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Situational awareness - November 1, 2018

Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City and welcome to November. There are just 54 days until Christmas.

The 2018 midterm elections are just five days away. You can still enter our 2018 Election Challenge contest. There's a $50 Amazon gift card on the line for the winner. Make your picks at the link - http://bit.ly/2Ed4dhj

Executive summary: The Utahn spending his own money on gun control ads. President Trump unveils the most racially charged ad in decades. Democrats growing more confident they'll win the House in November.

TICK TOCK

In-person early voting ends today (11/2/2018)
4 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
87 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
132 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
213 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
217 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
284 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
368 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
732 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

Today At Utah Policy

Mia Love's campaign again tries to get Democratic attack ads taken off the air
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Republican Mia Love's campaign is once again trying to get local TV stations to take down ads from two Democratic groups attacking her for a fundraising controversy....Maybe you should get a DNA test - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 396
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
It's prediction time! We give you our picks for who we think will win in next week's elections....Bob Bernick's notebook: 2018 election predictions
By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor
Here are my election predictions for this 2018 cycle, with the understanding that they are NOT endorsements, but just who I think will win:...FiveThirtyEight moves 4th District race to 'Lean Democrat'
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Democrat Ben McAdams is now favored to beat incumbent Republican Mia Love according to forecasting website FiveThirtyEight.com....Podcast: Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 396
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott give you the rundown on another wild week in Utah politics....Weekly survey: Call your shot in the 2018 elections
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Who will win the Mia Love/Ben McAdams race? Call your shot for the 2018 midterms in our weekly survey. Vote now!...Enter the UtahPolicy.com 2018 Election Challenge
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Enter our 2018 Election Challenge and you could win a $50 Amazon gift card....

OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

Editorial: Wait, there's a vaccine for the measles?

Jon Huntsman Jr. has cancer and 6 other things we learned in our exclusive profile

The last statesman: Can Jon Huntsman Jr. keep the art of diplomacy alive in the time of President Trump?

New rating says Utah's 4th Congressional District race now leans Democratic

Schools that don't comply with Utah school fees law could lose state money, face other penalties

Salt Lake Tribune

What should Utah kids learn in school about sex? New standards are up for public debate.

Utah school districts could lose funding if they continue charging high fees for sports and clubs, state board decides

Yet-to-be-discovered dinosaur fossils may be at risk after Trump slashed the size of Grand Staircase

Ambassador Huntsman diagnosed with skin cancer, sought treatment at Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City completes $3 million roadway days before voters will consider an $87 million road bond

Salt Lake County Republican Party worries about long voting lines on Election Day in conservative areas

NATIONAL HEADLINES

Longtime Trump confidante Roger Stone allegedly had advance knowledge of WikiLeaks' plan to release stolen emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign, and communicated with Trump campaign head Steve Bannon about them - https://nyti.ms/2QlKT2I
President Trump says he plans an executive order to restrict the rules for those attempting to claim asylum. He also says troops at the US-Mexico border could fire on members of the migrant caravan as he continues to use the group as part of his midterm election closing argument - https://cnn.it/2QaMqZz
The Pentagon told the Trump administration that "only a small percentage" of Central American migrants in the caravans moving north would ever make it to the U.S.-Mexico border. That information was given to the administration before Trump decided to send 5,200 troops to the border - http://bit.ly/2QeCOwO
President Trump continued his demagoguing on the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause at a campaign rally in Missouri, calling it a "crazy, lunatic policy" - https://cnn.it/2QenQqR
President Trump also complained that pipe bombs sent to his critics and last week's deadly attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue stole the GOP's "momentum" heading into the midterm elections - https://thebea.st/2QcLxQ7
Republicans are growing increasingly worried that Trump's nationalism rhetoric is driving suburban voters away from the party - https://nyti.ms/2QcKj7t
Democrats have a 9-point lead in the generic congressional ballot as we head into the final stretch of the 2018 election - http://bit.ly/2QepGbb
More than 20 million early votes have been cast so far in the 2018 midterms, mostly by women and older voters - https://cnn.it/2QeTcgW
The Pentagon has prepared a cyberattack on Russia if that country interferes with the 2018 election - https://thebea.st/2QepZCR
A new poll finds a majority of voters blame President Trump for dividing the country, but more place the blame at the feet of the national news media - https://politi.co/2QclXe4
The White House is growing increasingly worried about the mounting allegations against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The Justice Department is investigating whether Zinke used his office to personally profit on a land deal. The Interior Department is also looking into whether Zinke's office re-drew the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to benefit Utah Rep. Mike Noel - https://wapo.st/2QeB7zs
The dimwits behind the botched plot to frame special counsel Robert Mueller held a press conference on Thursday about their allegations. It did not go well - https://thebea.st/2QeXPaE
There are new signs that our booming economy may be starting to head into a recession. Worker productivity is sluggish, manufacturing is stalled and business investment is down - http://bit.ly/2QdDZg1
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says the federal minimum wage is a "terrible idea" that drives up costs for small businesses - https://wapo.st/2QeSPD4
President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Thursday they had spoken via telephone and were working toward a face-to-face meeting later this month on trade issues - https://wapo.st/2QcKEaf

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th states.
1920 - KDKA in Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 presidential election.
1947 - Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the "Spruce Goose,", the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
1959 - Charles Van Doren told a congressional investigation he had been given questions and answers in advance of appearances on a television game show.
1962 - President John F. Kennedy announced that Soviet missile bases in Cuba were being dismantled.
1965 - Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam War.
1983 - President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
1984 - Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.

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Presented by Governor Gary R. Herbert, the Utah Global Forum facilitates the dialogue on how businesses can grow beyond local boundaries and develop an import and export strategy to expand into the global marketplace. ...Riverton City accepting applicants for chief of police to lead new department
Following the Riverton City Council's decision on Oct. 23 to move forward in forming the Riverton Police Department, the city has opened the position of chief of police and is now accepting applicants....Wasatch Front Regional Council seeks comment on Wasatch Choice 2050 Vision
The Wasatch Front Regional Council, in close partnership with regional transportation agencies and local governments, is nearing completion of the Wasatch Choice 2050 Vision, a blueprint for growth and development along the Wasatch Front....