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The Guardian reports: The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, and, later, Elon Musk showed support on Wednesday for the firing of a state employee who refused to remove his pronouns from his work email signature. Frank Zamora, 31, was let go from his job as a program manager at the Texas real estate commission (TREC) last month because he refused to …

Mediaite reports: During an interview with the Washington Post this week, Fauci praised 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden for taking the coronavirus pandemic “seriously from a public health perspective,” before he went on the attack against Atlas, saying, “I have real problems with that guy.” “He’s a smart guy who’s talking about things that I believe he doesn’t have any …

Mediaite reports: To celebrate Columbus Day this year, right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro’s website posted a video apparently excusing ethnic genocide by depicting Native Americans as cannibals and savages who weren’t tamed until white Europeans came to America and took their land. The Daily Wire’s animated video begins with a caption that sarcastically reads, “The North American indigenous people are a …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump is mocking Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony — where he himself was frequently mocked by host Stephen Colbert, presenters and prize-winners. Trump tweets, “I was saddened to see how bad the ratings were on the Emmys last night – the worst ever.” The president’s Tuesday night tweet is a little off: The show was …

Humility! The San Antonio Express-News reports: During his visit to Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey, President Trump told a crowd gathered outside a Corpus Christi firehouse, “What a crowd! What a turnout!” according to media reports. Trump had met with local officials inside the firehouse. Corpus Christi was among the cities hard hit by the Category 4 storm. Shortly …

The Hill reports: President Trump visited his golf course in Virginia on Sunday morning. The presidential motorcade arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. shortly after 9:30 a.m., according to a White House pool report. This marks Trump’s 43rd trip to one of his golf properties since taking office, according to a NBC News tracker. Trump also …