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• Donovan Mitchell’s status changed to probable for Wednesday’s game against Dallas

  06-11-2018 23:58
  After missing Monday night’s loss to the Toronto Raptors, Donovan Mitchell is likely to return to action against the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday.Mitchell’s status has been changed to “probable” for Wednesday’s contest. Mitchell has missed two of the least three Jazz contests with right hamstring tightness (Friday vs. Memphis) or a left ankle sprain (Monday vs. Toronto). The Jazz lost both games.After Tuesday’s practice, Mitchell could be seen participating in o
  
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• "It's an honor and a blessing to put on that jersey." 📽️: on.nba.com/2Owkkq2 https://t.co/twGKprKXoL

  06-11-2018 23:57 via twitter.com
  
  "It's an honor and a blessing to put on that jersey."📽️: on.nba.com/2Owkkq2 https://t.co/twGKprKXoL
  
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• Real Salt Lake bracing for an aggressive start from Sporting Kansas City in Leg 2 on Sunday

  06-11-2018 23:54
  Herriman • Throughout the first 45 minutes of Real Salt Lake’s draw against Sporting Kansas City on Thursday, there wasn’t much action. Maybe it was tired legs for RSL. Maybe it was a defensive strategy for SKC. Maybe it was both.Sporting head coach Peter Vermes, however, put it into words.“I think both teams were almost feeling each other out,” Vermes said after the game. “‘Who’s going to do what?’ And nobody ever took the game.”But on
  
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• Donovan Mitchell is probable for tomorrow night's game.

  06-11-2018 23:44 via twitter.com
  Donovan Mitchell is probable for tomorrow night's game.
  
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• "I feel like we've played a small role relative to all the people that have come before and laid a foundation and t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 23:41 via twitter.com
  "I feel like we've played a small role relative to all the people that have come before and laid a foundation and t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bagley Cartoon: Glued to the News

  06-11-2018 23:41
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2018/11/06/bagley-cartoon-heros-wish/" target=_blank><u>A Hero’s Wish</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2018/11/03/bagley-cartoon-race/" target=_blank><u>Race-Baiter-in-Chief</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagl
  
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• Aid arrives for migrants at Mexico City stadium as US votes

  06-11-2018 23:30
  Mexico City • Humanitarian aid converged around a stadium in Mexico City where thousands of Central American migrants winding their way toward the United States were resting Tuesday after an arduous trek that has taken them through three countries in three weeks.Mexico City Mayor Jose Ramon Amieva said 4,500 migrants have arrived at the Jesus Martinez stadium since Sunday, and city officials are bracing to attend as many as 5,500 at the site by Wednesday. Hundreds of city employees and even
  
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• Doing good ❤️ https://t.co/xkJjzkRiYr

  06-11-2018 23:21 via twitter.com
  
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• On gameday, what time would you be most likely to tune into a live online pregame show? Presented by: @Qualtrics | #QualtricsPoll

  06-11-2018 23:11 via twitter.com
  On gameday, what time would you be most likely to tune into a live online pregame show?Presented by: @Qualtrics | #QualtricsPoll
  
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• Amazon considering New York amid reports HQ will be split

  06-11-2018 23:00
  New York • After a yearlong search for a second home, Amazon is now reportedly looking to build offices in two cities instead of one, a surprise move that could still have a major impact on the communities it ultimately selects.One of the areas the online retail giant is considering is New York's Long Island City, according to a source familiar with the talks. The neighborhood, across the East River from Manhattan, is fast-changing, where many high-rise towers have replaced empty warehouses
  
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• Albert R. Hunt: How to follow the election returns

  06-11-2018 23:00
  American voters should be forgiven for a bit of impatience when midterm election results start coming in Tuesday evening. They've been through a long and divisive campaign and they'll want to know who prevailed. But their verdict on the state of American democracy is unlikely to reveal itself quickly as the evening unfolds. Here's a guide to following the clock.With predictions of the largest midterm turnout in more than half a century, the first polls close at 6 p.m. in parts of Indiana, where
  
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• Idahoans to decide on Medicaid expansion

  06-11-2018 22:37
  Boise, Idaho • Of all the decisions Idaho voters are making on election day, the decision on whether to expand Medicaid to more low-income Idahoans might be the one that hits closest to home for many.The citizen initiative called Proposition 2 would expand Medicaid coverage to potentially more than 60,000 low-income adults across the state. Those residents are dubbed the "gap population," people who make too much to qualify for Medicaid in its current form but don't earn enough to get subsi
  
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• Don’t miss your chance to meet and take a picture with Ricky Rubio after the Jazz-Mavs game tomorrow night! Get y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 22:14 via twitter.com
  Don’t miss your chance to meet and take a picture with Ricky Rubio after the Jazz-Mavs game tomorrow night! Get y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• E.J. Dionne: Why Democrats will do well on Election Day

  06-11-2018 22:13
  Washington • I have often said when asked for predictions this year that I turned in my Prognosticator’s Union membership card at 11:45 p.m. on Election Night 2016.Those who don't like the labor movement (for which I have a long-standing fondness) shouldn't worry: There is no prognosticator's union. The idea was that all pundits should display a degree of humility after President Trump's victory, which few of us expected.But as a friend of mine once observed, you can't chase the booki
  
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• BYU basketball coach Dave Rose signs a one-year contract extension that will take him through 2020-21 season

  06-11-2018 22:12
  Provo • Fears that BYU basketball coach Dave Rose would step down when his contract expires after the 2019-20 basketball season are apparently unfounded.BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe announced Tuesday that Rose has signed a one-year extension that will take him through the 2020-21 season. Terms of the agreement were not revealed because BYU is a private institution and not subject to open records laws.Rose begins his 14th season at the helm Tuesday night when the Cougars take on No. 7 Ne
  
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• Families impacted by 2012 Sandy Hook shooting buy coffee for Pittsburgh

  06-11-2018 22:00
  Pittsburgh • Over the weekend, patrons of a Pittsburgh neighborhood coffee shop received free coffee from families in Connecticut who were also impacted by a deadly shooting.Commonplace Coffee in Squirrel Hill says it received a $650 donation from a group of family and alumni at the Fraser Woods Montessori School in Newtown. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Kathy Craughwell-Varda, who raised the funds, says she remembers the terror she felt during the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School sh
  
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• BYU’s offense is more productive with Zach Wilson at QB, but scoring remains a problem

  06-11-2018 21:56
  Provo • A lot of coulda, woulda and shoulda will accompany descriptions of BYU’s 2018 football season when all is said and done, particularly when the losses to California, Northern Illinois and Boise State are analyzed.For instance, if the Cougars could have done more in the red zone against those three opponents, they would have been 7-2 instead of 4-5 and should have been talking about what bowl game they were going to rather than the need to defeat Massachusetts on Saturday (10 a.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks Preview: Reeling Jazz seek first home win

  06-11-2018 21:08 via sportspyder.com
  ...off against Dallas, as it resulted in a commanding 113-104 win in which the Jazz led nearly the entire way. That was also one of the Jazz’s best shooting per ...
  
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• Ex-world champ swimmer Filippo Magnini banned 4 years for doping

  06-11-2018 21:00
  Rome • Two-time swimming world champion Filippo Magnini has been banned for four years for doping.Italy's anti-doping agency issued the verdict for the retired swimmer on Tuesday, and gave the same sentence to Magnini's relay teammate, Michele Santucci.Both were found guilty of using and attempting to use banned substances.The swimmers were linked to nutritionist Guido Porcellini, who was banned for 30 years for distributing illegal drugs.Magnini, who won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2005
  
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• Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks Preview: Reeling Jazz seek first home win

  06-11-2018 20:51
  The Utah Jazz have yet to win a game at home this season, but will look to reverse that trend when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. Things haven’t exactly gone as hoped for the Utah Jazz to start out the 2018-19 season, and their forgettable 4-6 record is just the half of […]
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• [KSL] - Ben Anderson: What's wrong with the Utah Jazz?

  06-11-2018 20:51 via sportspyder.com
  ... ee down to 25 percent. Between Exum and Rubio’s sub 40 percent shooting, the Jazz simply aren’t a threat to score the ball in the backcourt next to Mitchell....
  
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• A Woods Cross man died after a house fire. The city is investigating why the fire hydrant in front of his home wasn’t working.

  06-11-2018 20:23
  A 62-year-old Woods Cross man died in a hospital after being critically injured in a fire at his house Monday night, and now city officials are looking into why the hydrant in front of his home wasn’t working when firefighters tried to tap in.Just before 9 p.m., a passerby called 911 to report a fire at 1375 S. 1100 West. A neighbor also called about the fire, saying the homeowner, Eric Bardall, was likely still inside, according to a news release from South Davis Metro Fire.Fire crews arr
  
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• More Olympic flavor: USA Climbing is moving its headquarters to Salt Lake City

  06-11-2018 19:44
  Utah’s ongoing Olympic vibe just got a little stronger.On Tuesday, the Utah Sports Commission announced that USA Climbing, the national governing body for the sport that will make its Olympic debut at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo is relocating its headquarters from Boulder, Colo., to Salt Lake City. The sports commission partnered with USA Climbing to help facilitate the move.According to USA Climbing CEO Marc Norman, the organization is aiming at the new industry development in
  
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• Maj. Brent Taylor’s wife saw his body returned to this country and then delivered a message about freedom

  06-11-2018 19:44
  Dover Air Force Base, Del. • Six U.S. soldiers carried the flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Maj. Brent Taylor of the Utah National Guard as family members wept nearby.It was near 4 a.m Tuesday, the tarmac damp from a daylong rain and the darkness portraying the somber moment of returning a fallen soldier from the battlefield.Taylor, the mayor of North Ogden, was killed Saturday in Afghanistan by a rogue Afghan security officer. The Utah National Guard officer leaves behind his
  
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• A big stage awaits Utah QB Jason Shelley, and supporters say he has been ‘preparing his whole life’ for this

  06-11-2018 19:40
  As a toddler, Jason Shelley II would grab a football and stage his own games, even tackling himself.That part won't be necessary Saturday, when Shelley will make his first start as a college quarterback and the visiting Oregon Ducks will supply the defense.Shelley’s father and high school coach say Utah’s redshirt freshman QB has been “preparing his whole life” for this moment, and that’s barely an exaggeration. He was throwing touchdown passes in flag football as a
  
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• Dana Milbank: Is there no evil the Democrats won’t commit?

  06-11-2018 19:30
  WASHINGTON -- Is there no evil the Democrats won't commit?If President Trump is telling the truth -- and why would we suspect otherwise? -- Democrats are trying to open America's borders and fill the country with MS-13 gang killers and drug dealers who will turn the United States into Venezuela, destroy Medicare, trash the economy, and otherwise bury every white man, woman and child eyebrow deep in drugs. Democrats' cruelty is so much the worse when you consider that, under Trump, wages have qui
  
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• Midterm madness: Real-time updates on the election in Utah

  06-11-2018 19:26
  Editor’s Note: Check back throughout the day for the latest news, updates and analysis of Utah’s 2016 midterm election from The Salt Lake Tribune’s award-winning political reporting team. 11 a.m. — It is Utah County, after allUtah County has had its share of problems running smooth elections and 2018 appears to be off to a rocky start.By 8 a.m. this morning, there was already a two-hour line at the Orem Scout Office polling place, pollworkers told voter Richard Jaussi, wh
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz 2018-19 Northwest Division Comparison: An unclear November

  06-11-2018 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Lowry, Raptors keep the Mitchell-less Jazz winless at home by Ryan Aston ...
  
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• An updated draft of the medical cannabis bill was released on election eve. Here’s what it says.

  06-11-2018 19:22
  A new version of a medical cannabis bill under consideration by state lawmakers strikes a requirement that patients undergo criminal background checks and fleshes out protections for pharmacists and physicians involved in dispensing the drug, considered illegal under federal law. But the revised legislation, released Monday evening, preserves the basic structure of the proposal pitched by medical marijuana advocates, Proposition 2 opponents and state officials last month."The big concepts have r
  
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• Utah Jazz 2018-19 Northwest Division Comparison: An unclear November

  06-11-2018 19:05
  Ten games into the 2018-19 NBA season, the Northwest Division picture is still very much unclear. But how do the Utah Jazz measure up at this juncture? We’re about 10 games into the 2018-19 NBA season and the month of November is well underway. At this juncture, it’s hard to get any solid grip on […]
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• Bring a jar of peanut butter to tomorrow's game & get a meal voucher to @ChickfilA 🐔 *Limit 1 per person. Jar must… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-11-2018 18:57 via twitter.com
  Bring a jar of peanut butter to tomorrow's game & get a meal voucher to @ChickfilA 🐔*Limit 1 per person. Jar must… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Election Day arrives — and more than 700K Utahns already have voted. Not registered? You can still vote.

  06-11-2018 18:53
  After months of attack ads, robocalls and nasty mailers, Election Day arrived Tuesday with 44 percent of active registered voters already having cast a ballot and more en route by mail.“More than 600,000 people have already voted statewide. By raw numbers, that is more people than had voted in the last midterm elections,” said Justin Lee, state election director for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, said Tuesday. That was before the latest totals showed the number had grown to 700,444 by-mail ba
  
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• Enjoy unlimited sltrib.com access this Election Day

  06-11-2018 18:40
  If you think this midterm seems more momentous than most Utah elections, you’re not alone. Turnout is up for a full slate of local candidates and propositions, and the battle for Congress has grabbed the nation’s attention.The Salt Lake Tribune will give you all the details and analysis on election night at sltrib.com, including vote totals updated throughout the evening. And we’re giving everyone free, unlimited access until noon on Wednesday. There will be no limit on the num
  
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• Tribune editorial: Soldier-statesman Brent Taylor fought for what’s right

  06-11-2018 18:22
  “I am the mayor of a small city with an $18 million budget. Our city council spends two full days in budget workshops and then many hours in subsequent meetings, as they meticulously review each individual line item and make modifications. In contrast, the full UTA Board spent only two total hours on this massive $600 million budget, did not review line item details, and basically rubber-stamped management’s proposals.”— North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor in a Jan. 5 commenta
  
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• Jonathan Capehart: Prove it, America. Prove that President Trump is not who we are.

  06-11-2018 18:09
  On Election Day 2008, there was one thought that dominated my thinking: "America, prove me right."It was a plea to my country to do what I thought it was going to do: Elect the first African-American president of the United States. It was a hope that white Americans would entrust the highest office in the land to a black man and, in so doing, allow our nation to take a major step forward in the jagged forward march to live up to our celebrated ideals.That night, after it was official, I fled my
  
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• Max Boot: Refugees aren’t criminals and freeloaders. I know. I was one.

  06-11-2018 17:56
  President Donald Trump has run a disgraceful and hysterical campaign vilifying illegal immigrants and refugees - two categories that appear indistinguishable to him. He doesn't have a positive word to say about any immigrants, even the legal ones. Most of his vitriol has focused on a caravan of a few thousand refugees fleeing Central American crime and poverty, which he calls an "invasion" of "criminals and gang members," necessitating a response from up to 15,000 U.S. troops.Even Fox News has r
  
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• What scared this mom about to host a sleepover with 13 teen girls? Their cellphones.

  06-11-2018 17:33
  When my daughter was born in 2005, managing cellphones at a sleepover wasn't even on my parenting radar. Thirteen birthdays later, I agreed to host a slumber party with 13 girls. They would play games, watch movies, eat ice cream and sleep in a giant pile on our living room floor. And cellphones were my main concern.At 11 p.m., my daughter put out a bright pink basket and asked the 11 girls with phones to pass them over. Three phones appeared. I picked up the basket and walked around to groups o
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz need to WAKE UP!!!

  06-11-2018 16:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... swer. And after quickly selling out of City Edition jerseys last season, the Jazz and Nike substantially increased production this year to meet the expected d ...
  
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• Happy #ElectionDay 📩 https://t.co/JfQi32HaLr

  06-11-2018 15:56 via twitter.com
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Major news outlets, mocked in 2016 for failing to predict Trump’s win, prepare for ‘every outcome’ on election night

  06-11-2018 15:48
  The media was pilloried in 2016 for giving its viewers and readers the impression there was little chance Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton could lose and for “missing” the phenomenon that was President Donald Trump. This year, editors and executives from several major news outlets told POLITICO they will be prepared for any surprises — and will make sure their audience is, too. “We’re ready for every outcome,” said CNN Washington bureau chief
  
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• Morning links: Rick Pitino visits Utah Jazz game; Delon Wright wears sweet Utah jacket

  06-11-2018 15:39
  An interesting visitor showed up to the Utah Jazz game Monday night as they played the Toronto Raptors at Vivint Arena.Rick Pitino, who had great on-court success at the collegiate level and also coached in the NBA but was implicated in college basketball's "pay for play" scandal last year and let go by Louisville, was in Salt Lake City to visit a number of former players.Social media posts show Pitino saw UVU head men's basketball coach Mark Pope, who he coached at Kentucky, Jazz guard Donovan
  
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• The Triple Team: Andy Larsen’s analysis of Jazz getting run over by Raptors for 4th straight loss

  06-11-2018 15:24
  Three thoughts on the Jazz’s 124-111 loss to the Toronto Raptors from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Jazz get outrun, out-hustled by Raptors team on back to backRemember how this game was a “Schedule Alert” game for the Raptors? Well, it certainly didn’t look like it.The Jazz just got absolutely blasted by a Raptors team playing on a back-to-back, without their star Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, the Jazz didn’t have Donovan Mitchell, and that would be a good ex
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Trail Blazers fans struggle through another game of tic-tac-toe (video)

  06-11-2018 15:08 via sportspyder.com
  ... little holds to slow players off the ball, and it’s made life harder for the Jazz, Gobert told Eric Woodyard of the Deseret News. “A lot. I think it impacts e ...
  
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• Letter: Editorial misses a bigger opportunity

  06-11-2018 15:00
  While I respect The Salt Lake Tribune’s opinion that Ben McAdams and Mia Love might best help local progression by staying in their respective positions, I believe they are missing the bigger opportunity. Arguably, the biggest challenge our country/world faces today is the growing polarization of wealth and opportunity. Too much data supports how this social disease is ripping our society apart.A major obstacle to rebalance is, the longer politicians take to learn their job, the more they
  
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• Noah Smith: Student-loan debt is crushing millennials

  06-11-2018 14:58
  In their 2015 song "Stressed Out," which got an astonishing 1.5 billion views on YouTube, the band Twenty One Pilots had a line lamenting student loans. Atlantic writers Conor Friedersdorf and Megan Garber declared the song to be the anthem of the millennial generation. Many educated millennials would likely agree - since 2006, student debt has approximately doubled as a share of the economy.The increase seems to have paused in the past two years, possibly due to the economic recovery (which all
  
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• Election Day arrives — but more than 600K Utahns already have voted

  06-11-2018 14:55
  After months of attack ads, robocalls and nasty mailers, Election Day arrived Tuesday with 44 percent of active registered voters already having cast a ballot and more en route by mail.“More than 600,000 people have already voted statewide. By raw numbers, that is more people than had voted in the last midterm elections,” said Justin Lee, state election director for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox. To be exact, 621,311 by-mail ballots had been received by county clerks by Monday afternoon.In Sa
  
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• Commentary: Trump’s dehumanizing language leads to violence

  06-11-2018 14:55
  I’m reluctant to write what feels like a prediction, but events in Pittsburgh compel me to speak.Many interpretations of the shooting are being circulated. One interpretation is worth repeating: There is a clear connection, a cause-and-effect sequence, between Donald Trump calling economic refugees, walking to the U.S. from Honduras, “invaders” with ties to Middle Eastern terrorists and Central American gangs, and the killing of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue on
  
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• Letter: We the People need to reclaim our power

  06-11-2018 14:53
  It sounds very powerful, but it’s not if we don’t use the power we were given. I’ve seen politicians speak who gave me goosebumps and others who made me want to throw up. One things is certain: The powerful have invested in one side or the other, and We the People need to take back our power.This election, let’s do something radically different. Stop being “Republican red” or “Democrat blue,” and instead be 100 percent American (purple). Quit being
  
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• Letter: Trump likes autocrats because he is one

  06-11-2018 14:52
  “Debate is to war what trial by jury is to trial by combat; a way to settle a dispute without coming to blows.”— Jill Lepore in “These Truths: A History of the United States”Sadly, this is not true in Trump’s era.During the 30 years preceding the Civil War, shootings, knifings and fist fights occurred in theU.S. Congress. Now, in President Donald Trump’s time, vitriol is reaching new levels like then, as pipe bombs are added to the conflict overtaking th
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Three Things to Know: Russell Westbrook’s sprained ankle could alter West race

  06-11-2018 14:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... little holds to slow players off the ball, and it’s made life harder for the Jazz, Gobert told Eric Woodyard of the Deseret News. “A lot. I think it impacts e ...
  
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