Why Are We Like This‪?‬ Why Are We Like This?

This week we are reviewing the latest film from Alex Garland, Civil War, and considering what it would take to get this wonderful, fully functional, definitely real country to descend into the kind of madness where violent rural weirdos embrace guns as a cultural identity.
We also touched on friend of the show Billy Corben's brief run to lead the Miami-Dade DEC, among other topics.

Beginning in May, abortion will be effectively banned in Florida with a strict new law making the six-week mark the limit for those seeking care. However, voters will have the chance to vote on Amendment 4 in November to codify abortion throughout the state, and organizers are amping up to get the vote out.
Dani Martens, a reproductive rights advocate and expert, helps us break down the implications of the ballot amendment from a services and political standpoint.
For those seeking abortion care or support for their procedure ineedana.com.
The "Yes on 4" campaign is active and needs your support. Follow them on social media:
Yes On 4: floridiansprotectingfreedom.com
Twitter: @yes4florida
Insta: @yes4florida
Facebook.com/yes4florida
YouTube: @yes4florida
Also, if you can, please contribute to these local abortion funds:
Women’s Emergency Network: https://www.wenfl.org/
Florida Access Network: https://www.flaccessnetwork.org/
Tampa Bay Abortion Fund: https://tbafund.com/
EMA: https://emawpb.org/

In the first half of this episode we catch up with our friend Jordan Zakarin and talk about the media narrative around squatting, the eclipse, Florida's future, and more.
Then, we talked with another friend, Yareliz Mendez Zamor from the Florida Immigrant Coalition about the Florida Supreme Court's ruling that will put abortion on the ballot this year, and how women's health issues intersects with immigration.
Don't forget to subscribe to Jordan's Newsletter at progressreport.substack.com. Also, visit FLIC at floridaimmigrant.org.

It’s a familiar story: Haiti is currently experiencing extreme social strife, and the opportunists are lining up to take advantage. We talked with Florida Immigrant Coalition co-executive director Tessa Petit about her home country’s history as a target for the Western powers and how Florida and Ron DeSantis are using the current conditions as a pretext for even more anti-immigrant legislation. 
You can visit Haitians Who Blog to stay updated on the latest, and follow FLIC on Twitter for more updates.

We spent this week talking about the endless supply of disarray that the Florida Dems seem almost preternaturally capable of concocting around their wheezing party, this time in the form of a completely manufactured controversy wherein our state party has suspended the chairmen of three county parties, including Democrat strongholds Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. Among those suspended is friend of the show Robert Dempster. We talked about what a disastrous strategic move this represents for any Democrat prospects in Florida as we stare down an election cycle that looks less and less hopeful for the party.
From there, we talked about the flat circle of time that is Super Tuesday, which left us with the completely shocking Trump-Biden matchup that nobody could have seen coming.
Also... Thomas thought Dune 2 was mid, and Gerald didn't see it.

We welcome back Jason Garcia (@jason_garcia), the publisher of Seeking Rents, for a discussion about State Sen. Linda Stewart's recent scandal wherein she was caught advancing industry-written legislation that would prevent Orlando being able to rein in taxpayer spending on Visit Orlando.
Jason stuck around to guide us through the Florida legislative session and we wrapped up talking about the FII Priority Miami conference.