If finding out his identity weren’t that hard, it would be in the story. It would otherwise be extreme journalistic malfeasance. There’s an old newsroom saw: “Get the name of the dog.” That’s never relevant. The name of a defendant, though? That’s sort of what news does so long as they aren’t a minor, which doesn’t seem to apply here.

But yes, the whole thing is irritatingly light on details.

I have a strange idiolect. “Dealt” seems correct, but “learnt” and “spelt” do not. Neither would lead me to raise an eyebrow; I’d assume I’m interacting with a user of British English.

Do you mean it’s alright, or Oklahoma?

In addition to the curriculum revisions, a proposed rule approved by the state board of education in January mandates that parents enrolling their children in the state’s public schools show proof of immigration status.

Describing the rule, which has been met with widespread outrage among parents, students and immigration advocates, Walters said: “Our rule around illegal immigration accounting is simply that … It is to account for how many students of illegal immigrants are in our schools.”

Right. There’s no way ICE would get called or just have access to the database.

I never Felt that way.

It’s more Baskin-Robbins level.

I wasn’t aware Thrifty ice cream was still around! I can’t recall the last time I went to a drug store with an ice cream counter. Probably back in S&H Green Stamp days … my parents would get me ice cream sometimes when we went to Skagg’s.

This is the correct assessment. Name the agent and lay out the grooming, and now you have a story.

My accent and dialect change on a dime based on who I’m speaking with. I can – and do – go full-on Southern, but that’s generally in specific retail and call-center situations.

Otherwise, I use what’s likely the California dialect noted in the story, given my age and the fact that Californians love migrating out en masse, so Phoenix was convenient. As was Ashland, Ore. Californians arriving in Austin in spades is at this point a cliche.

He clearly has no interest in getting to 86.

Things you get with Citizenship:

I’m doing my part!

On Trump pay-per-view.

Woohoo! Not our problem anymore!

That’s a lot of ALL CAPS, even for Trump. Dude’s throwing a fucking tantrum because he got told “no” by people he appointed.

SAD!

It’s weird to me that at some point since elementary school, “sneak” became a weak verb. We used “snuck” in such a case. “Snook” was also an option in other cases, but now it’s “all sneaked, all the time.”

But hourslong calls with a Scottish lass? Would you turn down the opportunity to have that in your ear?

I mean, tell that to my ex-fiancee where it took us a year to get engaged after meeting on Reddit. Then Covid hit and we couldn’t meet. We still talk, years later, but now we’re in “old friends” mode.

“Can’t be done” and “That’s not a good idea” have been job-killers for me in the past. I’m not paid to stroke my boss’ ego, and if that’s what they want, I’ll put them through the conversation of needing more money if that’s been suddenly added to my job description.

And then quit. I don’t countenance that bullshit. We really don’t need this at the federal level.

Isn’t that corporate structure overall?

I’m a bit confused here. Sauer doesn’t make that claim in the text. Sure, 14th Amendment issues are in play, and if Trump wants to do an end-run, that in a roundabout fashion gets to the hed, but I’m not taking away from the story anything that backs up the assertion in the display copy.