Andrew Gillum answered questions from audience members Friday afternoon in a standing-room-only 300-seat theater at St. Petersburg College; he made the connection between the strength of deadly Hurricane Michael and human-caused climate change. Listen: Gillum’s main opponent in the election for Florida governor is Republican Ron DeSantis. Gillum made predictions about how their CNN debate in… Read more »
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Bernie Sanders packs house for Andrew Gillum in Tampa
More than 1,000 people packed into the Armature Works building in Tampa Friday morning to hear 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders rally support behind Andrew Gillum in his race for Florida Governor; Gillum is one of seven Democrats battling for the nomination in the primary election that ends on August 28. Gillum told the crowd… Read more »
Lots of early voting already in the Florida Primary
Nearly 800,000 people have already used early voting in the Florida Primary. Eighteen counties started early voting Monday, but the remaining counties in the state will begin early voting in the next three days. Florida’s primary is Aug. 28. Hillsborough County voting started on Monday. Early voting starts in Pinellas on Saturday, August 18. The Florida… Read more »
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The Case For Impeachment Of President Trump
Coming up today—the case for impeachment of Donald Trump. And later WMNF is offering free air time for candidates. Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Robert Lorei…. Even before the latest revelations about alleged racism and alleged connections to Russian organized crime figures by authors Omarosa Manigault Newman and Craig Unger—there is a long track… Read more »
Six candidates for Hillsborough County Commission District 7
There are seven people running for the open District 7 seat on the Hillsborough County Commission; six of them answered questions from the Tampa Tiger Bay Club in July. On MidPoint, we hear that entire forum with the two Republicans and four Democrats. Green Party candidate Kim “KLARC” O’Connor has also qualified for the election,… Read more »
Hillsborough transportation tax referendum ready for November ballot
In the November general election, Hillsborough County voters will have a chance to increase the county sales tax by a penny in order to fund transportation improvements; at a press conference in East Tampa Thursday morning, the chair of the All for Transportation group, Tyler Hudson, said the tax hike is needed to fund the… Read more »
Will Russia hack the Florida vote?
Senator Bill Nelson: Russia has breached Florida state election systems By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida’s Democratic senator said Wednesday that Russian operatives have penetrated some of his state’s election systems ahead of this year’s midterms, but state officials said they have no information to support the claim. “They have already penetrated certain… Read more »
Little voter fraud found by Trump’s Voting Integrity Commission
Report: Trump commission did not find widespread voter fraud By MARINA VILLENEUVE, Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud, according to an analysis of administration documents released Friday. In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence and… Read more »
Huge concerns about midterm and presidential election security
US officials raise alarm about 2018, 2020 election security By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has directed a “vast, government-wide effort” to protect American elections after Russian attempts to interfere in 2016, the White House said Thursday. Responding to bipartisan criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the… Read more »
WMNF’s Rob Lorei’s videos from the Tampa Trump rally
WMNF’s News & Public Affairs Director and Radioactivity program host Rob Lorei covered President Trump’s rally for Ron DeSantis, one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates. The rally was held at the fairgrounds east of Tampa, Tuesday, 7/31/18. Estimates of the crowd varied from 5,000 to 8,000 attendees. Rob also discussed the rally on his 8/1/18… Read more »
Voter registration in Florida ahead of the primaries
Today was the last day to register to vote/change registration, to be able to vote in the August 28th primary. The deadline for voter registration for the November election is October 9, 2018. There are 12,927,318 people registered to vote in Florida as of June 30, 2018, according to Florida’s Division of Elections: 4,562,533 registered… Read more »
Younger people are looking for younger leaders in midterm elections
AP-NORC/MTV Poll: Young people looking for younger leaders By LAURIE KELLMAN and HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Young people are looking for a change this election season — a generational change. A poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV found that most Americans ages 15 to 34 think voting… Read more »
A New Age Of Protest on Life Elsewhere
The words above are from the opening lines from a piece describing the reaction to and the aftermath of the 2016 election. The writer recounts her experience in the days after on her way to a protest when a man bellows, “Guess who won?” as he grabs for her crotch. She recounts the incident to her father,… Read more »
A new strategy for Libertarian Party of Florida: no statewide candidates
Four years ago the Libertarian Party of Florida ran candidates for statewide office, placing third in races for governor and attorney general; but something changed this year: there are no Libertarian candidates running for governor or any cabinet office in Florida. Why? To find out, WMNF News interviewed Ryan Ramsey, the Bradford County chair of… Read more »
