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National Government
Radioactivity Thursday: Questions about ACA Open Enrollment? Our guest has answers.
November 19, 2020 Open enrollment for Obamacare is now in full swing in Florida, even as the U.S. Supreme Court listened to oral arguments last week on whether the law is constitutional. Florida’s Republican attorney...
Radioactivity Thursday: Strongmen rulers – from Mussolini to Trump
November 12, 2020 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. President Trump and his allies—including most of the top elected Republican officials in Florida are refusing to concede that Democrat Joe Biden has won...
Experts are urging Americans to remain calm as votes in crucial states continue to be counted in a heavily contested presidential election. There’s no evidence of fraud or tampering, despite President Donald Trump’s premature claim...
Tampa Bay reacts to death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg — what’s next for America?
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg died Friday. We spoke with Amy Weintraub, reproductive rights program director with Progress Florida. Listen to the full show here. “I was shocked. I was just heartbroken, I got...
Demonstrators rally in Oldsmar to support the United States Postal Service
Early showers and an overcast sky cooled Tampa Road in Oldsmar as demonstrators gathered for a rally showing their support for America’s favorite federal agency. Oldsmar resident Victoria Cuevas helped organize the rally, held just...
A Self-Isolating Conversation With Dr. Binoy Kampmark
The fourteen-hour time difference hardly seems to matter when you are self-isolating. Days seem to run into each other. Cable news doesn’t help, everyone is jibber-jabbering from their homes via Skype or Zoom, etc. The...
New Book by Former White House Ethics Advisor Documents Presidential Abuses of Power
Radioactivity 3 10 20 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up- a live interview with a former Bush Administration official and a veteran local author who has ten New York Times Best...
New Report Details President Trump’s Massive Conflicts of Interest
Radioactivity March 3, 2020 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— The government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced last Friday that after more than three years of monitoring...
Peter Bergen. Jordan Ellenberg. Tana French. Matilda Mann.
Journalist, author and CNN national security analyst, Peter Bergen’s timely new book, Trump And His Generals reads like an outrageous fantasy thriller, set in Washington DC. The antics of the president and his cohorts as...
Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday ~ things you may not know
WMNF always marches in the Tampa Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. We hope you will join us this year – more information on that is here. We are position #107, and are meeting at...
Several impeachment rallies in Tampa Bay area Tuesday
On Wednesday the U.S. House will vote on whether or not to impeach President Donald Trump; on MidPoint, we talked to an activist who is organizing a demonstration in St. Petersburg Tuesday evening supporting impeachment....
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 11/20/19 from the drop down menu: https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. President Trump’s ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is...
