He's back, and boy does he have some opinions about how to Make America Great Again. That's right, we're once again talking about our favorite invented demographic cohort, the Miami New Guy, who has spent the past few

Joining us is author, amateur mangrove trash collector, and professional Cuban Andrew Otazo, who shares his own experience growing up among Miami New Guys before they became Miami New Guys.

Also: Thomas brings us on a deep-dive into the struggle in Tallahassee between Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature's proposals to make life miserable for undocumented people, and the petty politics animating the fight.

When's a rug not a rug? When it's pulled right out from under ya, ya dummies. Fans of Javier Milei recently learned that hard lesson when they dropped millions of dollars of (presumably not) hard-earned cash into a meme coin fraud sponsored by the famously sister-curious Argentine president. We invited Andres Fidanza, editor-in-chief of El Observador USA, to talk about the curious case of South America's most prominent Milton Friedman acolyte and discuss how it affects the perception of a cunning, brass-tacks, no-nonsense economist when they out themselves as financially incompetent.

You can read more of Andres' reporting at El Observador and follow him on X/Twitter.

In the back half of the episode, we discuss Ron DeSantis' efforts to abolish property taxes in Florida (official vote count on the pod: 1 yay, 2 nays). Then we briefly catch up with two more of our favorite characters in Miami, Joe Carollo and Francis Suarez, who each have their own scandals firmly parked up their asses.

"Nothing Ever Happens" is a classic shit-poster meme about the phenomenon of crisis-based media hype cycles and how we ingest them as people who might not be on the immediate frontlines of the crisis. It's a useful lens for us to examine the onslaught of this month's top headlines, so that's what we do!

Happy MLK Jr. Day!

Happy Inauguration-They're-Gonna-Write-About-In-History-Books-But-For-All-The-Wrong-Reasons Day! The WAWLT Boys return from a protracted break to bring you up to date on America's speed-run into full Florida status.

We talked about the spasmodic, seemingly hourly new developments surrounding the TikTok ban and its implications for a Democratic Party left holding the bag and looking like enormous losers. We went in depth on the "Sunshine Cabinet", a cheery phrase we coined to describe one of the most repulsive collections of depraved animals to take executive power in U.S. history. Finally, we got into some Florida Democrat news and notes, including the diaspora of middling politicos like Susan Valdes, Hillary Cassell and Maureen Porras, who are scurrying away from the failing and flailing party, desperately grasping for their bag and sucking up to the modern MAGA movement.

Your hosts are Thomas Kennedy, Gerald Doherty and David Quiñones. This episode was produced by David Quiñones.

So it turns out Florida -- and every swing state -- wasn't in play after all. Following a tectonic collapse that saw Florida Democrats somehow lose even more ground, we discuss the fallout and what it means for the future of our state, our nation, and the world.

Over the summer, Redfin released a report analyzing rent trends across the country and while the national average ticked up 1%, analysts were surprised to find many major metros across Florida cratering due to increased inventory, slowing migration, and myriad other factors. In this episode, we examine whether this is good news, bad news, or maybe a good news-bad news combo.

We also got into the drama surrounding one of South Florida's weirder State Representative races in Miami Beach and discussed other items on the ballot.

There is a cognitive dissonance when trying to pin down exactly what constitutes a “quality” education in Florida. Is it a critical understanding of the world imparted during your most formative years? Is it technical training and job placement, ensuring your economic well-being into adulthood? Is it a ranking in a defunct magazine that few people actually believe? Or is it the byproduct of a system of patronage designed to reward political allies?

Depending on the day of the week in Florida, it could be any of these.

For this year's deep dive into education, we check up on the organizational health of noted hate group Mom's For Liberty and profile some of the worst actors in the state.

***Here's the Change.org petition we mentioned***

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-great-outdoors-initiative-save-florida-s-state-parks-from-harmful-developments?source_location=tag_

Rising costs associated with so-called special assessments and maintenance have always been a sore spot for Miami homeowners, but add in the recent spate of ill-considered post-Surfside collapse regulations and challenging market trends, and you don't need a named Hurricane to foment a perfect storm.

Fines, evictions, foreclosures, fewer and fewer places for normal people to live. Who will win out in the end? Hedge funds and private equity vultures, feasting on the remains.

***ALERT: Great Outdoors Initiative: At the end of this episode, we talked about this deeply unpopular cash-grab privatization. Seems we weren't the only ones outraged, and with all the negative backlash, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has postponed their scheduled public opinion sessions around the state. We'll let you know when they reschedule.