The owner of Arlene’s Flower Shop in Richland,WA Baronelle Stutzman, has just filed a counter-suit after State AG, Bob Ferguson, filed a discrimination case against her when she told a customer she wouldn’t sell him flowers for his same-sex marriage ceremony.
John Carlson
Commute with Carlson 5am – 9am
John Carlson
Commute with Carlson 5am – 9am
John Carlson is synonymous with Washington State Politics. Simply put, he is THE conservative voice in Seattle. John is the premiere analyst, political strategist and one of the most successful talk radio hosts in America and now, he’s heard daily on Talk Radio 570 KVI, weekday mornings 5 to 9am.
No, this isn’t John’s first tour of duty on KVI. He first sat behind the KVI microphone in 1993 and has informed, persuaded and entertained KVI faithful on and off for nearly 2 decades.
John also does commentary on KOMO Newsradio three times daily.
Before radio, he was a television commentator on KIRO-TV (CBS) for seven years, for KCTS-TV (PBS) and has written a newspaper column for 18 years. John graduated in 1981 with a B.S. in Political Science Honors Program at the University of Washington. He is listed as one of the University’s 100 most influential alumni of the 20th century.
In politics, John has led three successful statewide initiatives, including America's first "Three Strikes, You’re Out" ballot measure in the early 90's. Violent crime tumbled by nearly 30% in the decade after its passage. John worked briefly in the Reagan Administration in the early ‘80’s before serving as Communications Director for Republican Washington State Chairman Jennifer Dunn.
In the 80's and 90's, John founded and led a successful think tank, The Washington Policy Center, which has received praise from several Presidents and Governors in both political parties for the quality and influence of its work.
John and his wife Lisa have two sons, live in Bellevue and are active in several civic and charitable causes. He enjoys movies, hiking and mountain climbing, and rides Harley Davidsons.
Want some LOCAL conservative talk on the drive to work? It’s the Commute with Carlson 5-9am, only on Talk Radio 570 KVI.
No, this isn’t John’s first tour of duty on KVI. He first sat behind the KVI microphone in 1993 and has informed, persuaded and entertained KVI faithful on and off for nearly 2 decades.
John also does commentary on KOMO Newsradio three times daily.
Before radio, he was a television commentator on KIRO-TV (CBS) for seven years, for KCTS-TV (PBS) and has written a newspaper column for 18 years. John graduated in 1981 with a B.S. in Political Science Honors Program at the University of Washington. He is listed as one of the University’s 100 most influential alumni of the 20th century.
In politics, John has led three successful statewide initiatives, including America's first "Three Strikes, You’re Out" ballot measure in the early 90's. Violent crime tumbled by nearly 30% in the decade after its passage. John worked briefly in the Reagan Administration in the early ‘80’s before serving as Communications Director for Republican Washington State Chairman Jennifer Dunn.
In the 80's and 90's, John founded and led a successful think tank, The Washington Policy Center, which has received praise from several Presidents and Governors in both political parties for the quality and influence of its work.
John and his wife Lisa have two sons, live in Bellevue and are active in several civic and charitable causes. He enjoys movies, hiking and mountain climbing, and rides Harley Davidsons.
Want some LOCAL conservative talk on the drive to work? It’s the Commute with Carlson 5-9am, only on Talk Radio 570 KVI.
Recent stories by John Carlson
North Bend woman stabs home intruder to death (Audio)
King Co. Sheriff John Urquhart joins John Carlson for an in-depth interview on a repeat home burglary case that ends with the intruder being stabbed to death by a female victim. The dead intruder is an employed father of 5 with no criminal history.
Pres. Obama avoids categorical denial about IRS scandal; so what does he know? (Audio)
John Carlson seizes on a subtle, yet critical moment in Pres. Obama’s latest press conference. Pres. Obama avoids answering the first reporter’s question about his knowledge of the IRS.
Plot Twist Irony: IRS tax-exempt director was promoted to IRS ObamaCare division director! (Audio)
ABC News breaks the story that the tax-exempt division director during the years of the IRS/TEA Party scrutiny scandal was ultimately named director of the IRS division on ObamaCare.
A Michigan doctor has created a simulator with electric shocks to mimic the pain women endure during child labor. Now two Dutch TV show hosts have gone viral in a video where they get hooked up to the machine to experience what mom’s do when they give birth.
Immigration reform ad featuring Sen. Marco Rubio filled with falsehoods (Video) (Audio)
Center for Immigration Studies fact checks a brand new TV/radio ad by the American Action Network pushing for support of the Senate “Gang of 8” immigration reform bill (dubbed by some critics the Amnesty bill), S. 744.
Keeping all three Obama Administration scandals straight (Audio)
With the trifecta of scandals dominating US political news coverage--Benghazi talking points cover-up, IRS/TEA Party scrutiny and Justice Dept. seizing Associated Press phone records—it can get confusing and blurry.
Pres. Obama accepts the resignation of the acting IRS director in the wake of the politically charged scrutiny to non-profit TEA Party and conservative groups but John Carlson says that simply isn’t enough for Pres. Obama to withstand this scandal.
NTSB plan would toughen DUI law, lower BAC from .08 to .05 (Audio)
The federally funded National Transportation Safety Board wants states to lower their drunk driving blood alcohol levels (aka BAC) to .05 based on data from European countries that cut DUI cases in half.
Bull dozer rampage-the 911 call (Audio)
Last week’s bull dozer rampage destroyed 4 homes and a ¾-ton pick-up truck in Pt. Angeles, now you can hear the 911 call from the man who had the original confrontation with the bull dozer destruction suspect, Barry Swegle.
A John Carlson change-up: 3 ‘good news’ stories about teen-agers (Audio)
News coverage on 570 KVI and most other news outlets usually involves stories about teen-agers when something has gone wrong. John Carlson finds three impressive stories where teen-agers are showing the work ethic and integrity we’d like to see in all young people.
Seattle TEA Party leader says group still waiting on IRS approval (Audio)
At the center of the latest Obama Administration scandal involving the IRS, Seattle’s Keli Carender with the TEA Party Patriots, joins John Carlson to say her group is still awaiting IRS approval as a non-profit after initially filing for that tax-exempt status back in 2009.
That slam for President Obama doesn’t come from a conservative or right-wing talk show host—no!—it’s NBC News Anchor Brian Williams. John Carlson sifts through the NBC top story framing current IRS and Dept. of Justice scandals as Nixonian while Pres.
Benghazi talking points scandal: Dick Cheney Vs. Barack Obama (Video) (Audio)
Two political power-brokers, Pres. Obama and ex-VP Dick Cheney, give their conflicting accounts of where the fatal Benghazi talking points scandal goes from here.
Olympia’s #2 Democrat defends $1 billion tax hike plan (Audio)
State House Majority Leader, Democrat Pat Sullivan, enters the 2nd day of a 30-day special session and he talks to John Carlson about the battle ahead with the Republican majority Senate caucus and their looming stand-off over raising taxes or cutting spending.
The emerging IRS scandal –requiring conservative political and TEA (Taxed Enough Already) party groups to submit extra paper work and answer extra questions delaying their non-profit status—spotlights the complex new federal regulations that are coming when all the ObamaCare laws are fully implemented
Port Angeles bull dozer rampage stems from neighbor dispute
Four homes destroyed, one knocked off its foundation and one man is under arrest after taking a Caterpillar bulldozer to the buildings. John Carlson hears from a woman who was inside the house when the bull dozer came crashing in and she says she had to run for her life.
The Benghazi investigation news continues to resonate across the Beltway and the nation after last week’s ABC News discovery of 12 different State Department revisions of the CIA talking points.
Cincinnati, OH IRS employees confess to targeting conservative TEA (Taxed Enough Already) groups. John Carlson discusses the disturbing admission and the potential Watergate-style implications for the Obama Administration.
Full Coverage of Latest Benghazi Breaking Coverage & Newly Uncovered E-mails (Audio)
ABC News breaks the story about the US State Dept.’s top lieutenant to Sec. Hillary Clinton revising the CIA talking points about Benghazi. John Carlson spotlights the major focus on this news and Sec.
NBC reporter Lisa Myers tells MSNBC’s Morning Joe that she’s heard from several Democrats over the last 24 hours trying to spin the Benghazi whistleblower’s testimony (Gregory Hicks) and today’s ABC News report about the State Department’s 12 revisions to the CIA talking points will definitely add to that liberal spin
Military and foreign affairs analyst and author, Ralph Peters, reacts to the critical House Oversight & Government Reform Committee by high-ranking staff at the US Embassy in Tripoli.
John Carlson reviews the audio highlights of the House GOP testimony by deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Libya, Gregory Hicks, and the pressure he was under by State Department officials to avoid cooperation with the Benghazi investigation.
Editor-in-chief and former GOP Presidential candidate, Steve Forbes, sits down with John Carlson for an important talk about the US economy. Despite the big push for the Dow Jones Average over the 15,000 mark this week, Forbes says there are two growing concerns for the US economy right now.
Boston bomber burial fight produces what could be the ‘soundbite of the year’ (Audio)
The nearly month-long process to find an agreeable spot to bury the vilified Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev finally comes to a close and it produces what is easily the front runner for the 2013 news soundbite of the year from a Boston woman who has a better burial plan that virtually every American would agree with