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Five takeaways from President-elect Trump's first five days. Trump won the Mormon vote, but lagged in Utah. Protesters keep civil in Utah gatherings.
Happy Monday. President-elect Donald Trump is learning what he's going to face the next four years — and so are Americans. Trump is compulsively improvisational, and ran the most successful back-of-the-napkin operation in American political history, but the challenge confronting him is, by his own admission, nothing like anything anybody has ever seen. Here are five takeaways we've learned in his first five days as incoming president. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/5-takeaways-on-trumps-first-5-days-231317">Politico</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong>Exit poll data show Donald Trump receiving weaker support from Mormon voters than Republican candidates in the last few elections and LDS voters in Utah — with the prospect of Evan McMullin taking the state — running away from the GOP nominee in even greater numbers. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573783-155/while-mormons-nationally-stuck-with-trump?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667045/Presidential-election-exit-polls-show-Utahns-highly-conflicted.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Trump voters, Clinton voters, and people who voted for other candidates give suggestions to President-elect Trump that follow the same thread: apologize, soften the rhetoric and care for all Americans. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573605-155/utahns-want-donald-trump-to-soften?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Protestors against Trump on Saturday largely kept things clean and peaceful, with organizers pleading attendees to put their money where their mouth is and set a nationwide example when it comes to "love trumps hate." [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4576587-155/salt-lake-city-protests-strike-peaceful?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667094/Salt-Lake-City-hosts-another-Trump-protest.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/12/hundreds-march-to-utah-state-capitol-to-protest-donald-trump-presidency/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/peaceful-anti-trump-protest-heads-to-state-capitol"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/organizers-of-weekend-trump-protest-call-for-no-vulgarity-more-civility"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]
-> Two-thirds of Utahns favor a tax hike to support education funding, a new poll shows. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11434-">UtahPolicy</a>]
-> Emails between Utah State University officials — obtained by the Tribune's open records request — show the administration struggling with how to respond to a repeat rape allegation against Jason Relopez, eventually giving him a warning that the school would take action if he did it again. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4559284-155/emails-utah-state-officials-knew-multiple"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the weekend: </strong>From @<a href="https://twitter.com/misstessowen"; target="_blank">misstessowen</a>: "During interview w/ 60 Minutes, Trump pledges to overturn Roe v Wade, but won't touch gay marriage because SCOTUS already ruled on that."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/speechboy71"; target="_blank">speechboy71</a>: "Look I get it's awful that Trump hired an anti-Semite for a top WH position, but he didn't have a private email server, so it all evens out."
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS"; target="_blank">ThePlumLineGS</a>: "Trump will drain the swamp of corruption...and replace it with a cesspool of corruption that enriches his family."
<strong>Happy Birthday: </strong>on Sunday to the Congressional Budget Office's Stephanie Hugie Barello, a native Utahn.
<strong>Opinion section: </strong>Marjorie Castle, an associate professor of political science at the University of Utah, offers advice for voters disappointed by Trump's election: proudly accept the results and keep demanding more from democracy. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4572322-155/op-ed-respect-election-result-but-demand"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Carl Fisher, executive director of Save Our Canyons, Dave Livermore, Utah state director of The Nature Conservancy and Laura Briefer, director of Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities, get behind Mountain Accord and congressional legislation as a bipartisan compromise arising from failed competing bills. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4565612-155/op-ed-mountain-accord-succeeds-where-past"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Marie Pate Taylor, a ski patroller, AIA Government Affairs Committee member and former Salt Lake City Planning Commissioner, says the Central Wasatch Commission over the Mountain Accord would bypass layers of local approval and hastily put too much power in too few hands. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4564809-155/op-ed-mountain-accord-commission-would-lack"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Dakota Park-Ozee, a political rhetoric student at the University of Utah who also helps teach and coach the John R. Park Debate Society, argues that political debate cultivates the listening skills and civic engagement that lie at the real heart of an American political revolution. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4545484-155/op-ed-political-debate-hit-bottom-this"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft Corp., puts in a plug for Sen. Orrin Hatch's bill that sets standards for law enforcement collecting Americans' cloud information, calling it a productive balance of privacy and safety. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4568161-155/op-ed-hatch-bill-clarifies-what-is"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy, director of Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah, says a taller and more artful stance from environmentalists will be needed to survive a Trump administration. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4564696-155/op-ed-trump-election-is-a-call"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Jonathan Bailey, an Emery County photographer, believes that hatred comes from division and, post-election, plans to judge people on their actions, not their ballot. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4565086-155/op-ed-you-can-close-your-doors"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Paul Murphy, external communications director at Rocky Mountain Power, backs up the company's request to hike up rates for solar users. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4569823-155/op-ed-rocky-mountain-is-committed-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Paul Rolly says the rise of Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes or Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox, who took opposite stands on Donald Trump's campaign, will be made or broken by Trump's popularity during his first term. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4564229-155/paul-rolly-gop-rising-stars-took"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] Rolly also profiles Jim Kirkwood, a conservative Salt Lake City talk radio host known for fun and kindness, after his death last week. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4569404-155/utah-radio-host-remembered-as-a"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> George Pyle places Utah Mormons on the list of teams who blew it as the faithful initially took a moral stand against Donald Trump but, when it came down to it, chose his name on the ballot. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4569640-155/george-pyle-by-backing-trump-after?page=2"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Pat Bagley sketches his take on the rest of the world's view of an idealized Trump administration. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4573550-155/bagley-cartoon-great-wall-of-trump"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Larry Pressler, a veteran of Harvard Law, Vietnam and the U.S. Senate, says despite his support for Hillary Clinton, he feels grateful for the behavior of losing-side leaders after Trump's election and hopeful that Trump will feel the sacred pull of public service upon inauguration. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666936/Larry-Pressler-Give-our-new-president-elect-an-offer-of-support-and-cooperation.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Lew Cramer and Steve Urquhart of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition's Utah Advisory Committee urge the Utah delegation in Congress to support international aid programs that help the needy and invest in international relations. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666935/My-view-Diplomacy-and-development-vital-to-saving-lives.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Sarah Matheson rebuts a Mother Jones article condemning Mormon women as too oppressed to stand for a feminist candidate like Hillary Clinton by exploring the extensive opportunities for female power in Utah. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666974/What-Mother-Jones-doesn7t-get-about-Mormon-women.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Pat Jones, CEO of the Women's Leadership Institute and former state legislator, argues that Americans are fundamentally good and challenges them, including President-elect Trump, to morally and intellectually rebuild together from a nasty political war. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667083/Patricia-Jones-Its-our-time-to-step-up-and-fight-for-a-sane-future-for-our-country.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Boyd Matheson, president of the Sutherland Institute, opines that what will really determine the historical significance of the 2016 election will be what direction the people turn the nation from here, and he recommends optimism and activism. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667082/Boyd-Matheson-Lets-work-together-to-turn-what-ifs-to-what-is.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Jay Evensen, senior editorial columnist at the Deseret News, offers some lighthearted one-liners about the election. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667136/On-Second-Thought-How-long-until-the-primary-debates-begin-for-2020.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Frank Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb make predictions for Trump's time in office, discuss how political analysis will change after a failure of epic proportions and talk winners and losers locally. [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667086/The-political-asteroid-named-Donald-Trump.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
<strong>Weekend in review: </strong>Gov. Gary Herbert and Superintendent Sydnee Dickson told Utah students in a letter that bullying won't fly after several cases of minorities being harrassed in Utah schools sprung up throughout the state after Election Day. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573643-155/harassment-of-students-after-election-prompts"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667044/Governor-decries-numerous-reports-of-student-harassment-since-Election-Day.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/11/governor-state-superintendent-issue-statement-on-post-election-harassment-in-utah-schools/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/utah-officials-criticize-post-election-harassment-in-schools"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]
-> The election of Trump changes the game for President Obama's decision whether to name a Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, but there is no historical precedent for a president undoing his predecessor's monument designation. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4563968-155/if-obama-declares-a-bears-ears?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says Donald Trump's inherent deal-making skills as a businessman could make for some major bipartisan legislation at the front end of his presidency. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573781-155/jon-huntsman-expects-trump-to-cut"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A South Jordan graphic designer spread posters featuring Uncle Sam saying "you belong here" around his neighborhood to counteract the negativity toward minorities after Election Day. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573268-155/south-jordan-man-seeks-to-heal?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> As vote-counting continues, the House District 44 race between Rep. Bruce Cutler and Democrat Christine Passey flip flops to favor Cutler, leaving the Democrats on track to gain two seats instead of three. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573726-155/lead-switches-in-close-cutler-passey-utah"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Republican Salt Lake County Council incumbent Richard Snelgrove creeps past Democratic challenger Catherine Kanter, who originally had the lead, as the votes keep rolling in. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573810-155/snelgrove-overtakes-kanter-in-salt-lake"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667033/Snelgrove-takes-lead-in-Salt-Lake-County-Council-race.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> The Capitol Christmas Tree will stop in Ogden on Tuesday en route to Washington. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4577668-155/capitol-christmas-tree-to-stop-in"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Nate Carlisle interviews 98-year-old Maxwell Burggraaf, one of the few Pearl Harbor veterans still living in Utah, about what he remembers. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4564212-155/one-of-utahs-last-pearl-harbor"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> At A University of Utah Veterans Day ceremony, former fighters from Afghanistan and Iraq and World War II, talk about their injuries and the changes in war over time. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573199-155/at-university-of-utah-ceremony-younger"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A group of church leaders and community activists took to Salt Lake City Hall Friday to thank the mayor and City Council for turning their attention to affordable housing but push them to do more. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573025-155/advocates-sound-the-call-to-action?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667026/Clergy-advocates-urge-action-on-affordable-housing-homeless-shelters.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/11/advocates-urge-salt-lake-city-mayor-to-fix-affordable-housing-crisis-now/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/slc-mayor-called-out-as-groups-seek-funding-for-affordable-housing"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/groups-urge-salt-lake-city-mayor-rda-act-quickly-affordable-housing"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]
-> Equality Utah rallied its supporters Friday to block Kraig Powell, a Utah legislator who they say sponsored anti-LGBT legislation, from a spot at 4th District Court. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573183-155/lgbt-activists-look-to-block-utah"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/11/lgbt-rights-group-opposes-utah-judge-nomination/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]
-> Newly-elected Millcreek officials get together with consultants to make decisions for the new start-up city. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4572689-155/millcreek-leaders-gearing-up-to-run"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Salt Lake City could find itself a short two-hour drive away from recreational marijuana in West Wendover, Nevada if the recently passed ballot initiative gets nudged along by local government. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4569523-155/when-can-utahns-buy-pot-in?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> New northbound and southbound lanes on I-15 in Northern Utah will be free from construction and open for business on Monday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4572410-155/in-time-for-holidays-n-utah"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Hurricane Mayor John Wayne Bramall faces felony and misdemeanor charges for allowing two men to hunt illegally on his property. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4572767-155/hurricane-mayor-charged-in-connection-with"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666966/Hurricane-mayor-two-others-charged-in-connection-with-poachings.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/12/hurricane-mayor-charged-in-poaching-incident/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]
-> John Florez, who served away his life as a Latino activist and educator, passed away Thursday. Here's how some of his colleagues remember him. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4573293-155/utah-community-leader-john-florez-who?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667043/Civil-rights-advocate-Deseret-News-columnist-John-Florez-dies-at-age-84.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/11/12/civil-rights-advocate-john-florez-dies/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>]
<strong>Nationally: </strong>Donald Trump names GOP Chairman Reince Priebus — a nod to the Republican establishment — as his chief of staff and Stephen Bannon — a taste of alt-right grassroots supporters — as his chief strategist. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/us/politics/reince-priebus-chief-of-staff-donald-trump.html?ref=politics&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pits-establishment-against-populism-at-the-top-of-his-white-house-team/2016/11/13/0ec346ee-a9e4-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-names-priebus-as-chief-of-staff-bannon-as-chief-strategist-231304"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]
-> The president-elect also pledged in a 60 Minutes interview to immediately deport or incarcerate up to 3 million illegal immigrants and backed off from his promise to completely repeal Obamacare, citing a conversation with the President that brought him around to parts of the act. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/business/insurers-unprepared-for-obamacare-repeal.html"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-open-to-amending-obamacare-affordable-care-act/"; target="_blank">CBSNews</a>] [<a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/president-elect-trump-on-immigrants-he%E2%80%99ll-deport/ar-AAkf9gd?OCID=ansmsnnews11" target="_blank">MSN</a>]
-> Hillary Clinton tells donors on a conference call that FBI Director James Comey's second letter — the one pronouncing Hillary Clinton clear again from email investigations — sunk her would-be victorious campaign. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-james-comey.html?ref=politics"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/hillary-clinton-comey-letters-defeat-231280"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Jason <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse"; target="_blank">Chaffetz</a></strong> catches up with committee and personal office staff, swings by a meeting with the House majority leader and hits a few leadership candidate forums.</li>
<li>Rep. Mia <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMiaLove"; target="_blank"><strong>Love</strong></a> flies to Washington, meets with leadership candidates and votes.</li>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> spends the day at Republican Governors Association meetings.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> attends funeral services for West Valley Officer Cody Brotherson, sits down with Mike Styler from the Department of Natural Resources and records a podcast.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>releases an analysis report comparing first-year salaries of education majors to first-year earnings of other majors.</li>
<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a> </strong>lunches with Vice President Joe Biden before flying to Athens, Greece.</li>
</ul>
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