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Sunset over the Great Salt Lake (random retweet sourced) Welcome to Sunday OND, tonight's edition of the daily feature. The Overnight News Digest crew consists of founder Magnifico, regular editors jlms qkw, Bentliberal, wader, Oke, rfall, and JML9999, alumni editors palantir and ScottyUrb, guest editors maggiejean and annetteboardman, and current editor-in-chief Neon Vincent. Yo...
DailyKos (Utah) - Sun 9:05 p.m. - 6 clicks 
You may not have caught the passage in the Texas GOP platform: United Nations Agenda 21 -The Republican Party of Texas should expose all United Nations Agenda 21 treaty policies and its supporting organizations, agreements and contracts. We oppose implementation of the UN Agenda 21 Program which was adopted at the Earth Summit Conference in [...]...
One Utah - Sat 7:24 a.m. - 5 clicks
Jim Matheson – Yellow Bellied faux Democrat – voted to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. In doing so, he validated Darrell Issa’s partisan witch hunt, gave Republicans ammunition to fire against Democrats and worst of all betrayed every voter who voted for him. More than a 100 house Dems walked out rather than [...]...
One Utah - Fri 9:05 p.m. - 6 clicks
CANDIDATES PETER S. COOKE AND VINCE RAMPTON TO HERBERT: THINK SAFETY FIRST, ENACT STATEWIDE BAN ON CONSUMER FIREWORKS Salt Lake City, Utah — Today, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter S. Cooke and his running mate, lieutenant governor candidate Vince Rampton, called for the office of the governor to invoke emergency powers conferred by the Disaster Response and Recovery Act to impos...
Utah Amicus - Fri 2:45 p.m. - 8 clicks
A relatively quiet day of polling, unless you want to be brought up to date on the political climate in Utah. Although, it must be said, if you are a regular reader of Daily Kos Elections, you probably have a pretty good feel on the political climate in Utah. (Hint: It's very, very red.) What you might have missed over the weekend was a capsule case study in why it is hard right now to take ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Mon 5:25 p.m. - 12 clicks
Arches National Park Dan Jones & Assocs. for KSL-TV/Deseret News. 6/15-21. Registered voters. MoE ±3.6%. (no trendlines): Orrin Hatch (R) : 60 Dan Liljenquist (R) : 32 Scott Howell (D) : 29 Orrin Hatch (R) : 63 Scott Howell (D) : 34 Dan Liljenquist (R) : 48 Tuesday's primary election encompasses four states -- New York, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Utah (or six, if you co...
DailyKos (Utah) - Mon 11:47 a.m. - 12 clicks
Seriously, men with guns in Utah seem to be brainless. AND SO DO STATE LEGISLATORS! Nothing seems to be illegal, when it comes to mens toys. Guns, fireworks. Go Utah! Oh, the fires? Only 96 this year, 84 started by humans, 20 by target shooters. No biggie. Gotta keep government out of peoples' lives, right? The pale, blond grass is almost waist ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 22 - 3 clicks
A Utah Democrat comes out of the closet. Now this is a clever web ad. Being a Democrat in Utah seems like it would be difficult at best but Ryan Combe running for Congress in their First District has some fun with it. The YouTube version is here if you'd like to comment on it. ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 21 - 3 clicks
This Friday, June 22nd, we’ll have Tim Chambless – Department of Political Science at the University of Utah – with a Preview on the Primaries. Many of you already know of Tim Chambless, and maybe you’ve heard him speak at Drinking Liberally before. But for those who don’t know, Tim is an Associate Professor/Lecturer for the [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Jun 21 - 2 clicks
John Dougalll, who sponsored HB477 in 2011, is running for State Auditor. Don't remember HB477? John Dougall is running a very Memetastic campaign on Facebook and the radio. However, I don't think Utah wants an auditor that believes in government secrecy. Government needs to done out in the open. DON'T vote for John Dougall. www.theworldaccordingtome.us .adHeadline ...
Bob Aagard - Jun 16
(Photo credit: Mike Winder on Facebook ) So, for a long time, West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder wrote articles for the Deseret News (and other news organizations) under the name Richard Burwash. These articles were about the positive things going on in West Valley City. They were written under a pen name because the DNews didn't think it was a good idea for a sitting mayor to w...
Bob Aagard - Jun 14
I can honsetly say I don't have a very high opinion of LGBT people that consider themselves Republicans. I think it is OK if misguided for a LGBT person to be conservative, but large swaths of the GOP would unleash a holocaust upon the LGBT community if they could get away with it politically. They would quite literally make it such that gay people can't exist. The existence of gays in the GOP h...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 14
Fellow liberals, It’s a Friday, which means we’ll be doing our liberal thing tonight in the back room of the Piper Down from 6:30-9:30. Join us! Thanks to Bryan Schott from UtahPolicy.com for coming out to talk with us a couple weeks ago. In two weeks, June 22nd, we’ll have Tim Chambless – Department of Political Science at [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - Jun 8
One of they key tenets of the LDS Church is that in 1820, God appeared to Joseph Smith. In fact, what differentiates Mormonism form other religions is the fact that we believe that God has spoken to, and through prophets from Joseph Smith and Brigham Young to Gordon B Hinckley and Thomas S Monson. In fact, we also believe that there are other General Authorities that speak with God. W...
Bob Aagard - Jun 8 - 3 clicks
I vote in Republican Primaries. I have voted in every Republican Primary election since 2000 (when I first registered to vote) with one exception: 2010, when there was a Democratic Primary. Had I known that Jim Matheson would win that primary by a 2-1 margin, I would have voted in that Republican Primary as well. So, what is a center-left Democrat like me doing voting in Republican Prim...
Bob Aagard - Jun 6
This blooming prickly pear is shared in honor of all the firefighters and their logistic support for the summer season, and in memory of the two who lost their lives today in Utah. (Story included below). Welcome to Sunday OND, tonight's edition of the daily feature. The Overnight News Digest crew consists of founder Magnifico, regular editors jlms qkw, Bentliberal, wader, Ok...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3
Just thought I would throw this one up. - Screen Grab of the Deseret News’ front page: - Screen Grab of the Salt Lake Tribune’s front page: Thoughts?...
Blue in Red Zion - Jun 3
The Great Basin Culture Area includes the high desert regions between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. It is bounded on the north by the Columbia Plateau and on the south by the Colorado Plateau. It includes southern Oregon and Idaho, a small portion of southwestern Montana, western Wyoming, eastern California, all of Nevada and Utah, a portion of northern Arizona, and most of western ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3 - 2 clicks
That's MEDICARE, not Medicaid. My freaking luck to end up in a State that is insane. Bill Proposes State Takes Over Federal Healthcare Programs SALT LAKE CITY -- If you're elderly you may become dependent on the Utah legislature for healthcare. A bill at the legislature would transfer federal healthcare programs to the state, and that means if you're on Medicare, the legislature wou...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3
Utah is doing its best to erase the advances of the 20th Century. Well, if the Utah House of Representatives gets its way. Bill restricting sex ed passes the House House Bill 363, sponsored by Bill Wright (R-Holden) would require teachers to only teach abstinence as a form of preventing pregnancy. Schools could also opt out of teaching sex education altogether. Make sure you have n...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3
Mormonism has been much on people’s minds and tongues this year. It is quite understandable, with Mitt Romney staggering his way towards the Republican nomination, that Americans should be curious about this minority religion. We here at Dailykos are no exception, with a small but growing stream of diaries and comments about the Mormon faith. Still, I cannot help but hear in th...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3
Per my recent diary requesting help and support for Dr. Nicola Riley , I have received an e-mail from Doctor Riley to express her thanks to all: Thanks for all your support everyone! You know who you are! Murder Charges Dropped Against Abortion Docs ELKTON, Md. (CBSDC/AP) — Maryland prosecutors have dismissed murder charges against two out-of-state doctors in the death of a fetus during a...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3
In light of all the heavy news, I just love a win for the little guy fighting the monied 1%. Awesomely, this case was QUICK JUSTICE for a change. The claim was filed in November, 2011 and the claimant will receive $20,000 ASAP from the loathesome condo complex. Justice Department Settles Disability Discrimination Case Involving Disabled Veteran in Utah Under the consent decree...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3
Maryland’s medical licensing authority is still spending taxpayer’s money trying to revoke Dr. Riley’s Maryland medical license which was suspended with original charges of violation of “The Maryland Medical Practice Act" and working for an unauthorized physician who owned the company she worked for, for less than 2 weeks. These charges are all public record. Doctor Riley is being made to wear...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 3
Is there a Mormon Mafia in the State of Utah? You betcha. And is Mitt Romney part of it? One Mormon writer has what every liberal needs to know... ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Jun 2
When most American’s think about Utah, they may envision pristine landscapes and crystal clear air. They would be surprised to learn that the state capital, Salt Lake City, has garnered the number seven spot on the The American Lung Association State of the Air 2012 . Ordinary citizens are fighting back, demanding that the polluters be reined in. At the forefront of the pushback are parents...
DailyKos (Utah) - May 30
Howdy Liberals, With the long Memorial weekend coming up, why not start it off with Drinking Liberally? Tomorrow night we’ll have Bryan Schott from UtahPolicy.com. Bryan will be sharing the inside dirt on local politics with “Ten Things I Think I Think before the November Elections.” Bryan Schott is Managing Editor and Chief Muckraker for UtahPolicy.com. He [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - May 24 - 4 clicks
Hello Utah liberals! Once again it’s coming in on the end of the week and that means it’s time for another round of Drinking Liberally! And once again, we’ve got plenty to talk about: North Carolina’s anti-gay marriage vote, and President Obama’s personal opinion in favor of gay marriage. Or locally, we can talk about [...]...
Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City - May 10 - 2 clicks
The gentleman on the left is my third-great-grandfather John R Winder. Born in England in 1821, he became the manager of a shoe store in Liverpool. After joining the LDS Church in Liverpool, he arrived in Utah on October 10, 1853, exactly 99 years before his great-great granddaughter (and my mother) was born. While in Utah, he engaged in several business ventures, i...
Bob Aagard - May 10
Despite the corporate media attempts at ignoring Ron Paul, he has won enough delegates to attend the GOP National Convention. Paul recently won 43 delegates in Nevada and Maine, giving him a ticket to the convention in Tampa Florida. Romney is so desperate to block the popularity of Ron Paul, that fake Ron Paul provocateurs were caught Nevada and Maine handing out fake Paul ballots, that w...
DailyKos (Utah) - May 7
Enough has been said about Presidential candidate Mitt Romney 's religion. Yes, as a Latter Day Saint ( Mormon ), Romney adheres to beliefs that are ludicrous. Almost anything conceived by an attention-seeking adolescent ( Joseph Smith ), whose personal standards led him to scam and manipulate friends and family, is ludicrous. Criticism of a Presidential candidate for such beliefs has limit...
DailyKos (Utah) - May 6
From Peg McEntee’s article on April 18th: Denice Graham is back at work in the Utah Department of Transportation after being summarily sacked by administrators who accused her of leaking confidential information about a bid for a $1.1 billion contract to rebuild a stretch of Interstate 15… When the truth came out about a botched [...]...
Blue in Red Zion - Apr 24
The daughter of Haitian immigrants is the Republican nominee for Utah's 4th congressional district. Mia Love, a mayor of an "exurb" south of Salt Lake City, has won the Republican nomination for the 4th district congressional district. More below the Half Pipe. ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Apr 22 - 2 clicks
This is hilarious. Veteran Senator Orin Hatch isn't radical enough for today's Republican Party. following its 2010 ousting of Utah Sen. Robert Bennett. the Tea Party is taken aim at Orin Hatch. Hatch is a Reagan Republican if there ever was one, and he's a close friend of of the Reagans. Hatch is facing the most serious challenge of his 36 year Senate career from a Tea Party backed challenger D...
DailyKos (Utah) - Apr 13
Utah Foundation recently released The 2012 Utah Priorities Survey, which provides a summary of the findings of a statewide Dan Jones & Associates survey assessing which issues are most important this election year and how voters feel about Utah’s economy, society and politics. For the first time, Utah Foundation also requested that the gubernatorial candidates complete part of this sur...
Utah Amicus - Apr 6
Salt Lake City – MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell joined The Southern Baptist Convention’s Richard Land, The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer, The Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, and the Santorum Campaign’s former honorary Florida Chairman O’Neal Dozier in repeating bigoted claims about Governor Mitt Romney’s LDS faith. The Utah State Democratic Party reaffirms, ...
Utah Amicus - Apr 6
DeeSmithforAG.com FACEBOOK Standard-Examiner: Weber County attorney to run for Utah attorney general position Fox13: Weber County Attorney to-run for utah's AG Standard Examiner: Dee: Attorney general campaign won't hurt current job KSL: Weber County Attorney Dee Smith to run for AG Standard-Examiner: Attorney: Year-old injunction led to drop in gang activity KS...
Utah Amicus - Apr 4
I decided that Utah Democrats, if they hypothetically controlled the State Senate, which possibly won't happen in my entire lifetime, would decide to draw as many swing seats as possible rather than safe seats. In a GOP wave, Dems could fall to 1 or 2 seats, but it's not like they'd have much power anyway; their goal would be to keep 1/3 to help a less conservative governor like Herbert ch...
DailyKos (Utah) - Apr 3
This is the largest Holi celebration in the Americas. In Spanish Fork, Utah, no less. I hear that at least sixty-five thousand people attended. It's a great time, you listen to live music, you throw colors, you laugh, you dance, you go out for Indian food afterwards. I'm still laughing about what a great time I had. ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Mar 31
A slightly edited version of this post appeared at OneUtah . Paul Mero is the head of the Utah based right wing think tank Sutherland Institute. In defense of Utah's abstinence only, no condoms please we're Mormon law, Paul wrote a surprisingly reasonable op-ed piece. I was struck by the way his very piece used so many conservative frames in a relatively few words. Paul Mero's ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Mar 29 - 2 clicks
Guv signs bill requiring 72-hour wait for abortions The governor signed other bills during the day, then did this one late afternoon/early evening. Iirc, the other state that has this waiting period is in court with it. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed legislation Tuesday requiring women to wait 72 hours before receiving an abortion, giving the state the longest waiting perio...
DailyKos (Utah) - Mar 20
For the past week, everybody in Utah has been talking about the sex-ed bill, which would have banned discussion of sexual education except abstinence in schools (even though parents can now opt their children out of sex ed if they want. Not that it makes much difference because it's already against the law for teachers to promote the use of contraceptives during Sex Ed. I certainly never saw the...
DailyKos (Utah) - Mar 17
Not all Utah governors can be smooth corporate conservative diplomats who speak Mandarin like Jon Huntsman Jr. His replacement Gary Herbert was just another Republican moron. Until he vetoed a bill that would have banned sex education in school. More after the Halfpipe. ...
DailyKos (Utah) - Mar 17
THANK YOU, Governor Herbert, for doing the right thing and vetoing HB363. I have already sent an email of thanks as well. This bill would allow for sex education but only if it taught abstinence only, no contraception information, and absolutely no mention of homosexuality. A real head-in-the-sand piece of legislation pushed by Utah's Eagle Forum. At last someone in Utah is willing to s...
RedStateBlues - Mar 17 - 2 clicks
