<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[North Shore Democrats]]></title><description><![CDATA[northshoredemocrats]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:31:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Plan to poison social media started in 1971]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever wonder why so many social media posts repeat the same lies and grievances? Roughly 99 percent of the largest right-wing influencers are compensated in some form ($$$$), most of it locked behind nondisclosure agreements so airtight that anyone who tries to talk about it will get buried under litigation they can’t afford.  It’s a deliberately constructed fog of lies and grievance, and it has one purpose: to keep us screaming at each other about bathrooms and brown-skinned invaders while...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/plan-to-poison-social-media-started-in-1971</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ff9e69b1ac8cd94fa49868</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:58:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_e919f43a47b045dbaabf5b5504df81fb~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eileen Wolfard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pot calling the kettle black]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump is trying to blame No Kings rally for assassination attempt at Correspondent’s dinner last Saturday night. On today’s Popular Information, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims write, “The truth is that the No Kings rallies have been some of the largest and most peaceful protests in history.”  Of the 8 million who demonstrated on March 28, there were under a hundred arrests reported, and most of these were people who didn’t want to go home after the rally ended. Compare this with Trump’s own...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/pot-calling-the-kettle-black</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f09fa57cb0726b2daa4e0c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:55:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_372a00017fcb4901a78ccf6b29222efe~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_799,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Secretary Hegseth turning the U.S. military into a cult?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thoughts from NSD member Jim Gallagher on a recent substack piece by Paul Krugman. “Step number one in building a cult, identify the non-believers. In Hegseth's ‘military-cult’ it's the little things, like a vaccine shot, that can hurt your military career. “How do you destroy the greatest fighting force on the planet? Hire Hegseth to lead it.  “Does anyone really think Hegseth can lead a crusade? He sure is trying.” To read the piece that inspired these comments, click here:...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/is-secretary-hegseth-turning-the-u-s-military-into-a-cult</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee21c5a376fc1e0ec93b73</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:32:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_162aae555ef141249c600503064114ef~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP-controlled Senate scrambles to tie Democrats’ hands before midterms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writes Heather Cox Richardson, Senate Republican leaders are pushing through funding of ICE and the Border Patrol for the next three years using budget reconciliation, a process which does not require any Democratic votes. This would end chances to reform rules for agents’ behavior, and leave in place authorization for them to continue to wear masks and to break into someone’s home without a judge-signed warrant. She also reports that Senate majority leader John Thune (R-SD) has teed up a...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/gop-controlled-senate-scrambles-to-tie-democrats-hands-before-midterms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eb32057bcf5508e7764af0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_2750c6a73d944115b31cdc96354893f6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_666,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The premise that might-makes-right is bringing down Trump, and maybe our country as well]]></title><description><![CDATA[In substack yesterday, Robert Reich writes, “The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking and exploiting the weaker. Otherwise, we’d be permanently immersed in a brutish war in which only the fittest and most powerful could survive.” Since taking office, Trump’s actions have been that of a classic bully. Domestically and abroad he has used his position, threats, and U.S. economic and military power to try and get his way. Recently these tactics show...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/the-premise-that-might-makes-right-is-bringing-down-trump-and-maybe-our-country-as-well</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea217dd06bed7d1aa0e57d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:42:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_0965dd0442e64bab8fcb532ae075241d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_960,h_504,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man’s fight against forever wars is resonating with voters in Maine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great article on our militarism. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/graham-platner-forever-war-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.s9ag.9tyB7GlW4wuF&#38;smid=url-share Photo credit: Mark Peterson for The New York Times]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/one-man-s-fight-against-forever-wars-is-resonating-with-voters-in-maine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e9bf81bbc0f3ff7447f720</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:49:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_d7fdc0a32cab4a74a7ace75654bb76a6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jim Gallagher</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oncoming AI revolution will rival the Industrial revolution, only much bigger &#38; faster]]></title><description><![CDATA[The impact could be devastating if the government doesn’t take steps to control and  regulate it. On April 14 at the Sanders Institute, Senator Bernie Sanders, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, and author Naomi Klein gathered to talk about the current and future consequences of AI. Unlike the Industrial Revolution, rapid expansion of unregulated AI would lead to wholesale loss of privacy and massive job loss. There are already unmanned 18-wheelers being tested on American highways, and the future for...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/oncoming-ai-revolution-will-rival-the-industrial-revolution-only-much-bigger-faster</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e8de27ab5395dde605e887</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:48:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/085fb244df6a442d90dfa3abd47c1e83.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New data center clobbers Abilene]]></title><description><![CDATA[A town of 130,000, Abilene has been overrun and stretched to the limit by the influx of thousands of workers there to build a massive new data center, reports Michelle H. Davis on LoneStarLeft. Rents are sky-rocketing, shelters stretched thin, traffic is a nightmare, and for what? Writes Davis, “The Stargate-linked development in Abilene is tied to a property tax abatement of up to 85%, approved as part of the deal to bring this project to town.” So the city and its residents end up shafted...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/new-data-center-clobbers-abilene</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e75d04e30ec41b7d07f7ee</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:29:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6b349d5084fe4e1ab79c0d0522bdae5f.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kushner’s conflict of interest largely ignored by major media]]></title><description><![CDATA[The President’s son-in-law is raking in millions from the Saudis while leading diplomacy  efforts with Iran - a clear conflict of interest that has been largely ignored by major news outlets. Since 2021, Kushner has raised $2 billion from the Saudi government for his private equity fund and collected more than $110 million in management fees. The Saudis’ position on the war with Iran is no secret - they lobbied Trump extensively both to initiate and continue the war. Yet the financial...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/kushner-s-conflict-of-interest-largely-ignored-by-major-media</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e61e49e30ec41b7d05075c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_c49dbe6283db4f0e8c278d5d150bb8f9~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The south lawn is littered with broken promises]]></title><description><![CDATA[In yesterday’s piece on substack, Dan Rather recounts the slew of broken promises made by our con man in chief, from ending “forever wars” to making America more affordable. Today, Paul Krugman reports that consumer confidence has just hit the lowest point ever recorded in the long-running University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment. It’s not hard to see the relationship between the two. https://substack.com/home/post/p-194458477  https://substack.com/home/post/p-194457843]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/the-south-lawn-is-littered-with-broken-promises</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e21c3e441ae2d5fdf46953</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:42:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_13e0edc243cf4870a4f8abb55a622ec3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_828,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widespread outrage forces Trump to back down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump rarely backs down, but he did this time. This image was posted to his Truth Social account on Sunday, then was taken down on Monday. Reprinted from The Washington Post , April 13, 2026 Why the AI-generated meme — which the president posted on his social media platform, then removed — is offensive even to nonbelievers. column by Philip Kennicott There is a frightening urgency in the clumsy, AI-generated image of President Donald Trump posing as a saintly figure, perhaps Jesus himself....]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/widespread-outrage-forces-trump-to-back-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de5270b9feb7db43b96bd7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:45:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_bd3ce1722c0a477badf3a045c5c063a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_848,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s ballroom - just the tip of the iceberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today the Daily Kos reports just one of the shady deals surrounding Trump’s ballroom - a gift of $37 million in steel donated last fall by the world’s second-largest steelmaker, Luxembourg’s Arcelor Mittal. Trump bragged about it in October at a special event just for big ballroom bribers. A few days later, something not-so-surprising happened to the tariff rates the company was paying. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/9/2377135/-Stop-the-steel-Bribe-loving-Trump-strikes-again?detail=e...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/trump-s-ballroom-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d9036a7d3e231e1c88c591</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:06:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_0683153d12b6443f9319fba1000ab150~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking Back Texas Starts In Your City]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, they (Republicans) didn’t stop at statewide dominance. They simply pivoted downward. They already took the top. Now they’re coming for everything underneath it. Local government is the front line.  Michelle H. Davis of Lone Star Left outlines the importance of down ballot, city elections in this informative article and the necessity of our vote and activism to hold the line.  https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/taking-back-texas-starts-in-your]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/taking-back-texas-starts-in-your-city</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7a7f04e4fe2e3f72a23c2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_e380bd52fd154a7ab53ea48a14fcec23~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Eileen Wolfard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What it takes to defeat Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today’s piece Robert Reich explains how countries, organizations, and individuals have gotten the best of Trump. Courage and refusing to cave! It’s a great read! With the stories of how some have won in stand-offs with Trump - from Iran, to Greenland, to Harvard, to comedian Jimmy Kimmel, and more. Reich  also relates the sad stories of what’s happened to those who have caved. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-defeat-trump-every-time]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/what-it-takes-to-defeat-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d67563c55f668b53044f11</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:37:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_258ad58c05d3413e9e0a0238ecceaed3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[President makes April Fools’ Day speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his first speech since the war began, Trump’s listless, rambling, lie-filled performance failed to meet even the minimum criteria for a primetime address. Dan Rather reported, “He may be able to fool his base, but the financial world isn’t buying it. As the speech ended, international money markets fell, while oil futures and gas prices rose immediately.” Rather goes on to rebut some of the worst of the President’s distortions and the damage they are doing at home and abroad....]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/president-makes-april-fools-day-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cf900cf7044e6cf7aacf9d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_09a7ca6337444edaa131157d28bf79e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_990,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump stare-down at the Supreme Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a clear effort to intimidate, Trump took a front row seat yesterday for oral arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Trump v. Barbara  - the case which he hopes will end birthright citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. It’s the first time that a sitting president has ever done such a thing, reports Heather Cox Richardson today. She goes on to trace the troubled history of the amendment that guarantees the rights of citizenship to people born in this...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/trump-stare-down-at-the-supreme-court</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ce1038d6854e26a0a95f40</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:48:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_11bcf307034b413ca942138f895f7c5a~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A throne fit for a certain king]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hot on the heals of No Kings Day, this tribute appeared yesterday on the National Mall. Spray-painted gold and set on a faux-marble pedestal, it’s the latest in a series of protest artworks and installations taking aim at President Donald Trump and his administration. A plaque on each side reads “Throne Fit for a King” and continues, “In a time of unprecedented division, escalating conflict and economic turmoil, President Trump focused on what really mattered: Remodeling the Lincoln Bathroom...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/a-throne-fit-for-a-certain-king</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cbbfd6dd3ddd8a57240397</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:41:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_3183b88fd79140dc911b344298735cf4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[American workers are being shafted by AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[“In the third quarter of 2025, the 'labor share' of Gross Domestic Product in the U.S. decreased to 53.8%, according the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was the lowest level seen since the Bureau began recording labor share in 1947 ,” reports Popular Information  today. The probable culprit: corporate use of  “algorithmic pay”  to pay workers as little as possible. The AI algorithms factor in demographics and the willingness of some groups to accept lower wages. New hires are being offered...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/american-workers-are-being-shafted-by-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c530bd60f0b8e1134d97a3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:17:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_d4ab19c86f8e4b0d80332f8f5d846f04~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_683,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughable if it wasn’t so serious]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump’s lack of thought and planning before striking Iran would be laughable if it wasn’t so serious. In her letter yesterday Heather Cox Richardson points out some of the failures. Trump claims that “nobody expected” Iran to hit other countries. In fact, previous administrations had gamed out exactly what’s happening. Apparently Trump never checked or chose to ignore the findings. In the DOGE purge the very experts needed to deal with the energy crisis were summarily fired with no transition...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/laughable-if-it-wasn-t-so-serious</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69baa4ba56684a890eaba5b5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:15:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_bce1c3a576f34b559b7b586f72157c28~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_915,h_714,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump admin intends to turn CNN into state-controlled media, Putin-style!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not only is the admin not blocking David Ellison’s possibly illegal takeover of CNN’s parent company, Warner Discovery; its officials are openly lauding it! Daily Kos reports yesterday that Pete Hegseth complained about CNN’s critical coverage of the Iran war, saying “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.” In a second story on the same day, Daily  reports that the White House is throwing a fit about the CBS hire of Jeremy Adler, a communications flack fairly far down...]]></description><link>https://www.northshoredemocrats.org/post/trump-admin-intends-to-turn-cnn-into-state-controlled-media-putin-style</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b513efc0bc1d0b8ea170a5</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:55:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0a551_aadce5fb607d462cb137ddf8275ab818~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjcarney100team</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>