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National Government
April 6, 2021 Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. When President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law last month it included lots of additional help for people who...
Radioactivity Wednesday: Pentagon “Boondoggle” Flying Over Tampa Bay for the Next Two Weeks
March 17, 2021 Good Morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. The Tampa Bay Times is reporting: “The Tampa Bay skies will be louder than usual this month as MacDill Air Force Base hosts F-35B...
Radioactivity Wednesday: Adam Jentleson on the Filibuster and how it’s Crippling Democracy
February 3, 2021 Good morning. Welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Yesterday Senate Democrats took a first step toward passing a coronavirus relief bill — with or without GOP support. The Senate voted 50-49 to...
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take oaths as President and Vice President
At 11:49 a.m. ET Wednesday, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and was honored by the playing of “Hail to the Chief.” Former President Trump left the White...
Congress votes to impeach Donald Trump for inciting insurrection
The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump Wednesday on the single article of “incitement of insurrection.” Here are the speeches of two Democratic members of Congress before they voted to impeach. Kathy Castor...
Florida’s Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody once served on the board of an organization that sent robocalls asking people to march on the Capitol building last week. Moody is now among many elected officials receiving...
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...
