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Situational awareness - May 10, 2019 Good morning from Salt Lake City and TGIF! Welcome to Utah's must-read daily political news rundown. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to sign up for our emails. Here's what is driving the day: - Utah Republicans stuck to the script to shut down hardliners at Saturday's convention.
- Pelosi says the U.S. is in a "constitutional crisis"
- The U.S. hikes tariffs on millions of dollars of Chinese goods.
Friday trivia! We have a visual trivia question this week. Rep. Craig Hall sends this picture of a plaque one of his relatives discovered in a box.. 
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TICK TOCK Today is the 130th day of the year. There are 235 days remaining in 2019. 24 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019) 28 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019) 29 days until the Independent American Party Utah State Convention (6/8/2019) 43 days to the Utah State Democratic Party Organizing Convention (6/22/2019) 47 days to the first Democratic presidential primary debates in Miami (6/26/2019) 81 days to the second Democratic presidential primary debates in Detroit (7/30/2019) 95 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019) 179 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019) 262 days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (1/27/2020) 270 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020) 298 days to the 2020 Utah presidential primary (3/3/2020) 539 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today At Utah Policy  Bob Bernick's notebook: Stick to the script
By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor
Note to future organizers of Utah Republican Party conventions: Hire Rob Anderson and Curt Bramble to run the convention for you.
 Utahns proud to have united the nation 150 years ago
By LaVarr Webb, Publisher
Utahns are proud of their state's role in uniting the nation in the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad, according to a new public opinion survey by Y2Analytics. And virtually all Utahns believe completion of the railroad was very important for the development of the United States as a nation.
 UtahPolicy.com straw poll: Salt Lake City Mayor
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
There are currently nine candidates running to replace Jackie Biskupski as Salt Lake City Mayor.n Of those nine candidates, only two will advance out of the primary to the general election in November. Which out of that group do you think is most likely to finish in the top two? Vote now in our weekly survey.
 McAdams selected for House Financial Services Committee's Task Force on Financial Technology
By Press release
Congressman Ben McAdams has been selected to serve on the Task Force on Financial Technology (FinTech), which is charged with looking at this exciting and fast-growing sector of the financial services industry and issuing reports and recommendations.
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES Deseret News Salt Lake Tribune
NATIONAL HEADLINES The investigations: - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump's refusal to comply with Congressional subpoenas is a "constitutional crisis" - https://nyti.ms/2PW0Hdm
- President Trump appears to be daring House Democrats to impeach him for not cooperating with their efforts at oversight of his administration - https://nyti.ms/2PZGiE7
- The decision by the Senate Intelligence Committee to subpoena Donald Trump, Jr. has set off a big internal fight among Republicans - https://wapo.st/2PXJaRO
- House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff subpoenaed the Department of Justice for the unredacted Mueller report and access to counterintelligence information collected during Mueller's investigation - https://politi.co/2vQs2Ve
Trade war. The U.S. raised tariffs on millions of dollars of Chinese goods after trade talks between the two countries did not produce a deal - https://wapo.st/2PXJ7p6 - Trump seems to be betting his hardline trade tactics with China won't hurt the economy ahead of his 2020 re-election bid - https://politi.co/2vRmVUw
- Here are the consumer products that will become more expensive because of President Trump's tariffs - https://cnn.it/2PZ5A5y
Impeachment as a legal tool? Democrats may use an impeachment effort as a way to pry loose documents and compel Trump administration officials to testify - https://politi.co/2vRna1S - 45% of Americans say they support impeaching President Trump, which is up 5-points since last month - https://reut.rs/2vRpnKO
Democrats move to shore up healthcare. House Democrats passed a bill to bar the Trump administration from granting states waivers to the Affordable Care Act - https://wapo.st/2PW8uru
North Korea. The U.S. seized a North Korean cargo ship on Thursday, claiming the ship was being used to skirt sanctions on the country - https://cnn.it/2Q2dLhq - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wanted the U.S. to send "famous basketball players" to normalize relations between the two countries - https://abcn.ws/2vPZwmp
Trump vs. Kerry. President Donald Trump says former Secretary of State John Kerry "should be prosecuted" for discussing the Iran nuclear deal with officials from that country after leaving office - https://wapo.st/2PTgklC
Shanahan as Sec. Def. President Trump formally nominated acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to the job permanently - https://nyti.ms/2PTglGc
Alabama abortion chaos. A vote on a proposed Alabama law outlawing most abortions in the state was delayed as a shouting match broke out among lawmakers on Thursday - https://nyti.ms/2vOgj9l - Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth admitted the abortion proposal is an attempt to get the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade - http://bit.ly/2vMoPWC
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1503 - Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there. 1534 - Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland. 1773 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade. 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. 1775 - American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen an Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga. 1837 - Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels. 1872 - Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States. She ran under the banner of the Equal Rights Party. 1908 - Mother's Day was observed for the first time in the United States. 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the FBI. He remains in that post until his death in 1972. 1940 - Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. 1940 - Nazi Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, swinging 89 army divisions around France's so-called impregnable Maginot Line. 1954 - Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock," the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. 1984 - A federal judge in Utah found the U.S. government negligent in above-ground Nevada nuclear tests from 1951 to 1962 that exposed residents downwind to radiation.
Policy News  The 13th annual Governor's Utah Economic Summit: Global ConnectionsThe Utah Economic Summit engages Utah's top leaders and decision-makers from the business, government and academic communities with the most relevant business content to help bolster Utah's robust economy. The summit provides a platform for strategic dialogue related to current economic impacts and future growth of Utah's business communities.
Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors ReportOutdoors Report-- Salt Lake Tribune: Court upholds Utah's efforts to relocate nonnative goats in the La Sal Mountains, but environmentalists worry about damage the animals do
AG Reyes urges congress to allow marijuana related business to access the banking systemUtah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 states and territorial attorneys general urging Congress to pass the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement, or SAFE, Banking Act or similar measures that would give legal marijuana-related businesses access to the federal banking system.
Utah students to be honored at The Stock Market Game Awards Banquet on May 10Students, teachers, government officials and local business leaders will celebrate the 37 winning students and teachers of The Stock Market Game spring 2019 statewide competition during an awards banquet on May 10. The banquet, hosted by Utah State Treasurer David Damschen, will feature student speeches, information about the competition and opportunities to learn more about financial responsibility.
On Saturday, May 11th, Salt Lake City will host the annual Environment + You event at the Rose Park Community Learning Center. Environment + You is an opportunity for westside residents to learn about short- and long-term solutions to improve the environmOn Saturday, May 11th, Salt Lake City will host the annual Environment + You event at the Rose Park Community Learning Center. Environment + You is an opportunity for westside residents to learn about short- and long-term solutions to improve the environment and their health.
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