Situational awareness – October 22, 2018

Good Monday morning on a mild autumn day. Maybe some rain ahead.

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Executive summary: Utahns are right now casting their ballots by mail. Candidates are running out of time to win support of undecideds. Mia Love and Ben McAdams are pummeling each other with negative advertising and national PACs are piling on. The mid-terms, murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and the migrant caravan.