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Situational awareness - July 23, 2020

Good morning from Salt Lake City

Let's Thursday!

TICK TOCK

103 Days to the 2020 election (11/3/2020)

181 days to inauguration day (01/20/2021)

186 days to the start of the 2021 Utah Legislature (1/25/2021)

Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:

PROGRAMMING NOTE

We won't publish a newsletter on Friday due to the Pioneer Day holiday.

We'll return bright and early on Monday, July 27th.

TRIVIA TIME

Since we're taking tomorrow off, we're bringing you our weekly trivia contest a day early.

Today's question is courtesy of Mike Winder who brings us a very timely query:

Which President of the United States attended the Days of '47 Rodeo on Pioneer Day in Salt Lake City?

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NATIONAL HEADLINES

Coronavirus stimulus

Senate Republicans and the White House say they have reached an agreement on a number of elements of the next coronavirus relief package [Reuters].

Congress may extend the $600 in extra unemployment benefits for a short period in order to buy more time to negotiate the stimulus bill [Forbes].

Vaccine

The U.S. government cut a $1.95 billion dollar deal with Pfizer to provide 600 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year [NYT].

When will a vaccine be available? [Bloomberg].

Wealth transfer

President Donald Trump moved millions of dollars from his campaign donors to his private businesses [Forbes].

Economy

The economic recovery may be slowing as a new survey shows the number of Americans currently employed dropping markedly in the last month [Bloomberg].

Cities in the U.S. will lose $1.5 trillion in economic activity this year according to a new estimate [CNN].

Sales of existing homes jumped more than 20 percent last month, but its still below pre-pandemic levels [AP].

Civic unrest

President Trump announced a "surge" of federal law enforcement officers into more cities including Chicago and Albuquerque [Axios].

The mayor of Portland was tear-gassed by federal agents during another night of protests in that city [AP].

The government dispatched 114 federal officers to Portland as part of "Operation Diligent Valor" to protect U.S. government buildings from vandals [Politico].

About that test

President Trump can't stop talking about passing a cognitive test, but experts say that's nothing to brag about [WaPo].

Race for 2020

Democratic nominee Joe Biden called Donald Trump America's first "racist" president [WaPo].

Statue fight

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol [The Hill].

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1885 - President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

1903 - The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.

1962 - Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.

1962 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1967 - Detroit riots: One of the worst riots in U.S. history begins in the predominantly African American inner city. Ultimately, 43 people are killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings are burned.

1973 - Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox served subpoenas on the White House after President Richard Nixon refused to turn over requested tapes and documents.

1999 - Eileen Collins becomes the first female space shuttle commander on the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Wise Words

"The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. and I am much mistaken if experience has not wrought a deep and solemn conviction in the public mind that greater energy of government is essential to the welfare and prosperity of the community." Alexander Hamilton: Federalist No. 26

Lighter Side

"Yep, Joe Biden was hacked. Afterward, he was like, 'Don't be fooled by this scam - invest your money with a Nigerian prince instead. He's giving away free iPhone 7's." - JIMMY FALLON

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