Morning must reads for Monday, August 21, 2017
Good Monday morning and happy Eclipse Day from Salt Lake City. Today is the 233rd day of the year. There are 132 days remaining in 2017.
The clock:
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78 days until the 2017 election (11/7/2017)
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154 days until the opening day of the 2018 Utah Legislature (1/22/2018)
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199 days until the final day of the 2018 Utah Legislature (3/8/2018)
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442 days until the 2018 midterm elections (11/6/2018)
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1,170 days until the 2020 presidential election (11/3/2020)
Today's political TL; DR -
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Our "Political Insiders" say Provo Mayor John Curtis is the clear favorite to win the special congressional election in November [Utah Policy].
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Jared Whitley profiles Jennifer Nelson Scott, former Rep. Jason Chaffetz's right-hand woman [Utah Policy].
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On this week's "Beg to Differ" podcast, Bryan Schott and Mike Winder speak with Danny Laub, John Curtis's campaign manager about how they were able to shrug off nearly a million dollars of outside advertising to win the GOP nomination in Utah's 3rd CD [Utah Policy].
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John Curtis wrapped up the CD3 GOP nomination on Friday after Utah County released updated vote totals [Deseret News, Tribune].
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Mitt Romney calls out President Donald Trump for his response to the domestic terrorist attack in Charlottesville [Deseret News, Tribune].
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The candidates for Provo mayor are waiting to see who will take second place in the primary election and advance to November's general election [Deseret News].
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State leaders say phase one of Operation Rio Grande was successful in cracking down on crime in downtown Salt Lake City. Phase two will focus on getting treatment for substance abusers among the homeless population downtown [Deseret News, Tribune].
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Owners of a privately owned landfill just 500 feet from the shore of the Great Salt Lake want to accept industrial waste from around the country raising contamination fears [Utah Investigative Journalism Project].
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Rep. Mia Love says she supports the ouster of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and welcomes the shake up of the West Wing [Tribune].
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Utah's unemployment rate is up slightly, hitting 3.5 percent in the last month [Associated Press].
National headlines:
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President Donald Trump will speak to the nation in primetime Monday about his plans to win the war in Afghanistan [Bloomberg]. Trump is expected to raise troop levels in Afghanistan by several thousand [New York Times].
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Here's a great tick-tock of Steve Bannon's final days in the White House before his ouster on Friday [New York Times].
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Now that Bannon is out of the White House, he's expected to use Breitbart.com to "go nuclear" on those still in the Trump administration he considers enemies [Vanity Fair].
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Ten U.S. sailors are missing following a collision involving a U.S. warship and a petroleum tanker near Singapore [Bloomberg].
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Here's why a bunch of prominent CEOs distanced themselves from President Donald Trump following his response to the violence in Charlottesville [Wall Street Journal].
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Uh oh! President Donald Trump's job approval rating in three key states, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, has fallen below 40 percent [NBC News].
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Labor leaders are growing frustrated with President Trump's inability to deliver on his campaign promises about trade and jobs, and they want him to stop undoing Obama-era regulations [Washington Post].
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The Secret Service is unable to pay the extra agents they brought on to protect the Trump family and secure his numerous properties along the East Coast. The budget shortfall has been exacerbated by Trump's near-constant traveling away from Washington on the weekends [USA Today].
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President Trump will hold a campaign-style rally in Phoenix this week. Officials there are expecting a furious reception from protesters [New York Times].
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President Trump is already ramping up his 2020 reelection campaign [Politico].
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will recommend this week whether to eliminate or shrink nearly two-dozen national monuments, including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah [Reuters].
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California Rep. Brad Sherman says it's more likely President Trump gets impeached than removed from office by using the 25th Amendment, but he acknowledges it will take "a few more shocking things to happen" [Los Angeles Times].
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The first total solar eclipse over the U.S. since 1979 takes place today. Here's how to get that all-important eclipse selfie with your smartphone [Washington Post]. NASA will live stream the event on their Facebook page [NASA].
On this day in history:
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1831 - Nat Turner launched a short-lived, violent slave rebellion in Virginia.
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1858 - The first of seven debates between U.S. Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Ottowa, Ill.
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1878 - The American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y.
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1940 - Exiled Russian Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an assassin.
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1991 - A hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris Yeltsin.
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1992 - An 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest him for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns.
Today At Utah Policy
'Political Insiders' say John Curtis is the favorite to win in November
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Surprising no one, our "Political Insiders" say Provo Mayor John Curtis is the odds-on favorite to win the special congressional election in November....
Great Scott: The woman behind Chaffetz's congressional career plans her next step
By Jared Whitley
The last 11 years have been full of surprises for Jennifer Nelson Scott....
Beg to Differ podcast: Elections, negative ads, and Nazis. Oh, My!
By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
Bryan Schott and Mike Winder help make you the smartest person in the room when you discuss politics....
Policy News
Neighborhood residents, businesses, & advocates applaud Operation Rio Grande
Residents, businesses, and advocates of Utah's Rio Grande neighborhood support efforts by the State of Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, and other jurisdictions to combat lawlessness through "Operation Rio Grande."...
As youth go back to school, new laws go into effect for youth justice system
Many youths across the state of Utah will be back in school next week. Several Utah non-profit organizations wish to remind these youth and those who care for and about them that positive changes have been made to Utah laws regarding the juvenile&...
Despite Washington dysfunction, Hatch scores legislative victory as Rapid DNA becomes law
Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, offered the following statement after his Rapid DNA legislation became law. Rapid DNA is Hatch's 769th legislative proposal that has become law....
Sen. Lee hosts 4th annual Solutions Summit highlighting the importance of collaboration
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is partnering with the Salt Lake Chamber, the Utah Manufacturers Association, the Utah Mining Association, Silicon Slopes, the World Trade Center Utah, the Utah Food Industry Association, and the Utah Retail Merchants Association to host a day long...
Local Headlines
Salt Lake Tribune
Op-ed: Rio Grande cleanup will fail because it addresses symptoms, not cause
Chris Stewart: Loose lips of press leaks do indeed sink ships
Op-ed: Utah students and teachers need real middle school health, PE and art
Editorial: It's time to join the homeless effort
John Curtis locks down the Republican nomination in the 3rd District race, as Chris Herrod concedes
Mia Love says she'll support 'any changes' in the White House after Bannon firing
Leaders say crackdown brought 'remarkable' change near SLC homeless shelter. But has the exodus changed nearby areas for the worse?
Gehrke: Utah needs to think about security above all as it buys new voting machines
Special-group license plates show Utahns love their colleges, wildlife, pets and veterans
Landfill near the Great Salt Lake could become one of the nation's largest industrial waste repositories
Deseret News
Frank R. Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: Negative ads lose big in Curtis 3rd District win
Mike Lee and Lane Beattie: Collaboration is our blueprint for success
Op-ed: Why you should consider the Libertarian candidate for the 3rd District
Editorial: 3rd District primary retaught Utahns important lessons
'The storm' is over: Gardiner sworn in as new recorder; embattled deputy is out
Utah jobless rate edges up slightly to 3.5 percent
John Curtis sews up 3rd District GOP victory; Herrod concedes
Provo mayoral candidates holding out for second place vote count
After a week of arrests, Operation Rio Grande leaders focus on treatment
Multimillion-dollar effort underway to help the Logan River
Task force considering new revenue models for transportation infrastructure
Other
Editorial: Utah County continues to struggle with criminal justice (Daily Herald)
Herrod concedes 3rd Congressional District primary to John Curtis after more results released (Daily Herald)
Many Utah County races become clearer with latest results (Daily Herald)
Bountiful mayoral hopefuls' messages focus on listening, inspiring trust (Standard-Examiner)
A tense, but rollicking, campaign may await Williams, Beerman (Park Record)
National Headlines
Ted Cruz's barnstorming tour across Texas is a sure sign his campaign is ramping up (Dallas Morning News)
Tech Censorship of White Supremacists Draws Criticism From Within Industry (Wall Street Journal)
Elon Musk leads 116 experts calling for outright ban of killer robots (Guardian)
Dozens demonstrate in Detroit against Christopher Columbus (Detroit Free Press)
Ron Paul: 50% stock market plunge 'conceivable,' but it's not President Trump's fault (CNBC)
Pennsylvania coal company to open second mine since Trump took office (FOX News)
Trump's eventful working vacation (The Hill)
Donald and Melania Trump to Skip Kennedy Center Honors (New York Times)
Senator who hoped for Trump assassination in post apologizes (Washington Post)
National parks put a ban on bottled water to ease pollution. Trump just sided with the lobby that fought it. (Washington Post)
Yellen, Draghi Head to Jackson Hole Amid Inflation Unease (Bloomberg)
World of Ours
"This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." Dwight D. Eisenhower
Spinner
"A Japanese company has created a new high-end fidget spinner that they say can spin for more than 12 minutes - beating the previous record for spinning held by Kellyanne Conway." Seth Meyers
