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Situational awareness - September 10, 2019

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Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:

TICK TOCK

Days to the 2019 Utah municipal elections: 56 (11/5/2019)

Days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 139 (1/27/2020)

Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 175 (3/3/2020)

Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 287 (6/23/2020)

Days to the 2020 election: 420 (11/3/2020)

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NATIONAL HEADLINES

WOAH!

American intelligence agencies extracted a top spy from inside Russia in 2017 because they were worried President Donald Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified information and could expose the asset as a spy. The extraction took place after President Trump discussed highly classified information with Russian officials in the oval office [CNN].

The CIA informant pulled out of Russia had sent Russian secrets to the U.S. for decades. They also confirmed the Russian interference in the 2016 election was personally ordered by Vladimir Putin [NYT].

Pay attention to this

A special election for a North Carolina congressional seat could be an early barometer for the 2020 midterms. Both Democrats and Republicans are spending heavily to win the Republican-leaning district [CNN].

President Trump held a rally for the Republican candidate on Monday night, claiming a Democratic victory would lead to a nation overrun with crime, poverty and immigrants [AP].

Hmmm...

The Trump organization had a partnership with a local airport near his golf resort in Scotland. The resort is coming under scrutiny after it was revealed U.S. military personnel stayed at Trump's resort while their plane refueled at the private airport [NYT].

Air Force crews have stayed at President Trump's Scottish golf resort at least four times since 2018 [Politico].

Sharpiegate

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reportedly threatened to fire top employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after the agency contradicted President Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama [NYT].

NOAA's chief scientist says he will investigate why the agency sided with President Trump over their own scientists [WaPo].

Economy

Six in 10 Americans expect a recession to hit within the next year according to a new national survey. The same survey shows President Trump's approval rating falling to 38 percent, which is down from 44 percent in June [WaPo].

Trump's 2020 playbook

President Trump's re-election campaign is trying to expand the 2020 electoral map, targeting several blue states where a Republican hasn't won for decades [Time].

Afganistan

President Trump declared peace talks with the Taliban "dead" after he canceled secret meetings with the organization at Camp David [NYT].

North Korea

Just hours after proposing re-opening talks on denuclearization, North Korea launched two more unidentified projectiles. The weapons test was the 8th since July [NYT].

For your radar

For the first time, most new working-age hires in the U.S. are people of color [WaPo].

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1813 - Oliver Perry sent the message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after an American naval force defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.

1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine.

1963 - 20 black students entered the white public schools of Birmingham, Tuskegee and Mobile in Alabama after President John. F. Kennedy federalized the state's National Guard.

1989 - Hungary stopped enforcing East German visa restrictions and opened its borders, beginning a flood of emigration that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall two months later.

2009 - U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) shouted "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's address on healthcare reform to a joint session of Congress.

Wise Words

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."Pele

Lighter Side

No one was apologizing, [Stephen] Colbert said, because the map proved nothing; first of all, it was not from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration but from the South Florida water management district. "That's like getting your MRI at Glamour Shots," Colbert joked.

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