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GUEST: Bellevue Police spokeswoman, Meeghan Black, updates the medical progress of a Bellevue PD motorcycle officer injured during VP Kamala Harris motorcade in Seattle a week ago, "very long recovery ahead of him" after falling 50 feet off his motorcycle from the freeway on-ramp on to I-5,

"he has a guardian angel" for him to survive that fall, "nothing short of a miracle" for officer Kevin Barretta's (check spelling) condition, the officer has 3 sons under the age of 5, the BellevuePoliceFoundation.org is coordinating monetary relief for Barretta's wife and family for a recovery fund.

Washington's San Juan County, encompassing the major islands of the Salish Sea, will now pay government employees full time pay for a 32 hour work week. KVI's John Carlson examines this new employment policy after a union contract is finalized for county workers. The inexplicable math that accompanies this switch to a 32-hour work week.

Pres. Biden's Maui visit after horrific wildfire carnage ranges from shaky to downright embarrassing. KVI's John Carlson compares the favorable media coverage of Biden's Maui visit to how the press corps pilloried Pres. George W. Bush over a picture from Hurricane Katrina.

6am hour -- guerilla journalist exposing Anti-fa proclivities in Portland OR (and beyond) just won a $300,000 judgement against defendants who beat and attacked him, the Thurston Co. Sheriff candidly criticizes the judge for the no-bail decision on the 18-yr-old suspect, Insleenomics: Seattle-area residents are facing the steepest increases in electricity bills and a spike in natural gas prices in the last 10 years, NE Seattle Little League team wins again--now into the quarter finals.

7am hour -- the two whole sale changes Vivek Ramaswamy would make to federal bureaucracy if he wins the 2024 US Presidential election, how the 38-year-old Ramaswamy will shape the 2024 campaign even though he most likely won't win the nomination, how Ramaswamy's predilection for the Monroe Doctrine (foreign policy) will be impossible to uphold, more legal and political scrutiny for WA AG Bob Ferguson after he sued Value Village, a California librarian tries to shut down a former college athlete speaking about biological born males competing in women's or girls sports.

8am hour -- GUEST: digital journalist and homeless industrial complex watchdog, Jonathan Choe, tracks the court case today of a stabbing suspect on Seattle light rail who stabbed an Asian passenger 20 times in unprovoked attack, passengers had to intervene to stop the stabbing on the light rail train near Beacon Hill, "streets have become the new (mental health) asylums", ferry staffing problems and the legacy of Gov. Inslee's sever over-reach on his COVID vaccine mandate, the Seattle Firefighters union endorses two challengers in key city council races putting tougher scrutiny on to two crime-and-drug-addicted-homelessness enabling incumbents, we're now learning that the plea deal for Hunter Biden that just got scraped was even more lenient than previously reported.

An 18-yr-old stolen car and high speed chase suspect is given no bail by a Thurston County judge after two chases just outside Olympia. The Thurston Co. Sheriff candidly criticizes the judge for the no bail decision on the 18-yr-old suspect from Puyallup. The one thing KING 5 omitted from this story about the 18-yr-old suspected stolen car thief.

GUEST: digital journalist and homeless industrial complex watchdog, Jonathan Choe, tracks the court case today of a stabbing suspect on Seattle light rail who stabbed an Asian passenger 20 times in unprovoked attack, passengers had to intervene to stop the stabbing on the light rail train near Beacon Hill, how Seattle "streets have become the new (mental health) asylums".

The two whole sale changes Vivek Ramaswamy would make to federal bureaucracy if he wins the 2024 US Presidential election, how the 38-year-old Ramaswamy will shape the 2024 campaign even though he most likely won't win the nomination, how Ramaswamy's predilection for the Monroe Doctrine (foreign policy) will be impossible to uphold.

Is the latest DCEU movie woke? Ari's review of Blue Beetle might surprise you.

6am -- M's and Julio Rodriguez are on a tear right now changing the MLB playoff landscape, Trump's statisically stronger right now in the presidential campaign than he was in 2020, a total of 1063 Canadian wildfires burning as of Friday, a chemical company CEO speaks bluntly about innovation/carbon emissions and the economy, NY Times editorial guest (from Portland OR) says she'll be asking all prospective dates if they believe in and support climate change.

7am hour -- GUEST: candidate for US Senate, Raul Garcia M.D., talks COVID and what you need to know heading in to the fall months, Seattle Mariner breaks 123 year-old record with hitting hot-streak last week, an example of human gullibility and social media, Chewelah WA neighbors show powerful appreciation for all volunteer fire-fighting department, Seattle fatal mass shooting at hookah lounge kills 3 and wounds 6 with disturbing lack of info about any suspects being arrested for the killings.

8am -- what's the upside to Trump participating in this week's Presidential candidate debate with fellow Republicans, liberals love to roast Trump over honesty problems but over-look many Democrats (like Inslee, Schiff, Abrams or Biden) who like just as much as Trump does, GUEST: attorney Anne Bremner explains the legal odyssey that struck down a Milton WA murder conviction and turned it into a plea deal instead after a 25-year-old woman was shot and killed by an enraged ex-boyfriend, the story of a 110-year-old "super Centenarian" who gives advice for how to live a long life "Speak your mind and don't hold your tongue".

KVI's John Carlson and candidate for US Senate in Washington, Raul Garcia M.D., discuss the possibility that mask mandates could return in fall or winter of 2023/24 if COVID cases rise.