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Situational awareness - December 19, 2018

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Wednesday's essentials: The search for a new Interior Secretary could impact the 2020 Utah gubernatorial race. President Trump signed a letter of intent to build a Trump Tower in Moscow despite claiming he did not. Trump appears to back down from his border wall demand, which could help avoid a partial government shutdown.

TICK TOCK

40 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
85 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
136 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019)
166 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
170 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
237 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
321 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
411 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
625 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

Today At Utah Policy

If Bishop or Reyes get the nod to head up the Interior Department, it could shuffle the 2020 gubernatorial race
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Two Utahns are reportedly on the short list to replace Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in the Trump administration - Rep. Rob Bishop and Attorney General Sean Reyes. If either of those two ends up getting the nod from President Donald Trump, it could shake up what is beginning...Podcast: Anthony Atamanuik on satire in the age of Trump
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Anthony Atamanuik, host of The President Show on Comedy Central, produced perhaps the best impersonation of President Donald Trump since he entered the political arena. His biting satire shined a light on the absurdity of having a reality TV star as leader of the free world,...Give us your nominations for the top Utah political news stories of 2018
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
What were the top stories from a year chock full of political news in the Beehive State? ...

OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

Op-ed: Utah benefits from clarity on Clean Water Act

'Street pricing' promised as new shops announced for remodeled Salt Lake airport

Utah ski area wants parking problems addressed before any deal on conservation

Business booming at Utah's state-run liquor stores despite so-so customer satisfaction

Utah judge on panel that dismissed misconduct complaints against Brett Kavanaugh

Utah County revives $22 million sales tax voters shot down 3 years ago

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Run some new ideas up the Utah flagpole

Here we go again - Utah liquor store customers want shorter lines, cold beer and better selection

If the government shuts down Friday, national parks in Utah and elsewhere may stay open

Salt Lake City unveils the shops that'll be in the new airport and promises prices will be as low as elsewhere in the city

'Really a dangerous precedent': Utah gun advocates are angry about the Trump administration's ban on bump stocks

Senate passes sweeping prison reform measure co-written by Sen. Mike Lee

Other

Utah County passes quarter-cent sales tax in split vote; 2019's $95 million budget approved (Daily Herald)

Utah County formally drops lawsuit against Gov. Gary Herbert over UTA nominee (Daily Herald)

NATIONAL HEADLINES

Woah! Donald Trump signed a letter of intent to build a Trump Tower in Moscow in October of 2015 while he was a presidential candidate. Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani previously claimed Trump did not sign the document - https://cnn.it/2EwWN6Q
Republicans in Congress think they have convinced President Donald Trump to back down from his threat to shut down the government in order to secure funding for his border wall. It's looking increasingly likely that lawmakers will pass some sort of short-term funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown on Friday - https://politi.co/2EuLv36
Americans would blame President Trump and the GOP for a government shutdown according to a new poll - https://politi.co/2EvZ9Tx
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn had a very bad day in court on Tuesday. During his sentencing, a federal judge blasted Flynn for lying to the FBI. At one point Judge Emmet Sullivan asked prosecutors if they had considered charging Flynn with treason because he had "sold out" the U.S. while acting as an unregistered foreign agent while serving in the White House. Flynn's sentencing has been delayed until March so he can cooperate further with federal prosecutors - https://nyti.ms/2Ex1PQN
President Trump tweeted Tuesday night that his long-promised border wall would not be concrete. Instead, it would be see-through with "artistically designed steel slats" - http://bit.ly/2Etsv57
Special counsel Robert Mueller appears to have won a secretive subpoena battle. A court filing suggests the fight was with a corporation owned by a foreign country instead of an individual - https://politi.co/2EywA8h
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a sweeping criminal justice reform bill Tuesday. The House could pick up the bill as soon as Thursday. President Trump tweeted he would sign the measure if it gets to his desk - https://wapo.st/2EzF9iO
17 House members have missed at least half of the roll call votes taken during the current lame-duck session. Most of those either lost their re-election bids or are leaving Congress next year - http://bit.ly/2EydHlx
The Trump administration is backing off of plans to pass a 10% tax cut for middle-class Americans. Instead, they will focus their efforts on fixing mistakes from last year's tax overhaul - https://bloom.bg/2EtGIz4
The Donald J. Trump Foundation is no more. The organization will dissolve and give away its remaining assets as part of an ongoing investigation of illegal activity by the New York attorney general. Prosecutors say the foundation engaged in "a shocking pattern of illegality" and unlawfully coordinated with Mr. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign - https://nyti.ms/2Euv4nr
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce another hike in interest rates on Wednesday - https://nyti.ms/2Ex3SnX
The chance of a recession happening in 2019 has risen to 23% according to a new survey of economic experts and strategists - https://cnb.cx/2EtEP5s
The Trump administration announced a new rule banning bump-stocks for semi-automatic rifles - https://nyti.ms/2EwosoH
Dozens of misconduct claims against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh have been dismissed. The panel reviewing the allegations say the claims are serious, but cannot be pursued because judicial ethics rules do not govern the Supreme Court - https://wapo.st/2EthtN4
A journalist who was among the first to report on former British intelligence Michael Steele's dossier alleging ties between the Trump campaign and Russia says some of the document's more salacious claims about Donald Trump are "likely false" - https://yhoo.it/2EtPnBw
At least 17 advertisers have abandoned Fox News host Tucker Carlson's program after the host said immigrants to the United States made the country "poorer" and "dirtier" - http://bit.ly/2Eybt5F
Nevada became the first state with a female-majority legislature - http://bit.ly/2ExL4Fp
53 journalists were killed worldwide in 2018, nearly doubling the previous year's total - http://bit.ly/2EtpwJX

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1606 - Three ships depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
1777 - Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
1974 - Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President under President Gerald Ford.
1998 - President Bill Clinton is impeached by the House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

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