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Situational awareness - July 3, 2019 Good Wednesday morning from Salt Lake City Welcome to Utah's must-read daily political news rundown. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to sign up for our emails. Here are the stories we're following today: - GOP candidate suggests violence on social media.
- Horrifying pictures of conditions at the border.
- White House admits defeat on 2020 Census.
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Today At Utah Policy  4th District GOP candidate suggests violent response to McAdams' proposal raising the legal age to buy tobacco
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Republican 4th Congressional District candidate John Molnar tweeted what appeared to be a veiled threat against Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams on Tuesday.
 Unsolicited advice - Bernick and Schott on politics
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NATIONAL HEADLINES Border horror. A federal watchdog published horrific pictures of conditions inside Border Patrol facilities during an unannounced visit. The photos show extreme overcrowding in areas that are designed to be temporary holding facilities - https://nyti.ms/2Ns1d5a - Rep. Joaquin Castro captured pictures and video during his tour of border facilities on Monday, showing squalid and overcrowded conditions - https://wapo.st/2NElgO6
- Nurses say the Border Patrol is denying treatment for sick immigrant children in custody - http://bit.ly/32883zV
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez warned the U.S. is "headed to fascism" after her tour of facilities earlier this week - https://yhoo.it/326FO4L
Throwing in the towel. The White House admits defeat in their efforts to put a citizenship question on the 2020 Census - https://nyti.ms/325yxlE
Trump's taxes. House Democrats file a lawsuit against the Treasury Department and the IRS to obtain copies of Donald Trump's tax returns - https://nyti.ms/2NJCWYH
Immigration. A federal judge blocked an order from Attorney General William Barr to keep migrants detained while they wait for their asylum cases to be decided - https://nyti.ms/2NJDuOf
Trump's 4th of July - The National Park Service is diverting $2.5 million in funds that were supposed to pay for improvements at parks around the country to pay for President Trump's event. That money is just a fraction of the overall cost - https://wapo.st/32681sy
- The Republican National Committee has been offering major donors tickets to President Donald Trump's speech on the 4th of July. Government ethics groups say the RNC's involvement inappropriately politicizes what is supposed to be a non-partisan event - http://bit.ly/326ugPa
- Not many networks are planning on carrying the full event live. Fox News will only air two hours, while MSNBC won't air any of the proceedings live - https://politi.co/2NwZbki
Iran. President Hassan Rouhani warned Iran would increase its enrichment of uranium beyond the limits set by the 2015 nuclear agreement unless the U.S. backed off on economic sanctions. President Trump scrapped the deal after taking office - http://bit.ly/2Nvah9y
Whoa! The Trump administration is threatening migrants who are not obeying deportation orders with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Immigrants who disobey the orders could face fines of up to $799 per day - https://wapo.st/327Np2Y
2020 - A new poll shows former vice president Joe Biden still leading the pack of Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination - https://wapo.st/2NrphVR
- President Trump's re-election campaign is worried the financial meltdown at the National Rifle Association will hurt them next year. In 2016, the NRA spent millions of dollars on ads benefiting Trump - https://politi.co/326Fran
Wow! President Trump and the Republican National Committee announced they raised an eye-popping $105 million in the most recent fundraising quarter - https://nyti.ms/2Nuyqgw
Weird. A visit to New Hampshire by Vice President Mike Pence was abruptly canceled on Tuesday, and nobody could offer a good explanation why - https://nyti.ms/329L9IO
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1775 - George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1819 - The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens. 1863 - The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. 1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd state. 1979 - President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. 2009 - Sarah Palin announced she was resigning as governor of Alaska with 17 months to go in her term.
Policy News Utah 2nd state to launch Regulatory Sandbox now available at Department of CommerceFrancine A. Giani, Executive Director of the Utah Department of Commerce and Utah Representative Marc Roberts (R-Provo) announced that the state agency is launching the nation's 2nd ever Regulatory Sandbox based on H.B. 378.
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