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Daily Briefing

Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is the 283rd day of the year. There are 82 days remaining in 2017.

The clock:

7 days until ballots for the 2017 general election are mailed to voters (10/17/2017)28 days until the 2017 election (11/7/2017)104 days until the opening day of the 2018 Utah Legislature (1/22/2018)149 days until the final day of the 2018 Utah Legislature (3/8/2018)392 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)1,120 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

Today's political TL; DR -

Sutherland Institute President Boyd Matheson says he's considering a 2018 primary challenge for the seat currently held by Sen. Orrin Hatch [Utah Policy].
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon is planning to get involved in Utah's 2018 Senate race by recruiting a candidate to take on Sen. Orrin Hatch next year [Utah Policy].
PODCAST: On this week's "Beg to Differ" podcast a discussion of whether Ben McAdams could mount a credible challenge to Rep. Mia Love in 2018, the debate over gun control and a conversation with Jim Bennett, 3rd CD candidate from the United Utah Party [Utah Policy].
The new Utah GOP leadership is sending out online surveys to party members to get a sense of which direction the party should take on a number of issues, but Bob Bernick says they're using loaded questions [Utah Policy].
Our "Political Insiders" say the Count My Vote ballot initiative to dump the caucus/convention system has the best chance of making the ballot in 2018 and being approved by voters [Utah Policy].
Ouch! Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson is apologizing for endorsing current Mayor Jackie Biskupski during the 2015 campaign. Anderson slammed Biskupski on a Facebook message saying she has failed on the homeless issue and has acted like an "entitled, ego-driven politician" [KUTV].
Democratic Rep. Brian King plans to introduce legislation next year to ban the sale of so-called "bump stocks" following the Las Vegas massacre [Tribune].
Republican 3rd CD candidate John Curtis launches a new campaign website [Deseret News].
Rep. Rob Bishop introduces legislation to limit the size of any national monument created under the Antiquities Act to 640 acres [Deseret News].
Newly confirmed ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman discusses how to improve relations between the U.S. and that country [Deseret News, Tribune].
Groups including Black Lives Matter march to protest the shooting of a black man by Salt Lake City police. The shooting of Patrick Harmon was deemed legally justified by Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill [Deseret News, Tribune].
The University of Utah is weighing a policy change that would make student groups who bring controversial speakers to campus shoulder some of the costs for security [Deseret News].
Provo is poised to elect that city's first woman mayor in 157 years [Tribune].

National headlines:

President Donald Trump has reportedly grown frustrated with chief of staff John Kelly, bristling at the disciplined style Kelly has imposed on the West Wing. Their relationship will be further tested now that the fall season at Trump's Mar-a-Lago is getting underway as Kelly will struggle to keep Trump from soliciting advice from resort members and friends [Vanity Fair].
White House sources say President Donald Trump is lashing out, trying to bolster his standing with his populist base which is threatening to further stall his legislative agenda. The Twitter spat with Sen. Bob Corker is just the latest sign of Trump's volatility spilling out into the open [Washington Post].
White House staffers say they use delay tactics and distractions to "pen in" President Trump and prevent him from making gut decisions that could have wide-ranging consequences [Politico].
President Trump's public Twitter fight with Sen. Bob Corker could put his plans for tax reform in jeopardy [New York Times].
President Trump may visit the Demilitarized Zone during his visit to South Korea in November [Bloomberg].
Democrats say their chances of taking control of the Senate after the 2018 election are growing, and Republicans are starting to get nervous about the prospect [Politico].
Russia investigation:
We're learning more about how Russian operatives used social media to sow discord and spread information among American voters during the 2016 election [New York Times].
Google says they've discovered thousands of dollars of advertisements purchased by Russians on their platform to disseminate misinformation during the election [Washington Post].
An attorney for the Russian billionaire who pushed for a meeting between senior Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer says they have documents showing that meeting was not to pass along dirt on Hillary Clinton [CNN].
Las Vegas: The timeline of last week's massacre has changed. Now, police say the gunman shot at a hotel security guard before he began mowing down attendees at an outdoor concert [Los Angeles Times].
Puerto Rico: Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria roared across the island, relief workers are still struggling to get needed aid into the hands of residents [USA Today].
The EPA announces they will begin repealing Obama-era regulations designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants [New York Times].
Deadly wildfires are sweeping across Northern California. The blazes have already killed 10 and injured at least 100. More than 1,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed [Associated Press].

On this day in history:

1888 - 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public.
1963 - The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
1967 - Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara is executed by the Bolivian military.

Today At Utah Policy

New Utah GOP leadership surveying members, but the questions are loaded ones By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor The Utah Republican Party, now under new leadership, has sent out email/web-based survey to 80,000 of registered Republicans in the state....

Sutherland Institute head Boyd Matheson reportedly considering a primary challenge to Sen. Orrin Hatch next year By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor The Sutherland Institute's Boyd Matheson says he's considering a primary challenge to Sen. Orrin Hatch in 2018. The news comes just one day after a group aligned with former White House strategist Steve Bannon said they would recruit a challenger for Hatch next year....

Steve Bannon planning to recruit Hatch challenger in 2018 By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Allies of former White House adviser Steve Bannon say he is planning to recruit a primary challenger for Sen. Orrin Hatch's seat in 2018....

'Political Insiders' say Count My Vote is ballot initiative most likely to pass By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Our "Political Insiders" say the ballot initiative to establish direct primary elections is the most likely to get on next year's ballot and pass....

Beg to Differ podcast: In it to win it! By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Bryan Schott and Mike Winder make you the smartest person in the room when you discuss politics....

Is Indigenous People's Day 'brown-washing' history? By Jared Whitley The person I think most about on Columbus Day isn't the man himself, but Genghis Khan....

Policy News

Salt Lake City receives IEDC Silver Award for Eccles Theater / Regent Street development Salt Lake City has received the Silver Award for best Public-Private Partnership (among cities with 25,000-200,000 population) from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for the George S. and Dolores Dor Eccles Theater/ Regent Street project....

Hatch, Wyden demand answers on $7.25 million IRS contract with Equifax Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) questioned a recent $7.25 million Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contract awarded to Equifax, which is currently under scrutiny for a massive data breach that exposed the p...

Google Fiber to open signups for residents and small businesses in Northwest Salt Lake City Continuing with its planned expansion, Google Fiber this week opened signups for residents in Northwest Salt Lake City....

Local Headlines

Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: How the First Amendment is supposed to work

Op-ed: Paving the way for high school students across America

Editorial: Utah gets energy efficient

Utahns love energy efficiency and buy more electric cars per capita than Californians, according to new report

Did testimony from state environmental regulators undermine a lawsuit against a Utah uranium mill?

Ambassador Huntsman's first week a whirlwind with Putin, Trump meetings

State GOP moves to prevent Weber County from punishing signature-gathering candidates

Utah lawmaker wants to end sales of 'bump stocks' like those used by Las Vegas shooter to boost rapid fire

From haircuts to housing, one-day event brings array of services to Salt Lake City's homeless

Utahns met with Trump's top man on Medicaid - only to see him resign the next day. What does Price's exit mean for Operation Rio Grande?

Golf vs. development debate returns to South Jordan on a different course

At ceremonial swearing-in back home, Jon Huntsman says his goal as ambassador is to restore trust between U.S.-Russia

Meet Kathie Allen: the Democratic congressional hopeful, longtime doctor and ... accordion player?

Utah's third largest city has gone 157 years without a female mayor. It won't go 158.

Could Steve Bannon's efforts really unseat Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch?

Deseret News

Frank R. Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: Possible strategies employed by some of Utah's top chess masters

Op-ed: Cakeshop case is really about freedom of expression

Op-ed: State school board elections should be nonpartisan

Op-ed: The caucus and convention system had it right

Hannah C. Smith: Trump gives relief to religious Obamacare objectors

Sen. Mike Lee: Utah's manufacturing sector is a middle class family-making machine

Editorial: Hollywood, Hefner and hypocrisy in the sexual revolution

Editorial: UTA's unfortunate new benefits package for top executives

'Help creating hope': Salt Lake's one-stop shop for homeless services debuts

After Shapiro talk, U. considering billing student groups for security

Improved U.S.-Russia relations runs through Ukraine, Jon Huntsman Jr. says

Reports: Hatch added to list of GOP targets by Steve Bannon

Bishop pitches 'common-sense approach' to reforming Antiquities Act

EPA chief starting process to repeal Obama-era Clean Power Plan

Judge tells Beaver County to hold its horses with mismanagement claims

Other

Kathie Allen: Health care does not respond to free market forces (Daily Herald)

Two debates to be held featuring 3rd Congressional District candidates (Daily Herald)

Op-ed: Weber School District identifies five projects as priorities (Standard-Examiner)

New nuclear weapons upgrade work brings jobs to Hill Air Force Base (Standard-Examiner)

Park City candidates stir little outward discord (Park Record)

National Headlines

New California law allows jail time for using wrong gender pronoun (FOX News)

Ivanka Trump tunes out noise, takes on tax overhaul fight (Associated Press)

Media Give Trump Most Negative Presidential Coverage in 25 Years (Epoch Times)

Michelle Obama In 2013: Harvey Weinstein Is 'A Wonderful Human Being' (The Federalist)

Weinstein sexual harassment controversy exposes Hollywood's double standard (Los Angeles Times)

This die-hard Democratic city is about to turn Republican (New York Post)

If Trump doesn't deal on DACA, some Democrats threaten a government shutdown (Washington Post)

EPA chief Scott Pruitt tells coal miners he will repeal power plant rule Tuesday: 'The war against coal is over' (Washington Post)

Lizz Winstead: 'Really Disappointed' In Obama, Clinton For Not Denouncing Harvey Weinstein (RealClearPolitics)

US Army chief: 'No risk-free options' on North Korea (CNN)

Dianne Feinstein confronts a race for a sixth US Senate term - and her party's shift to the left (Los Angeles Times)

Wise Words

Credit

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." Harry S Truman

Lighter Side

No Change

"O.J. Simpson said that during the nine years he's been in prison, he hasn't really changed at all. Then his parole officer said, "Ohhhkay I guess you're going back to prison." Jimmy Fallon

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