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Hands Off Tampa

Hear Pacifica’s dispatches from Hands Off protests by reporters around the country

Pacifica compiled reports from community radio reporters across the country, including WMNF and WSLR, of Hands Off demonstrations
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Eyewitness account of what happened at the Tampa Tesla protest on Saturday

On WMNF's Tuesday Cafe, St. Pete City Council member Richie Floyd talks about what happens now that the Rays have killed a stadium deal.

Musk supporter attempts to disrupt anti-Tesla protest with fireworks

Tensions flared at a protest against Elon Musk’s actions with the Department of Government Efficiency outside a Tesla showroom in Tampa on Saturday. There were some pro-MAGA disruptors whose actions erupted into physical confrontations. Many...

When Unprecedented Became Precedented

With less than three months into his second run at dismantling democracy, the onetime “reality” TV character and notorious real estate braggart has caused headline writers and pundits alike to constantly label his endeavors as...

The Scoop: Tues. Feb. 25, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Round up of WMNF news headlines including ICE program, DOGE, and Apple shareholders in the attempt to save DEI initiatives.

Tampa Activists United join national day of action in President’s Day protest

About 300 demonstrators representing a coalition of a dozen local activist groups held a protest yesterday in front of Tampa City Hall. According to a press release, their goal was, quote “to denounce Trump’s directives...

The Scoop: Tues. Feb. 11, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Roundup of WMNF news headlines including DOGE, immigration bills, and regional protests.

Tampa Democrat Kathy Castor, others craft bill to limit Elon Musk’s access to treasury info

Listen: Democratic Congress member Kathy Castor is raising concerns about Elon Musk’s access to the sensitive financial info of Americans.  Castor and other house democrats introduced a bill aimed at stopping Musk and his Department of...

Total Eclipse: The agents of disinformation

NASA: Tampa Bay saw about 60% coverage of the sun during the Total Eclipse 2024. Celestial events have the tendency to bring people together and fuels interest in science and truth. Today we stop to...
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Elon Musk is shielded from having to testify in a Florida lawsuit over a 116 mph crash that killed a Tesla driver and a passenger

The lawsuit alleges that a Tesla technician had disabled software that limited the car’s top speed to 85 mph.

The Opinion Of Dr. Binoy Kampmark. The Real Tony Montana(s)?

The learned Dr. Binoy Kampmark, senior lecturer at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia is a frequent and welcome contributor to Life Elsewhere. His regular commentaries for CounterPunch are often the raison d’être to invite the...
WMNF Daily news digest, called "The Scoop"

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Thursday, May 25, 2023

 LISTEN HERE: DeSantis launches pres. bid in botched Twitter announcement Gov. Ron DeSantis’s unorthodox Twitter announcement of his 2024 presidential run didn’t go quite as smoothly as he had hoped last night. Democrats were quick...
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