RunawayDanish

Yeah I know that feel. Hang in there pal, fight's not over yet.

That's a very, very good point.

i think they're gonna have trouble pricing us out of existence using a vetoed bill.

sorry, this comment feels a lot meaner than i think it should be. im glad you're providing accurate updates and information, i just get kind of worked up about people being so pessimistic about the uncertain future.

Kate Hobbs, the current governor of Arizona, has a Veto Record that has been historic in its consistency and volume (here's just 2024's veto record as of March 5th). Having Vetoed over 140 bills, the woman's capacity to kill bills once they reach her desk cannot be understated. Her record of veto is inconsistent in regards to certain bills such as those influencing the affordable housing situation in Maricopa County (the county that Phoenix, Az is within), so healthy skepticism of Arizona Democrats is important to maintain. We can't even get this kind of consistency out of our Senators though (both Democrats), as Senator Sinema has recently turned 'independent' and largely abandoned any hint of progressive politics. Governor Hobb's letter on the matter illustrates how brief the consideration was for her office, and plenty of non-government interest-specific organizations deserve credit and will receive none (Such as 404 Media, or even FIRE, a free speech advocacy organization), as you might guess, they weren't essential actors in the decision making process.

So within Arizona, you have to be able to ignore what is said and tease out what is meant. We're currently facing a near-total ban on Abortion and moderate Republicans are saying shit like "we only wanted a 15 week limit", and closing Az State legislative sessions early as Democrats boo them. The two-facedness of Az Politics is one of a purple state caught between extreme demographic and class division, our current Democrat Governor is in a tough spot to win over Moderates in the historically Conservative regions of the state too. Crises of housing affordability, water scarcity, and border security are a dime a dozen and Arizona is a conventional case study in how Ideology is often a nice looking skirt you have to lift before you find out how ugly their mangled Political bush is.

I want to encourage you to seek out your own path, as my content clearly isn't for you and doesn't help. You can avoid my stuff with a block (in theory, I believe Cohost's team implemented that), and I advocate readily for people to customize their experience online. But please, don't mistake my flat tone for pessimism, you'll know my version of pessimism when you see it because it involves illustrative analogies involving mountains of corpses, rivers of blood, and the infinite psychic pain of existence.