Is public rail designed to fail? We’re revisiting our favorite public-private partnership (aka privatization) and checking in on the Brightline rail system which seems to be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy after burning through billions of dollars and propping.… Read More »The looming Brightline Bankruptcy: Of course we can’t have a rail system, have you SEEN our rail system?
Two big stories on the docket today: First, Thomas has new reporting on TruthOut.org about how Miami and wide swaths of Florida have become a show-me-your-papers state, where fishing-while-Latino can get you stopped, frisked, and maybe detained. The proliferation of… Read More »LOL you call that a “Free” State? Palantir in Miami and 287(g) agreements in Florida
Florida ain’t goin’ anywhere! Why Are We Like This is back after an extended break, and we’re talking about, well, just a whole slate of goings-on in the Sunshine State during our dark period, picking up with Thomas and David’s… Read More »The WAWLT Big Comeback After 4 Months Off
We’re back with a new season of Why Are We Like This?, and the guys play a round of catch-up on various topics, including the impact of good internet on media professionals, the intersection of sports and politics, the Venezuelan… Read More »Back with Fresh Internet, Doppelgängers and Other Stories
After an extended work/family/pneumonia-driven hiatus the WAWLT Boys are back and we’re getting right into it. Among the topics discussed in our comeback episode: Open-carrying in Publix Charlie Kirk memorial campus streets Fort Myers’ Madison Cawthorne infestation Miami mayoral race… Read More »It’s been a long time, we never shoulda left you… Without some dumb news we did no prep to…
We intended to talk about the so-called Alligator Auschwitz or Alligator Alcatraz Detention Center that opened last week a mere 45 miles from our WAWLT offices at the Dade-Collier Training & Transition Airport in the Big Cypress Preserve. The $450… Read More »In This House, We Call It “Alligator Auschwitz”
Joe Carollo’s “Not Involved in Weaponizing City Government” shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt. On May 30, Thomas and David attended a special City of Miami commission hearing with commissioners Joe Carollo, Miguel… Read More »The Gabela Boatlift, Floridians in Israel, and More
You’ve heard WAWLT episodes before, but have you ever heard a cynically-sold-out-to-a-political-party version of a WAWLT episode? To demonstrate our value and in our effort to chase the “Joe Rogan of the Left” title we played a little game where… Read More »Means-Tested Kisses
Today we’re tackling the real problems facing our magical home city, discussing the viability of election and political reforms across Miami like a new election calendar and district map, as laid out in a recent Miami Herald opinion piece. Our… Read More »How Do You Solve a Problem Like Miami? DISINCORPORATION. feat. Billy Corben
It’s the stupid economy, you stupid idiot. Another week, another spate of economic uncertainty roiling markets and the nerves of our tender tummies. GDP has shrunk (shrank? shrinked?) and while it might SEEM like Florida’s favorite president is to blame,… Read More »Honey I Shrunk the Economy