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Trump's winning path — through the gaffes. Poll: Love increases her lead over Owens. Clinton launches 'Mormons for Hillary' group.

Happy Wednesday. Donald Trump has changed politics. Time and again, Trump has survived what only a few years ago would have been considered career-ending gaffes—from calling women "pigs," to boasting about his sexual prowess, to repeatedly insulting war heroes, to offending Mexicans during his off-the-cuff announcement speech, to misspelling basic vocabulary words like "lightweight" and "honor" on his Twitter feed. This defies all the rules of public life as we've come to understand them. Welcome to the new world of Trump politics. [Politico]

Topping the news: A new Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that Rep. Mia Love's lead over her Democratic opponent Doug Owens is growing. [Trib]

-> The Hillary Clinton campaign announced a new 120-member group "Mormons for Hillary" Tuesday, stocked full of Democrats and Republicans alike who believe Clinton's views line up with LDS ones — at least better than Donald Trump's. [Trib] [Fox13]

-> Salt Lake County Councilman Richard Snelgrove suggests withholding his county's $150 million in sales-tax revenue from the Utah Transit Authority after this week's reports of the agency skirting meeting transparency rules. [Trib]

Tweets of the day: From @JoshMalina: "'What is a skittle?' — a disoriented Gary Johnson"

From @danpfeiffer: "If you are covering Skittles-gate instead of Trump's illegal use of his foundation, you are probably in journalism for the wrong reasons."

From @MEPFuller: "It takes real chutzpah to run a sham University, use your charity to buy yourself stuff and bribe a state AG, and *then* run for President."

From @weknowwhatsbest: "If HRC is elected, the world will witness a fierce battle of epic proportions as she takes on the one nemesis that could stop her: stairs."

Happy Birthday: to State Rep. Kay McIff.

In other news: On the sixth anniversary of the enactment of a key part of the Affordable Care Act, Utah Republicans argue that the federal government hasn't delivered promised funding and that the act has been a huge waste of money while Democrats criticize Republicans for blocking Medicaid expansion. [Trib] [ABC4] [KUER]

-> The findings of two University of Utah economists throw into question whether the Lake Powell Pipeline could really pay for itself with ease. According to the analysis, taxpayers could find themselves covering 72 percent of the pipeline costs. [Trib] [DNews]

-> The draft of a 50-year state water plan, including the Lake Powell Pipeline, that was not made public at a Water Strategy Advisory Team last week has now been posted for public comment. [Trib]

-> The Utah Transit Authority wants to shape up its ski bus schedules and canyon parking by increasing the frequency of buses up Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons and eliminating service from downtown. [Trib]

-> Salt Lake County Council has partnered with the University Neuropsychiatric Institute at the U. and state Rep. Steve Eliason in support of creating a three-digit crisis number so that Utahns experiencing a mental health crisis have an easy-to-remember way to find help and someone to talk to. [Trib] [DNews] [ABC4]

-> The Legislature's Education Interim Committee voted to start drafting legislation for the 2017 session that would replace SAGE testing with ACT testing and modify the school grading system. [Trib] [DNews]

-> The Plaza at State Street, a Salt Lake City project intended to provide low- and middle-income housing above shops but halted construction due to debt and lawsuits, is eligible for foreclosure. [Trib]

-> Ribbon-cutting for the official opening of Lodestone Regional Park near Kearns and West Valley City took place on Tuesday. The park boasts a 12-foot-tall tire from Bingham Canyon Mine and six basketball hoops donated by the Utah Jazz and Larry H. Miller Charities. [Trib] [DNews] [KUER]

-> The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City sent emails and Twitter messages to Utah Catholics on Monday urging them to push government leaders to end the death penalty in the state. [Trib] [KUER]

-> The Utah County Health Department has issued a "danger" warning at Big East Lake and a "caution" warning for all Utah lake areas. [Trib] [Herald]

-> Lawyers debated the issue of requiring a warrant to search a prescription drug database in light of false drug fraud charges against two Utah firefighters in a Denver appeals court Tuesday. [APviaTrib]

-> Pat Bagley weighs in on the Fraternal Order of Police's Trump endorsement. [Trib]

-> Paul Rolly calls out Utah GOP Chairman James Evans' tendency to "cry bigot" for political gain. [Trib]

Nationally: Donald Trump, according to Donald J. Trump Foundation tax records, used $258,000 of the charity's money to settle multiple legal disputes involving his private business. [WaPost]

-> Priorities USA Action, the main super PAC backing Hillary Clinton, received half of its huge August fundraising haul from six million-dollar donors, according to a Federal Election Commission report filed Tuesday. [Politico] [WaPost]

-> The Senate avoided a potential government shut-down when it voted 89–7 to move forward with an as yet undetermined spending bill that could fund Zika treatment. [WaPost] [NYTimes] [Politico]

Where are they?

Rep. Jason Chaffetz holds a press conference on Bears Ears, questions the IRS commissioner at a Judiciary Committee hearing, chairs an Oversight Committee hearing on Epipens, and speaks to the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Rep. Mia Love stops by a Utah delegation meeting with Gov. Gary Herbert, meets with employees of a South Jordan small business loan provider, meets with the U.S. and Salt Lake Chamber and votes.

Gov. Gary Herbert holds a news conference in Washington.

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox attends a Department of Workforce Services Veterans Conference and meets with legislators before hitting the Women's State Legislative Council. He ends the day by sitting down with the Utah Farm Bureau.

State Auditor John Dougall speaks at the Women's State Legislative Council of Utah and heads to a Legislative Government Operations Interim Committee.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, holds bilateral meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and heads back to Washington.

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— Thomas Burr and Zoe Woolf McGinn

Twitter.com/thomaswburr and Twitter.com/zoewmcginn