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Situational awareness - December 11, 2018
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Tuesday's essentials: Utah lawmakers are warning the state's booming economy may be heading toward a slowdown. Hatch says allegations of campaign finance violations against Trump are "irrelevant." Trump worries he may be impeached.
TICK TOCK
48 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
93 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
174 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
178 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
245 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
329 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
419 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
693 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today At Utah Policy
Despite a massive budget surplus, lawmakers are hearing economic warning bellsBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Utah GOP legislative leaders are getting into their "Eeyore" mode don't count on all this $1.3 billion in tax surpluses next year....
Watch: Love says minorities 'don't really trust that Republicans care' about themBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Outgoing Rep. Mia Love is continuing her post-election loss media tour, stopping on Monday by MSNBC....
Hatch says allegations Trump paid women hush money during the 2016 campaign are 'irrelevant'By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Sen. Orrin Hatch said a bombshell court filing implicating President Donald Trump in hush money payments to women he had extramarital affairs with was irrelevant because the economy is thriving and they came before Trump was elected....
Congressman-elect Ben McAdams announces chief of staff for UT-04 officeBy Press release Congressman-elect Ben McAdams announced the hire of Nichole Dunn for the position of Chief of Staff in Utah's 4th Congressional District office....
Dabakis releases poll showing he would be a strong candidate for Salt Lake City MayorBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Sen. Jim Dabakis says he will make a decision about whether to launch a run for Salt Lake City Mayor on Tuesday. Ahead of that announcement, he released results of a poll that suggests he may jump into the race....
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Deseret News
Editorial: Tumblr shows the need for private solutions to public problems
Mitt Romney raised, spent more than 5 times Democratic opponent in U.S Senate race
Are Utah's multimillion-dollar homeless efforts working? Auditors don't know due to 'poor' data
3 ask Utah Supreme Court to let Utahns vote on Prop. 2 compromise
Utah Rep.-elect Ben McAdams names former deputy mayor as congressional chief of staff
Sen. Orrin Hatch brushes off allegations that Trump was involved in crimes
Helping to drive investment in 'opportunity zones'
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch calls for research of e-cigarettes in schools, recommends 611 for suicide hotline
Salt Lake County Councilman Arlyn Bradshaw jumps in race for county mayor
State School Board OKs near-$600,000 budget for public relations contract services
Salt Lake Tribune
Utah Democrats won a third of the votes for the state House, but only a fifth of the seats. Is this what gerrymandering looks like?
Utah's state flag is an 'S.O.B.' and one Republican lawmaker thinks it's time for a change
Audit says it's impossible to gauge the success of Utah's homelessness programs because of bad or useless data
Utah is adding two new air quality monitors in Salt Lake County
Utah's troubled public defender system would get a big boost in funding under Gov. Gary Herbert's plan
Group of voters asks Utah Supreme Court to strike down new medical cannabis act, reinstate Proposition 2
County Councilman Arlyn Bradshaw enters the race for Salt Lake County mayor
Rep.-elect McAdams picks longtime former aide Nichole Dunn as his new chief of staff
Sen. Orrin Hatch dismisses allegations against Trump saying 'you can make anything a crime under the current laws'
Other
Cedar Fort man feels pressured by rising property valuations (Daily Herald)
NATIONAL HEADLINES
Breaking Tuesday morning: Time Magazine has named several journalists and journalism outlets as their "Person of the Year." The list includes murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the staff of the Annapolis Capital in Maryland, which published a newspaper the day after a gunman shot up their newsroom -
http://bit.ly/2rw46Ej
President Trump is telling associates he is worried he may be impeached when Democrats take control of the House in January -
https://cnn.it/2rwFewk
President Trump will meet with Democratic Congressional leaders on Tuesday to discuss how to avoid a partial government shutdown next week -
http://bit.ly/2rvcrbe
44 former U.S. Senators from both parties wrote a letter to current Senators warning them that the country is "entering a dangerous period" following the latest revelations from Robert Mueller's investigation and the coming investigations from the Democratic-led House. They say, in the past, the "Senate has stood in defense of our democracy," and it's time for the body to step up again -
https://wapo.st/2Ga5fvf
When Nick Ayers turned down President Trump's overtures to become the next White House chief of staff, Trump did not have a plan B to fall back on. Trump is now scrambling to find someone to help run the executive branch. Trump also wanted Ayers to fire outgoing chief of staff John Kelly, but he declined -
https://nyti.ms/2ryipbv
Maria Butina, the Russian woman accused of running a secret campaign to influence powerful American conservatives, has agreed to plead guilty to charges she was acting as a foreign agent. She also agreed to fully cooperate with federal investigators -
https://nyti.ms/2rtSAcx
President Trump defended himself on Monday against allegations he directed illegal payments to two women to buy their silence during the 2016 campaign as "a simple private transaction" and not an illegal campaign contribution -
https://nyti.ms/2rsWYsg
Republicans are beginning to worry that President Donald Trump's growing legal problems are making him increasingly vulnerable as we head toward the 2020 election -
http://bit.ly/2Gb9Eyj
The Senate may vote on a resolution condemning Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the end of the year. The vote would be a stunning rebuke for the Trump administration -
https://wapo.st/2GbahI8
After President Trump called the $716 billion the government spent on defense last year "crazy," he told Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to submit a $750 billion budget proposal for next year -
https://politi.co/2ryibRH
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the liberal wing of the court in declining to hear two cases that threatened to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood -
http://bit.ly/2rygzal
British Prime Minister Theresa May delays a vote in Parliament on Britain's exit from the European Union because it was clear her side was about to suffer a humiliating defeat -
https://nyti.ms/2GcaRoP
A former Trump campaign staffer has been ordered to cough up $25,000 after she violated her nondisclosure agreement -
http://bit.ly/2rxYlpK
The federal government paid a private firm nearly $14 million to increase border protection, but the company staffed just two agents after promising to hire 7,500 people over the next five years -
http://bit.ly/2rxOksq
The Trump administration is preparing to unveil a plan to weaken federal clean water rules -
https://nyti.ms/2rwmXPt
Voyager 2, which was launched in 1977, has officially left the solar system and entered interstellar space -
https://nyti.ms/2rw3bUn ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th state.
1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States following the American declaration of war on Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1946 - UNICEF was established.
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from baseball.
1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the moon.
1994 - Up to 40,000 Russian troops invaded Chechnya to put down a secessionist rebellion.
2008 - Bernard Madoff, an investment manager, was arrested and charged with defrauding clients of up to $50 billion in what may have been the largest Ponzi scheme in Wall Street history.
Policy News
Hatch works with FCC on final stages of suicide hotline designation Senator Hatch (R-UT), the Chairman of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force and President Pro Tempore of the Senate, submitted comment to the Federal Communications Commission urging them to consider designating "611" as the national suicide hotline....
Utah Foundation names new board leadership At its Board of Trustees meeting December 6, Utah Foundation announced the following new officers....
More National Headlines
Defeat and the Dossier Explain Everything (American Greatness)
Is the Women's March Melting Down? (Tablet)
US sanctions North Korea on human rights as Trump floats second summit (CNN)
Corsi sues Mueller over alleged grand jury leaks, seeks $350M in damages: report (FOX News)
Pelosi, rebels discuss limiting her time as speaker to 4 years (Politico)
Ocasio-Cortez: Paul Ryan got called a 'genius' when he was elected at 28, I get accused of being 'a fraud' (The Hill)
Lesbian comic says Kosher 'mafia' forced cancellation of her NYC shows (NBC News)
Who is Meng Wanzhou, the Chinese exec wanted by the US? (CNN)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says tech giant is no haven for political bias (FOX News)
Kindness
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Aesop
Weed
"A new report claims that the legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana in New York could provide enough funds to fix the city's transit system. It would be the first time anybody's used weed to make something go faster." - SETH MEYERS
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