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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Australia hangs tough against Team USA, but can’t keep up. Donovan Mitchell scores 13 and Kyle Kuzma adds 12 for the U.S.

  22-08-2019 23:58 via sportspyder.com
  Melbourne, Australia • Team USA saw how it wanted to play on Thursday night. It’s just that, for one half, the Americans saw it from the other team.
  
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• | @Joeingles7 is a finalist for Australia's Sports Dad of the Year! You can vote here » https://sportsdads.com.au/player10.htm 

  22-08-2019 23:01 via twitter.com
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• Charles M. Blow: There’s no limit to the administration’s lust for punishment

  22-08-2019 23:00
  There seems to be no limit to the cruelty Donald Trump and his administration are willing to exhibit and exact when it comes to immigrants and asylum-seekers from Latin America.And then conservatives in this country cheer, in much the same way that the Rome mobs in the Colosseum did as people were ripped to shreds by lions.On Wednesday, Trump’s administration announced new rules that would allow migrant families to be held indefinitely. As The New York Times reported, “The new regula
  
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• Utah County fire grows to 6,500 acres, and strong winds could make it worse

  22-08-2019 22:14
  The Goose Point Fire in Utah County grew from about 700 acres on Wednesday to 6,500 acres by midday Thursday, but the fire has been kept away from people and structures.“Right now, everything's holding its own, so I won't say anybody's in immediate danger,” said Dave Vickers, an area fire management officer with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. “The biggest factor is the wind.”And strong winds are expected Thursday.The fire, which Vickers said is belie
  
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• Utah dad in critical condition with pneumonia caused by vaping, family says

  22-08-2019 21:41
  A West Valley City man is in a medically induced coma due to pneumonia apparently caused by vaping, his family said — one of 10 severe cases of vaping-related illnesses the state is investigating this week.Nationwide, more than 150 people in 16 states have developed similar ailments, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Sean Bills, 31, was in critical condition Thursday at Jordan Valley Hospital, his wife Tiffani Bills told FOX 13 News. “It hit out of nowhere,
  
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• We want to be able to send our missionaries anywhere, LDS apostle says after meeting with Vice President Mike Pence

  22-08-2019 21:36
  Several high-ranking Latter-day Saint leaders met Thursday with Vice President Mike Pence about a common concern: religious freedom in the United States and across the globe.Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints want to be able to “go anywhere in the world to witness and testify to what we believe, and not be persecuted or threatened because of our position on Jesus Christ,” M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the faith’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles,
  
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• VP Mike Pence presses Utah Democrat Ben McAdams to support trade agreement

  22-08-2019 21:34
  South Jordan • Vice President Mike Pence touted the strength of the United States economy during a visit to Utah-based Merit Medical on Thursday, pointing to stock market gains, low unemployment, and manufacturing “roaring back” after years of decline.“We didn’t need a magic wand, we just needed President Donald Trump in the White House,” Pence said.But the thrust of Pence’s remarks — delivered to Merit Medical employees and Utah dignitaries like Go
  
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• Utah woman sentenced for stealing more than $100K

  22-08-2019 21:27
  Logan, Utah • A Utah woman convicted of stealing more than $100,000 from people with disabilities was sentenced to three years of probation.The Herald Journal reports 49-year-old Irene Marie Hendrix received a suspended sentenced Tuesday of one to 15 years in prison.Hendrix of Logan pleaded guilty last month to unlawful dealing with property by a fiduciary and unlawful acquisition of a financial card without consent.Hendrix was employed by Cache Valley Payee to manage the financial affairs
  
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• Salt Lake City teachers vote to accept salary increase

  22-08-2019 21:17
  After a tense summer of salary negotiations, members of the Salt Lake City teachers union voted this week to accept a tentative agreement with the school district to raise annual pay for all its educators by 4.1%.The bump was lower than what teachers had asked for and smaller than increases in surrounding districts in the county. But many saw it as a way to move forward after threats of a strike.“People are back in school and things are moving and teachers are just ready to get back to con
  
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• Utah Wildlife Board hikes cougar hunting for 4th year despite warnings from wildlife advocates

  22-08-2019 21:14
  The Utah Wildlife Board boosted cougar hunting quotas Thursday for the fourth year in a row, voting to hike permits for the upcoming season to 678, representing nearly a quarter of the state’s lion population.Critics say that level of hunting pressure is not sustainable, but Division of Wildlife Resources biologists said they have recorded steady increases in cougar numbers in the past few years despite higher harvests. Population growth tracked with gains in Utah’s mule deer herds,
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell wrote “End Gun Violence!” on his shoes last night

  22-08-2019 21:12 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell wants to use his platform to raise awareness
  
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• Gordon Monson: Six huge issues in the Utah-BYU rivalry game

  22-08-2019 21:06
  One thousand two hundred and seventy three.That’s the number of times, something like that, I’ve been asked who’s going to win the Utah-BYU game.Anticipation may be one of the primary components to a football season opener, but it is amplified a hundred times more when that first game includes the interest and intensity and insanity of the BYU-Utah rivalry. That game is now a week away, and while there’s much to anticipate, there’s also a bit of mystery cloaking the
  
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• Overstock.com CEO resigns after disclosing his relationship with Russian agent, involvement in FBI investigation

  22-08-2019 20:56
  Patrick Byrne, controversial founder and CEO of Utah-based Overstock.com, announced Thursday he is resigning immediately from the company and its board.In a letter to shareholders, Byrne, 57, cited his decision in July to go public about his involvement with investigations into Russian interference in U.S. elections and a romantic relationship he had with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina.News reports sparked by the revelations, the eccentric multimillionaire CEO said, are “bubbling (howeve
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Jazz’s Joe Ingles on Australia’s basketball growth, his game against Donovan Mitchell and how he’s worked this summer

  22-08-2019 20:49 via sportspyder.com
  Melbourne, Australia • No matter the game, Joe Ingles has one priority on his mind after playing basketball: going home with his family. So he couldn’t have been happy when he saw a Salt Lake Tribune reporter waiting for him after his Australian men’s
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Russell Crowe wasn’t happy about his seat for Australia vs Team USA

  22-08-2019 20:39 via sportspyder.com
  Crowe and other fans didn’t exactly have a great view of the court.
  
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• The Store opens Friday at The Gateway

  22-08-2019 20:36
  After spending half a century in the suburbs, The Store — one of Utah’s best-known specialty markets — heads to the big city.The locally owned business will open its urban concept Friday inside The Gateway development just west of downtown Salt Lake City.The corner market at 90 S. Rio Grande St. — across from Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum — is expected to be a frequent stop for those who live, work and attend events in and around the open-air complex.At
  
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• Britain Covey has the book on his teammates, having learned how to take notes from former Utes

  22-08-2019 20:36
  Utah football player Britain Covey can recite teammate Maxwell Cotton’s movie credits as a child actor. He knows receiver Jason Heller was nearly 4 years old before he could walk, due to a congenital foot issue. Covey marvels about how Polynesian defensive lineman Pita Tonga becomes almost a different person when he’s speaking Spanish.And he has all kinds of stories about fellow receiver Samson Nacua — although that’s maybe an unfair example, thanks to their high school d
  
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• Utah chiropractor accused of sexually abusing patients, charged with 20 felonies

  22-08-2019 20:34
  A southern Utah chiropractor was arrested Thursday after four patients reported he had sexually assaulted them during treatments.Brent Noorda, 39, is charged with 20 counts of forcible sexual abuse, all second-degree felonies that carry a potential of up to 15 years behind bars if he is convicted.Charging documents state that police began investigating Noorda in late July after several women told state licensing officials that they had been touched inappropriately during treatments at Balanced H
  
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• Go to Pasha for the Middle Eastern wraps, kebabs and date dessert

  22-08-2019 20:33
  It’s not often that I go to a restaurant and get dinner and a show — let alone one that includes belly dancers.It’s sort of ironic, actually, watching a woman shake her hips and roll her abdomen when you’ve just padded yours with calories.Until now, you could do both at Pasha Middle Eastern Cuisine. Owner Morad Guesmi, however, said he decided to put the belly dancing nights on hold to appease more conservative customers.But, hey, at least you can still grab Middle Easter
  
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• The Jazz’s Joe Ingles on Australia’s basketball growth, his game against Donovan Mitchell and how he’s worked this summer

  22-08-2019 20:27
  Melbourne, Australia • No matter the game, Joe Ingles has one priority on his mind after playing basketball: going home with his family. So he couldn’t have been happy when he saw a Salt Lake Tribune reporter waiting for him after his Australian men’s national team lost to Team USA 102-86 before 50,000 fans on Thursday, knowing a litany of questions was waiting.Still, Ingles spoke one-on-one for a few minutes outside of the locker room, on the growth of Australian basketball, th
  
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• Utah ranks No. 9 for highway conditions

  22-08-2019 20:18
  Utah ranks No. 9 nationally — up one spot this year — for the condition and cost-effectiveness of its state highway system.That’s according to an annual study released Thursday by the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank that promotes free markets. The report is based on federal data.“Utah shows that efficient departments of transportation tend to have higher rankings. The state has long been considered an innovative DOT, winning several national awards for adminis
  
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• Bret Stephens: Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Hypocrisy

  22-08-2019 20:00
  It isn’t hard to guess what Mike Pompeo, the hawkish congressman from Kansas, would say about the Afghan exit deal that Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, is negotiating with the Taliban.The details of the negotiations, which are being conducted in Qatar by U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and could be finalized by the end of the month, are a closely held secret. So close, in fact, that I’m told Pompeo won’t allow White House officials to review details of the agreement except in
  
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• BYU unveils its summer renovations at LaVell Edwards Stadium

  22-08-2019 19:45
  BYU is going through the regular prep for holding a season opener such as making sure the field is immaculate, running through the scoreboard program and cleaning up the grounds around LaVell Edwards Stadium.But there is a little extra buzz going on too as workers put the finishing touches on a stadium renovation meant to enhance the game experience for fans.Fans attending Thursday’s game against Utah will notice there is a better traffic flow around the mezzanine level of the stadium sinc
  
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• Wasatch Front is great at creating jobs, but lags in wages

  22-08-2019 19:35
  New federal data show that Wasatch Front counties are among the best in the nation for creating new jobs — but lag when it comes to increasing wages. Pay in all these counties remains below the national average.For example, Utah County — where growth was fastest along the Wasatch Front — ranked No. 11 among the nation’s 356 largest counties for creating jobs between the first quarter of last year and the same period this year.That put it in the top 3% of all counties, acc
  
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• Australia hangs tough against Team USA, but can’t keep up. Donovan Mitchell scores 13 and Kyle Kuzma adds 12 for the U.S.

  22-08-2019 19:31
  Melbourne, Australia • Team USA saw how it wanted to play on Thursday night. It’s just that, for one half, the Americans saw it from the other team.After two quarters in which Australia hung tough with the No. 1 overall basketball team in the world, trailing by just a margin of 44-43 at the half, Gregg Popovich’s American backcourt came out of halftime copying the Boomers’ defensive urgency and an offensive spark to end up running away with Thursday’s FIBA World Cup
  
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• | Two of our adult sons faced off in Australia and we have photos. #TakeNote | #JazzWorldCup »https://on.nba.com/2TUu41s 

  22-08-2019 19:28 via twitter.com
  | Two of our adult sons faced off in Australia and we have photos.#TakeNote | #JazzWorldCup
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• Donovan Mitchell, Jazz Ready To Become Contenders

  22-08-2019 19:27 via basketballinsiders.com
  Can Donovan Mitchell do for the new-look Jazz what Dwyane Wade did for the 2006 Miami HEAT? Utah’s title hopes depend on it.
  
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• Commentary: A giant volcano could end human life on Earth as we know it

  22-08-2019 19:14
  If you’re planning to visit Yellowstone National Park this Labor Day weekend, I have good news: It is very, very, very unlikely that the supervolcano beneath it will erupt while you’re there.The Yellowstone supervolcano — an 8 out of 8 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index — has erupted three times over the past 2.1 million years, most recently 640,000 years ago. A Yellowstone eruption would be like nothing humanity has ever experienced.First would come increasingly intense e
  
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• Gail Collins: Do you blame God for Donald Trump?

  22-08-2019 18:32
  Do you blame God for Donald Trump?“I am the chosen one,” Trump announced Wednesday. OK, he was talking about fighting his trade war with China, not ascending into heaven. It was all a joke, sort of. But we’ve been so far down the megalomania road with this president that it would not be a total surprise to discover he had delusions of divinity.Maybe at night, when he’s alone with nobody but Fox News to keep him company, Trump envisions a future in which all Americans will
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Video: Jazz star Donovan Mitchell comes out of nowhere to swat shot attempt off backboard in Team USA win

  22-08-2019 18:09 via sportspyder.com
  Team USA is now 2-0 in exhibition matches after an impressive 102-86 win against the Australian Boomers on Thursday. There were a lot of highlights for the Americans in this game, including this emphatic rejection by Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell...
  
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• Australia hangs close against Team USA in first half, but can’t keep up in second as Americans cruise to 102-86 win

  22-08-2019 18:06
  Melbourne, Australia • Team USA saw how it wanted to play on Thursday night. It’s just that, for one half, the Americans saw it from the other team.After two quarters in which Australia hung tough with the No. 1 overall basketball team in the world, trailing by just a margin of 44-43 at the half, Gregg Popovich’s American backcourt came out of halftime copying the Boomers’ defensive urgency and an offensive spark to end up running away with Thursday’s FIBA World Cup
  
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• Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says he’s running for Senate

  22-08-2019 17:26
  Denver • Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying for the right to challenge Republican incumbent Cory Gardner.He made his announcement via a video message in which he blasted Washington lawmakers over soaring prescription drug prices, the failure to act on climate change and the use of public lands by developers."I know changing Washington is hard, but I want to give it
  
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• Utah County fire grows to 3,000-5,000 acres, and strong winds could make it worse

  22-08-2019 16:56
  The Goose Point Fire in Utah County grew from about 700 acres to between 3,000-5,000 acres overnight on Wednesday into Thursday, but the fire has been kept away from people and structures.“Right now, everything's holding its own, so I won't say anybody's in immediate danger,” said Dave Vickers, an area fire management officer with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. “The biggest factor is the wind.”And strong winds are expected Thursday.The fire, which Vi
  
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• This week in Mormon Land: Let this (coffee) cup pass, a surprising stake leader, and the sounds of music

  22-08-2019 16:43
  The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.Preventing abuse through training
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• Farhad Manjoo: CEOs Should Fear a Recession. It Could Mean Revolution.

  22-08-2019 16:30
  A recession looms, and the nation’s CEOs are growing fearful.It isn’t the potential of downturn itself that has them alarmed — downturns come and downturns go, but whatever happens, chief executives, like cats, tend to land on their comfortably padded feet.Instead, the cause of their fear appears to be something more fundamental. As Alan Murray, the CEO of Fortune, writes in a cover story chronicling the C-suite anxiety: “More and more CEOs worry that public support for t
  
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• [NBA] - Team USA gets a 102-86 win over Australia, as Mitchell and Ingles face off in front of 51,000 fans in Melbourne

  22-08-2019 16:06 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell and Team USA came out on top of their first test Down Under, notching a 102-86 victory over Australia in Thursday’s exhibition game in Melbourne.Point guard Kemba Walker led the U.S.
  
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• Trump revives suggestion he’d end birthright citizenship

  22-08-2019 15:44
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was looking “very seriously” at ending the right to citizenship for babies born to non-U.S. citizens on American soil.Trump spoke to reporters as he departed the White House for a speech in Louisville, Kentucky. He said birthright citizenship was "frankly ridiculous.""We're looking at it very, very seriously," he said.This isn't the first time Trump has claimed he'd do away with it — he said something similar in October
  
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• Utah legislative committee votes to drop the issue of plurality elections — for now

  22-08-2019 15:22
  After months of study and years of handwringing, a panel of Utah lawmakers recommended Wednesday that Utah maintain its status quo regarding election candidates who win a party nomination with less than a majority of votes.Members of the Government Operations Interim Committee had been asked by legislative leaders to issue guidance on the question of plurality, a situation where no candidate in a race exceeds 50% support.But after a presentation on the frequency of plurality victories, and the c
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Mr. Vice President, here’s what I hope you learn from your Utah visit

  22-08-2019 15:20
  The last time Mike Pence was in Utah it was damage control, trying to firm up squishy support in a normally rock solid conservative state.“Come home,” he implored Republican voters unnerved by Donald Trump’s antics and unpredictability. And I’ll be gosh-darned if it didn’t work. Trump carried Utah and, well, you know what has happened since.This time through town, though, rather than imploring Utahns to fall in line, I hope he listens — I hope he hears what a
  
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• Salt Lake City’s Tracy Aviary welcomes 2 baby flamingos to its flock

  22-08-2019 15:17
  Tracy Aviary is tickled pink about two new members of its 400-plus flock.Flamingo chicks — hatched Aug. 14 and 19, respectively — already can be seen, along with the rest of the flamboyant Chilean flamingos at the aviary, 589 E. 1300 South in Salt Lake City. Daily viewing takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Flamingos have one baby at a time. For the first few days after birth, chicks stay inside the nest. But they soon begin exploring their surroundings as their parents stay close by, a
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: Should I have sex with my boyfriend?

  22-08-2019 15:13
  Dear Ann Cannon • I was raised in a conservative religion and taught that sex was reserved for marriage only. I am now divorced and seriously dating someone that is not of my faith. The sex conversation has come up and I am conflicted. I would like to have sex with my boyfriend and I am no longer a believer in the religion I was raised in. I know my parents and friends would be disappointed in me. I’m 30! I feel conflicted! How do I navigate this situation? My boyfriend is supportive
  
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• Red All Over: ESPN quantifies Utah running back Zack Moss’ value, and it’s high

  22-08-2019 15:08
  Red All Over is a weekly newsletter covering University of Utah athletics. Subscribe here. Utah’s Zack Moss is the most valuable running back who’s returning to college football in 2019, according to an ESPN analysis.The Utes went 3-2 in the games Moss missed last season — beating Oregon, Colorado and BYU and losing to Washington and Northwestern. His absence was noticeable, based on ESPN’s formula that “quite simply tries to measure the effect of each player on eve
  
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• Letter: This administration cannot function

  22-08-2019 15:01
  I agree with the Aug. 18 commentary, “Ten reasons Republicans should vote Democrat,” by Bob Rees and Clifton Jolley. The additional reason is that the current White House staff is short staffed. There are many positions that are not filled. How can it function properly? Also, there are positions that have been filled by an "acting" person so that Donald Trump does not have to go through the normal process of appointing and approving through Congress. These people in their "acting" po
  
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• Shem Flitton: Aggressive driving should be treated as a crime

  22-08-2019 15:00
  The June accident on the Alpine Loop highlights the dangers that face cyclists every day. In that incident, a careless driver who was going too fast drifted into oncoming traffic and hit a bicycle on the other side of the road. The cyclist was flown to the hospital. The driver wasn’t cited at the scene despite reports that he was driving recklessly. As an active member of the cycling community, I know of other instances when cyclists have been hit by inattentive or aggressive drivers. I ha
  
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• Letter: When will we see through Trump’s con job?

  22-08-2019 15:00
  Donald Trump has recently enlightened us. He has proclaimed himself to be “the least racist person there is anywhere in the world.”This grand untruth, among the thousands of others (all documented) Trump has spewed sinceelected, fits a familiar pattern:1. It benefits him.2. There is no evidence to back it up.3. It goes against observable data and conflicts with reality.4. It goes largely unchallenged, especially by the Trump “flock” and the GOP.5. It is outlandish.6. It i
  
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• Letter: The Greatest Generation didn’t knuckle under to the 1%

  22-08-2019 15:00
  In response to the Public Forum letter from Phil Neelands (“What’s happening to the Democratic Party?” Aug. 18).Sir, when your father returned from World War II and helped to build “the greatest economy the world has seen,” and I add, built a middle class that was the envy of the world, it didn’t hurt that the highest income tax bracket was 90%. There were no Walmarts that destroyed small businesses while paying their employees subsistence wages and, at Thanks
  
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• Letter: Another reason to vote Democrat

  22-08-2019 15:00
  I would like to add number eleven to “Ten reasons Republicans should vote Democrat” in the Aug. 18 Tribune Opinion section.Maybe it should even be first.Donald Trump is rude, crude and distasteful for the position. Nadine Dake, SandySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Top 5 games to look forward to in 2019-20

  22-08-2019 14:20 via sportspyder.com
  The 2019-20 Utah Jazz schedule is loaded with exciting contests to look forward to. But these five in particular really stand out above the rest. The 2019-...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Team USA pulls away from Australia in second half

  22-08-2019 14:06 via sportspyder.com
  The Boomers challenged Team USA in the first half, but talent won out in the end.
  
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• Utah Jazz: Top 5 games to look forward to in 2019-20

  22-08-2019 14:00
  The 2019-20 Utah Jazz schedule is loaded with exciting contests to look forward to. But these five in particular really stand out above the rest. The 2019-20 NBA schedule has been out for a while now and no doubt Utah Jazz fans, as well as supporters of all the other 29 teams, have begun pinpointing […]
  Utah Jazz: Top 5 games to look forward to in 2019-20 - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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