we are now positioned to do is clear. The scope is no longer only about open licensing and sustainable pricing. Institutions are increasingly focused on transparency, accountability, equity, quality, and control over the scholarly record and its reuse. OA Forward brings this work together, strengthening negotiation strategies while driving innovation across a diverse ecosystem of publishing platforms, research outputs, and open science initiatives,” said Colleen Campbell, Executive Director of OA Forward.
A dedicated OA Forward website will be launched in the coming months. In the meantime, community resources, materials and activities remain accessible on the OA2020 and ESAC webpages.
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