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		<title>Stench of Local Gov&#8217;t &#8211; 2 stories &#124; Immigration sob stories &#124; Cornyn, Paxton fundraising &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/16/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/16/stench-of-local-govt-2-stories-immigration-sob-stories-cornyn-paxton-fundraising-pratt-on-texas-4-16-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Two Stench of Local Government stories today and one is a repeat we&#8217;ve seen time and again across the state. It is astounding how much money and how much time local government bureaucrats can spend when allowed free reign so to do. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paxton gets big wins for Texans &#124; Why is enforcing immigration law controversial? &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/15/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/15/paxton-gets-big-wins-for-texans-why-is-enforcing-immigration-law-controversial-pratt-on-texas-4-15-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Enforcing America&#8217;s longstanding immigration laws &#8211; why is such a basic thing so controversial, especially with Texas cities? Polling shows majorities support enforcing these laws and political history shows that even Democrats, when they control the Congress and Executive Branch, have not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Houston to reverse on ICE help? &#124; Lubbock&#8217;s duplicity on Boren&#8217;s ballot access &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/14/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/14/houston-to-reverse-on-ice-help-lubbocks-duplicity-on-borens-ballot-access-pratt-on-texas-4-14-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Attorney General Paxton and Governor Abbott push Houston into reversing its newly adopted limits on police cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Mayor Whitmire is clearly pleased &#8211; will the council make the reversal in a special meeting this Friday to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Talarico: Police a cause of violent crime &#124; 5th Circuit backs distilling liquor at home &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/13/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/13/talarico-police-a-cause-of-violent-crime-5th-circuit-backs-distilling-liquor-at-home-pratt-on-texas-4-13-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Rep. Charlie Geren&#8217;s House Admin. committee finally gets around to voting to fine House Democrats who broke quorum last summer. But wait, there&#8217;s more: They don&#8217;t owe it until officially served with notice of the vote and given how long it has taken [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-Wimp: Car burglar stopped by armed Arlington owner</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This morning, 10 April 2026, just before 8 a.m., Arlington police responded to calls reporting gunshots. The initial investigation determined that a homeowner noticed a burglar removing something from the homeowner’s vehicle. The homeowner went out to investigate and during the encounter fired his weapon, hitting the suspected burglar at least once. The burglar was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Texas taxpayer-funded lobbying has doubled &#124; Anti-Wimp update &#124; Texas higher ed. &#038; DEI &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/10/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/10/texas-taxpayer-funded-lobbying-has-doubled-anti-wimp-update-texas-higher-ed-dei-pratt-on-texas-4-10-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: As much as $111.5 million of your money is being spent by local governments in Texas to lobby the Legislature &#8211; often for things contrary to your interests. The amount of taxpayer funded lobbying has doubled in the last decade and involves [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Islamists &#038; hypocritical Dems at the SBOE &#124; Will Abilene be spared a tax increase this year? &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/9/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/09/islamists-hypocritical-dems-at-the-sboe-will-abilene-be-spared-a-tax-increase-this-year-pratt-on-texas-4-9-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: At the State Board of Education meeting, Democrats show they are dead set against teaching our History and show their hypocrisy over so-called &#8220;experts.&#8221; Our friend Don Frazier and Schreiner University are now suspect because the school received a grant from a conservative [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dishonest Texas SNAP reporting &#124; Sheridan to make Alamo film for Texas &#124; Immigration news &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/8/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/08/dishonest-texas-snap-reporting-sheridan-to-make-alamo-film-for-texas-immigration-news-pratt-on-texas-4-8-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas congressman calls out yet another DC attempt at mass amnesty for illegal aliens; Houston trims its police cooperation with ICE due to Democrat pressure; El Paso County sues for information related to a big immigration detention facility the feds are building, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Appraisal notices roil households; you must know the other side of the property tax system &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/7/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/07/appraisal-notices-roil-households-you-must-know-the-other-side-of-the-property-tax-system-pratt-on-texas-4-7-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  Texas local property tax appraisal notices are out and roiling households across the state. Often appraised value increases are wrong but, Texans need to understand the other side of the property tax system to put blame for tax increases where such [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TX23&#8217;s Gonzales a sexual creep from the start &#124; City of Lubbock ballot shenanigans &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/6/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/06/tx23s-gonzales-a-sexual-creep-from-the-start-city-of-lubbock-ballot-shenanigans-pratt-on-texas-4-6-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  TX23&#8217;s now disgraced Tony Gonzales has long been held up by the RINO establishment of what a congressman should be. But it turns out he has been a sexual creep and adulterer the entire time he&#8217;s been in Congress with new [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Special Good Friday edition of Pratt on Texas with Rev. Daniel Hinton – Pratt on Texas 4/03/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/03/special-good-friday-edition-of-pratt-on-texas-with-rev-daniel-hinton-pratt-on-texas-4-03-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  Reverend Daniel Hinton joins us to talk about Good Friday, Holy Week, Easter, and about worship using the liturgical calendar Hinton is pastor for Christ Lutheran Church in Lubbock (an orthodox Missouri Synod Lutheran church.) (Originally ran on Good Friday, 2024.) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Good Friday and Easter message</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/03/a-good-friday-and-easter-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On this Good Friday I want to step back from the politics and share a fine Easter message with you that came from a ministry of the Mennonite Church: When Jesus arose from the dead, He brought hope to every person. Through His death and paying the penalty for our sins we have the opportunity [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Zimmerman gives Artemis II update &#124; Corley &#038; Rackler on county budgeting scandal &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/2/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/02/zimmerman-gives-artemis-ii-update-corley-rackler-on-county-budgeting-scandal-pratt-on-texas-4-2-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  Following up yesterday&#8217;s show, I speak with Lubbock County Commissioners Jordan Rackler and Jason Corley. Do local elected officials get honest, correct information on budgeting in order to set a tax rate? Do they get the information that would let them [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lubbock Co.&#8217;s auditor &#038; co. judge: Data shows them either liars, incompetents, or both &#8211; Pratt on Texas 4/1/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/04/01/lubbock-co-s-auditor-co-judge-data-shows-them-either-liars-incompetents-or-both-pratt-on-texas-4-1-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  While the headline plays to the bad and regular soap opera style of reporting, the story and the financial facts reported show that I, and others, have been right in our opinion all along: Lubbock County&#8217;s auditor, with support from Judge Curtis [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>RGV/Brownsville is booming, SpaceX &#038; port &#124; Our wimpy society is costing us dearly &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/31/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/31/rgv-brownsville-is-booming-spacex-port-our-wimpy-society-is-costing-us-dearly-pratt-on-texas-3-31-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day:  A story about a judge in Harris County set me off. We have become such a weakling, pansy society that we will not be able to take out the directed energy of China and other competitors unless our populace decides to grow [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paxton wins CPAC backing &#124; TX19 endorsements &#124; A/C in Texas prisons on trial &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/30/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/30/paxton-wins-cpac-backing-tx19-endorsements-a-c-in-texas-prisons-on-trial-pratt-on-texas-3-30-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas’ $1.3 Billion Fix to Cool Deadly Hot Prisons Goes to Trial &#8211; these lawsuits are ridiculous as Texas is spending huge money to address the problem. Pitman and other federal judges too often want the cache of controlling the states. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flock cameras violated Texas law &#124; Remembering the massacre of Texans at Goliad &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/27/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/27/flock-cameras-violated-texas-law-remembering-the-massacre-of-texans-at-goliad-pratt-on-texas-3-27-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: There is much to detest about the Flock surveillance camera company and its odd utopianist founder as well as many reasons governments should not allow the private firm&#8217;s cameras to be recording all of our movements. Why would anyone believe the firm [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dallas Co. lost residents; census news &#124; Burrows releases long list of interim charges &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/26/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/26/dallas-co-lost-residents-census-news-burrows-releases-long-list-of-interim-charges-pratt-on-texas-3-26-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The U.S. Census Bureau has released new numbers and while Texas urban areas continue to grow, a bit slower, Dallas County actually lost residents. People, and businesses, keep choosing to move to the exurban areas over the Democrat dominated, and poorly run, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cornyn afraid to speak at CPAC, in Texas! &#124; Hancock/Paxton enmity on parade &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/25/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/25/cornyn-afraid-to-speak-at-cpac-in-texas-hancock-paxton-enmity-on-parade-pratt-on-texas-3-25-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Much from the campaign stack today including: Aaron Reitz Endorses Mayes Middleton in Attorney General Runoff &#8211; so do I Democrat whines at not being included on interim committees Cornyn says he will not speak at CPAC as he&#8217;s busy with his [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anti-Wimp: Incident leads to home invasion; homeowner was ready for action</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/24/anti-wimp-incident-leads-to-home-invasion-homeowner-was-ready-for-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Houston PD’s Southwest Division night‑shift commander explained to media that police officers were called, around 4 a.m., to an address new Beltway 8 on reports of a shooting. When police arrived, they found, what they called, a large and complex scene involving two men who had been running through the neighborhood.  KHOU reported that the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Senate race polling &#124; Anti-Wimp &#124; FinCEN surveillance rule felled &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/24/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/24/new-senate-race-polling-anti-wimp-fincen-surveillance-rule-felled-pratt-on-texas-3-24-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: New polling is out in the Texas Republican primary runoff race for U.S. Senate between Ken Paxton and ol&#8217; John Cornyn. One might say about it: The more things change, the more things remain the same. Paxton is leading Cornyn and as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do primary results show Bexar County Democrats to be anti-DEI racists?  &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/23/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/23/do-primary-results-show-bexar-county-democrats-to-be-anti-dei-racists-pratt-on-texas-3-23-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Are Democrat voters in San Antonio and Bexar County racists? Didn&#8217;t they know that they are supposed to vote in the Democrat primary election according to DEI principles? I examine the liberal hand wringing over Dems voting against black judges in Bexar [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Billions of investment for Dickens Co. &#124; Little Jimmy &#8220;The Creep&#8221; Talarico tales &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/19/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/19/billions-of-investment-for-dickens-co-little-jimmy-the-creep-talarico-tales-pratt-on-texas-3-19-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: I recently mentioned the recent Forbes magazine story on Michael Novogratz who ended up owning the little data center in very rural Dickens County. Well, it&#8217;s in the news in a big way today: Massive $3.5 BILLION expansion planned at data center [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>More little Jimmy Talarico tales &#124; César Chávez scam: Dolores Huerta knew &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/18/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/18/more-little-jimmy-talarico-tales-cesar-chavez-scam-dolores-huerta-knew-pratt-on-texas-3-18-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: News from the campaign stack including more little Jimmy Talarico Tales: Talarico faces backlash over viral anti-meat, pro-vegan comments Talarico insists that white people are inherently racist, spread &#8220;virus&#8221; of racism Talarico’s Dangerous Record on Taxes: Opposing Income Tax and Death Tax [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>César Chávez scam is home to roost &#124; Licensing those not legal to work, to work &#8211; Pratt on Texas 3/17/2026</title>
		<link>https://prattontexas.com/2026/03/17/cesar-chavez-scam-is-home-to-roost-licensing-those-not-legal-to-work-to-work-pratt-on-texas-3-17-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: The scam that was, and is, César Chávez, has come home to roost! Tear down those street signs that capitulating ignoramuses allowed themselves to be bullied into a few years back. The Left never cared that he was violently against both [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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