Arlington nuns at the center of a bitter dispute with the Fort Worth bishop called their dismissal from religious life ridiculous and egregiously false. In a fiery response Wednesday, the nuns said the dismissal, announced this week by the Fort Worth diocese, is a “moot point” because they do not recognize the authority of Mother Marie of the Incarnation, who issued the order; In other news, Austin comedian Tony Hinchcliffe has faced fierce backlash over remarks he made Sunday at former President Donald Trump’s New York City rally, calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” and using an offensive stereotype about Black people. For Peng Dang, an Arlington comic, the racist jokes came as no surprise. Three years ago, at a comedy club in Austin, Hinchcliffe referred to Dang, an Asian American, using a racial slur after Dang had introduced him; roughly 200 people descended upon a regional water meeting in northeast Texas on Wednesday afternoon with “Stop Marvin Nichols” signs, custom T-shirts and handwritten speeches. Nearly 40 attendees looked officials in the eyes and repeated the same sentiment: The proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir project needs to be removed from all future water plans; And Dallas-Fort Worth is expected to be the nation’s hottest real estate market for investment and development next year.

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