In the culture war that is higher education, state Representative Brian Harrison is a drone pilot. With the flick of his finger and a twist of the joystick, the East Texas Republican conducts lethal signature strikes. The former labradoodle breeder turned Bush bureaucrat turned regional MAGA star tweets about a college course or professor he doesn’t like, often tagging the governor, and Texas universities fall over themselves to comply. His kill rate: impressive .

In early September, Harrison posted a video on X a video of a student at Texas A&M confronting an English professor over her teaching of a queer-friendly children’s book. “I just have a question, because I’m not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching,” the student said. The video set off a chain of events that has resu

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