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Situational awareness - August 22, 2018
Good Wednesday morning from Salt Lake City.
Utah Democrats are more motivated to vote in November. President Trump's former lawyer pleads guilty. GOP member of Congress indicted.
TICK TOCK
48 days until the last day to register to vote by mail (10/9/2018) 55 days until mail-in ballots are sent to voters (10/16/2018) 62 days until in-person early voting begins (10/23/2018) 69 days until the last day to register to vote in person or by mail (10/30/2018) 71 days until in-person early voting ends (11/2/2018) 76 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018) 159 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019) 204 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019) 804 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
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HERE ARE THE STORIES YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO TODAY
November numbers
Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats in Utah by a 5-1 margin, but polling suggests Utah Democrats are more motivated to vote this year. Will that have an impact in November? We break down the numbers - http://bit.ly/2PtMZ0D
Dropping out?
Brad Bohnam, the GOP candidate in HD32, is denying rumors a business deal will force him to resign from the legislature if he wins in November - http://bit.ly/2LmfPNm
Helping small Utah farmers
LaVarr Webb argues a local food co-op will help small Utah farmers and generate jobs for rural Utahns - http://bit.ly/2N8KwHq
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Salt Lake Tribune
Op-ed: Stall tactics, tomfoolery and fear-mongering in opposition to Prop 2
Salt Lake City mayor calls for new affordable housing incentives, expects 2,000 new units by end of 2019
With school starting, supporters ramp up campaign to boost Utah education funding with proposed gas-tax hike
How stifling is Utah? A new libertarian study says it is the 22nd 'freest state in America.'
Trump to crisscross America to help GOP candidates, but Utah isn't on his campaign map
Does having too many sex partners contribute to high suicide rates in the LGBTQ community? One new Salt Lake County Republican Party leader thinks so.
The University of Utah reassigned a graduate assistant after her syllabus restricted students with concealed guns to a 'Second Amendment zone'
Amid tears for the lost, Utah leaders celebrate new law to help create a new three-digit national suicide hotline
Deseret News
Op-ed: Utah charter schools enrich public education
Editorial: Just because the Inland Port Authority can doesn't mean it should
Are quagga-infested boats risking northern Utah's water supply?
Salt Lake mayor 'stoked' about 2,000 affordable housing units in pipeline
Trump campaign swing for GOP candidates skipping Utah
New TV ad encourages Utahns to back gas tax increase for schools
NATIONAL HEADLINES
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, plead guilty to 8 felony counts as part of a plea deal. Cohen testified in court that then-candidate Trump directed him to pay off two women to keep their stories of alleged affairs with Trump from becoming public -
https://wapo.st/2LguPw0
Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign manager, was convicted on 8 felony counts of tax fraud, bank fraud and failure to disclose a foreign bank account -
https://nyti.ms/2LhHtuz
GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife were indicted Tuesday for misusing $250,000 in campaign funds for personal use -
https://abcn.ws/2Nbzl0r Sen. Susan Collins says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assured her that he believed the Roe v. Wade abortion decision was "settled law" -
https://abcn.ws/2LeTuRv Larry Kudlow, an economic advisor for President Trump, hosted the publisher of a white supremacist website at his house last weekend -
https://wapo.st/2LifLOq
Democrats in Congress are prepping a contingency plan should President Trump decide to fire special counsel Robert Mueller or take steps to quash the investigation into the Russian attack on the 2016 election -
https://nbcnews.to/2N8sZPv Facebook says they removed hundreds of pages linked to "inauthentic behavior" on Tuesday, including pages that originated in Russia and Iran -
https://politi.co/2LhP4th
White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney is trying to use his influence to protect a business in his home state of South Carolina from trade tariffs imposed by the White House -
http://bit.ly/2NaTa8q
Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous dossier suggesting links between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia, won a libel case brought by three Russian oligarchs who sued him over allegations made in the file -
http://bit.ly/2Ldynza
President Trump is denying a report he considered restricting former President Barack Obama's access to intelligence briefings -
https://wapo.st/2N9djf1
President Trump is planning an ambitious travel schedule to campaign for Republican candidates ahead of the 2018 midterm elections -
http://bit.ly/2N8ABBE ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1881 - Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons founded the National Red Cross.
1902 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American president to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1941 - German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
2004 - Two masked robbers stole Edvard Munch's The Scream and another painting from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
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Today At Utah Policy
GOP candidate in HD32 is denying rumors a business deal will force him to drop outBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Salt Lake County Democratic Party bosses are now in a battle over trying to replace a state Senate candidate who is off the ballot for personal reasons....
Republicans outnumber Democrats in Utah 5-1, but Democrats are much more motivated to vote this yearBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Is there going to be a blue wave in Utah this November?...
Co-op needed to support Utah small farmersBy LaVarr Webb, Publisher We know that while urban Utah is enjoying a terrific economy, the bounty doesn't extend to most of rural Utah. Unemployment is high in many rural areas, and many young people are forced to head for the cities to earn a living. Many rural areas are losing population....
Weekly survey: Better BoundariesBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor If voters approve the "Better Boundaries" ballot initiative, which establishes an independent redistricting commission, do you think it will lead to the election of more Democrats in Utah? Vote now in our weekly survey....
Policy News
Utah selected for national Policy Academy to strengthen manufacturing The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development has been selected to participate in a Policy Academy design to help grow and strengthen manufacturing in the state....
National Headlines
Media's biggest Kavanaugh misses: Aspiring hit pieces on Supreme Court pick draw mockery (FOX News)
Hillary Clinton steps back into the fray to fundraise for Democrats this fall (NBC News)
'Time for action is now.' Interior chief demands plan to pump more California water south (Sacramento Bee)
Dem Rep. Hastings gets big laughs for joking about Trump drowning in Potomac (FOX News)
Obama muscles into Illinois governor's race (POLITICO)
Trump says it's 'very dangerous' when Twitter, Facebook self-regulate content (CNBC)
EPA Head Signs Proposal to Undo Restrictions on Coal Plants (Wall Street Journal)
Manafort, defense team 'very happy' after jury fails to reach verdict in third day of deliberations (FOX News)
China defies U.S. pressure as EU parts ways with Iranian oil (Reuters)
Trump says he's 'not thrilled' with Fed's Powell for raising interest rates (Reuters)
Stocks hover near record highs (FOX Business)
Politics and War
"In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times." Winston Churchill
Trash
"A theme park in France has started using trained birds to pick up trash in exchange for a food reward. Unfortunately, none of them could lift Gerard Depardieu." Seth Meyers
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