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Elections
MidPoint for Tuesday, July 25 – Steve Phillips
In guest-hosting for Mark Beiro, Mitch Perry spoke about the future of the Democratic Party with Steve Phillips, author, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and the founder and editor in chief of...
What is the extent of Russian interference in the 2016 election? One month ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington held a hearing on Russian election hacking, and the expert testimony wasn’t all that reassuring....
Ryan Torrens Florida Democratic Candidate for Attorney General
Democratic candidate for Florida Attorney General Ryan Torrens On the first part of Tuesday’s Radioactivty, host Rob Lorei spoke with attorney Ryan Torrens, a Democrat who is running for the office of Florida’s Attorney General....
MidPoint for Thursday, July 6 – Tampa Bay Times Metro columnist John Romano
After writing a sports column for over a decade, the Tampa Bay Times John Romano moved over to the news side in early 2012, where he had the unenviable position of replacing longtime columnist Howard...
MidPoint for Thursday, June 29 – Political analyst Chris Ingram
Chris Ingram, a former congressional aide and current political analyst for Bay News 9, joined us for the entire hour on Thursday. We talked a little about the current mayoral race in St. Petersburg and...
St. Pete moves forward with campaign finance reform
Despite an opinion from city lawyers that it is unconstitutional, St. Petersburg City Council moved ahead this morning with an ordinance that would cap Super PAC donations and limit contributions from foreign interests in city...
Campaign Finance Reform in St. Pete
Constitutional attorney working on campaign finance reform in St. Petersburg and impeaching President Trump Activists in St. Petersburg are attempting to do what’s never been done before anywhere in the country—that is, to place a...
Callers react to speech by Bernie Sanders at People’s Summit
Over the weekend there was a lot of reaction online about the speech by Senator Bernie Sanders at the labor-sponsored People’s Summit in Chicago; we played most of Saturday’s speech on 88.5 FM’s MidPoint Monday...
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...
Trump impeachment supporters will “March for Truth”
A new group that’s calling for the president’s impeachment is planning rallies across the state on Saturday, including in St. Petersburg, Brandon and Sarasota. The St. Pete rally is called “Demand Russia Investigation.” It’s at...
MidPoint for Thursday, May 18 – Political strategist Barry Edwards
St. Petersburg backed political analyst Barry Edwards was our guest. The local St. Petersburg Mayoral race was one of many topics we discussed; Donald Trump’s latest issues. Robert Mueller, Darryl Rouson, Mike Huckabee and the...
Ex-felon rights restoration clinic in Tampa Saturday
After an ex-felon has served his time in Florida, his civil rights are not automatically restored; unlike most states, Florida keeps thousands of ex-felons from voting and a from number of other basic citizenship rights....
