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Situational awareness - November 29, 2018

Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City.

Welcome to Utah's most comprehensive daily political newsletter. We get you up to date on the most important local and national political stories of the day.

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Executive summary: What went wrong for the Utah GOP in the midterm elections? Utah is on track for a massive budget surplus next year. Most Mormons voted for Republicans in 2018, but a majority disapprove of President Trump.

TICK TOCK

60 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
106 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
187 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
191 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
258 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
342 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
432 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
706 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

Today At Utah Policy

Podcast: 2018 election post-mortem with Utah GOP Chairman Rob Anderson
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
The 2018 midterms were not a particularly good election for the Utah GOP. The party lost a congressional seat, 4 seats in the Legislature and had a rough time in Salt Lake County....Boomtown! Budget projections show Utah could have hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses next year
By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor
For those of you who watch such things, get ready for some really big state revenue surpluses for the current budget year a prelude to GOP Gov. Gary Herbert's budget release Dec. 5....Lee blocks bipartisan effort to vote on a bill protecting special counsel Mueller
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
On Wednesday, Sen. Mike Lee single-handedly blocked an effort by Democratic Sens. Chris Coons and Cory Booker and GOP Sen. Jeff Flake to force a vote on a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation from interference by the Trump administration....Fallon roasts Rep. John Curtis (with video)
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Rep. John Curtis found himself in the crosshairs of late-night comedian Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday....National conference to highlight Utah's innovation economy
By Brian Somers, USTAR Managing Director
Next week, Salt Lake City will welcome federal, state, and local government officials, investors, and stakeholders from economic development agencies, nonprofits, and higher education from across the country to discuss best practices in utilizing science and technology to pr...Weekly survey: GOP and minorities
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Mia Love suggested in her Monday press conference that part of the reason she lost was the GOP does not do a good job building relationships with minority voters. Do you think that contributed to her defeat in the 2018 midterms? Vote now in our weekly survey....

OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

Eva Witesman: GM news reminds us that government isn't a business

Derek Miller: Fare thee well, Sen. Hatch

Editorial: Congress, here's your end-of-year checklist

State audit: Workforce Services could be more careful in awarding, renewing public assistance benefits

Sen. Mike Lee blocks effort to vote on bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller

Utah Supreme Court: Residents' vote to block development at old Cottonwood Mall stands

Happy New Year: Utah's economic outlook positive heading into 2019, analysts say

Utah Sen. Mike Lee makes impassioned plea to pull U.S. forces from Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen

Salt Lake Tribune

Gehrke: A mail carrier's simple act shows we don't all have to be Brent Taylor to serve

Utah's youngest legislator: 'I won't call anybody old if they don't call me young.'

With passage of Prop 2, Utah Patients Coalition reorganizes, shifts attention to lobbying the Legislature

Number of undocumented immigrants in Utah hits a 10-year low

Sen. Mike Lee blocks proposed legislation to protect Mueller investigation of Russian meddling in U.S. election

Ben McAdams votes against Nancy Pelosi for House speaker, but she wins Democratic nomination anyway

NATIONAL HEADLINES

A new poll finds 67-percent of Mormons voted for Republicans in the 2018 midterms, but only 56-percent approve of President Trump's job performance - http://bit.ly/2FNCio W
In a rambling interview with the New York Post, President Donald Trump said a pardon for former campaign chair Paul Manafort is "not off the table" - https://nyp.st/2FMlVJd
Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani says the president discussed pardoning former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in early June. Giuliani's proclamation contradicts a White House statement claiming no such discussions took place - http://bit.ly/2FMm7bp
President Trump told special counsel Robert Mueller in writing that Roger Stone did not share information he had about WikiLeaks. He also said he was not told about the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving his son, campaign officials and a Russian lawyer promising damaging information about Hillary Clinton - https://cnn.it/2FLw9cT
The special counsel's team is scrutinizing late-night calls between then-candidate Donald Trump and longtime associate Roger Stone - https://wapo.st/2FOBVug
Manafort's plea deal with Mueller's team fell apart because he allegedly lied to investigators about his business dealings with Russia - https://thebea.st/2FWTWqu
Right-wing conspiracy monger Jerome Corsi said in a blockbuster interview that he lied to Congress and is "ready to die in jail." He also said he tried to get stolen Clinton emails to the Trump campaign in 2016 and he "absolutely" intended to help the Trump campaign by doing so - https://on.msnbc.com/2FKVUdq
Did special counsel Robert Mueller set Paul Manafort up? There's compelling evidence that Mueller's team baited Manafort into sharing false information with Trump's team - http://bit.ly/2FPEyfj
Senators advance a measure to limit presidential powers in Yemen. The move came after Senators were denied a CIA briefing on the killing of a Saudi journalist - https://nyti.ms/2G0lfAf
Democrats in the House nominated Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House. She will still need to pick up about 15 votes to get the gavel back, but her allies are increasingly confident she will get there - https://politi.co/2FKUDmE
Stunning! President Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta helped a hedge fund manager get a sweetheart plea deal after he was prosecuted for allegedly forcing dozens of underage girls to become prostitutes for him and other influential friends - https://hrld.us/2FLyg0j
The Dow jumped 600 points on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell hinted the Fed may slow interest rate hikes - https://cnn.it/2FOANH2
A leaked document from the Kremlin confirms President Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Argentina this weekend - https://reut.rs/2FNHdWY
Police raided the offices of Deutsche Bank on Thursday morning as part of a massive money laundering investigation - https://nyti.ms/2FKSvva
Rising sea levels from climate change could cost the U.S. trillions. In fact, rising sea levels are already causing problems in coastal cities like New Orleans - http://bit.ly/2FOQ4aW
The Trump administration is preparing to finally move on a formal ban of bump stocks on semi-automatic weapons - https://nyti.ms/2FPERGZ
The FBI waived fingerprint checks for caregivers at a migrant detention camp for teens in Texas, potentially putting the safety of those housed there at risk - http://bit.ly/2FMlFKf
The NRA reported donations to the group dropped by $55 million last year - https://thebea.st/2FLl23y
Life expectancy in the U.S. dropped again. The average baby born in 2017 can expect to live 78.6 years. The latest drop is largely attributed to a rising number of deaths from drug overdoses - http://bit.ly/2FNtnnx

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1777 - San Jose, Calfornia is founded as Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe by Jose Joaquin Moraga.
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1929 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1963 - President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1967 - Vietnam War: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 - Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1990 - The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution authorizing "all necessary means," including military force, against Iraq if it didn't withdraw from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991.
2017 - NBC fired Matt Lauer as host of the Today show after the network received a complaint accusing him of "inappropriate sexual behavior."

Policy News

Utah Inland Port Authority advances search for executive director, interim administrator and legal counsel
The Utah Inland Port Authority Board advanced its search for an interim administrator as well as received an update on the national search for a full-time executive director....Boeing grants Utah STEM Foundation $75K to launch 'Utah STEM Collective Impact' study
Boeing has announced that it is granting the Utah STEM Foundation $75,000 to support the Utah STEM Action Center in launching the "Utah STEM Collective Impact" study....