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US declared measles free in 2000, yet more than 1,000 infected in 2025
Edited by Mike Killalea After being declared measles free in 2000, a quarter century later 1,000 people are infected with the highly...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 154 min read
Republicans block women’s equality, enshrine ‘separate but equal’
By Mike Killalea Texas House GOP vote down amendments stating that women deserve equal treatment, defend segregation-era language Texas...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 132 min read


Dems defeat GOP constitutional amendment that would have banned carbon taxes
By Mike Killalea The good guys have been hit over the head plenty in the 119th Texas Legislature, but defeated a proposed constitutional...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 131 min read


Indivisible leaders join The Bulwark
“We need to reach beyond the choir” – Ezra Levin Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg join Tim Miller on The Bulwark to discuss how the movement...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 131 min read


In film ‘Bringing Down a Dictator’ film nonviolent opposition defeats dictator: Playing 5/27, Round Rock
By Mike Killalea Nonviolence and protest work. The award-winning documentary "Bringing Down a Dictator", playing on Tuesday, May 17, in...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 81 min read


Attend Wildfire Preparedness & Mitigation Town Hall, live or online
By Mike Killalea Tonight (Thursday, May 8), : Travis County Commissioner Ann Howard (Pct. 3), Commissioner Brigid Shea (Pct. 2) are...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 81 min read


Lehigh County, PA's $500M pension fund is first to halt Tesla investments
How not to promote your brand By Mike Killalea #TeslaTakedowns and anti-Musk advocacy is working. Most recently, Lehigh County, PA,...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 81 min read


10-yo with autism schools RFK Jr, scolds him for lying
10-yo Teddy calls out RFK Jr's lies about autism before the Princeton, NJ, School Board By Mike Killalea An autistic fourth grader...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 63 min read


Doggett outlines Some Ways Travis County families are impacted by 100 Disastrous Days of Trump
By Mike Killalea A jam-packed audience rallied in Austin Saturday, April 3, and gave the orange felon an F minus for his lousy...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 42 min read


House Bill to force Confederate statues on Texas forever
House Bill to force Confederate statues on Texas forever By Mike Killalea Here’s the worst bill you never heard of, until this solid...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
May 22 min read


It’s time to ‘black out’ stores not meeting America’s standards of fairness and equality
By Mike Killalea Wondering whether boycotts are effective? Tesla is the poster child, and #TeslaTakedown participants cheer at the crash...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Apr 292 min read


Houston-based Avelo joins ‘ICE Air’: Sen Blumenthal to Avelo CEO, ‘You really stepped in it’
Houston-based low-cost Avelo Airlines signed a long-term agreement with DHS to fly human beings snatched by ICE and deported. But “ICE...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Apr 292 min read


Tell your GOP Congressman to support HR 2753, the Hands off Medicaid and SNAP Act
By Mike Killalea Republicans in Congress have just passed a budget blueprint that puts Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential programs on...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Apr 262 min read


On May Day in Austin, we march!
By Mike Killalea On May Day in Austin, we march! Join the Austin May Day March, and show your power over Trump and his billionaire...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Apr 241 min read


Robert Reich reveals the good news amid the bad
Edited by Mike Killalea, NSD president Looking for scarce good news? Robert Reich has some for us. TBH, and fair warning, some items are...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Apr 56 min read


Prosecuting those helping abortion seekers leave state unconstitutional, judged tells AL
Alabama protestors at the state Capitol The state of Alabama cannot prosecute groups that help people leave the state for an abortion, a...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Apr 11 min read


Twin ‘Dildo Bills’ introduced in Lege: FB thinks this news is obscene!
By Mike Killalea, NSD president (Note: I posted this on the NSD Facebook page, as well as my personal page. FB in its not-so-infinite...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Mar 292 min read


Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the rest of the Unamerican MAGAs who have taken over Washington are succeeding in destroying Social...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Mar 263 min read


Join NSD on April 10 for 'Justice, Advocacy, and Equality'
'Equality, I spoke the word, as if a wedding vow' -- Bob Dylan, "My Back Pages" Justice, Advocacy, and Equality: North Shore Democrats of...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Mar 262 min read


John Cornyn, John Cornyn, where art thou?
By Mike Killalea, NSD president John Cornyn, where are art thou? You never call, you never write (well, you did, only to decline our town...

North Shore Democrats of Travis County
Mar 211 min read
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