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Trump's transition team ramps up to dismantle Obama's legacy. White nationalist pulls anti-McMullin ads. Poll: Lee, Herbert with large leads heading into the election.
Happy Thursday. Donald Trump's presidential transition team has kicked into higher gear as the race for the White House tightens, with a team of conservative Washington policy wonks fleshing out plans to dismantle President Barack Obama's legacy. What once seemed like a futile exercise in preparing for a government that might never be is suddenly becoming very real for the 100-plus Republicans on Trump's transition team. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-transition-team-pulls-out-the-stops-230666">Politico</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong>Evan McMullin spoke to a crowd of University of Utah students Wednesday about racism and sexism in the Republican Party, and meanwhile white nationalist William Johnson put out a press release apologizing for the robocall he commissioned that attacked McMullin with speculations about his sexuality. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4536968-155/as-mcmullin-hits-trump-on-racism"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666287/McMullin-reaches-out-to-Utah-millennials-in-presidential-race.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/02/mcmullin-says-hes-received-death-threats-from-white-supremacists/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/independent-candidate-gaining-in-utah-slams-trump-as-sexist"; target="_blank">APviaKUTV</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/evan-mcmullin-pitches-new-conservative-movement-millennials#stream/0"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]
-> Sen. Mike Lee leads his Democratic opponent Misty Snow 64-21 in a Tribune poll, but Snow, a transgender woman, says securing the Democratic Party's nomination gave her a victory from the start. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4533177-155/misty-snow-has-made-history-but?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Democratic challenger in the 1st District Congressional race Peter Clemens calls Rep. Rob Bishop reckless for a mailer telling ISIS to "bring it on." [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4535980-155/opponent-says-rob-bishop-mailer-invites"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A new poll shows Gov. Gary Herbert leading Mike Weinholtz 63 percent to 26 percent; Weinholtz says he's proud to be an underdog who brings attention to issues where Herbert has fallen short. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4537703-155/poll-shows-herbert-rolling-to-likely?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From @<a href="https://twitter.com/sydneyumeri"; target="_blank">sydneyumeri</a>: "Remember on Sunday to set your clocks back an hour and on Tuesday to NOT set your country back 50 years."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/wpjenna"; target="_blank">wpjenna</a>: "Donald Trump has been structuring his rally speeches lately like a news cast, starting each with a breaking news announcement about Clinton."
From @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/POTUS">POTUS</a>: "It happened: @Cubs win World Series. That's change even this South Sider can believe in. Want to come to the White House before I leave?"
<strong>Happy Birthday: </strong>to Park City's Ann Ober.
<strong>In other news: </strong>A team of computer scientists at the University of Utah spent the last five months conducting "sentiment analysis" on geo-tagged political tweets. Its map predicts a Clinton victory. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4536497-155/university-of-utah-software-gauges-popular"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A Salt Lake Tribune panel at the University of Utah discusses sexual consent, who should be involved in raising college student awareness of it, how to teach it to kids and more. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4537508-155/if-its-not-a-yes-its?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Utahns are skittish about intimidation at the polls and Election Day violence spurred by belief of a rigged election, but state officials are keeping a close watch. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4527093-155/amid-voter-fears-of-election-violence?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The Orem mayor taps his constituents for information on a "Phantom Dumper" who is clogging the sewer system with paper-like waste and offers a $2,500 reward for whoever can stop him or her. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4535781-155/orem-mayor-offers-2500-reward-for"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/02/orem-offers-2500-reward-in-case-of-phantom-dumper/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/orem-city-mayor-offers-reward-to-find-phantom-dumper"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/orem-police-offer-reward-to-catch-phantom-dumper"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/orem/orem-offers-reward-for-information-leading-to-the-phantom-dumper/article_b14144e0-4dbe-5b5c-9ceb-122c34dfcd4d.html"; target="_blank">Herald</a>]
-> The presidential election may be sucking up all the oxygen this cycle but there are other races. Bryan Schott takes a look at 11 legislative races to watch. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11326-11-utah-legislative-races-to-watch-on-election-day?showall=">UtahPolicy</a>]
-> Newly released Utah Transit Authority contract documents show the agency paying a consulting firm $46,700 to run a campaign to convince employees to vote against unionizing. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4532598-155/union-busting-consultants-charged-uta-46700?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Martha Ellis, Salt Lake City Fire Department's first female battalion chief, has filed a lawsuit claiming she was booted from her position for calling out alleged fraud and safety violations and ignored by other city officials. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4536402-155/female-fire-captain-files-suit-against?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666268/Salt-Lake-fire-captain-sues-city-alleging-whistle-blower-retaliation.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
<span style="line-height: 1.5;">-> Weber State University spent a $50,000 grant from the state Legislature to implement a sexual violence workshop tailored to the LGBT community. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4536024-155/weber-state-others-receiving-state-funding"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</span>
-> Ex-Attorney General John Swallow filed another request to toss some of the 14 corruption charges against him to his collection, this time because the prosecution can't produce a recording of an interview with key witness Jeremy Johnson. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4536333-155/defense-attorney-swallow-case-should-be"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The Utah Transit Authority under a new CEO makes yet another move to rebuild public trust: restructure the agency and trim down its top leadership team. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4537074-155/uta-streamlines-top-leadership-team-organization"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The South Salt Lake Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday to consider a new development plan for the old Granite High School site. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4537915-155/south-salt-lake-planning-commission-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The Garfield School in Salt Lake City will pass from Westminster College, where it went unused, to Elizabeth Academy to become a lab. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4537022-155/westminster-to-sell-garfield-school-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Pat Bagley sketches politicians and law enforcement as the middle men between big oil and Native Americans protecting their sacred lands. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4538198-155/bagley-cartoon-our-corporate-overlords"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Nationally:</strong> Republicans in Congress are itching to launch their own investigations into Hillary Clinton's emails and the Clinton Foundation from the get-go of a Clinton presidency. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/house-republicans-investigate-clinton-fbi-230604"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]
-> An email from Wednesday's daily WikiLeaks installment shows a Department of Justice official sending Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman a "heads up" on what was coming at a congressional hearing about Clinton's emails. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/02/politics/peter-kadzik-john-podesta-wikileaks/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/wikileaks-clinton-justice-department-heads-up-investigation-230643"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]
-> A woman who has filed lawsuits under the pseudonym "Jane Doe" against Donald Trump for allegedly raping her as a 13-year-old called off a news conference Wednesday —where she had planned to reveal her identity and tell her story — after receiving threats. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-rape-accuser-lawsuits-230647"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/304086-trump-child-rape-accuser-calls-off-news-conference-over-threats"; target="_blank">Hill</a>]
-> Clinton's campaign doubles its ad spending in Arizona for the final week of the election as Trump creeps ahead in the state polls. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/02/clinton-doubles-ad-spending-in-arizona-as-polls-show-trumps-lead-growing/"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> heads to a Cabinet meeting and a staff meeting, films PSAs at the Capitol, drops in on a budget discussion and ends the evening with the Zion's Bank Art Show.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> gets an intergenerational poverty update, joins a Cabinet meeting and heads to a drug court graduation in Ogden.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>speaks at the Utah Association of Special Districts conference.</li>
<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a> </strong>keeps on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton with speeches in Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., before going home to Washington.</li>
</ul>
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