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Situational awareness - October 28, 2019

Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City

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Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:

President Trump announces a military raid that results in the death of a key terrorist leader. U.S. deficit hits nearly $1 trillion, jumping more than 25% in the last year. Romney finds himself increasingly isolated by Republicans after criticism of Trump.

Trivia winner!

Congratulations to Stan Rasmussen who was the first reader to correctly identify Rep. Patrice Arent as the current member of the Utah Legislature who once served as a staff attorney for lawmakers.

Stan will get to ask next week's trivia question.

Stay tuned!

TICK TOCK

Days to the 2019 Utah municipal elections: 8 (11/5/2019)

Days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 91 (1/27/2020)

Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 127 (3/3/2020)

Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 246 (6/23/2020)

Days to the 2020 election: 372 (11/3/2020)

Today At Utah Policy

Romney isolated because of Trump criticism
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
NBC News reports Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is increasingly finding himself a man alone in Washington because of his criticism of President Donald Trump.Francis Gibson would ruin me! Bernick and Schott on politics
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Erin Mendenhall has a double-digit lead over Luz Escamilla in the race for Salt Lake City Mayor. We break down our latest polling numbers.

OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

Pignanelli & Webb: What would politicians dress up as for Halloween? Here are some speculations Op-ed: Utah understands the importance of general education Op-ed: How will Utah deal with school testing disruptions? Editorial: Don't rush major Utah tax reforms The ride of the Saltwater Cowboy and its place in America's horse culture Utah ballots slowly trickling back as Election Day nears Utah Department of Health seeks medical marijuana pharmacy applicants Utah lawmaker unveils draft bill to seek $35M for affordable housing

Salt Lake Tribune

Krista Hughes: George Pyle speaks as a man from the cheap seats and never in the arena UDOT agrees to overhaul its stormwater practices to settle suit filed by feds Feds shift gears, now say ORVs won't be allowed in Utah's national parks Utah judge to decide if state can keep its emergency order banning flavored e-cigarettes Utah ranks No. 3 for protecting online privacy, study says Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson learned a lot from taking public transit everywhere this week Salt Lake City's Project Homeless Connect provides one-stop shop for people living on the streets As San Juan County considers tax hike, a struggling copper mine owes $1.4 million

Other

Kerry Gibson argues against Utah Supreme Court involvement in public records case (Standard-Examiner)

NATIONAL HEADLINES

Terrorist leader killed

President Donald Trump announced Sunday morning that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi blew himself up as U.S. troops closed in [Washington Post].

President Trump said watching the raid that killed al-Baghdadi was like "watching a movie" [New York Times].

Experts on terrorism say the raid will likely not prevent the resurgence of ISIS [Washington Post].

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Trump notified Russian officials of the Baghdadi raid before telling congressional leaders [Washington Post].

President Trump claimed his 2000 book warned of the threat posed by Obama bin Laden prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. His book contained no such warning [CNN].

Impeachment

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff says former national security adviser John Bolton is a "very important" witness for the current impeachment inquiry [Fox News].

Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, told House investigators President Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden was a quid pro quo [WSJ].

Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, accidentally butt-dialed a reporter. On the phone call, he can be heard trashing the Bidens and discussing a need for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash [NBC News].

Yikes!

The U.S. deficit hit nearly $1 trillion this year. The deficit grew 26 percent in the last year [Washington Post].

Hmmm...

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said he warned President Trump that hiring a "yes man" to succeed him as chief of staff would lead to his impeachment [Washington Examiner].

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham hit back at Kelly saying "he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President" [Politico].

Oof!

President Trump was booed by the crowd at Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night. The crowd also chanted "lock him up" after he was introduced [Washington Post].

Shocking resignation

Freshman Democratic Rep. Katie Hill is resigning from Congress after allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers in her office and on her campaign team [Politico].

Brexit

The European Union agreed to delay the deadline for Britain to leave the organization until January 31 [New York Times].

Generational shift

Nearly 70% of millennials and 64% of Americans in Gen. Z say they would vote for a socialist candidate [Axios].

For your radar

Americans will shell out nearly $9 billion this year for Halloween, but that massive number represents the second straight year spending on the holiday fell [The Hill].

BUSINESS HEADLINES

Utah goes from No. 1 to No. 3 in job creation (Salt Lake Tribune) Tax credit program, newly expanded in Coalville, entices growing company Escapod to remain in Summit County (Park Record) Salt Lake's Galileo snags $77M in quest to become center of fintech universe (Deseret News)

Policy News

CYBER24 episode 56: If you played Words with Friends, you've been hacked
Another week, another big hack. It may come as no surprise that millions of people play video games on their phones. Whether they are attacking pigs with chickens, rolling some old school Nintendo games or playing electronic versions of classic board games, video games are big business.

More National Headlines

Al-Baghdadi takedown catches Dems flat-footed, blunts criticism of Trump's Syria pullback (FOX News) Parents of Kayla Mueller grateful for death of ISIS leader who held their daughter hostage (Arizona Republic) What Would Pierre Delecto Do? (American Thinker) CNBC Hack John Harwood Is Really, Really Upset That Al-Baghdadi Was Killed (RedState) Meanwhile, in the Heartland, Impeachment Isn't Very Popular (PJ Media) Likely Successor to Dead ISIS Leader Also Reported Killed (New York Times) Kurdish-Led Syria Forces Accept Russian-Brokered Pullback Deal (Bloomberg) Saturday Night Live beclowns itself with skit claiming Trump coddles ISIS ... on night Trump blew al-Baghdadi to hell (American Thinker) Trump Outsmarts Putin With Syria Retreat (Bloomberg) The Intellectual Dark Web is more liberal than you'd think (Spectator)

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1636 - Harvard College, now Harvard University, was founded in Massachusetts.

1886 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

1919 - Congress passed the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

1962 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

1980 - Republican nominee Ronald Reagan asked voters during a debate with President Jimmy Carter in Cleveland "are you better off than you were four years ago?"