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@Tjonesonthenba Out of Peterson, AJ, and Boozer, which is most likely to become the #1 option on a championship-caliber team? And how soon?

AJ is ball in hand. That’s his strength. Trae is almost as ball in hand as it gets in the league. They are a bad fit for each other. You are not drafting AJ 1 and not starting him. If the wizards take AJ they should be trading young within the year

@jpottingaround @Sci_Saint Who was born in Utah and whose dad is a talent scout for the Jazz

@Sci_Saint Yes, Yes, and Boozer.

So let me get this right the Jazz either get: - A 6-10 athletic freak who has lived in Utah for years and likes it there. - A two-way guard with great positional size who shoots the cover off the ball and is truly a perfect fit with the other franchise players. - If there are some medical or personality issues with the guard we can select the best offensive prospect in the draft who you will never have to worry a day in your life about. Why would you trade up again? Sorry Wizards and fake trade makers... Utah is closed for business on this one.

@PurpleKoya21 When you see Republican members act and believe like they do, it is hard to culturally stick around. But a lot of us do and hope someday the leaders will be more clear as Pope Leo has been recently.

Is it possible to be both an active member of the church a hardcore democrat? Honest question. Because all my friends that have become politically active democrats have all become inactive or have altogether left the church. Every. Single. One.

@VoteTrevorLee You do such a disservice to the Church with your words and actions. I would not be surprised if leaders talk about you by name as someone harming the work.

As Salt Lake County’s culture shifts away from the restored gospel and becomes more godless and secular, it’s also becoming more Democrat. The same pattern John Adams warned about: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” When faith fades, conservative values built on God, family, and freedom erode with it. Utah’s foundation is under attack. Time to stand firm, Utah is worth fighting for!

@AaronBlake I find it somewhat amusing that tariffs are the new MAGA culture war like not charging them would be woke

If you had said 10 years ago that a college Republican group would advocate a constitutional crisis in order to uphold import taxes, they’d gave thrown you in an asylum.

@ATrueMillennial He was supposed to say “Don’t Shoot I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” tho

1/ "A phone call came when I was a bishop… from the police. I was told that a drunk driver had crashed his car through the glass into the lobby of a bank. When the bewildered driver saw the security guard with his weapon brandished, he cried, 'Don't shoot! I'm a Mormon!'"

@sltrib I think that the best strategy for dealing with Mike Lee is completely ignoring him.

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee called for the public execution of Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of killing Charlie Kirk last year. sltrib.com/news/politics/…

@d_stevensonBYU Books don’t make straight kids gay, but they can help create an environment where gay kids want to live.

Probably just a coincidence Barnes and Noble put these sections next to each other. 🤷🏼 Don’t let them brainwash your kiddos.

With TCU’s Alamo Bowl win over USC tonight, Big 12 is now the only unbeaten conference in the postseason, at 3-0 (wins over ACC, SEC and Big Ten). Here’s to the league going 9-1 in bowl games.

@Joshua_Newman @josh_furlong Only have one question: will Scalley kick the field goal(s) in the red zone versus BYU or trust the analytics and lose by 3?

I owe you people a Utah football mailbag. My apologies, things got a little heavy last week. Hit me with ‘em, and we’ll get it going for tomorrow. I have a ton of Scalley/DC stuff, so don’t be afraid to ask something else. Whitt fallout, bowl scrimmage, Xmas, etc. Go…

@DJJazzyJody In fairness BYU could have looked better both times.

The CFP Committee Commissioner just admitted on ESPN that Miami losing to SMU and Louisville is more impressive than BYU losing to the No. 4 team (Texas Tech).

@MayorStaggs GOP overreach has certainly kept them very busy.

The judiciary is out of control.

@NormieUtah @mschultz_12 Maybe they know they will lose. I mean, the decision was sent back to her to make 5-0. Utah GOP has been overplaying their hand for years and it finally caught up with them.

This makes me absolutely want to vomit. Sick to my stomach. @mschultz_12 All the huffing and puffing and bluster from the Utah GOP Legislature and now they are DOING NOTHING. Blaming the Nov 10 map deadline. That date is TOTALLY ARBITRARY. CHANGE THE DANG DATE! COMPRESS WHEVER NEEDS TO BE COMPRESSED. Our left wing DEI Judge and Congressman Blouin win as the Utah GOP ceded the field. She knew she would get away with it. We lose. Disgusting.

Statement on Judge Gibson’s Activist Map Decision #utgop #utpol

@LindsayOnAir @abc4utah @BurgessOwens congratulations on your upcoming retirement

#BREAKING The judge in Utah's redistricting case sided with the plaintiffs again, ruling that the Utah legislature's redistricted Map C violated Proposition 4. The judge ordered that the Plaintiff's map 1 will govern Utah's 2026 midterms, barring any other appeals. @abc4utah #utpol

@Eternal_Saints_ Henderson is the only one on your list who actually cares about doing the right thing for ALL Utahns. The rest are varying degrees of “us and them” politics. We are done with that in Utah.

Is Jason Chaffetz Utah's Next Governor? | The Comeback Bid of a Quitter or Utah’s Coming Standard-Bearer? A few weeks ago, I watched the Turning Point USA event at Utah State University in Logan, just weeks after the death of Charlie Kirk. Two of the headliners were Jason Chaffetz and Spencer Cox. During the interview segment, the emcee began going down the line of guests, asking each if they went to BYU. When he got to Chaffetz, the answer came with a strained smile: “I used to be the place kicker for BYU on the football team.” Then came the awkward chuckle and the crowd busting up in laughter and cheers. The kid had no idea who he was talking to. Chaffetz’s expression said it all: half disbelief, half embarrassment. I laughed out loud. But then I checked myself: did I know that? Turns out, I didn’t. Not because I didn’t recognize the name, everyone in Utah politics knows Jason Chaffetz, but because I just don’t care about BYU sports. Still, that moment caused me to reflect. Who is Jason Chaffetz? And why is his name suddenly everywhere again? For months now, Utah’s political rumor mill has been buzzing about a possible Chaffetz run for governor in 2028. And when I first heard that, my gut reaction was simple: Jason Chaffetz is a quitter. I told myself I wouldn’t vote for him on that basis alone. Utah has a pattern: elected leaders who run on promises of service, then quit for something shinier. Jon Huntsman bailed on his second term as governor just days in to go work for the Obama administration, and handed us Gary Herbert. Herbert gave us Spencer Cox. And Cox, in turn, gave us whatever this era is: one marked by soaring housing costs, aggressive taxation, and a sense that our leaders are working harder for the World Economic Forum than for the people of Zion. In that context, a Chaffetz comeback feels... complicated. He’s not a Utah native, but he’s a Utah product. Born in California in 1967 to a Jewish father (who once worked as a photographer for Dukakis) and a Christian Scientist mother, Chaffetz’s roots are coastal, not canyon. But after transferring from BYU’s rival University of Arizona, he found his place at Brigham Young University in the early ’90s as a kicker on the football team. His time in Provo didn’t just change his address, it changed his religion. Chaffetz converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and never looked back. He married, planted roots in Alpine, and started building the kind of public profile that’s made for Utah politics: clean-cut, conservative, and fluent in both gridiron and gospel. Chaffetz entered political life as a chief of staff to Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., but broke with his boss ideologically. He positioned himself as a fiscal conservative and small-government reformer; more in line with the Tea Party insurgency than the technocratic centrism of Utah’s establishment. In 2008, he ran a primary campaign against longtime Republican Congressman Chris Cannon and won, despite being outspent and virtually unknown. That race signaled a shift in Utah politics: the old guard wasn’t invincible, and the grassroots were restless. In Washington, Chaffetz quickly carved out a role as a budget hawk and oversight bulldog. He chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and became a regular on cable news, especially during the Benghazi hearings. For a time, it seemed he was poised for even higher office. But then...he left. In 2017, mid-term, Chaffetz resigned from Congress, citing a desire to spend more time with family and lamenting the “grind” of political life. Critics didn’t buy it. Many saw it as a strategic retreat and a prelude to a media career. They weren’t wrong. He joined Fox News and became a fixture of its commentary landscape. He penned op-eds, landed guest spots on Hannity and The Ingraham Angle, and served as a reliable voice for the populist wing of the Republican Party...at least on television. But in Utah, his name faded. Until now. The chatter about a 2028 gubernatorial bid is real. He’s been showing up again: at events, on panels, and in political gossip. The question now is whether Chaffetz is returning to serve or to manage his next career step. And if he does run, what kind of governor would he be? That depends on which Chaffetz shows up. On paper, he has the right profile: conservative, articulate, media-savvy, and battle-tested. He understands the federal machinery better than most and could be a strong counterweight to Washington’s overreach. But there are valid concerns about loyalty and staying power. He walked away once. Utahns will be right to ask whether he’s in it for the long haul this time. That’s especially relevant given the deep fracture between Utah’s grassroots conservative movement and its reigning political class. The 2024 gubernatorial election (if it can even be called that) was a travesty to many in the base. Spencer Cox lost the state GOP convention to Phil Lyman in a rout. Instead of building bridges to the disaffected, Cox attacked and slandered the very delegates who denied him the nomination. He dismissed the concerns of average Utahns and presided over what many now view as a coronation-by-default. That left a vacuum of trust. one Chaffetz might be tempted to fill. But he wouldn’t be stepping into an empty stage. Whispers are already circulating about who might throw their hat into the 2028 ring. Spencer Cox, whose deeply unpopular tenure with the grassroots was rubber-stamped by a hollow general election, could potentially try for a third term. But the grassroots have long since moved on. His contempt for the base, his slavish devotion to elite consultantism, and his inability to read the cultural temperature of his own state make a comeback difficult, if not impossible. He’d have to find a way to win over the very delegates he called “extremists” just months ago. That’s unlikely. Mike Schultz, Speaker of the House, has been carefully setting the chessboard for a possible run. His close ties to Utah’s dominant real estate and developer interests (many of whom rely on sweetheart deals and regulatory carveouts) make him a likely favorite of the donor class. But it also makes him radioactive to anyone paying attention. A Schultz governorship would be a golden age for land speculation and a dark age for working families priced out of the state they built. Then there’s Diedre Henderson, Spencer Cox’s Lieutenant Governor and potential heir apparent. She carries the same technocratic torch, (along with open praise with communist revolutionaries) speaks the same consultant-ese, and would likely extend the Cox agenda under a new nameplate. If Cox is the beta test, Henderson is the full software release…and most Utahns aren’t interested in downloading that future. But the name that looms largest is Phil Lyman. The man who beat Cox soundly at the GOP nominating convention, only to be defeated at a questionable primary and mount a historic grassroots write-in campaign that captured over 200,000 votes; more than any state-level write-in in American history. Lyman isn’t just a symbol of opposition; he’s a lightning rod of populist energy, rural grit, and a fierce unwillingness to bow to the ruling class. If he runs, the decision is easy: it’s power-to-the-people Lyman over developer-owned-and-operated Schultz, over Cox redux, over the even bleaker sequel in Henderson. But if Phil sits out? Then we’re left with a very real question: is Jason Chaffetz Utah’s best remaining option? On paper, maybe. He’s sharp, presentable, media-savvy, and more independent than most. But there’s the glaring red flag: he quit. He asked for Utah’s trust, won it, and then walked away when the job got tough or the next offer looked better. That’s not ancient history; it’s a pattern that Utahns are sick of. Still, if the choice is between Lyman or Schultz (or God forbid, Cox again, or even worse, Diedre Henderson), the choice is obviously Lyman. But absent the people’s hero, Chaffetz may be the best of what’s left. And if he wants to be more than the best of a weak bench, if he wants to actually lead, he’ll need to prove to Utahns that he’s not just back for the camera lights, but for the long haul. Because the people of this state are done being used.

@SpideYstow Chris Burgess was his position coach at Utah and Keita followed him to BYU.

I love that we took Keba Keita and turned him into an absolute monster after Utah could do nothing with him.

About @BasedMikeLee’s comments on the MN shooting tragedy, sadly this is what we’ve come to expect from Mike Lee: detached from reality and fully aligned with extremist politics. I would love to see him committed to facts and reason to serve Utahns but he left that world a long time ago. Let’s elect a new U.S. senator in 2028. #utpol

@ProfRonSwanson @ClarkGilbert Are you saying students there should be shielded from diversity and inclusion? How will they “go forth and serve” if they graduate without sufficient empathy and understanding? “Us” and “them” isn’t the answer.

8/ Clark Gilbert gets it. @ClarkGilbert is taking the right approach. BYU and the church, should face critics, but it shouldn't pay for them to be professors at BYU. What makes BYU different is that it’s the only university prioritizing students instead of faculty and administrators. That is how BYU wins as the higher education market melts down.

There's a lot of buzz about @BYU, @SaltLakeTribBRK's article, and @ClarkGilbert. As a tenured LDS academic on the East Coast, here's some nuance missing from the conversation 👇

“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.” RIP, Jimmy Carter