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Political Cornflakes: Democratic bigwigs fear debates will devolve into horror show

In this June 24, 2019, photo, a billboard advertises the Democratic Presidential Debates across from the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, in Miami. Don't envy NBC News executive Rashida Jones, who is behind this week's inaugural Democratic presidential debate and will have to juggle 20 candidates, five news personalities and, it's likely, one tweeting president.. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Happy Tuesday! Are you ready? Tomorrow and Thursday, 20 Democrats seeking the White House will appear in the first debates of the election and there are many political bigwigs on the left worried about how it’ll turn out. Politico interviewed nearly 20 Democratic elected officials, party chiefs, labor leaders and operatives the past week and revealed an air of foreboding verging on alarm that the debates will degenerate into a two-night, bare-knuckle brawl. Also, President Donald Trump is planning to live-tweet it. Y’all got your popcorn ready? [Politico]

Topping the news: Rep. John Curtis called conditions at migrant detention facilities “unacceptable” and stated that unaccompanied children need access to soap and toothbrushes. Rep. Ben McAdams said, “We are better than this as a country.” [Trib]

-> A migrant boy who was previously held at a border detention facility was treated for typhoid fever when he arrived in Utah last month. He has since recovered. [Trib]

-> Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is seeking an injunction to prevent the development of the inland port while a court considers her lawsuit. [Trib] [DNews]

-> The Utah Republican Party’s new chairman, Derek Brown, announced that the party is no longer in debt. [Trib]

Tweets of the day: From @validate_me_plz: “I want every country to institute economic sanctions against the U.S. until we end child concentration camps”

-> @KristinMinkDC: “A reminder that Anne Frank didn’t die in gas chambers. She died from sickness due to unsanitary conditions, specifically typhus — a disease spread by lice.”

Happy Birthday: to Mike Gehrke and USU’s Ted Pease.

In other news: Salt Lake City voters can learn about the eight mayoral candidates though the Tribune’s “Meet the candidates” page. [Trib]

-> A Navajo student at Lehi High School was told she could not wear eagle feathers on her graduation cap. [Trib]

-> A Utah judge has ended his oversight on the United Effort Plan, a trust which once owned most of the properties in towns populated with members of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [Trib]

-> The Utah Transit Authority has a new board and wants to partner with private businesses on new projects. [Trib]

-> Mayor Biskupski said Salt Lake City will not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. [KSL]

Nationally: Migrant children have been removed from a Border Patrol station in Texas after reports of maltreatment caused national outrage. [NYT] [APviaTrib]

-> President Donald Trump announced new sanctions for Iran on Monday. [NYT]

-> Trump signed emergency funding for Puerto Rico into law two weeks ago, but the territory might not be able to use its promised food stamps until September. [WaPo]

-> On Monday, Trump signed an executive order requiring the disclosure of prescription drug prices. [WaPo]

-> Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of many presidential candidates, announced Monday a plan to cancel student loans by taxing Wall Street. [Reuters]

-> The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the United States may not deny registration to trademarks it finds “immoral or scandalous.” [WSJ]

-> American farmers are expected to have nearly $427 billion in debt this year. [Politico]

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-- Thomas Burr and Sara Tabin