The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - November 13, 2025

Episode Date: November 13, 2025

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Howdy, folks. Today is Thursday, November 13th, and you're listening to The Texans Daily Rundown. I'm the Texans assistant editor Rob Lauchess, and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics. First up, Congress successfully passed a bill to reopen the federal government on Wednesday night, drawing the longest government shutdown in United States history to a close. After President Donald Trump signed the bill into law, extending funding to the federal government through January 26, the government has officially reopened. It closed on October 1st at midnight after negotiations stalled out in the U.S. Senate, following the House's previous passage of the funding resolution and its departure from Washington, D.C. The Republicans' self-described clean continuing resolution failed in the Senate the week prior, and did so again when it was brought up for a vote the night of September 31st. The Senate finally passed it on Monday after eight Democrats joined the Republican caucus to meet the chamber's 60 vote requirement for the funding bill. The resolution was passed with a promise from Republican members to Democrats to take a vote in mid-December

on extending Obamacare premium subsidies, which was at the core of this fight between the two parties. As Democrats attempted to leverage the shutdown to prevent the expiration of the health care subsidies, while Republicans refused to add them to the funding resolution. In other news, Granbury resident and U.S. Navy veteran Colton Crottinger was arrested on November 5th in Hood County on a felony charge of online impersonation on social media, with bond set at $10,000. According to a November 3rd criminal complaint, Granbury resident Tina Brown contacted Hood County Sheriff's Office criminal investigator James Lucky on September 30th and alleged that someone was making social media posts on Facebook impersonating her. Lucky advised her to file a formal complaint, which she did on October 6th. Tina

Brown actively posts on Facebook regarding political events in Hood County. She claimed that an image on Facebook appeared to show her posting in support of Monica Brown, a Granbury ISD School Board candidate whom Tina Brown says she does not support. Lucky located the image in question, which was posted by the user Hood County Sheep Dogs. The description of the Hood County Sheep Dogs Facebook page says, quote, for legal purposes, I'm probably joking, and it's all a satire, end quote. Last but not least, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has voted on revisions to the way the university system defines gender ideology and race ideology, including what is allowed to be taught in the classroom. The agenda,

for the meeting included amendments to sections of both the civil rights protections and compliance policy and academic freedom, responsibility, and tenure policy. Each of the amendments have been approved by TAMU System Chancellor Glenn Hagar. Under prohibited actions, the board voted to approve an amendment reading, quote, no system academic course will teach race or gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity, unless the course and the relevant course materials are approved in advance by the member CEO or designee. The definition of gender ideology will be updated to read, quote, means a concept of self-assessed gender identity replacing and disconnected from the biological category of sex. For the definition of race ideology, the amendment states it as,

quote, means a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity, accuse them of being oppressors in a racial hierarchy or conspiracy, ascribe to them less value as contributors to society and public discourse because of their race or ethnicity, or assign them intrinsic guilt based on the actions of their presumed ancestors or relatives in other areas of the world. This also includes course content that promotes activism on issues related to race or ethnicity rather than academic instruction, end quote.

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