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Texas Rep. Brian Harrison sits at a conference table in his office, hands clasped and expression stern, beneath a framed Trump-signed document and closed blinds casting sharp shadows across the room.

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Syllabus by Subtweet: Brian Harrison’s One-Man “Curriculum Review Board”

A Texas State student posted a mocking reenactment of Charlie Kirk’s assassination; Rep. Brian Harrison…

lubbock-sucksOctober 14, 2025

View of Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, showing red-tiled rooftops and academic buildings on a clear day.

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Texas Tech Tells Professors: Two Genders Only, Y’all

The Texas Tech University system just told its faculty to keep classroom discussions strictly male-or-female,…

lubbock-sucksSeptember 26, 2025

Student walking across Angelo State University campus with trees and ASU banners in view.

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Angelo State Tells Professors: “Don’t Say Trans”

Angelo State University just became the first public Texas university to ban professors from discussing…

lubbock-sucksSeptember 25, 2025

Hand holding a rainbow pride flag with words like love, respect, freedom, tolerance, equality, and pride, during a peaceful sit-in at Lubbock City Council advocating for official Pride Month recognition.

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Lubbock City Council Still Pretending Pride Month Doesn’t Exist, Year Three of Awkward Silence

For the third year in a row, Lubbock Pride and supporters packed City Hall for…

lubbock-sucksJune 24, 2025

Rainbow Pride flag waving against a blue sky, symbolizing support for Lubbock's LGBTQ+ community and the 2024 Pride Month proclamation campaign led by OUTwest Lubbock

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Lubbock Pride: 13 Years of Festivals, Still Waiting on a Proclamation

OUTwest Lubbock is tired of being ghosted by City Hall, so they’ve launched a letter-writing…

lubbock-sucksJune 13, 2025

First Friday Art Trail attendees write what they love about the monthly event on a wall outside of the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts gallery during First Friday Art Trail in Lubbock on Aug. 2.

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City Council Cuts Arts Funding, Pretends It’s About “Common Sense,” Not Drag Queens

For 20 years, Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail has been one of the few things…

lubbock-sucksAugust 15, 2024