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Situational awareness - April 23, 2019 Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake City Here's what is driving the day: - Derek Brown says the Utah GOP is at a crossroads.
- Lawmakers hail air quality measures passed in 2019
- Impeachment talk grips Washington.
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TICK TOCK Today is the 113th day of the year. There are 252 days remaining in 2019. 11 days to the Utah State Republican Party Organizing Convention (5/4/2019) 11 days to the United Utah Party state convention (5/4/2019) 41 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019) 45 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019) 46 days until the Independent American Party Utah State Convention (6/8/2019) 60 days to the Utah State Democratic Party Organizing Convention (6/22/2019) 64 days to the first Democratic presidential primary debates in Miami (6/26/2019) 98 days to the second Democratic presidential primary debates in Detroit (7/30/2019) 112 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019) 196 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019) 279 days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (1/27/2020) 287 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020) 315 days to the 2020 Utah presidential primary (3/3/2020) 556 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today At Utah Policy  Podcast: Derek Brown on the future of the Utah GOP
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Former Utah Rep. Derek Brown is running for chairman of the Utah Republican Party.
 Watch: Lee tangles with 'The View' hosts over Mueller report, climate change
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Sen. Mike Lee is making the rounds to promote his new book, Our Lost Declaration. On Monday he ventured on the morning chatfest The View where he sparred with the hosts over the conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller's report and his Senate floor speech mocking the "Green New Deal."
 Join the Salt Lake Chamber for the 'Four Commitments of a Winning Team' with Mark Eaton
By Salt Lake Chamber
Join us for the Salt Lake Chamber Professional Development Series seminar, the 'Four Commitments of a Winning Team' with Mark Eaton on May 3, 2019.
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NATIONAL HEADLINES Trump: The New York Times should "beg for mercy." In a set of unhinged tweets on Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump raged at the New York Times, demanding an apology from the newspaper and calling them "truly the Enemy of the People!" - http://bit.ly/2Gx9eim
Pelosi tries to tamp down talk of impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged members of her caucus to back away from impeachment talk during a conference call on Monday - https://wapo.st/2GtZlSG - White House aides aren't worrying too much about a possible impeachment battle, convinced Democrats in Congress would never initiate such a move - https://politi.co/2Gsy3Mx
- Trump argued on Twitter Monday that he could not be impeached and that it was the "Democrats that committed the crimes" - https://cnb.cx/2Gxcpqi
- 2020 Democratic hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris said Tuesday Congress should "take the steps toward impeachment" - https://cnn.it/2GwSQhW
- The Senate GOP is urging Congress to move on from the Mueller report - https://cnn.it/2GxP203
Trump's approval rating sinks following the Mueller report. A new survey puts Trump's approval at just 39 percent, which ties his all-time low. 57 percent of Americans disapprove of President Trump's job performance - https://politi.co/2Gzwuwy
Biden's campaign launch may be delayed. Expected campaign kick-off events in Virginia and Pennsylvania may be pushed back - http://bit.ly/2Gsx1jD - Biden's campaign announcement will focus on a "climate of the nation" message that will directly take on President Trump - http://bit.ly/2GrcJXO
- Biden will close his charitable foundation when he finally decides to enter the race - https://nyti.ms/2GxgDi1
White House vs. Congress. - President Trump filed a lawsuit against House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings to block a subpoena of the president's financial records - https://politi.co/2Gu0EB4
- The Trump administration instructed a former personnel security director to ignore a Congressional subpoena from the House Oversight Committee - https://wapo.st/2GwkWtD
The Supreme Court will rule on gay and transgender rights. The court agreed to take up a set of high-profile cases arguing whether federal laws prohibit discrimination against individuals based on sexual orientation or because they are transgender - https://politi.co/2GxcJp0
Herman Cain withdraws from Fed consideration. President Trump said Monday that Cain has pulled his name from consideration because of opposition from Republicans in the Senate - http://bit.ly/2GuEted
Wut? Stephen Moore, who President Trump is planning to nominate for the Federal Reserve Board, once argued women should be barred from refereeing or covering men's basketball games -- unless they are attractive - https://wapo.st/2GGJqAP
Does someone want to tell him? President Trump said Monday nobody in the White House defies his orders. Special counsel Robert Mueller's report detailed multiple instances of White House staffers and aides ignoring instructions from the president - https://cnn.it/2Gxhqzv
Social Security will be tapped out in 2035. The trust fund will only be able to pay out three-quarters of benefits to Americans when they retire - https://cnn.it/2GrWVnx
President Trump will make a state visit to the UK in June. Buckingham Palace is expected to announce the visit "shortly" according to multiple sources - https://cnn.it/2GrR41I
Greenland is melting faster than experts thought. The melting will have a significant impact on rising sea levels - https://cnn.it/2GwTdsQ
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1635 - The first public school in the U.S., Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston. 1898 - The first movie theater opened at the Koster and Bials Music Hall in New York City. 1914 - First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago. 1985 - Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
Policy News Curtis encourages political engagement at tech tour: 'Demand civility and reward it'This week, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) set out on a tech tour visiting several companies in his district.
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