> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://utahpolitics.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Senate revives plans to sell public lands in the west - URL: https://utahpolitics.news/senate-revives-plans-to-sell-public-lands-in-the-west/ - Published: 2025-06-12T13:51:45.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-09T15:50:29.000Z - Author: Bryan Schott - Tags: Morning Memo ## Thursday, June 12, 2025 ## ⏰ Tick Tock Days to Utah's 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025) - **61** Days until Election Day (11/4/2025) - **145** Days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026) - **509** Days until the 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028) - **1,244** ## 👀 Here's what you need to know for Thursday morning: ### UTAH AND THE WEST A woman hand-picked by Utah lawmakers to help develop a national program on federalism appointed a neo-Nazi to a leadership position within her own organization. \[[Utah Political Watch](https://utahpolitics.news/an-activist-playing-a-key-role-in-the-utah-legislatures-federalism-push-appointed-a-nazi-sympathizer-to-a-position-in-her-own-organization/)\] Senate Republicans are proposing selling off up to 3.3 million acres of federally land in 11 states, including Utah, as part of the tax cut and spending legislation. \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/06/12/public-land-sales-proposal-senate-republicans-western-us/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Trump response to LA protests an "escalation of fear" for immigrants, a top Utah Democrat says. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/06/11/trump-response-to-la-protests-an-escalation-of-fear-utah-democrat-says/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Law enforcement preparing for protests in Utah this weekend. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/law-enforcement-preparing-for-protests-in-utah-this-weekend?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Utah officials worry decision on J-1 visa program could impact dual language programs. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51328720/utah-officials-worry-decision-on-j-1-visa-program-could-impact-dual-language-programs-?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Trans care ban "in the right place," Gov. Cox says weeks after Utah report found care benefits trans youth. \[[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/06/12/cox-utahs-youth-transgender-care/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Vineyard may have mismanaged its taxpayer money for more than a decade. \[[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/06/12/vineyard-rda-uses-ai-make-legal/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Advocates call on Sens. Lee, Curtis, to revive payments to downwinders in "big, beautiful" bill. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/06/11/advocates-call-on-mike-lee-john-curtis-payments-to-downwinders/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Utahns complained of a chemical-smelling fog near US Magnesium. Here's why we may never know what it was. \[[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/06/12/near-us-magnesium-utahns/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### NATIONAL Marines being deployed to Los Angeles have been authorized to detain anyone who interferes with immigration officers. \[[Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-cities-brace-more-protests-parts-los-angeles-placed-under-curfew-2025-06-11/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] President Donald Trump is suggesting expanding the deployment of military forces to other American cities, bending the traditional role of the armed forces. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/trump-domestic-military-expansion.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says deploying U.S. troops to Los Angeles is legal, but he can't cite which law authorizes the move. \[[Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/hegseth-hearing-stumble-los-angeles-00400436?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed National Guard Troops to the sites of planned immigration protests. \[[Texas Tribune](https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/11/greg-abbott-texas-national-guard-immigration-raid-protests/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Senate Republicans are considering cutting tax breaks for overtime and tips out of the massive reconciliation bill they're currently working on. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/republicans-trump-populist-tax-cuts.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Polling: Most Americans (53%) oppose the massive GOP budget bill. Just 38% of Americans approve of President Trump's job performance. \[[Quinnipiac](https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3924&ref=utahpolitics.news)\] Sen. Rand Paul says he was uninvited from the annual White House picnic over his criticism of President Trump. \[[NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-rand-paul-says-was-uninvited-white-house-picnic-breaks-trump-rcna212499?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### INTERNATIONAL Israel is poised to launch a military operation on Iran. \[[CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-is-poised-to-launch-operation-on-iran-sources-say/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] An Air India jet bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff, apparently killing all 242 passengers and crew members on board. \[[ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/International/air-india-plane-involved-incident-en-route-united/story?id=122762055&ref=utahpolitics.news)\] President Trump's $5 million "gold card" citizenship website has opened for business. \[[USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/11/trump-gold-card-open-business-waitlist/84158260007/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### ECONOMY JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says the pandemic-era government spending that was boosting the economy has faded, leaving the U.S. vulnerable to an economic downturn. \[[CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/jpmorgans-jamie-dimon-warns-us-economy-could-soon-deteriorate.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### EDUCATION The entire 12-person board of the Fulbright program resigned in protest of interference from the Trump administration. \[[Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/fulbright-board-resigns-and-accuses-trump-administration-of-unlawful-interference-3e7dcc3a?mod=hp%5Flead%5Fpos10&ref=utahpolitics.news)\] ### HEALTHCARE Health Secretary RFK Jr. named eight new members of the vaccine advisory board after he fired the group's entire membership. Several of the new appointees are vaccine skeptics. \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/11/rfk-cdc-vaccine-committee/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]