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| The UtahPolicy.com daily newsletter gets you up to speed on the top local and national news about politics and public policy. Send news tips or feedback to bschott@utahpolicy.com, or message us on Twitter. Situational awareness - November 25, 2019Good Monday morning from Salt Lake CityThanks for subscribing to Utah's must-read daily political news rundown. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to sign up for our emails.Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:Lawmakers target Dec. 12 for tax reform special session. Latest tax reform proposal includes a smaller tax cut. Documents show the White House scrambled to justify withholding aid to Ukraine after the fact.Trivia winnerSeven American presidents and presidential candidates have been assassinated. They are: 1844 - Joseph Smith 1865 - Abraham Lincoln 1881 - James Garfield 1901 - William McKinley 1935 - Huey Long 1963 - John F. Kennedy 1968 - Robert KennedySeveral readers correctly identified all seven, but the first to email the correct answer was Stan Rasmussen. For his reward, he gets to ask the next Friday trivia question. The others who submitted correct responses were: Ron Fox, Zachary Zundel and Don Savage. TICK TOCKDays to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 63 (1/27/2020) Days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses: 70 (2/3/2020) Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 99 (3/3/2020) Days to the final day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 108 (3/12/2020) Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 218 (6/23/2020) Days to the 2020 election: 344 (11/3/2020) Today At Utah PolicySpecial session for tax reform will likely be Dec. 12By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Several sources tell UtahPolicy.com that legislative leaders are targeting December 12 for a special session on tax reform.New draft tax reform proposal has smaller tax cut, still puts sales tax back on food By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor The latest tax reform package coming from leaders of the Legislature's Tax Reform Task Force has been made public, and there are only a few changes from a plan released several weeks ago, first reported by UtahPolicy.com.If you're explaining, you're losing - Bernick and Schott on politics By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott guide you through the latest Utah political headlines. OTHER UTAH HEADLINESDeseret News Pignanelli & Webb: Will leftist national Democrats impact the party in Utah? Natalie Gochnour: How the Utah Legislature's tax proposal will assist the most vulnerable Richard Eyre: The 3 political sins of omission Bloomberg's 'huge' nationwide TV buy for presidential bid includes Utah Mitt Romney met with Donald Trump twice in two days - why? Why are men dropping out of the workforce despite a strong economy? What to do about e-scooters? Salt Lake can learn from other cities Salt Lake City's Mayor-elect has 'ambitious' agenda for her first day in office Right policy, wrong approach? What experts are saying about a plan to tie foreign aid to religious freedomSalt Lake Tribune Paul Huntsman: Candidate endorsements are ending, but fair political coverage will remain Utah oil and gas agency pursues its first fine in nearly 25 years San Juan County may be vulnerable to county-splitting bill Democrat Ashley Jolin announces run for Utah's 2nd Congressional District Sen. Mitt Romney spars with vaping execs at White House meeting with Trump over youth addiction Chinese government gives Utah 'highest respect' for aid after bus crash that killed four After hours and hours of impeachment hearings, both sides dig inOther Weber County voter turnout, civic awareness on the rise thanks to mail-in voting (Standard-Examiner) Top Democrats are in a dead heat, but in Park City fundraising, it's the Joe Biden show (Park Record)NATIONAL HEADLINESRuh-roh!A White House review of President Donald Trump's decision to place a hold on military aid to Ukraine turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts to manufacture an after-the-fact justification for the hold. The documents also reveal an internal debate over whether the delay was legal [Washington Post]. There are tapes...The House Intelligence Committee is in possession of audio and video recordings provided to the committee by Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani. The recordings include Giuliani and President Trump, but it is unclear what the content depicts [ABC News]. Yikes!A lawyer for an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani says his client is willing to tell Congress about meetings Republican Devin Nunes had in Vienna last year with a former Ukranian prosecutor to discuss digging up dirt on Joe Biden. Nunes is denying the allegation [Washington Post]. Confusing storyDefense Secretary Mark Esper demanded the resignation of Navy secretary Richard Spencer after he tried to cut a deal with the White House over a Navy Seal accused of war crimes. President Trump pardoned the commando over the objections of Navy officials [New York Times]. Hmmm...Rudy Giuliani reportedly offered to help an indicted Ukranian Oligarch with his U.S. legal problems if he helped with Giuliani's campaign to get the Ukranian government to launch an investigation into Joe Biden [New York Times]. ImpeachmentHouse Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff says there could be more public hearings in the impeachment investigation into President Trump [AP]. He's runningBillionaire Michael Bloomberg officially joins the race for the Democratic presidential nomination [New York Times]. Bloomberg News will stop investigating the personal life and finances of its owner, Mike Bloomberg, while he is running for president [Washington Post]. "What's going on with Drudge?"President Trump is fretting over a seeming turn against him by popular conservative news aggregator Drudge Report [Daily Beast]. China tradeA "phase two" trade deal between the U.S. and China is looking less likely as the two countries are struggling to strike a preliminary "phase one" agreement [Reuters]. Okay, boomers...The U.S. is at the beginning of a tidal wave of homes hitting the market driven by baby boomers looking to sell [Wall Street Journal]. BUSINESS HEADLINESHyrum W. Smith, Utah entrepreneur who created the Franklin Planner, dies at 76 (Salt Lake Tribune) Editorial: Qualtrics wants to raise the babies of the future (Deseret News) Qualtrics to double Utah headquarters, add 1,000 employees and build 'the MIT' of day care facilities (Deseret News)Policy NewsCYBER 24 episode 60: Website securityOver the past 10 or 15 years, something really remarkable has happened: the face of business has transformed. JY Ferry & Son, Inc. receives Utah Leopold Conservation Award JY Ferry & Son, Inc. has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Utah Leopold Conservation Award. More National HeadlinesPoll finds sharp swing in opposition to impeachment among independents (The Hill) 'It is hard to read this as anything but a warning' (Vanity Fair) The Democrats' impeachment pseudo-event (Washington Examiner) A bill would make it harder to control California's thriving rats (Economist) California faces decade of 'unique' wildfire blackouts (Reuters) A professor joined the Trump administration and faced systemic bias when she returned, lawsuit says (College Fix) From Chappaquiddick to Tranquility Base in One Weekend (American Spectator) How the great truth dawned (New Criterion) Michael Moore Says He's Now The Mainstream Democratic Party: 'I Am The Center' (Daily Wire) Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Forced to Resign Amid Controversy Over Navy SEAL (Wall Street Journal) Barack Obama, conservative (Washington Post)ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1783 - More than 6,000 British troops evacuated New York City after signing the peace treaty ending the Revolutionary War. 1952 - Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history. 1963 - President John F. Kennedy, assassinated in Dallas three days earlier, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 1973 - President Richard Nixon ordered the national highway speed limit cut from 70 mph to 55 mph to reduce gasoline usage. 1984 - Thirty-six top musicians gather in a studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. 1986 - President Ronald Reagan announced the resignation of national security adviser John Poindexter and the firing of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North in the aftermath of the secret, illegal Iran arms sale. North's secretary Fawn Hall smuggles important documents out of his office. 1999 - Six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzales was rescued by a pair of fishermen off the coast of Florida. Wise WordsPerspective"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."Mark Twain Lighter SideNot Loud"This is a man who holds press conferences in front of a running helicopter, so I think you can hear him over a phone receiver. And if his best defense against impeachment is 'I'm not loud,' he's gonna be in prison by Tuesday."- JIMMY KIMMEL Listen to us on_Apple Podcasts Subscribers may receive special messages with information about new features, special offers, or public policy messages from clients and advertisers. |
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