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Situational awareness - March 12, 2019

Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City.

Notable: 16 years ago today Elizabeth Smart was found alive in Sandy after being kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in June of 2002.

Here are the stories we're following today:

• Still no budget deal as the House and Senate continue negotiations ahead of Thursday's adjournment.
• Biskupski sues over the inland port deal.
• Pelosi downplays impeachment saying President Trump "is not worth it."

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TICK TOCK

Today is the 71st day of the year. There are 294 days remaining in 2019.

2 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)

39 days to the Utah Libertarian Party state convention (4/20/2019)

53 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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OTHER UTAH HEADLINES

Deseret News

• Ben McAdams: Both parties must work to lower our country's dangerous debt burden
• Editorial: As 2020 elections heat up, the window for bipartisanship shrinks
• Utah lawmakers endorse wood-burning stove conversions
• Utah's presidential primary would be on 'Super Tuesday' under bill passed by Senate
• Attempts to regulate peer-to-peer car rental networks appear untenable
• Bill aiming to dismantle USTAR gets House committee nod
• Utah House, Senate 'trying to avoid turmoil' in ongoing budget impasse
• After springing forward, Utah House approves resolution to pick one time
• Salt Lake City mayor sues over 'gross state overreach' in Utah Inland Port Authority's creation
• Second Utah House committee rejects 'Lauren's Law'

Salt Lake Tribune

• Utah coal country's push for a West Coast deep-water port resurfaces as Senate panel advances funding plan
• From flooding to sick kids and pets, small legal claims show Sandy water crisis had a big impact on residents
• Utah lawmakers move quickly on a late-emerging plan to borrow $1.6 billion for transportation projects
• Committee halts bill that would have stopped Utah drivers from needing a front license plate
• Bill dies that sought tax equity between car rental and car sharing firms
• Bill limiting rural counties to a 3-person commission falls short in Senate committee
• Last-minute push fails to advance 'Lauren's Law,' which would've made it easier to sue gun owners who loan out a firearm later used in a murder
• Senate committee OKs an inland port bill that critics worry would facilitate transport of coal
• Utah lawmaker complains of 'vile messages' after her changes torpedoed the conversion therapy bill
• Utah House wants a temporary budget that strips out most new spending. Senators look at removing education earmark for income tax.
• President Trump's budget plan slashes Interior Department funding, boosts oil and gas drilling
• Invitation from the Salt Lake Chamber to pay $10K to discuss the inland port sparks conflict of interest, transparency concerns
• Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski sues state-created inland port, alleging it is unconstitutional
• Lawmakers kill once-ordered UTA name change, and offer relief to electric, hybrid car owners
• Senate committee advances a plan to create a state flag-review commission. A flag designer said this was not a good idea.
• Utah House passes bill to add an 86-percent tax on e-cigarettes

Other

• Conservative radio host Dennis Prager will headline Utah County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner (Daily Herald)
• Rep. Bishop introduces bill to let states keep daylight saving time year round (Standard-Examiner)
• Weber County commissioners lean toward axing cash payouts for departing leaders (Standard-Examiner)

NATIONAL HEADLINES

Impeaching Trump "not worth it." Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview she was not in favor of an attempt to impeach President Donald Trump because "he's just not worth" the division and political chaos that would result - https://wapo.st/2J8CcK2

Trump's budget proposal cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicare. The spending cuts are due to massive deficits fueled mostly by massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations - https://wapo.st/2J4726C

• Trump's $4.75 trillion budget is the largest in history - https://nyti.ms/2J8i8aX
• House Democrats are expected to avoid a vote on a budget this year in order to avoid a high-profile intraparty battle - https://politi.co/2JhCvTc

More legal trouble for Trump. The New York Attorney General opened new investigations into the Trump Organization relating to the financing of four major projects and Trump's failed attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills of the NFL - https://nyti.ms/2J491I6

New book claims Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's are President Trump's chief enablers. The book from investigative journalist Vicky Ward also claims Trump directed former chief of staff John Kelley to fire Ivanka and Jared from the White House - https://nyti.ms/2J78hSH

Cheney vs. Pence. Former Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly lit into current Vice President Mike Pence at a private gathering, saying the Trump administration's foreign policy "looks a lot more like Barack Obama than Ronald Reagan," according to a transcript of the event - https://wapo.st/2J6NcaX

The U.S. pulls remaining embassy staff from Venezuela. The decision is a result of the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the country - http://bit.ly/2JlW4d5

Russia will continue meddling in western elections and prepare for an armed conflict with NATO. A new intelligence report concludes over the next year Russia plans to meddle in the European Parliament elections and continue their massive cyberespionage campaign against the West - https://nbcnews.to/2J8fiCP

Dems to Milwaukee. The Democratic National Committee picked Milwaukee as the site of their 2020 national convention - https://nyti.ms/2JlXd4n

Brexit breakthrough? Britain is set to leave the European Union in just 17 days. British Prime Minister Theresa May says she has secured new concessions from the EU - https://cnn.it/2J6FeyI

More trouble for Tucker Carlson. More old audio tapes of Fox News host Tucker Carlson surfaced Monday. In the recordings he referred to the Iraqi people as "semiliterate primitive monkeys." He also used homophobic language in the tapes - https://wapo.st/2J5wwk9

Facebook blocked Elizabeth Warren's ads calling for the breakup of tech giants. The social network reinstated the ads after her supporters noticed they had been nixed - https://cnn.it/2JhBx9w

Wait...what? One of President Trump's golf clubs lists Trump as the 2018 club champion..even though he didn't actually play in the club tournament - http://bit.ly/2J8Mdap

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1894 - Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph A. Biedenham.

1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded.

1933 - Franklin Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats."

1938 - Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Austria.

1947 - In a speech to Congress, President Harry Truman outlined what became known as the Truman Doctrine, calling for U.S. aid to countries threatened by communist revolution.

2003 - Elizabeth Smart, who had been kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in June of 2002, was found alive in Sandy, Utah.

2008 - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned after being caught in a high-priced prostitution scandal.

2009 - Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street's history.

Policy News

More National Headlines

• Nancy Pelosi just admitted that Democrats have nothing on Trump (New York Post)
• Newsrooms that went wild when David Duke endorsed Laura Ingraham suddenly silent when he did the same for Rep. Omar (Washington Examiner)
• Hillary Clinton Is Still Deeply Confused About What Happened in Wisconsin. Here's Why That Matters. (The Intercept)
• The Culture of Fake Outrage Comes for Tucker Carlson (National Review)
• Sharyl Attkisson: Who Decides What News Is Fake News? (RealClearPolitics)
• New York magazine lays off staffers as publication undergoes restructuring (CNN)
• After Week of Infighting, Democrats Wonder Where to Draw Line on Speech (New York Times)
• Exclusive poll: Young Americans are embracing socialism (Axios)
• Geologist Accuses Apple of Political Bias in Removing App Countering Climate Alarmism (Daily Signal)

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