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Situational awareness - August 31, 2018

Good morning from Salt Lake City and TGIF!

Herbert promises a workable medical marijuana law in Utah. Trump cancels raises for federal employees. Will there be a Mueller "bombshell" on Friday?

  TICK TOCK   

39 days until the last day to register to vote by mail (10/9/2018) 46 days until mail-in ballots are sent to voters (10/16/2018) 53 days until in-person early voting begins (10/23/2018) 60 days until the last day to register to vote in person or by mail (10/30/2018) 62 days until in-person early voting ends (11/2/2018) 67 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018) 150 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019) 197 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019) 795 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

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  HERE ARE THE STORIES YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO TODAY  

Herbert says he'll get a medical marijuana bill done

Gov. Gary Herbert says if Prop. 2 passes, lawmakers will change it to make it workable. If it fails, he promises to get a medical marijuana bill through the legislature - http://bit.ly/2PRE0qo

Democrats drop replacement bid

In the face of a likely legal challenge from Republicans, Utah Democrats drop their effort to replace a state Senate candidate on November's ballot - http://bit.ly/2N1kBVg

What a week!

Utah struggles with medical marijuana. What's next for Count My Vote? Mia Love campaigns with Mitt Romney. Donald Trump doesn't understand how Google works. Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott digest the week's political news for you - http://bit.ly/2oqtbPi

You can also access our week-in-review as a podcast if you prefer - http://bit.ly/2PSPBoT

Herbert heads into the homestretch

Bob Bernick says Gov. Gary Herbert will be a political force during his final two years in office - http://bit.ly/2ospmta

  OTHER UTAH HEADLINES   

Deseret News

Editorial: E-cigarette ads targeted at teens is a corrupt model

D.A. says law won't let him say whether officer's shooting was justified

Utah official criticizes 'stupid' wildfire management decisions

EnergySolutions' proposal to store depleted uranium in Tooele County would 'establish a dangerous precedent,' activists say

Utah governor says he'll use 'bully pulpit' to get lawmakers to act on medical marijuana

Salt Lake Tribune

EnergySolutions wants an exemption so it can dispose of uranium munitions in Utah

'Mormon Land': A political scientist discusses the faith's push against Utah's medical marijuana measure and why it might or might not work

Utah governor says it's time to move forward on medical marijuana, whether ballot initiative passes or fails

Kearns industrial area has had dirt roads for 73 years. Now officials predict newly paved byways will lead to a business boom.

Community groups unveil vision for a new Pioneer Park, one where 'all members of the public feel comfortable' and crime won't flourish

Mitt Romney says that he's a believer in climate change and that it will create more and nastier wildfires in Utah

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

Speculation is running wild in the Washington media that special counsel Robert Mueller will drop a "bombshell" on Friday - http://bit.ly/2PkXaUw
60-percent of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump according to a new poll. The survey also finds a majority of Americans support special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's attack on the 2016 election - https://wapo.st/2wAeeOv
President Donald Trump says Attorney General Jeff Sessions' job is safe until at least the November midterm elections - https://cnn.it/2opxnin
Democrats will call former White House counsel John Dean to testify during Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings next week - http://bit.ly/2osq6ys

President Trump canceled scheduled pay raises for federal employees, citing rising federal deficits for the move - https://nyti.ms/2PnvpKP
Hundreds of immigrant children remain separated from their parents according to a new court filing - https://cnn.it/2opZoGx
President Trump threatened to pull out of the World Trade Organization if the organization doesn't start treating Americans better - https://bloom.bg/2wv6SvA
President Trump accused NBC of altering the tape of his interview with Lester Holt where he admitted firing FBI director James Comey because of the Russia investigation. The interview has been available online for more than a year - https://usat.ly/2PnMTXz
In a Thursday morning post on Twitter, President Trump appeared to admit he tried to fire both special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General Jeff Sessions but was stopped by White House Counsel Don McGahn - https://wapo.st/2PoQbtM
The FBI arrested a man who threatened to shoot staff at the Boston Globe. The California man echoed President Trump's rhetoric that the media are the "enemy of the people" in threatening phone calls to the paper - https://wapo.st/2PoidoT
The Trump administration is planning to end U.S. funding of the United Nations aid program for Palestinian refugees - https://wapo.st/2opy635

A former Homeland Security staffer who resigned after his ties to white nationalist groups became public attended multiple immigration policy meetings at the White House - https://wapo.st/2Pouytn

A former NBC news employee claims the network tried to stop Ronan Farrow's reporting on Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct - https://nyti.ms/2PkWgaA. The network also allegedly threatened Farrow if he kept reporting on Weinstein - https://thebea.st/2PoK60k
Bank of America is freezing the accounts of customers they suspect of not being U.S. citizens - http://bit.ly/2wuIb2c
The Justice Department is siding with Asian-American students suing Harvard claiming affirmative action policies discriminate against them - https://nyti.ms/2wv6opg
Gasoline prices hit a 4-year high ahead of the Labor Day holiday - https://cnb.cx/2wyqGOz

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
1888 - Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
1897 - Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1939 - Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II in Europe.
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris.

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Today At Utah Policy

Nobody understands optics! - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 387
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Utah struggles with medical marijuana following the LDS Church's email urging members to vote against Prop. 2....Bob Bernick's notebook: Herbert could be a force for good during his final two years in office
By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor
Gov. Gary Herbert promised Thursday that he will work diligently in adopting an expanded medical marijuana law that will allow sick and suffering Utahns relief by using the previously illegal drug....Utah Democrats drop bid to replace a state Senate candidate
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Utah Democrats have abandoned their effort to replace a candidate in a state Senate district, meaning there will be no Democrat on the ballot in SD9....Herbert says it's time for Utah to have a workable medical marijuana law
By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor
Whether Prop 2 the medical marijuana initiative on November's ballot passes or fails, Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that he and the Utah Legislature would pass a workable medical marijuana bill that guarantees access to the drug for tens of thousands of sick and sufferin...Podcast: Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 387
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott explain a busy week in Utah politics....Hatch writes to FTC chairman with Google concerns
By Press release
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Chairman of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force and the senior member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter (see here) to Joseph Simons, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, expressing conce...Weekly survey: LDS Church and Prop. 2
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Policy News

Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
Weekend EventsOutdoors Report--Tribune:New Ikon ski pass adds access to Utah's Solitude and Brighton resorts--Tribune: With BLM headquarters likely to go West, Rep. Rob Bishop promotes Ogden as Utah's best host--KSL.com: Using corn as bait for fishing all Utah waters, other ...Governor's Office names Kimberlee Carlile as inaugural director of Talent Ready Utah Center
The Governor's Office of Economic Development has named Kimberlee Carlile as the first director of the Talent Ready Utah Center....

National Headlines

Dem rep warns immigration officers following 'illegal' Trump orders: 'You will not be safe' (FOX News)

The Oil Export Boom (Wall Street Journal)

In Hollywood, politics pushes its way into ratings game (Washington Post)

Sources: NBC Threatened Ronan Farrow If He Kept Reporting on Harvey Weinstein (Daily Beast)

Trump presses Supreme Court chief justice for action on Russia dossier (Reuters)

Giuliani: Trump's legal team almost done with 'voluminous' counterreport to Mueller (The Hill)

Trump administration backs Asian Americans suing Harvard over its affirmative action admissions policy (Los Angeles Times)

Trump Proposes Freezing Federal Worker Salaries (NPR)

Trump attacks Justice Department and FBI: 'I want them to do their jobs' (CNN)

Trump threatens to withdraw from World Trade Organization (CNBC)

California State Assembly Passes Nation's Toughest Net Neutrality Law (Variety)

Wise Words

Still True

"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases." John Adams

 

Lighter Side

Parade

"Democrats and some Republicans are voicing concerns about President Trump's proposed military parade and feel the event may come off as totalitarian. You think? That's like someone being worried that the Pride Parade is going to come off as a little bit gay." Seth Meyers

 

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