July 9, 2020 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity, I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today – we’ll meet another candidate running for the Democratic nomination for Congressional District 15. It’s likely to be one of the most hotly contested races in Florida this November. The primary election is August 18th. Among the contests – a three way… Read more »
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The local leaders of the effort to pass the ERA; A new documentary explores the Taser related death of a South Florida teen
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Mueller says Russia attacked our election system in 2016; Former Elections supervisor Ion Sancho says Russia likely interfered in Florida’s election
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here (Select Wednesday, May 30th in the drop down menu): https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. In a moment we are going to take a deep dive into special counsel Robert Mueller’s public statement about the Russia investigation. We’ll hear from a former supervisor of elections… Read more »
Longtime Supporter of Green New Deal Coming to Tampa This Sunday
Radioactivity With Rob Lorei 05/29/19 Listen Here (Select Wednesday, May 29th in the drop down menu): https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity— Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell yesterday said that if a Supreme Court opening occurs next year—he will hold a vote in the Senate to confirm whomever President Trump nominates. That’s in… Read more »
Fake news shifts for the European Union elections
Fake news changes shape as EU heads into elections By KELVIN CHAN, LORNE COOK and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fake news has evolved beyond the playbook used by Russian trolls in the U.S. election. As the European Union gears up for a crucial election, it is mostly homegrown groups rather than foreign… Read more »
Andrew Gillum slams Florida Legislature for restricting voting rights
The 2018 Democratic nominee for Florida Governor, Andrew Gillum, was on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa Thursday to announce a partnership to register tens of thousands of Floridians before the 2020 election. Many more people are now eligible to vote after Amendment 4 passed last November, reinstating voting rights to most felons… Read more »
Five of the six Tampa City Council candidates debate at Tiger Bay
Election Day is Tuesday in the run-off elections for Tampa Mayor and three city council seats. Five of the six city council candidates answered questions Friday at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. Listen to the forum here. Candidates talked about what they would do to improve schools, justice reform, enhance the arts, add affordable housing… Read more »
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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Understanding The Suffrage Movement on Life Elsewhere
Make no mistake, Sally Roesch Wagner is a force to be reckoned with. Her wonderfully rich voice and her crystal-clear articulation tells you she does not suffer fools gladly. You know immediately as your interview beings that Sally Roesch Wagner is not to be trifled with. Yet, even through a heartless digital connection, you cannot… Read more »
Information for March 12 Elections in Pinellas County
The City of Tampa just had the first round of its municipal elections. Now it’s time for many communities in Pinellas County. Here’s information provided by the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections, Deborah Clark, about the March 12, 2019 Elections in Pinellas. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE: Registered voters in the City of Belleair Beach,… Read more »
City of Tampa municipal election results (spoiler-there will be a runoff)
City of Tampa election results March 5, 2019 is the final day of voting for Tampa Mayor, City Council seats, and 17 charter amendments. Early voting sites were open from February 25 to March 3. You can see WMNF’s coverage of City Council candidates here, and Mayoral candidates here. 21,106, or… Read more »
Hear from ten candidates running for Tampa City Council in Districts 3, 4, 6 & 7
In the past few weeks on MidPoint Monday, we’ve heard from Tampa Mayoral candidates and from City Council candidates in Districts 1, 2 and 5; in this show we heard from the rest of the city council candidates. Ten candidates in four races, to be exact: Districts 3, 4, 6 and 7. There are four candidates… Read more »
Non-partisan League of Women Voters explains the national popular vote compact
There is a national movement to have the results of presidential elections better reflect who actually got more votes; it’s called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Several states have passed laws to instruct their presidential Electors to vote for the person who gets the most votes across the entire country. So far, states representing… Read more »
On MidPoint Monday: Tampa Tiger Bay Club with 7 mayoral candidates
The seven candidates for Tampa Mayor whose names will be on the ballot spoke Friday at Tampa Tiger Bay Club. They are: former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik, City Council member Mike Suarez, David Straz, Topher Morrison, Dick Greco, Jr., City Council member Harry Cohen and former Police Chief Jane Castor. There’s also a write-in… Read more »
Hear from Tampa City Council candidates in Districts 1, 2 & 5
On WMNF’s MidPoint we heard a debate with eleven Tampa City Council candidates in three races: Districts 1, 2 and 5. It was from a Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting on January 18. There are five people running for city-wide District 1 seat currently held by mayoral candidate Mike Suarez. David Loos was not at… Read more »
