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Situational Analysis | July 23, 2024 It's Tuesday and National Vanilla Ice Cream Day AND National Sprinkle Day. What you need to know - VP Kamala Harris has enough pledged delegates to become the presumptive nominee, including all of the delegates from Utah. An unofficial survey of delegates by the Associated Press showed Harris with more than 2,500 delegates, well over the 1,976 needed to win a vote in the coming weeks. Delegates could still, technically, change their minds but nobody else received any votes in the AP survey
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Utah Headlines Political news - Utah political leaders react to Gov. Spencer Coxâs endorsement of Donald Trump (Deseret News)
- Cox urges Utahns to celebrate Pioneer Day safely after near âcatastrophesâ (Deseret News)
Election news - After Bidenâs exit, hereâs what Democrats have to do to get a presidential candidate on the ballot in Utah (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Utah Democrats excited about Harris joining presidential race (Fox13)
- LDS leader Russell Nelson and Kamala Harris share an influential mutual friend. He says both keep âtheir eyes on Jesus.â (Salt Lake Tribune)
Utah news - Woman dies near Quail Creek State Park in fourth Utah heat-related hiking death this month (KSL)
- Weather alert: Heat advisory issued for Utahâs Pioneer Day (KSL TV)
- Utahns facing possible 'unprecedented' power hikes, surprising gas cuts (KUTV)
Olympics - Paris bound: Utah athletes and delegates rally for 2024 Olympics (Deseret News)
- The road to the Olympics is paved with disappointment, pain and a crowded airport (Deseret News)
- Why Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn wants the 2034 Winter Games in Utah (Deseret News)
- Sen. Mitt Romney wonât be in Paris for the 2034 Winter Games decision. Hereâs why (Deseret News)
- On eve of Olympics, Ukraine mourns budding athletes lost to war (Reuters)
- The Summer Olympics is remaking Paris (AP)
Crime - Taberon Honie, facing execution, asks Utah parole board for life sentence instead (KUER)
Culture - Days of â47 float preview party underway, with impressive creations on display (KSL)
Education - Changes are coming to the ACT test. Here's what that might mean for students (Deseret News)
- Two Weber County schools may not open in time for upcoming school year (KSL Newsradio)
Environment - Utah creates an action plan to tackle Great Salt Lake dust (Fox13)
- These three words from 1922 are at the heart of the latest Colorado River clash (KUER)
Health - How did a gun importer and social worker partner to fight suicides by firearms? (Deseret News)
Housing - No money down to buy a house? It can be done, says agent (KSL Newsradio)
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National Headlines General - Do you really have to wait to go swimming after eating? Nope. (AP)
Political news - Secret Service director recognizes historic failure but rebuffs calls for resignation during hearing (Deseret News)
- About that claim that the ear bleeds the most ... (Deseret News)
Election news - Bidenâs legacy is âunmatched,â Harris says in first public appearance this week (Deseret News)
- The Trump campaign has peaked too soon (The Atlantic)
- JD Vance slams Kamala Harris during his solo campaign debut as the GOP vice presidential nominee (AP)
- The Kamala Harris coconut tree meme, explained as best we can (NPR)
- After Bidenâs exit, Zoom led by Black women mobilized 44,000 for Harris (Washington Post)
- How the Trump campaign is pivoting toward a Harris candidacy (The Hill)
- With Biden out, Vance may be the wrong pick for Trump. The former president has an electability problem among women, and his pick for vice president only compounds it. (Politico)
- This is exactly what the Trump team feared (The Atlantic)
- Cruz warns against underestimating Harris: âThis is not a layupâ (The Hill)
Ukraine ðºð¦ - Ukraine confronts labor shortage as need for soldiers drains workforce (Washington Post)
Israel and Gaza - Israeli forces strike in humanitarian zone; scores reported killed (New York Times)
World news - Death toll in southern Ethiopia mudslides rises to at least 157 as search operations continue (AP)
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 | News Releases Hatch Foundation and Utah State University to welcome Dana Perino fo Symposium on Civil Dialogue The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, in collaboration with Utah State University, is pleased to announce a Hatch Center Symposium on âFreedom of Speech: Improving Civil Dialogue on College Campuses.â The event will feature a conversation with Dana Perino, former White House Press Secretary and current Fox News anchor and host and will occur on Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. (Read More)
Curtis introduces outcome-based grazing bill to cultivate grazing on federal lands Yesterday, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program Act. The bill provides ranchers with flexibility to respond to circumstances that impact land they rely on to feed their livestock. It follows a 2018 pilot program that allowed grazing permittees to respond to shifting conditions in several western states. (Read More)
Utah delegation unanimously endorses Harris for President UDP Chair Diane Lewis released the following statement today: âI am proud to announce that the Utah Delegation to the Democratic National Convention has unanimously endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. From prosecuting criminals and investigating predatory banks as Attorney General of California to casting the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, Kamala Harris is the most qualified candidate to lead our country for the next four years. Her background as a criminal prosecutor makes her the perfect candidate to defeat Donald Trump, a convicted felon and twice-impeached ex-President." (Read More) | | |
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Upcoming - August 14 â Hatch Foundation "Titan of Public Service" recognizing Sen. John Thune, Grand America
- August 20-21 â Interim Days
- September 17-18 â Interim Days
- October 4 â Conservative Climate Summit, 7:30 am - 3:00 pm, UVU, Register here
- October 4 â Civil Dialogue Symposium with Dana Perino, 2:00 pm, USU, Register here
- October 7-9 â One Utah Summit, SUU, Register here
- October 15-16 â Interim Day
- November 19-20 â Interim Days
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On This Day In History - 1885 - Former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer just after completing his memoirs.
- 1892 - Icie Hoobler is born. A biochemist and physiologist, she was the first woman to head a local section of the American Chemical Society and to serve as its national president.
- 1903 - The Ford Motor Company made its first sale to Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago. The Model A cost $850.00.
- 1917 - Barbara Deming is born. An influential nonviolent activist, writer and poet, she marched for peace, civil rights, womenâs rights and lesbian and gay rights.
- 1928 - Vera Rubin is born. While studying the rotation of the Andromeda Galaxy in the late 1970s at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, she discovered the first evidence of dark matter.
- 1967 - The 1967 Detroit Riots began. They were among the most violent and destructive riots in U.S. history. By the time the bloodshed, burning and looting ended after five days, 43 people were dead, 342 injured, nearly 1,400 buildings had been burned and some 7,000 National Guard and U.S. Army troops had been called into service. In the aftermath, the Kerner Commission released a 426-page report in Feb 1968 and declared âOur nation is moving toward two societies, one Black, one whiteâseparate and unequal. Reaction to last summerâs disorders has quickened the movement and deepened the division. Discrimination and segregation have long permeated much of American life; they now threaten the future of every American.â
- 1996 - The US womenâs gymnastics team wins its first-ever team gold.
- 1999 - NASA mission STS-93 launched astronaut Eileen Collins aboard the Columbia as the first woman to command a spacecraft.
Quote of the Day "You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.â âVP Kamala Harris, quoting her mother
On the Punny Side Aladdin has been banned from the magic carpet race. Apparently he's been using performance enhancing rugs. | | |
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