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When It Comes to Wasteful Pentagon Spending, Congress Offers Little Oversight
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Or follow this link and select 01/23/20 from the drop down menu: https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: On Radioactivity today we’ll look at one area of government spending which gets little scrutiny. ...
“It’s plain as day the president has betrayed his oath of office,” says Rep. Kathy Castor
WMNF News asked Congress member Kathy Castor for her thoughts on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump; Castor is a Democrat representing the Tampa area and says that Trump “abused his power in trading...
“We the People March” planned for St. Petersburg
A group that thinks that the Trump administration is a “threat to our democracy and values” will hold a major rally and march in Washington, D.C. later this month. There are dozens of solidarity marches...
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 08/16/19 from the drop down menu https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning- welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—in the wake of recent mass shootings in Gilroy, California, El...
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 08/15/19 from the drop down menu https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up—we’ll answer your questions about Social Security. When is the best...
Do we really have free speech in the US?
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 08/13/19 from the drop down menu https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— Yesterday marked the second anniversary of Charlottesville where far right...
Radioactivity with Rob Lorei Listen Here: Select 08/09/19 from the drop down menu https://staging.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/ Intro: Rob interviews investigative journalist Kim Zetter, author of the VICE News investigative report: “Florida Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed...
Liberal group confronted by Trump supporters outside Vern Buchanan’s Sarasota office
Last week groups of conservatives and liberals faced off outside the Sarasota office of Congress member Vern Buchanan. The tense, but non-physical, confrontation was first reported by the Herald-Tribune. To find out what happened, WMNF...
Florida Bar won’t dismiss complaint over Rep. Gaetz tweet
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Bar disciplinary investigation will continue into a tweet sent by Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Gaetz is a strong supporter of...
Full text of Mueller’s questions and President Trump’s answers from the Mueller Report
From the AP CNN has a link to the redacted Mueller Report here. Robert Mueller’s 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller’s written...
St. Petersburg demonstration demanding release of full Mueller report
Democrats continue to pressure the Justice Department to release the entire Mueller report without redactions; on Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee approved subpoenas for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Russian interference in the 2016...
Law professor talks about Barr’s summary of Mueller report
On Friday special counselor Robert Mueller submitted to the Attorney General a report of his team’s two-year investigation of possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia and whether Donald Trump obstructed justice. Then on...
