The June 23 primary is just around the corner, and this week's podcast is packed with what you need to know before you fill out that ballot.
- ICE detention warehouse update: New NYT reporting says DHS is looking to offload the SLC warehouse it overpaid for.
- Trump endorses Moore, Malloy, Kennedy: Predictable picks spark a meltdown among Phil Lyman supporters who'd convinced themselves Trump would back Lyman.
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- CD3: Malloy vs. Lyman: Why this race is closer than it looks: 60% of the district has never seen Malloy on a ballot, Lyman's base is more energized, but his campaign is missing basic blocking-and-tackling — including a still-unfiled federal financial disclosure.
- Stuart Adams' money machine: A breakdown of how his own leadership PAC funneled $110K into his own primary, plus campaign-cash spending on a steakhouse dinner in NYC.
- Legislative primary cash flood: $1.5M+ raised across 22 contested races.
- Open primary mechanics: How non-Democrats can still request a ballot in the CD1 Democratic primary, and why Republicans could "mess with" that race if they organized.
- Trump vs. vote-by-mail: Trump's Truth Social attack on Utah's mail ballots, and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson's pointed rebuttal.
- The press-pass lawsuit: New GRAMA numbers: the Legislature has spent $428,000 so far on outside lawyers fighting Bryan's First Amendment case...and counting.
- Mark your calendar: Live election night coverage Tuesday, June 23 at 7:30 PM with David Nir of The Downballot.
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