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Situational awareness - September 27, 2018
Good Thursday morning from Salt Lake City.
Buckle up, it's gonna be one of those days. The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford beginning at 8 am local time. Also, President Trump meets with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after Rosenstein reportedly offered to resign on Monday.
TICK TOCK
12 days until the last day to register to vote by mail (10/9/2018)
19 days until mail-in ballots are sent to voters (10/16/2018)
26 days until in-person early voting begins (10/23/2018)
33 days until the last day to register to vote in person or by mail (10/30/2018)
35 days until in-person early voting ends (11/2/2018)
40 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
123 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
170 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
768 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today At Utah Policy
Poll: Half of Utahns believe Russia has compromising information on President TrumpBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Half of all Utahns believe Russia has some kind of compromising information on President Donald Trump, a new UtahPolicy.com poll shows....
Hatch says we shouldn't have to 'put up with' new allegations against KavanaughBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Sen. Orrin Hatch is fed up with the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee....
Guest opinion: Possible legislative compromise on medical marijuana is good newsBy Derek Monson Utah Policy recently reported some detractors and supporters of Proposition 2 are angry about a potential legislative compromise on medical marijuana....
USTAR-supported project hopes to prevent hurricane deathsBy Brian Somers, USTAR Managing Director Hurricanes can be devastating and costly. With raging winds and storm surges, they can create floods, falling debris, and other weather-related hazards that are often deadly. ...
Utah Thrives podcast: Health care costsBy Dan Bammes For the voters surveyed for the Utah Priorities Project in 2016, no concern ranked higher than health care and its cost. Utah Foundation responded with a three-part series looking at what we have to pay for health care....
Weekly survey: Will there be a compromise on medical marijuana?By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor As UtahPolicy.com has reported, lawmakers and stakeholders on both sides of the medical marijuana issue are working to find a compromise for changes to Prop. 2 if it passes. Do you think they'll be able to find enough common ground for a special session following the Novembe...
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Deseret News
Editorial: School fees shouldn't break the bank for Utah students
Poll: Majority of Utahns don't want second term for Trump
Is DOJ gearing up to investigate tech giants? Utah A.G. part of cryptic meeting with Sessions
Inland Port board slows down, aims to 'dispel suspicion' amid transparency concerns
Salt Lake Tribune
Editorial: As flow gets low and permits get slow, will Lake Powell pipeline still go?
Republican candidate for Salt Lake County's top prosecutor spot will return campaign contributions after exceeding caps
Sen. Hatch says he's 'suspicious' of latest allegation against Kavanaugh but the Senate should investigate
Most Utahns would oppose a second term for President Donald Trump, new poll shows
Inland Port Authority Board looks to dispel criticism over transparency and lay groundwork for decision-making
Other
Rep. Bishop easily outdistances challengers in fundraising in U.S. House race (Standard-Examiner)
NATIONAL HEADLINES
Get ready for wall to wall coverage of Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing featuring Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford -
http://bit.ly/2QeqQTG
New allegations of sexual or inappropriate conduct surfaced against Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday. Kavanaugh denied the claims -
https://nyti.ms/2Q72xX
A fourth woman anonymously claimed Kavanaugh physically assaulted a woman while he was inebriated in 1998 -
https://nbcnews.to/2Qb3qOU President Trump defended Kavanaugh, calling the accusations "all false." However, Trump said he could be convinced otherwise after watching the testimony of Christine Ford on Thursday -
https://nyti.ms/2Qeu49L A new poll finds a majority of Americans oppose Brett Kavanaugh's nomination if the allegations from Christine Ford's allegation is true -
https://to.pbs.org/2Q9eSdV
Senate staffers interviewed two men who say they were involved in "the encounter" detailed by Dr. Christine Ford, not Brett Kavanaugh -
http://bit.ly/2Q9WSQw Dr. Christine Ford's legal team released the results of her polygraph test about her allegations against Kavanaugh -
https://abcn.ws/2Qcizzn Sen. Jeff Merkley is seeking a federal court injunction to stop a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, claiming Republicans are obstructing his constitutional duty to advise and consent on nominees -
https://politi.co/2QdrCAd President Trump is set to meet with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Thursday. Trump says he's open to keeping Rosenstein despite reports he offered to secretly record Trump -
https://wapo.st/2Q7M1qi
President Trump held a wild 81-minute press conference on Wednesday during which he sparred with, and insulted, reporters -
https://wapo.st/2QcQbNL
President Trump says he will not allow a partial federal government shutdown next week. Trump backed away from his demand that Congress provide billions of dollars to construct his wall on the U.S.-Mexico border -
https://wapo.st/2Qcm3St
President Donald Trump says he backs a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -
https://abcn.ws/2Q7NDjQ
American farmers say financial aid from the feds to lessen the impact of President Trump's trade war with China will not be enough to cover the economic damage they've suffered -
https://on.wsj.com/2Q6xZ8g
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to travel to North Korea to set up a second summit meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -
https://cnn.it/2QetLfb
American bombers flew into areas in the South China Sea considered sensitive by the Chinese military this week -
https://cnn.it/2Qdoog6
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1066 - William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
1777 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
1908 - Production of the Model T begins at the Ford plant in Detroit.
1935 - 13-year-old Judy Garland signed her first contract with MGM.
1962 - Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
1964 - The Warren Commission report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was released after a 10-month investigation, concluding that there was no conspiracy and that Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin, acted alone.
Policy News
Rep. Curtis' bipartisan Emery County Bill passes committee The House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 5727, Representative John Curtis' bipartisan Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018....
Hatch celebrates unanimous Senate passage of MMA Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the senior member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on the passage of the bipartisan Music Modernization Act (MMA)....
More National Headlines
Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser (Politico)
Eight big problems for Christine Blasey Ford's story (New York Post)
Yale University Under Federal Investigation for Use of Race in Admissions Practices (Wall Street Journal)
'Sound the alarm': GOP challenger Rick Scott posts big lead over Senator Bill Nelson among Hispanics (Salon)
Grizzly Hunt Is Scratched in Wyoming and Fur Flies Over Bear Population (Wall Street Journal)
Democratic Rep. Ellison to ask House Ethics Committee to investigate abuse allegations (FOX News)
More Young Veterans Committing Suicide, VA Data Show (Wall Street Journal)
How Joe Biden's comments about the FBI and Anita Hill are now being used against Democrats (Washington Post)
Sex Crimes Prosecutor Picked For Kavanaugh Hearing Brings Decades Of Experience (NPR)
Trump on Rosenstein: 'My preference would be to keep him' (CNBC)
President Trump is 'not happy' with Fed's decision to raise interest rates (CNBC)
Happiness
"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." Jim Rohn
Gone
"Trump tweeted that Americans who are unhappy with their jobs should start looking for new ones. And five minutes later he walked into the West Wing and everyone was gone." Jimmy Fallon
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