Happy Tuesday!
Sen. Elizabeth Warren can count Hollywood stars such as Amy Schumer, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds and television producer Shonda Rhimes among the donors to her presidential bid. The Democrat has also accepted large contributions from tech players, including the founder of Sonos and a Spotify executive. Altogether, Warren raised $19.8 million in the second quarter of 2019, mostly from small, online donations. [Politico]
Topping the news: Sen. Mitt Romney and Rep. Ben McAdams call out President Donald Trump for his racist tweets, but the rest of the Utah delegation is mum. [Trib] [DNews]
-> Mayoral candidates for Salt Lake City’s top elected post debate issues, including whether the big, coming transition in homeless services is happening early enough to avoid a “humanitarian crisis” come winter. [Trib] [DNews] [Fox13]
-> Turns out, the melee that is ward basketball now has been sanctioned by the Utah Supreme Court. [Trib] [Fox13] [DNews]
Tweets of the day: @MittRomney: “People can disagree over politics and policy, but telling American citizens to go back to where they came from is over the line.”
-> @DaveAlvord: “Except he didn't say to go back. He said to go back, fix it in that country then come back.”
-> @brianschatz: “'I cannot do this anymore. The overt racism, the corruption, the anti woman behavior, the incompetence. This is not why I became a Republican. So I’m quitting the Party.' - No one. Today."
In other news: Fulfilling a promise to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters “out West,” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is expected to announce Tuesday that it will be located in Grand Junction, Colo. [Trib] [StandEx]
-> Want to know how long your security check-in at Salt Lake City International Airport is going to be? Now you can find out online and on TV monitors at the airport. [Trib]
-> If you’re old enough to remember, where were you when the Eagle landed? [Trib]
-> The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has delayed announcement of the 10 winning bidders to become licensed growers of medical cannabis. [APviaTrib]
-> Nelson BeGaye, who has served on the Navajo Nation Council since 2003, on Monday announced his resignation for health reasons. [APviaTrib]
-> Cartoonist Pat Bagley weighs in on President Trump’s racist tweets. [Trib]
-> Columnist Robert Gehrke says Utah’s sharing of driver licenses for law enforcement facial-recognition scans is wrong and needs to stop. [Trib]
Nationally: President Donald Trump defended his racist remarks about four minority members of Congress, saying “they hate our country.” [WaPost]
-> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will not support raising the debt ceiling unless it is part of a broader budget deal. [WaPost]
-> Most immigrants at the border would be denied asylum in the United States under a Trump administration rule change that would withhold protections from those who had crossed through a third country and failed to apply for asylum on the journey northward. [NYTimes]
-> The head of the nation’s largest provider of shelter for migrant children received $3.6 million in the most recent tax year. [NYTimes]
-> Research published Monday says soil in parts of the Marshall Islands, where U.S. nuclear bomb tests were conducted in the 1940s and ‘50s, is more radioactive than in Chernobyl or Fukushima. [LATimes]
-> President Trump has asked White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to disregard a congressional subpoena. [WaPost]
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-- Bethany Rodgers and Dan Harrie
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