Comments by Cecilia Tucker

False Dilemma

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:43:14 -0500

Reminding the animals of the cruelty of their old owner and how Napoleon saved the day and was heroic in his actions. This reminds me of many dystopian books where the characters were constantly reminded of how mistreated they used to be, and what they have now is better than they can ask for.

One of my other elected representatives is Utah representative Raymond P. Ward. Can you tell me a little about the representatives' positions on bills like HB287

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:33:30 -0500

Here’s what I can see so far about Rep. Ray Ward and bills like HB287 (ending the driving‑privilege‑card program); there isn’t a clean, public pattern yet that pins down his exact stance on this specific bill type:

HB287 is brand‑new this session and still sitting in House Rules, so there’s no floor vote record yet for any House member, including Ward. (ACLU of Utah, HB287 Immigrant Driving Amendments, 2026)
In recent sessions Ward has often branded himself as a pragmatic, data‑driven Republican (especially on health policy and social services), which has sometimes meant breaking with more hard‑line members of his party on issues where he thinks there are unintended harms, but I don’t see clear public quotes from him specifically about driving‑privilege cards or Trevor Lee’s immigration package. (Utah House of Representatives, Member Page: Raymond P. Ward, n.d.)
Because HB287 hasn’t had a committee hearing or a vote yet, the best way to gauge Ward’s position is to ask his office directly how he’s leaning and what evidence he’s using (public safety data, insurance rates, immigrant‑rights concerns, etc.). (Utah State Legislature, HB287 Bill Status, 2026)
If you tell his staff that you’re in his district and say one or two concrete things you want him to consider (for example, crash/insurance safety vs. fear of ICE reporting), you’re more likely to get a specific answer back rather than a form response. (Utah House of Representatives, Member Page: Raymond P. Ward, n.d.)

If you were writing or calling Rep. Ward today about HB287, what’s one clear sentence you’d want to say to him—and do you want to draft that now with *Continue with AI* or head over to Create Document to start a message or upload something you’re working from?

One of my elected representatives is Utah State Senator Todd Weiler. Can you tell me a little about the senator's positions on bills like HB287?

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:33:30 -0500

You’re asking a really specific, local question (nice move for being an engaged constituent), so here’s what I can see from public records and news about Sen. Todd Weiler and related immigration/“law and order” issues in Utah.

HB287 itself is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Trevor Lee, and I don’t see any record yet of how Sen. Weiler has voted on it because it’s still early in the 2026 session and the bill is sitting in House Rules, not the Senate. (ACLU of Utah, HB287 Immigrant Driving Amendments, 2026)
Sen. Weiler has actually sponsored a previous bill that adjusted the *existing* driving privilege card program rather than ending it—SB 132 in 2023 added fingerprinting requirements for driving privilege cards but kept the program in place. (Utah State Legislature, SB132, 2023)
On another immigration‑related “tough” bill in 2025 that increased state-level penalties to trigger more deportations, Weiler broke with many Republicans and joined Democrats in voting against it, with coverage noting his concern that it would mostly hit legal immigrants. (Utah News Dispatch, 2025)
In a 2026 hearing on SB136 (about restricting ICE and other law enforcement from wearing masks and limiting cooperation in certain immigration contexts), Weiler chaired the committee and questioned the sponsor pretty skeptically about tying the bill to Utah’s “state sovereignty” law, signaling a fairly conservative approach to immigration enforcement but also a concern about how new limits interact with existing state‑power frameworks. (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2026)

Given that history—supporting stricter background rules for driving cards but opposing at least one aggressive deportation bill—what do *you* most want to know or say to Sen. Weiler about HB287 when you contact his office, and would you rather keep talking it through here with *Continue with AI* or go over to Create Document to draft a message or upload related sources?

Legal laws already set in place

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:19:51 -0500

So insurance fraud...?

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:19:24 -0500

Subsitute

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:18:34 -0500

If the test is already in 13 languages, why would we take driving privilege away from immigrants of them driving to work and school, and buying gas only increases the economy

Substitute

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:17:18 -0500

The main subject of the bill

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:17:05 -0500

The original bill and the three substitutes

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:16:45 -0500

Definition of DPC

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:16:10 -0500

Trevor Lee wants to get rid of this

Biography of Trevor Lee

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:15:31 -0500

Representative Lee began his legislative service in 2023 and currently represents Utah's House District 16, which covers parts of Davis County. He graduated from Davis High School and holds a degree in technical sales with a minor in Spanish from Weber State University. His professional background includes owning a wealth management company and consulting for businesses. This diverse experience has equipped him with a practical understanding of the financial challenges faced by small businesses and families.

Jones, Abigail. "Bill that would end driving privilege card program for immigrants is in committee." ABC4. 28 Jan. 2026. https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/bill-end-driving-privilege-card-immigrants. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:19:52 -0500

This is now a clear, correct MLA 9-style citation for an online news article.
You’ve got author, article title with correct punctuation, italicized site name, date, URL, and an access date all in the expected order.
One tiny style choice: some teachers prefer commas instead of periods between the site name and date, but what you have is still acceptable MLA.
You’ve reached a solid “good enough” draft for a Works Cited entry—totally usable in a paper as is.

If you imagine this on your final Works Cited page, does it look how you want your citations to look—or would you like to click *Continue with AI* to walk through one more source, or instead go to Create Document and start laying out your full Works Cited list there?

Jones, Abigail. "Bill that would end driving privilege card program for immigrants is in committee" ABC4, 28 Jan. 2026. https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/bill-end-driving-privilege-card-immigrants. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:19:52 -0500

This is very close to MLA 9 format and has all the key parts.
In MLA, the article title should be in quotation marks and end with a period inside the quotes.
The website/news outlet name (ABC4) should be italicized and followed by a comma.
So the only real change is adding that period inside the title’s quotation marks, then keeping the rest as you already have it.

If you add that one period so your citation ends up with the article title like this: "…committee." and then decide whether you’re happy with it, do you want to click *Continue with AI* to check another citation, or head over to Create Document to start building your full Works Cited page there instead?

Jones, Abigail. "Bill that would end driving privilege card program for immigrants is in committee," ABC4, 28 Jan. 2026. https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/bill-end-driving-privilege-card-immigrants. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:19:52 -0500

Nice work pulling together all the pieces—author, title, outlet, date, URL, and access date are all here.
The main MLA tweaks are: remove the comma before ABC4, add the word ABC4 as the website title (no italics for the article title only), and end with a period after the access date.
Your structure is basically: Author. "Title of Article." ABC4, Day Mon. Year, URL. Accessed Day Mon. Year.
So you’re at a solid “good enough” MLA entry now—any other small changes would just be about your teacher’s specific preferences.

If you imagine you’re grading this citation yourself, what (if anything) would you still want to adjust before you click *Continue with AI* to talk it through more—or would you rather go to Create Document and start building a full Works Cited list there instead?

Can you help me to create an MLA citation for this?

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:19:51 -0500

You’ve already grabbed most of the key info (source name, outlet, URL, city), so you’re very close.
For an online news article in MLA 9, you usually need: author, article title, website name, publisher (if different), publication date, and URL.
From what you pasted, I can see the outlet (ABC4), the city (Salt Lake City), and the URL, but I don’t see the author name or the exact publication date in your excerpt.
To get a correct MLA entry, you’ll want to look back at the top of the article page and note: the author’s full name and the posted/updated date, then plug those into the standard pattern: Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." ABC4, Day Month Year, URL.

If you copy here (1) the author’s name and (2) the exact date from the article, do you want to try drafting the MLA entry yourself and then click *Continue with AI* for quick feedback, or would you rather head to Create Document to paste the article and work on several citations at once?

Targeting one group of people and spreading lies about them

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:02:05 -0500

In this warning to America, Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, warns the "illegal" immigrants that they need to leave because our borders have been open too long, allowing criminals to come into America. But this is a logical fallacy because when you look at the statistics of arrests for any crime in the United States, 69.4% of those people are racially identified as white. https://www.dhs.gov/medialibrary/assets/video/58918 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-43

Logical manipulation because they were told that it could be necessary, but they were assured that it would not happen either

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:42:47 -0500

Battles climate change

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Info

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More evidence

Evidence

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Statistics

Claim/Evidence

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WHy kelp is helpful

Evidence

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Definition

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Evidence

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