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Situational awareness - July 6, 2018

Good Friday morning from Salt Lake City. We're back after the 4th of July break.

Utahns don't favor impeaching Trump. Trump narrows his possible Supreme Court picks. Trade war with China begins.

  TICK TOCK   

• 123 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
• 206 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
• 851 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

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  HERE ARE THE STORIES YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO TODAY  

Utahns aren't DTI (Down to impeach)

A new UtahPolicy.com survey finds nearly 2/3rds of Utahns don't want Democrats to move to impeach Donald Trump if they take control of the House in November - http://bit.ly/2KKoiO7

Cruz gets behind Lee

Sen. Ted Cruz really, really wants President Trump to pick his buddy Sen. Mike Lee for the Supreme Court - http://bit.ly/2MSIdI5

Tooting our own horn

You can stop saying public opinion polls can't be trusted anymore. Our pre-primary surveys absolutely nailed the final results - http://bit.ly/2MPAZ7s

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  OTHER UTAH HEADLINES   

• Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, says President Trump needs to go into the summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin with "eyes wide open" [Deseret News].
  
  
• Democrat Jenny Wilson wants Mitt Romney to debate her this month on immigration. Romney says he plans to participate in the Utah Debate Commission event later this fall [Fox 13].
  
  
• The top two candidates in the Democratic primary in HD24 are separated by just 58 votes ahead of Friday's final tallies [Deseret News].
  
  
• The Salt Lake City Council announces public hearings for a proposed $87 million bond for road maintenance [Deseret News].
  
  
• Two public officials have been accused of embezzling public funds after audits revealed the financial irregularities [Deseret News, Tribune].

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

• Trade war with China is on. The Trump administration slapped tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods at midnight on Friday. China immediately retaliated imposing tariffs on U.S. goods - https://reut.rs/2KPSreD
  
  
• Despite the trade war, President Trump's business interests continue to benefit from relationships with Chinese firms - https://wapo.st/2KDJbuO
  
  
• Supreme Court battle. President Trump is reportedly zeroing in on who he plans to nominate to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy. The announcement will come on Monday evening in primetime - https://abcn.ws/2KEK5Y4
  
  
• Scandal-plagued EPA head Scott Pruitt has resigned - https://wapo.st/2KBdcLL
  
  
• Scott Pruitt's resignation comes after revelations that he and his aides held meetings to "scrub" events from his official calendar because they might "look bad" in public - https://cnn.it/2KNSS9s
  
  
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headed to North Korea for a new round of meetings on denuclearization - https://abcn.ws/2KyCk5
  
  
• Pompeo is reportedly going to give North Korean Kim Jong Un a copy of the Elton John song "Rocket Man" during the meeting. Trump referred to Kim as "Rocket Man" last year during North Korea's latest round of missile tests - http://bit.ly/2KOe1Ao
  
  
• The Trump administration is resorting to DNA testing to reunited 3,000 migrant children who were separated from their families. A federal court has ordered the reunification of the families this month - https://nbcnews.to/2KO6Tnz
  
  
• Special counsel Robert Mueller is hiring more prosecutors to help with the expanding probe into Russian interference during the 2016 election - http://bit.ly/2KV3CDb
  
  
• Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer, is telling friends he does not think Trump will pardon him - https://cnn.it/2KAkP5k
  
  
• Donald Trump hires former Fox News executive Bill Shine to run the White House communications shop - https://cnn.it/2KURp1i
  
  
• Private payrolls are growing at a slower than expected pace because businesses can't find enough people to hire - https://cnb.cx/2KzQ5Bi
  
  
• President Trump's Mar-a-Lago private club has filed paperwork to hire 40 more foreign workers. The club has employed more than 240 foreign workers since Trump took office - https://bzfd.it/2KURSAA
  
  
• A Texas teenager was accosted by a man at a restaurant for wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat. The man took the hat and threw a drink in the teenager's face - https://bzfd.it/2KSSlD9

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  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY   

• 1777 - After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
  
  
• 1854 - In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the Republican Party is held.
  
  
• 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
  
  
• 1933 - The first Major League Baseball All-Star game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4-2.
  
  
• 1942 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
  
  
• 1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming The Beatles.

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Today At Utah Policy

Poll: Most Utahns don't think Democrats should try to impeach Trump
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Nearly 2/3rds of Utahns think Democrats should not move to impeach President Trump if they take control of the House of Representatives in November....

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Ted Cruz really wants Mike Lee on the Supreme Court
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is pressuring President Donald Trump to select his colleague, Sen. Mike Lee, as the replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. ...

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Utah Policy polling: remarkably accurate
By LaVarr Webb, Publisher
UtahPolicy.com conducts regular political polling, most of which is greatly appreciated by the political community we serve. It's important to have independent survey research on the key issues of the day and to measure job performance of elected officials....

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Weekly survey: A Utahn on the Supreme Court?
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Sen. Mike Lee and his brother, Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas Lee are on President Donald Trump's short list for a possible Supreme Court nomination. Do you think either one of them will be selected by Trump? Vote now in our weekly survey....

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Policy News

Casual Friday:Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
Weekend EventsOutdoors Report--KSL.com: Grotto Falls offers refreshing, family-friendly hikeConcerts-- Murray Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Murray Park Amphitheater, 495 East 5300 South, Salt Lake City, $6-- Salt Lake City Jazz Festival, Friday and Saturday, The G...

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Wasatch Front Regional Council announces two open houses for Draft 2019-2024 Transportation Improvement Program
The Wasatch Front Regional Council, in conjunction with the Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Transit Authority, has identified hundreds of priority transportation projects totaling approximately $4 billion to improve mobility, strengthen the economy and enhance...

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UAMPS leaders Doug Hunter & Ted Rampton honored by APPA
Douglas Hunter, general manager & CEO of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), received the Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award at the recent national conference of the American Public Power Association (APPA) in New Orleans, Louisiana....

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Salt Lake City joins Utah's C-PACE financing program for building efficiency
The Governor's Office of Energy Development is pleased to announce that Salt Lake City, the state's largest municipality, has joined Utah's new financing tool to advance energy improvements in commercial, industrial and qualifying residential buildings....

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Utah.Gov expands Google Assistant offering
The Office of the Utah Lieutenant Governor announced the introduction of the Utah notary practice exam on Google Home....

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Wise Words

Good

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best." St. Jerome

Lighter Side

Pay Later

"Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie are rolling out a new payment program which allows online shoppers to pay in installments later rather than in full, called Afterpay. Not to be confused with the program they have at Taco Bell, where you always pay for it later." Seth Meyers

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