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		<title>U.S. District Court Denies Pre-Clearance to Texas Redistricting Map</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/11/08/u-s-district-court-denies-pre-clearance-to-texas-redistricting-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the relevant language from today&#8217;s ruling: Having carefully considered the entire record and the parties’ arguments, the Court finds and concludes that the State of Texas used an improper standard or methodology to determine which districts afford minority voters the ability to elect their preferred candidates of choice and that there are material issues of fact in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joaquin Castro For #HD35 Campaign Draws on Activist Family History</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/11/08/joaquin-castro-for-hd35-campaign-draws-on-activist-family-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City of Houston]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this great email piece from the Joaquin Castro campaign today, and I couldn&#8217;t click donate fast enough. The Castro family, anchored by their civic activist mother Rosie Castro, are a rising force in Texas politics. I&#8217;m not a voter in the San Antonio and Austin congressional district, but I am an avid supporter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston&#8217;s Latin@ Community Being Undercut By One of Its Own</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/06/03/houstons-latin-community-being-undercut-by-one-of-its-own/</link>
		<comments>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/06/03/houstons-latin-community-being-undercut-by-one-of-its-own/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City of Houston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District J]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.confrijoles.com/?p=1233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every decade the United States Census accounts for the number of people in the country. The final numbers are then used to reapportion congressional districts and other political boundary lines according to the latest populations increases, changes, etc. According to the 2010 Census, Latin@s in the United States are responsible for more than half of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas State Rep. Ana Hernandez-Luna Defends the American Dream</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/05/11/texas-state-rep-ana-hernandez-luna-defends-the-american-dream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/05/11/texas-state-rep-ana-hernandez-luna-defends-the-american-dream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Borderlands]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CIR]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I am not a problem that must be handled. I am a human.&#8221; On the same day that President Obama gave his lackluster speech in El Paso about immigration reform, Texas State Rep. Ana Hernandez-Luna (Houston &#8211; HD143) tells her story of being an undocumented person on the floor of the Texas House. Rep. Hernandez-Luna [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A More Realistic Story of the Immigrant In America</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/03/08/a-more-realistic-story-of-the-immigrant-in-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/03/08/a-more-realistic-story-of-the-immigrant-in-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drop The I-Word]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.confrijoles.com/?p=1189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I see articles everyday about the dangers &#38; horrors of undocumented people living in the United States. They are either criminals, baby-making-machines, illiterate drains on our economy, or a mixture of all three. The frequency of stories I see with this kind of xenophobic fear-mongering is disgusting to say the least. But, today &#8211; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defending a Houston Defender</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/02/24/defending-a-houston-defender/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CM#5 Jones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston City Council Member Jolanda Jones (At-Large Position 5) is a lightning rod for misogynistic and racist vitriol. As a strong, successful black woman she has made a name for herself by defending the city&#8217;s residents in a court of law as well as in city hall. This doesn&#8217;t make for a happy good-old-boy system &#8211; especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Stands In Solidarity With the People Of Egypt</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/01/27/houston-stands-in-solidarity-with-the-people-of-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.confrijoles.com/2011/01/27/houston-stands-in-solidarity-with-the-people-of-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know, Egypt is in the midst of a Social Revolution. People have been flooding the streets of Suez &#38; Cairo just as people did in Tunisia. This is an amazing show of personal liberties and basic human rights that must be supported by freedom loving people across the globe. As the great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Enemy: Texas Republicans Begin Their Attack On Civil Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2010/11/10/know-your-enemy-texas-republicans-begin-their-attack-on-civil-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.confrijoles.com/2010/11/10/know-your-enemy-texas-republicans-begin-their-attack-on-civil-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Republican Party is already at it. Of the first pieces of legislation to be filed for the 2011 session of the Texas House of Representatives are 16 bills that are directly aimed at immigrants (and people who look like immigrants). Here is a list of legislation filed to date: HB 17 &#8211; Rep. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Poised for An Upset?</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2010/10/30/democrats-poised-for-an-upset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.confrijoles.com/2010/10/30/democrats-poised-for-an-upset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can they do it? Can the Rocky Balboa&#8217;s of American Politics pull off a stunning, come from behind victory? Maybe. Harvey Kronberg&#8217;s The Quorum Report is reporting a 20,000 vote difference between the number of &#8220;triple X&#8221; voters favoring the Democrats. A triple X voter, as it&#8217;s called, is a voter who has voted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fernando Herrera Attacks Women&#8217;s Health [TX148]</title>
		<link>http://www.confrijoles.com/2010/10/24/fernando-herrera-attacks-womens-health-tx148/</link>
		<comments>http://www.confrijoles.com/2010/10/24/fernando-herrera-attacks-womens-health-tx148/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaimeRafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Houston's Christine O'Donnell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting the person running against incumbent State Representative of Texas District 148 Jessica Farrar.  I&#8217;ve heard some things about him, but not much. Then my sister showed me the mailer we received this week, and it said everything I needed to hear. Before we get to that though, let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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