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Situational awareness - May 3, 2019

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How many Republicans filed to run against Democrat Jim Matheson in the 2002 primary election? What was the composite nickname for all of them?

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TICK TOCK

Today is the 123rd day of the year. There are 242 days remaining in 2019.

The Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention and the United Utah Party state convention are tomorrow (5/4/2019)

31 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)

35 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)

36 days until the Independent American Party Utah State Convention (6/8/2019)

50 days to the Utah State Democratic Party Organizing Convention (6/22/2019)

54 days to the first Democratic presidential primary debates in Miami (6/26/2019)

88 days to the second Democratic presidential primary debates in Detroit (7/30/2019)

102 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)

186 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)

269 days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (1/27/2020)

277 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)

305 days to the 2020 Utah presidential primary (3/3/2020)

546 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

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NATIONAL HEADLINES

Pelosi: Barr lied. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Attorney General William Barr committed a crime by lying to Congress during his testimony - https://nyti.ms/2vBahZO

Democrats talking with Mueller about testifying. Congressional Democrats are going around the Justice Department and speaking directly with special counsel Robert Mueller about appearing before Congress - http://bit.ly/2PLGaI9

White House complained about Mueller to Barr. A five-page letter from White House lawyer Emmet Flood raised several concerns about Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, saying the special counsel should have made a decision on whether to charge Trump with obstruction of justice - https://cnn.it/2PIo2iC

FBI investigated Trump's campaign. A government investigator posed as a research assistant as part of a counterintelligence inquiry into the Trump campaign's links to Russia. The Trump campaign jumped on the story, claiming it was proof of government spying - https://nyti.ms/2PGOol5

Trump blocks McGahn's testimony. President Donald Trump says he does not want former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before Congress on allegations the president obstructed justice - https://politi.co/2PLHTx7

Trump's approval rating on the economy hits a new high. 56% of Americans say Trump is doing a good job with the economy according to a new poll - https://cnn.it/2vxyHU3

Stephen Moore's nomination for the Fed is kaput. Just hours after Moore said he would not back down from seeking a spot on the Federal Reserve Board, President Trump tweeted that Moore had withdrawn his name from consideration. Moore blamed a "smear campaign" by Democrats - https://cnb.cx/2PKzeLm

Facebook bans extremists. The online platform has permanently banned Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan and a host of other prominent figures it says are "dangerous" - https://cnn.it/2PGOh99

New Trump administration rule will allow doctors to refuse to perform abortions. The rule would protect medical providers who object to certain medical procedures on religious grounds - http://bit.ly/2vBbbWc

Pig ebola? African swine fever is spreading throughout Asia and threatening the global food supply - https://bloom.bg/2vCVzl8

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1802 - Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.

1913 - The California Alien Land Law of 1913 (Webb-Haney Act) passed the California state Senate. The bill forbade immigrants from owning any land for agricultural or gardening purposes.

1921 - West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until some years later due to enforcement issues.

1948 - The Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.

1952 - Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.

1957 - Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

1978 - The first unsolicited bulk email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

1979 - Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party won the British general election, making her the first woman prime minister of a major European nation.

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Wise Words

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Lighter Side

"It was reported today that Joe Biden is leading Bernie Sanders by eight points. Yeah, no, no, not in the polls - in their weekly game of shuffleboard." - CONAN O'BRIEN

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