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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
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
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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Nobody understands optics! - Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 387Utah 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 officeGov. 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 candidateUtah 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 lawWhether 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. 387Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott explain a busy week in Utah politics....
Hatch writes to FTC chairman with Google concernsSenator 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. 2Last week the LDS Church sent an email to their members encouraging them to vote against Prop. 2, the medical cannabis ballot initiative. How effective do you think this plea will be in November? Vote now in our weekly survey....
Policy News
Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors ReportWeekend 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 CenterThe Governor's Office of Economic Development has named Kimberlee Carlile as the first director of the Talent Ready Utah Center....
National Headlines
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 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)
