SAN DIEGO, CA — In a small corner of the San Diego Zoo's chimpanzee exhibit lies a modest laptop computer that an autistic chimp named Hank uses to run Governor Gavin Newsom's X account.

Hank has worked for Newsom for years, overseeing numerous strategic shifts in the governor's messaging including suddenly posting in all caps or picking fights with popular figures like Donald Trump because he perceives them as threatening his status as the alpha ape. All of Hank's hard work recently paid off when Newsom promoted Hank to running all of his social media accounts full time.

"I don't think of myself as special. I'm like any other chimp," said Hank. "I like bananas and throwing poo at people, just like everyone else. I just happen to run the governor's social media accounts on the side. It's

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