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Situational awareness - January 17, 2020

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We will not publish our morning newsletter on Monday, Jan. 20 because of the MLK Day holiday. Expect us to return to our normal publishing schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

FRIDAY TRIVIA

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Name the seven Utah interlocal entities established in the early 1970s to provide a common forum to identify, discuss, study and resolve area wide problems.

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TICK TOCK

Days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 11 (1/27/2020)

Days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses: 18 (2/3/2020)

Days to the New Hampshire primaries: 26 (2/11/2020)

Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 47 (3/3/2020)

Days to the final day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 56 (3/12/2020)

Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 166 (6/30/2020)

Days to the 2020 election: 292 (11/3/2020)

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NATIONAL HEADLINES

President Trump is officially on trial

The Senate began the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday. The first day of the official proceedings were marked by conflict over whether to call witnesses and new evidence about President Trump's dealings in Ukraine [Washington Post].

The Senate is cracking down on reporters covering the impeachment trial, hindering their ability to do their job covering the proceedings [CNN].

Ukraine scandal

Lev Parnas, the indicted former associate of Rudy Giuliani, alleged President Trump was fully aware of efforts to push the Ukrainian government to open an investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden. Parnas also says Trump tried to fire Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch multiple times [Politico].

Parnas accused former Energy Secretary Rick Perry of telling Ukraine's president he had to announce an investigation into Joe Biden and the energy company that hired Biden's son as a board member when he attended the new president's inauguration last May [Bloomberg].

The non-partisan Government Accountability Office says the Trump administration broke the law when it withheld aid to Ukraine [New York Times].

Iran

Iran's supreme leader called President Trump a "clown" who will "push a poisonous dagger" into the backs of the Iranian people [AP].

Several U.S. service members were injured during last week's Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi air base despite initial claims that no casualties had taken place [CNN].

Trade deal

The Senate passed the revamped North American trade agreement to re-write the rules of trade with Mexico and Canada [NBC News].

Tax cuts

The Trump tax cuts delivered a $32 billion windfall to the top six U.S. banks as they cut jobs, cut back on new borrowing and delivered bigger payouts to shareholders [Bloomberg].

Yikes!

A Georgia election server contains evidence it was possibly hacked before the 2016 presidential election according to an election security expert [Politico].

Polling

A new poll shows black Americans are deeply pessimistic about opportunities available to them in the United States. The survey also finds that more than 8 in 10 black Americans believe President Trump is a racist and he has made racism a bigger problem in the country [Washington Post].

Mystery virus

A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread from China to Japan [Bloomberg].

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1605 - Don Quixote was published.

1946 - The U.N. Security Council met for the first time.

1961 - In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against "the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."

1977 - Convicted killer Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Utah. It was the first execution since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty the previous year.

1988 - President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit when he answered questions from lawyers for Paula Jones, who had accused Clinton of sexual harassment.

Wise Words

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."Frederick Douglass

Lighter Side

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they'll no longer be senior members of the royal family and they might move to Canada. I give them a lot of credit - tons of celebrities always threaten to move to Canada; they're actually doing it."- JIMMY FALLON

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