Lawmakers barred from child migrant facility in Florida By JOSHUA REPLOGLE and BEN FOX, Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused the Trump administration of a “cover-up” after officials denied him entry Tuesday to a detention center for migrant children in South Florida where he had hoped to survey living conditions. Nelson… Read more »
Nine of Florida's Congressional District 15 candidates tussle in Tampa
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Tampa ‘Town Hall For Our Lives’ strictly a Democratic affair
The “Town Hall For Our Lives” organized by the March For Our Lives group along with Town Hall Project took place on Saturday. Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor was in attendance at the Metropolitan Community Church, along with other elected Democrats such as state Senator Darryl Rouson and Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren. Democratic candidates Deborah Bellanti… Read more »
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A Cavalcade Of Curiosities Eclipse An Untimely Death
“With great sadness and a broken heart I have to let know all of Adrian’s friends and acquaintances that he is dead. A bright mind and compassionate soul is gone, he was my beloved son,” Mario Lamo wrote in a post on Facebook. Beyond that brief note, only a few mentions of Lamo’s death have appeared… Read more »
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New Film About Veteran Community Organizer Heather Booth Will Be Shown Tonight in Tampa
Radioactivity 3 22 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— We’ll meet veteran community organizer Heather Booth— who took part in the Civil Rights movement, she was an early a feminist leader and is considered to be one of the country’s most effective progressive organizers. She’s the subject of a new… Read more »
Women’s Show 3/22 March for Our Lives Tampa Bay & “The Union Maid”
#NeverAgain….. #Marchforourlives…. When you went to school, were your biggest concerns grades, tests, friends, the prom? Did you ever worry that you might not go home again? After Sandy Hook didn’t you think, “Never again?” But it happened again and again and after Parkland, Unsurprisingly, the young people are not leaving it up to… Read more »
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MidPoint for Thursday, March 15 – John Judis and Tampa mayoral candidate Topher Morrison
Journalist and author John B. Judis was our guest for the first part of this edition of MidPoint. Judis is an editor at large at Talking Points Memo and the author of The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics. His piece, “The Two Sides of Immigration Policy,” was published in last… Read more »
America’s Longest War: Afghanistan
Radioactivity 2 28 18 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. The longest war ever fought by the US is still going on—it’s the war in Afghanistan. What are the aims of the war—and what will it take for the war to come to an end? We’ll talk with Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Steve… Read more »
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Blake High School Students Plan Walkout Tomorrow to Protest Gun Violence
Radioactivity 2 22 18 Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. After last week’s massacre at the high school in Parkland, high school students from around the country have been organizing walkouts, meetings, protests- calling for laws to protect students from gun violence. This week the Parkland students took part in massive protests and… Read more »
Shootings + politicians + the NRA’s money
Seventeen people were murdered at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida yesterday. It was the 18th school shooting in the US in 2018. It was the first in Florida of the year. 19 year old Nikolas Cruz has confessed to the shootings. He legally purchased the Smith & Wesson M&P AR-15 semi-automatic… Read more »
Public Broadcasting & other funds slashed: military spending increased in proposed 2019 budget
The Trump administration’s proposed 2019 budget eliminates, among others, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), allotting only $15 million for winding up the agency. The CPB provides funding for public broadcasting, such as WMNF, WUSF, NPR, and PBS. President Donald Trump is sending Congress a $4.4 trillion spending plan that provides a huge increase in… Read more »
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Women’s Show 2/8 Winter Fund Drive – YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE. Clips from some of your Favorite Guests
Tomorrow we need to hear from you! You hear from us every week bringing you information, guests, critical topics. From a Woman’s Point of View is a unique show. It is the only program in the Southeast that is by and about women. I would hope that you noticed that I did not say women’s… Read more »
Women’s Show 2/1 ~ Health Care and Gymnastics: the Testimony of Survivors
The State of the Union has come and gone – thank heavens! Tell me, did you know what condition your condition is in? It looks like you’d better. The big money guys – Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffet – are getting into the Health Care Game. We have to get the profit out… Read more »
Congressional incumbents not seeking reelection in 2018 (as of 1/31/18)
Midterm elections usually bring about a number of ‘retirements’ from Congress. Some are running for other seats. According to Roll Call, a non-partisan Congressional newspaper, usually about 22 representatives don’t run for reelection during the midterms. This year the number is 49 (out of 435). Ten of them are running for the Senate, and nine… Read more »
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In the 1920’s the KKK relied on Fake News, Religious Conservatives and Anti-Immigrant Feelings
Radioactivity 1 30 18 Fear of immigrants. It’s been at the center of President Trump’s call to build a wall across the US border with Mexico. And at the center of his attacks on so called Sanctuary cities. And it’s entered into the debate over the future of the so called Dreamers—young who were brought… Read more »
