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Travis County GOP anti-vote effort foiled by vigilant TC Democratic Party
Travis County GOP failed to meet a key deadline at the beginning of January to secure resources for their MAGA-election-denying-conspirac...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Jan 9, 20241 min read


Biden Jan 6 speech rips Trump up one side and down the other
By Mike Killalea, NSD president President Biden came out swinging in his January 6 speech at Valley Forge, telling the audience that...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Jan 6, 20241 min read


Travis County leaders Howard and Shea, US Senate candidates Keough and Sherman join NSD for info-packed 1/13 Meet & Greet!
By Mike Killalea, NSD president With the holidays in the rear-view mirror, we can turn our attention to politics and governance in this...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Jan 5, 20241 min read


Gerrymandering has Disenfranchised Local Democrats
We knew that Redistricting would be bad for us. But we didn’t know how bad. The Texas Tribune has set up a unique app which compares...
Joan Carney
Jan 5, 20241 min read


Trump goes full-blown Hitler, and it’s scary
By Mike Killalea, NSD president We dislike giving the orange menace any publicity, there have been a plethora of scary story about...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Dec 20, 20233 min read


Countywide voting, machine counting for most ballots in March primary remain in Travis County, despite Republican efforts
The Travis County Republican Party had insisted on limiting voting locations for the March primary, and taking ballot counting back to...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Dec 20, 20231 min read


Beto beats Billionaire
Beto just won his lawsuit against energy billionaire Kelcy Warren, who sued Beto last year for exposing his role in the 2021 power grid...
jjcarney100team
Dec 16, 20231 min read


NSD hosts night for US Senate candidates, Jan 13
Democratic candidates for the US Senate are invited to address NSD the afternoon of Saturday, January 13. The event will be held in the...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Here are the Texas Dems who filed to run in ’24; Blue running strong, contesting more races than eve
The deadline for filing to run in 2024 has passed, and the roster of candidates is available for Lone Star Left and from the Texas...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Help us win the biggest election of our lifetimes
It’s tough to overemphasize the importance of the 2024 elections. Our democracy itself is at stake. Help us fight back against right-wing...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Dec 15, 20232 min read


Beto's Powered By People to organize at grass roots level for 2024
By Joan Carney, NSD treasurer Beto O'Rourke recently announced a new Powered By People campaign focussed on organizing at the grass roots...
Joan Carney
Dec 7, 20231 min read


Travis County GOP threatens to quit joint primaries: Want clock turned back on voting
By Joan Carney, NSD treasurer The Travis County Republican Party has done some crazy things. But this tops the list! They are refusing to...
jjcarney100team
Dec 5, 20232 min read


Texas GOP refuses to condemn nazis, white supremacists, Holocaust deniers
By Mike Killalea, NSD president The Texas Republican Party rejected an opportunity to show it stands against nazis and white...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Dec 4, 20232 min read
Abbott delays Nov 7 vote certification; now lawsuits delay COLA for retired teachers, tax relief
Several lawsuits based on false claims about voting equipment threatens to delay both millions in cost-of-living increases for retired...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Dec 2, 20232 min read


Worried about water levels in Lake Travis? The Panama Canal is dangerously low, too
Worried about water levels in Lake Travis and the Highland Lakes? Don’t forget about the Panama Canal. Water levels in the canal have...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Nov 20, 20232 min read


Singer P!nk, author Connelly, & many others stand tough against book bans
by Mike Killalea, NSD president The amazing acrobatic singer P!nk has us soaring by giving away 2,000 copies of four banned books during...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Nov 19, 20235 min read


US Army pardons 110 Buffalo Soldiers convicted in Jim Crow courts-martial
After more than a century, the US Army has pardoned 110 American soldiers imprisoned and, in 19 cases, put to death for their part in the...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Nov 18, 20232 min read


The more we learn about Mike Johnson, the scarier it becomes
We are learning more about new House Speaker Mike Johnson, and it’s more than a little scary. Johnson, a hard-right Republican from North...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Nov 17, 20234 min read


Sorry, Tip: No politics is local anymore
by Mike Killalea, NSD president Former Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill famously claimed that “all politics is local.” Well,...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Nov 11, 20232 min read


Veterans are people too: Let’s remember that on Veterans Day
by Mike Killalea, NSD president Naysayers not withstanding, the USA has improved significantly since I was a kid. One of the biggest...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Nov 11, 20231 min read
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