ICYMI, the omnibus transportation bill in the Utah legislature has raised concerns about ANOTHER takeover of Salt Lake City’s streets: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/another-takeover-of-slc-streets-transportation-bill-causes-concern #utpol #Utah
ICYMI, the omnibus transportation bill in the Utah legislature has raised concerns about ANOTHER takeover of Salt Lake City’s streets: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/another-takeover-of-slc-streets-transportation-bill-causes-concern #utpol #Utah
Follow up reporting on that breaking and entering by CBP in #Utah that led to warrantless kidnapping of the owner as well as the employee they were following.
Thank you, @sltrib for the detailed reporting. Our local paper has removed the paywall on all reporting for 2026, so donate if you can and want this policy to continue.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/02/03/border-patrol-utah-warrantless/
#utpol #ICEOut #Warrantless
Objections overruled — Utah to expand its Supreme Court, with approval from Legislature, Cox
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox quickly signed the bill into law. After filling the new seats, Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/31/court-packing-utah-gov-cox-gop/
#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #politics #Utah #supremecourt #press
@SteveThompson the good news, for the moment, is that I think Cox is likely to appoint "standard" conservative judges rather than "batshit crazy" conservative judges
NEW: Gov. Cox has signed the bill expanding the Utah Supreme Court and adding more judges to the lower courts: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/cox-signs-bill-adding-more-justices-to-the-utah-supreme-court #utpol #Utah
NEW: Gov. Cox has signed the bill expanding the Utah Supreme Court and adding more judges to the lower courts: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/cox-signs-bill-adding-more-justices-to-the-utah-supreme-court #utpol #Utah
UTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??” Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔 Rights are gone under this regime. (From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)
@thetnholler.bsky.social
So, breaking and entering is no longer a crime in #Utah? @sltrib, is that true? @erinmendenhall, is that true?
#utpol
"McConkie said the volunteers are trained to keep their calm, act with kindness and respect and not to be abusive or confrontational. They stand near the gatherers, and if the voter approaching the signature gatherer has questions, the signs held by the BURNN volunteer have a QR code where the voter can read the text of the initiative."
Very cool response to #GOP-paid signature gatherers lying about the purpose of the petitions.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/31/prop-4-decline-sign-volunteers-gop/
#utpol #gerrymandering
“The worst thing you can do for an individual is make them feel hapless, hopeless, and make them feel like they can do nothing to take care of themselves. You want to destroy and enslave somebody mentally? Put them on welfare so they don’t have to work anymore and just wait for somebody to take care of them—it makes people angry, entitled, and very anti-American.” 13/
What do you think about Burgess Owens place in Utah History? 23/
#utah #utahhistory #utpol #utleg #ourlovelydeseret #burgessowens
I'll keep sounding this alarm.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7vj2towokzui3hgna5u5u46f/post/3mdntz3u6ss2m
@gottalaff.bsky.social
Yep. And the GOP governor gets to choose them.
Of course, he also chose the existing court, so I'm guessing he'll get Federalist society full vetting to get the most no law just vibes male candidates.
And, just to be sure no actual democracy happens in Utah, they're inventing a new "Constitutional" court.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/29/constitutional-court-utah/
So, Utah decided to just give the homeless places to live. The results are what anyone with sense, or who has followed the topic would expect:
Utah’s Housing First program cost between $10,000 and $12,000 per person, about half of the $20,000 it cost to treat and care for homeless people on the street.
Imagine that.
This is a reprint from 2015, but I think it makes an important point […]
https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-right-thing-to-do-homeless-edition-2/@ianwelsh.net
Ian, you've gotta update your data.
#UTpol went MAGA when the GOP did, and the legislature decided to punish the poor and homeless at every opportunity instead of help them. We've flushed millions away breaking up homeless camps and traumatizing and robbing homeless people then demanding they just stop being poor.
We used to have a big homeless center downtown. Developers envied the space, so we tore it down and built 4 smaller sites with fewer total beds. People died outside in the cold and heat. Now, the legislature want to build a new big homeless jail out by the state jail, away from service providers. It's just their need to control and punish.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/22/homelessness-utah-how-service/
