The maximum $640 subsidy to help middle- to low-income Arizonans pay their electricity bills is less than half of what hundreds of ESA parents spent on new iPhones last year with education tax dollars. And far less than diamond rings, Kenmore appliances and flatscreen TVs.
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕
*All four astronauts went to public schools!
House Democrats fight for teachers and organized labor as Republicans retaliate for walkouts in support of students protesting of ICE running amok in their communities with HB2313.
Arizona House Democrats gathered outside the Capitol in unity with Minnesota after members spoke out on the House Floor Monday.
Videos of their powerful speeches in the face of injustice will be posted soon.
Thank you to Arizona House Democratic Whip Quantá Crews for leading our state representatives in song.
#RIPAlexPretti #RIPReneeGood #AZHouseDems #Minnesota
When I started Moms Demand Action, a quarter of all Dems in Congress had NRA A-ratings. In 2013, five Dem Senators voted against Manchin-Toomey. All five of those Sens lost their job in the next election. Not one Dem in Congress now has an A-rating.
Hold your reps accountable.
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more,
That there her absence roars,
Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles,
Dark fury of flowers,
Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief,
Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater
Of the worst of what we’ve been.
Change is only possible,
& all the greater,
When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
& better angels of our nature.
What they call death & void,
We know is breath & voice;
In the end, gorgeously,
Endures our enormity.
You could believe departed to be the dawn
When the blank night has so long stood.
But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone,
When they forever are so fiercely Good.
I'm not one for New Year's resolutions or any of that, but if I may be bold enough to make a suggestion, read a book, preferably a novel, for just five minutes every night before bed. We know via scientific brainwave studies that it will improve your mental health and give you more empathy.
My wish for you all: May 2026 be your best year yet. 💙
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Barack Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Those were the days we want back.