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The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
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The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
WaveMakers: Tampa Neighborhoods with Stephanie Poyner
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Read MoreFair Districts Coalition hopes to avoid repeat of Florida’s contentious, gerrymandered 2012 redistricting
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Read MoreAuthor of "American Prison" Discusses Conditions For Prisoners in the U.S.
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Full text of Mueller’s questions and President Trump’s answers from the Mueller Report
From the AP CNN has a link to the redacted Mueller Report here. Robert Mueller’s 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller’s written questions and Donald Trump’s written responses, the only direct exchange between the special counsel’s office and the president. Mueller’s team… Read more »
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The Man With A Very, Very Big Brain
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. Albert Einstein Trump On The Couch, the new book by Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Dr Justin Frank is a deep dive into the mental and emotional state of Donald Trump. No President in the history of the United States has… Read more »
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The Russian Asset
What apparently began as a money laundering operation evolved into something far more ambitious, ending with an either willfully ignorant or inexplicably unaware Donald Trump in the White House, a Russian asset who had become the most powerful man on earth. Using original reporting from CIA and KGB sources, as well as a vast array… Read more »
Florida CFO candidate wants employees of the governor to wait six months before taking another state job
Term-limited Florida Governor Rick Scott has appointed some of his staff members to other government jobs as he prepares to leave the office early next year; the Times/Herald reported that some Scott staffers ended up at the Florida Department of Revenue in jobs they may not have been qualified for. Now, a Democrat running for… Read more »
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Investigative Reporter Greg Palast Says There’s No Proof Widespread Illegal Voting in US Exists
Radioactivity 4 20 18 Today on WMNF’s Radioactivity investigative reporter Greg Palast (The Guardian, The BBC, Rolling Stone Magazine) says that while FOX News and President Trump say that millions of people voted illegally in the last election there is no evidence that is true. In fact he says a trial on the matter currently… Read more »
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts: NOT REAL: Evidence points to Antifa behind deadly Amtrak derailment… Read more »
WMNF will broadcast former FBI Director Comey’s testimony live – here’s a primer
WMNF will be live broadcasting the Comey testimony in front of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee (SSIC), starting at 10am, courtesy of NPR. It is anticipated to be winding up at 1pm. The SSIC will start a closed hearing at 1pm. Former FBI Director James Comey was fired by President Donald Trump on May 9… Read more »
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Women’s Show – Abominable Trumpcare and Sara Paretsky as V. I. Warshawski Rises…..
The time of reckoning… Frustrated? Ashamed? Incredulous? Disturbing? The words fail, don’t they? How did it come to this – that we have a man whose moral and emotional temperament are absolutely unsuitable to be the leader of the most powerful country in the world? When anything is this shocking to a person’s reality, there… Read more »
Legal Scholar Says Firing of Comey Proves Need for Special Prosecutor
Host Rob Lorei spoke with Stetson law professor Louis Virelli to discuss FBI Director James Comey’s firing and President Trump’s suggestion that he might have recorded Comey during their White House meeting. Earlier this week, the President fired the FBI director. The Trump administration had several explanations for the firing, including that it had been recommended… Read more »
