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Situational awareness - December 12, 2018
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Wednesday's essentials: Orrin Hatch delivers his farewell speech Wednesday morning. Utah Republicans say they were hamstrung during the 2018 midterms. Trump, Pelosi and Schumer fight over border wall funding on live TV.
TICK TOCK
47 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
92 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
173 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
177 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
244 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
328 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
418 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
692 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today At Utah Policy
Despite party dominance, Utah GOP officials say they were hamstrung in the 2018 midtermsBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Any political party leader will want more money, more time and more volunteers to prepare for an election, but Utah State Republican Party chairman Rob Anderson says he and those around him were hamstrung in the 2018 elections as he didn't have enough of all three....
Watch: Fox News commentator shuts down Jason Chaffetz for spreading conspiracy theoriesBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Fox News commentator Marie Harf lit into former Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz on air Tuesday for spreading "debunked" conspiracy theories....
Mia Love: 'My job is not to walk in lockstep with somebody just because they're sitting in the White House' (with video)By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor On Tuesday, Rep. Mia Love asserted her independence from President Donald Trump saying it's not her job to "walk in lockstep with someone just because they are sitting in the White House." ...
He's running! Dabakis announces second bid for Salt Lake City MayorBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Sen. Jim Dabakis announced Tuesday he is jumping into the race for Salt Lake City Mayor....
Weekly survey: Salt Lake City mayoral raceBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Jim Dabakis announced on Tuesday he was running for Salt Lake City Mayor in 2019. Of the candidates who have already declared for the race, who do you think has the best chance of winning? Vote now in our weekly survey....
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Deseret News
Op-ed: Proposition 4 is a win for everyone
What is Utah doing about illegal, annoying robocalls, telemarketing scams?
Ranchers reveling in Trump's proposed rollback of water regulations
Utah Rep. Mia Love: Trump 'obviously' doesn't understand GOP's issues with minority women
For sale: One embattled jail in rural Utah
Too close for comfort: Groups say oil and gas leases jeopardize pristine public lands in Utah
Mark Huntsman re-elected chairman of the Utah State Board of Education
Salt Lake City Council votes to give themselves a nearly $10,000 pay bump
Utah patients upset at surprise medical bills; hospitals, insurers at odds over who is to blame
'I'm in': Retiring state Sen. Jim Dabakis joins 2019 race for Salt Lake City mayor
Salt Lake Tribune
Why was the surly bobcat Mr. Murderbritches freed, while thousands of other 'nuisance' wild animals get a bullet?
Feds hold biggest Utah oil and gas auction in years, setting off heightened concerns from environmentalists
UDOT buys homes to make way for I-15 widening, but neighbors say vacant houses bring squatters, drugs, graffiti
Outgoing Sen. Jim Dabakis announces plans to run (again) for Salt Lake City mayor
The internet is in love with a massive reply-all failure in Utah government
The public is 'beating the hell out of us': Inland port board member blames community engagement for slow progress on planned development
Rep. Mia Love: 'My job is not to walk in lockstep' with Trump
Walmart looks for last call on 3.2 beer in Utah
'This is about access to democracy for me': Salt Lake City Council votes to increase its own pay in an effort to encourage diversity of representation
Other
Utah County Commissioners delay decision again on implementing sales tax (Daily Herald)
Summit County officials have captive audience with state representatives (Park Record)
Valley residents visit with representative from Sen. Mike Lee's office (Logan Herald Journal)
NATIONAL HEADLINES
President Donald Trump, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fight on live TV in the Oval Office about funding for Trump's border wall. During the gripping exchange, Trump said he would be "proud" to shut down the government unless he gets the money for the wall, which was one of his central campaign promises -
https://politi.co/2G8jOQ2
After the exchange, Trump reportedly tossed a folder of briefing papers in anger -
https://lat.ms/2GcWwbU
Vice President Mike Pence remained silent and looked visibly uncomfortable during the remarkable public squabble. Twitter had a field day roasting Pence, with some referring to Pence as "Flat Mike" -
https://cnn.it/2Gb6g6v House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is close to a deal to impose term limits on Democratic leadership in the House. The deal will all but assure she will have enough votes to win the Speakership in January -
https://politi.co/2GmX6DM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reverses course and says he will bring a criminal justice overhaul bill to the floor for a vote -
https://wapo.st/2GeV20V
President Trump said he was willing to intervene in the arrest of a Chinese tech executive on charges related to violating economic sanctions against Iran -
https://nyti.ms/2GbJmf3
Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for President Trump, will be sentenced Wednesday morning for his role in a scandal to pay hush money to two women who claimed they had affairs with Trump -
https://nyti.ms/2GbJmf3
President Trump said Tuesday that hush money payments to two women during the 2016 campaign did not violate campaign finance laws, calling the payments "peanut stuff." Trump also said he wasn't worried about being impeached because he "created the greatest economy in the history of our country" -
https://reut.rs/2GdYuZD
Lawyers for Michael Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, asked a federal judge for leniency when he's sentenced for lying to the FBI -
https://nyti.ms/2GcYWr0
President Trump is continuing to stand by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, despite a CIA assessment he ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi -
https://reut.rs/2GeVKv7
Potential rivals are taking a potential presidential run by Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke very seriously -
http://bit.ly/2Gb6Q4b
President Trump has repeatedly blasted special counsel Robert Mueller's team for making political donations to Democrats as evidence of bias. But William Barr, Trump's pick for Attorney General donated more than $500,000 to Republican groups and candidates over the past two decades -
https://wapo.st/2GbJAmp
A judge ordered adult film actress Stormy Daniels to pay President Trump $293,000 for attorneys' fees and other penalties in connection with a dismissed defamation suit against the president -
https://cnb.cx/2Gb7heP
Kentucky lawmakers are considering a ban on corporal punishment in the state's schools -
http://bit.ly/2GbKWgZ
Newly elected New York Attorney General Letitia James says she is planning wide-ranging investigations into President Donald Trump's business dealing, his family, and "anyone" connected to him who may have violated the law -
https://nbcnews.to/2rzAfuy
Britain's prime minister Theresa May will face a no-confidence vote from her own Conservative Party for her handling of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union -
https://nyti.ms/2GpbhIT
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before Congress on Tuesday. Members of the House Judiciary Committee spent the three hours attacking other over whether Google is biased against conservatives instead of digging into how Google handles the massive amount of information the company utilizes -
http://bit.ly/2G8lSaK
French authorities say an attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg was an act of terror. Two people were killed, while 13 others were injured -
https://wapo.st/2GdlasU
U.S. investigators believe China is responsible for the massive hack of Marriot's reservation system that exposed the personal information of up to 500 million people -
https://wapo.st/2GcWa54
A jury said James Fields, who was convicted of killing Heather Hyer during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville last year, should serve life in prison -
https://cnn.it/2GlYAhY
The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest and thickest ice, which researchers say will lead to a rapidly warming planet due to lack of ice cover -
https://wapo.st/2GaAF4E ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution.
1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes is sworn in as the first African American to serve in the U.S. House.
1901 - Guglielmo Marconi sends the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean.
1913 Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was recovered from a hotel room in Florence, Italy.
1917 - Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town in Nebraska.
1968 - Arthur Ashe became the first African American to be ranked No. 1 in tennis.
2000 - The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 reversing the ruling of the Florida Supreme Court allowing the hand recount of votes in Florida. The decision in effect ensured Republican Texas Gov. George W. Bush would win the presidency over former Vice President Al Gore.
Policy News
Martha Hughes Cannon Statue Oversight Committee narrows down selection to five sculptors The Martha Hughes Cannon Statue Oversight Committee announced that it has narrowed down its selection to five sculptors as part of the Request for Qualifications/Proposal process publicly announced on September 18 with a deadline to submit by November 4. The five finalists i...
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....
More National Headlines
Beto O'Rourke narrowly tops wide-open MoveOn 2020 presidential straw poll; Biden is runner-up (NBC News)
Republican senator feels 'vindication' after Kavanaugh votes in favor of Planned Parenthood (CNN)
Trump says he's not concerned about being impeached: 'The people would revolt' (The Hill)
Trump administration files Supreme Court appeal after Ninth Circuit ruling halting new asylum policy (FOX News)
Trump administration proposes major rollback of water rules (NBC News)
More than 3,000 illegals caught in one day: DHS (Washington Times)
Leaks From Moonves Probe Spook Directors, Spark Confidentiality Concern (TPM)
Work
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." Vince Lombardi
Shade
"As soon as you start praising someone's honesty, you're automatically throwing shade at Donald Trump. I mean, Obama made Trump seem like a bad president just bysittingnext to him." - STEPHEN COLBERT
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