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Situational awareness - December 14, 2018

Good morning from Salt Lake City and TGIF!

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Friday's essentials: Trump may need Love's vote to pass a spending bill. Federal prosecutors are investigating President Trump's inaugural committee. President Trump says he's not responsible for campaign finance violations that are sending his former lawyer to jail.

  TICK TOCK   

45 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
90 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
171 days until the municipal election filing period opens (6/3/2019)
175 days until the municipal election filing period ends (6/7/2019)
242 days to the 2019 Utah primary elections (8/13/2019)
326 days to the 2019 municipal elections (11/5/2019)
416 days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses (2/3/2020)
690 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)

Today At Utah Policy

Democrats are the real racists - Bernick and Schott on politics Episode #401
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott discuss a week chock full of political news....Bob Bernick's notebook: Dabakis may open the door for a Republican in Salt Lake City
By Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor
With the "no surprise to anyone" announcement this week that retiring Utah Sen. Jim Dabakis will run next year for Salt Lake City mayor, the early race make-up provides a real opportunity for a moderate, reasonable Republican to make the final ballot....Watch: The View's Joy Behar says Orrin Hatch 'needs to go to jail' for not standing up to Trump
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Joy Behar, co-host of morning chat show "The View" had some harsh words for Sen. Orrin Hatch on Thursday morning....Uh oh! Trump mocked Mia Love for losing. Now he needs her vote to pass a spending bill
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
President Trump mocked Mia Love and other Republicans for losing because they didn't embrace him enough on the campaign trail. Now he may need their votes to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown before the end of the year. ...Podcast: Bernick and Schott on politics Ep. 401
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott discuss a week chock full of political news....Watch: Seth Meyers says Hatch's defense of Trump shows Republicans don't care about the rule of law
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Late night host Seth Meyers had some laughs at the expense of Oen. Orrin Hatch and his dismissal of news connecting President Donald Trump to two felony charges that sent his lawyer, Michael Cohen to federal prison....Weekly survey: Salt Lake City mayoral race
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Jim Dabakis announced on Tuesday he was running for Salt Lake City Mayor in 2019. Of the candidates who have already declared for the race, who do you think has the best chance of winning? Vote now in our weekly survey....

  OTHER UTAH HEADLINES   

Deseret News

Op-ed: Hatch extends health care legacy by fighting patent trolls

Jay Evensen: Like swallows to Capistrano, inversions always come back

Walmart pushing for Utah to allow higher alcohol content beer in stores

Joe Biden mum on 2020 presidential run during Utah visit

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Is the inland port too urgent for public input? More like too vague

Utah's Board of Education eliminates a leadership position - effectively demoting a conservative member

Did law enforcement have a seat at the table in negotiations over medical cannabis? Utah public-safety commissioner says no but that's OK.

The top Democrat in the Utah House says Summit County is gerrymandered

Cellphone taxes in Utah are among the nation's highest, which may especially hurt the poor here

Speaking to University of Utah students, Joe Biden offers no clarity about whether he'll pursue another presidential run

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox headlines a fundraiser hosted by Gov. Herbert in what sure looks like the start of a 2020 campaign

Utah's shift of nonviolent drug criminals from prison to jail has had an unintended side effect - a treatment gap

Other

Utah County commissioners vote no on property tax increase, expect to budget $8 million into reserves (Daily Herald)

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

Congress has just one week to pass a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. President Trump is pushing for $5 billion in funding for his border wall. Republicans say there's no plan right now to avoid the shutdown - https://politi.co/2GfO77r 
If Republicans cannot come up with a plan to fund the government by midnight on Dec. 21, here's what would happen in a partial shutdown - https://bloom.bg/2GeotzS
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether foreigners illegally funneled donations to President Trump's inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC - https://nyti.ms/2GgMJSc
President Donald Trump was present at a 2015 meeting that federal prosecutors say was central to a criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws to help Trump win the presidency - https://cnn.it/2GhEc19 
President Trump said Thursday he bears no responsibility for the campaign finance law violations that are sending his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to jail. Trump said he "never directed Cohen to break the law," and any legal problems were entirely Cohen's fault - https://politi.co/2GiyNqK 
In an interview with Fox News, President Trump said he never told Michael Cohen to break the law, and Cohen's allegations are an attempt to embarrass him - https://fxn.ws/2GgEllJ
In his first TV interview since being sentenced to jail, Cohen said "of course" President Donald Trump knew hush money payments during the 2016 campaign to two women who alleged they had affairs with him were wrong - http://bit.ly/2GeokwE
Marina Butina pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to act as a foreign agent in a plot to open up unofficial lines of communication with influential Americans in the N.R.A. and the Republican Party. She has also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors - https://nyti.ms/2GiAkNH 
President Trump is still searching for a replacement for White House chief of staff John Kelley. Trump met with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday to discuss the job. He is also being pushed by some of his advisers to name his son-in-law Jared Kushner to the post - https://reut.rs/2GeoEv2
The U.S. Senate sent a sharp rebuke to President Trump on Thursday by passing a resolution condemning Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - https://cnn.it/2GhJZE9 
A 7-year-old migrant girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into custody by the Border Patrol last week - https://wapo.st/2GgR7QW
Authorities across four countries, including the United States, are trying to discover who sent dozens of email bomb threats on Thursday afternoon. The senders said a hidden bomb would detonate unless they received a Bitcoin ransom - https://cnn.it/2GizxMx

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

1780 - Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York.
1799 - Former President George Washington died at his Mount Vernon home in Virginia.
1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd state.
1911 - Roald Amundsen's team becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
1940 - Plutonium is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
1972 - Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan re-entered the lunar lander -- the last man to walk on the moon.
2012 - A gunman killed 27 people, including 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., then killed himself.

Policy News

Casual Friday: Weekend Events & Outdoors Report
Weekend EventOutdoors Report-- Tribune: Feds hold biggest Utah oil and gas auction in years, setting off heightened concerns from environmentalistsNew Films-- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Deseret News reviewConcerts-- "Chauntenette Women's Chorus: The Joy of Christmas,...United Arab Emirates diplomats explore investment and partnership opportunities in Utah
World Trade Center Utah and the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development hosted Mr. Saud Al Nowais, commercial counselor for the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America, and Jonathan Garon, director of commercial affairs for the Trade and Commercial Office...CYBER 24 Episode 39 - Hacks at Facebook, Marriott raise eyebrows
As data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents continue to grab headlines, it's worth wondering whether or not the American public is growing numb to the news....Amer Sports selects Utah for future expansion
The Governor's Office of Economic Development announced Amer Sports Winter & Outdoor Company will expand its operations in Utah, planning to add up to 155 jobs, $6.5 million in new state revenue, and up to $32 million in capital investment over the next 10 years....

More National Headlines

Michael Cohen Pled Guilty to Something That Is Not a Crime (National Review)

Fears about artificial intelligence are 'very legitimate,' Google CEO says (Washington Post)

The shadow campaign for Democratic presidential nomination is well underway (Los Angeles Times)

China readying plan to widen foreign access to its economy: WSJ (CNBC)

McConnell to bring up criminal justice bill for a Senate vote (Washington Post)

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren meet ahead of 2020 (CNN)

Trump reveals chief of staff search down to 5 candidates (FOX News)

Pelosi to press: Nonstop Trump coverage is hurting your ratings (Washington Examiner)

Donald Trump tears into GM: Mary Barra's decision was 'nasty' (Detroit Free Press)

California proposes a plan to tax text messages (CNN)

Wise Words

Love

"Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you." Erich Fromm

Lighter Side

Colbert Being Colbert

"Of course, earlier this year President Trump was famously not invited to former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral. But he was welcomed today after the 'Bush family promised Trump that' the 'funeral would avoid criticizing him.' They even assured him that the choir would drown out the sound of other ex-presidents rolling in their graves!" - STEPHEN COLBERT

 

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