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Situational awareness - August 13, 2018
Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City.
Space Force. White supremacist rally outnumbered by counterprotesters. Omarosa recorded her firing in the Situation Room.
TICK TOCK
- 57 days until the last day to register to vote by mail (10/9/2018)
- 64 days until mail-in ballots are sent to voters (10/16/2018)
- 71 days until in-person early voting begins (10/23/2018)
- 78 days until the last day to register to vote in person or by mail (10/30/2018)
- 80 days until in-person early voting ends (11/2/2018)
- 85 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
- 168 days until the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (1/28/2019)
- 213 days until the final day of the 2019 Utah Legislature (3/14/2019)
- 813 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
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HERE ARE THE STORIES YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO TODAY
Space Force no go
Our "Political Insiders" don't think the Trump administration's plan to create a Space Force branch of the military is not a good idea - http://bit.ly/2vDja5y
Consumer prices increasing
Even though gas prices are starting to fall, housing prices are driving an overall increase in consumer prices - http://bit.ly/2nznU7O
OTHER UTAH HEADLINES
Salt Lake Tribune
Op-ed: The 'leaf blower effect' spreads the problems of homelessness
Phil Lyman: Sen. Mike Lee is right on Antiquities Act reform
Editorial: Shelter's rising value shows compassion isn't killing prosperity
Operation Rio Grande: One year in and millions of dollars spent lead to one question: Is it working?
Deseret News
Op-ed: Federal methane rules just got undermined by data
Editorial: Trump's 'forgotten Americans' are recovering, but to whom will they give credit?
Gov. Herbert hits mountains, hears of ranchers' woes, wins
Salt Lake mayor calls for public's help to guide inland port zoning
Provo voters to decide whether to pay more in property taxes to replace 'dilapidated' city buildings
The money behind Utah's contentious medical marijuana initiative
'A village came together' in Bonanza Flat conservation effort
Other
Statewide homeless numbers relatively static in 2018 (Standard-Examiner)
Amidst unprecedented growth and change, Farmington looking for new city manager (Standard-Examiner)
NATIONAL HEADLINES
- A planned white supremacist rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday was dwarfed by thousands of counterprotesters - https://wapo.st/2w5X9vl
- Rep. Keith Ellison, who is running for Minnesota Attorney General, is denying allegations posted on social media that he behaved abusively toward a former girlfriend - https://politi.co/2wbSY1t
- The White House is exploring legal options after Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed she recorded chief of staff John Kelly firing her in the Situation Room - https://cnn.it/2w3kyxC
- New York Congressman Chris Collins reverses course and has suspended his re-election campaign after being arrested for insider trading. He originally said he would continue his campaign - https://abcn.ws/2w4Qodt
- President Trump's learning curve on foreign diplomacy has been a steep one during his first year in office, including attempting to call foreign leaders at awkward times - https://politi.co/2w3ZSpk
- Some of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress this election cycle are several up and coming party leaders - http://bit.ly/2w7si1y
- Six new wildfires erupted in the U.S. this weekend, pushing the number of major fires to more than 100 - https://reut.rs/2w3AjEH
- Victims of wildfires who want to rebuild their homes are finding prices for building materials are skyrocketing because of President Trump's trade war - http://bit.ly/2vYQLpG
- Boring but important: GDP growth is slowing down across the globe, which is contributing to fears of an economic downturn - https://on.mktw.net/2w4Gh8m
- Privacy alert! Google still tracks your movements via smartphone even if you turn off those settings - http://bit.ly/2w4AyQ9
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
- 1889 - William Gray patented the coin-operated telephone.
- 1961 - East Germany closed the Brandenburg Gate. Construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
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National Headlines
Conservatives call for constitutional intervention last seen 230 years ago (Guardian)
Poisonous dust from 9/11 attack has given almost 10,000 New Yorkers cancer (The Sun)
Vermont exec would be nation's first transgender governor (Associated Press)
Who's Afraid of Tom Arnold? (Rolling Stone)
NBC Ignores Own Reporter and Crew Assaulted By Antifa in Charlottesville (NewsBusters)
Giuliani: Avenatti should settle 'bankruptcy situation' before running for White House (The Hill)
Rent control fuels costliest fight on California 2018 ballot (CNBC)
