Archives: Episodes

Trump receives target letter from Biden's DOJ, says they will arrest and indict him over Jan 6 // Ballots are in your mailbox who are we voting for also Seattle is finally clearing a homeless encampment after it went viral for having a pool // Democrats double down on Jew hatred. This isn’t a bug, it’s a feature // Go woke go broke. NY times is slimming down // Dems are always worried about voter intimidation unless they are the ones doing it // Stores in SF chaining up goods // Washington students report cards are in and the results are freaking terrible // Is the Barbie movie woke? // House approves pro-Israel resolution after outcry over Jayapal comments // GUEST: Dr. Raul Garcia, candidate for US Senate

6am hour -- the impressive story of the new movie "Sounds of Freedom" drawing more people than expected to movie theaters, how Democrats are trying to denigrate the movie in a cheap attempt to connect it with QAnon, why Alabama Republican officials seem to be ignoring the important story of Georgia politician Mesha Mainor, a quick history of Democrats and Congressional district gerrymandering, a Seattle tree trespasser has been talking to the tree he's been sitting in for 4 days in an attempt to block the tree from being cutdown for a six-plex, why the tree trespasser "Droplet" should be charged with theft.

7am hour -- an audio clip in the last segment couldn't be heard by KVI listeners, Pramila Jayapal in damage control mode as she walks back her "Israel is racist" comment, some info about why Israel is not a racist state, Jayapal says she's being criticized because she's a woman of color, Gov. Jay Inslee endorses Nick Brown instead of Manka Dhingra for (2024) WA Attorney General, an Oregon serial killer investigation leads to a man given early release/clemency by OR Governor, country singer Miranda Lambert stops her concert to chastise fans in the front row rabidly taking selfies.

8am hour -- a WA married couple may end up having their lawsuit against the new state wealth tax go to the US Supreme Court, Taylor Swift's two Seattle concerts this week are causing local political officials to swoon, the new NEA (teacher's union) president really exemplifies the adage politics is Hollywood for ugly people, GUEST: US Senate candidate Dr. Raul Garcia M.D., why WA needs a championship political team with him running for Senate and Dave Reichert running for governor, Garcia notes that Cantwell hasn't delivered on improving health care, and then there's the failure of Sen. Maria Cantwell to provide leadership on fentanyl and immigration problems, Garcia invokes Ronald Reagan's enduring comments about immigration and walls with doors.

GUEST: US Senate candidate, Dr. Raul Garcia M.D., tells KVI why WA needs a championship political team with him running for Senate and Dave Reichert running for governor, Garcia notes that incumbent Sen. Maria Cantwell hasn't delivered on improving health care, and then there's the failure of Cantwell to provide leadership on fentanyl and immigration problems, Garcia invokes Ronald Reagan's enduring comments about immigration and walls with doors.

An adult human named "Droplet" is sitting in a towering red cedar tree in Seattle's Wedgewood neighborhood, trespassing on a lot where the massive tree was slated to be cut down to build a six-plex. KVI's John Carlson reviews the statement "Droplet" made to a local TV news camera remarking that "Droplet" has been talking to the tree. The discussion includes a thorough examination of the hypocrisy in progressive politics regarding housing supply and building more apartment/condos to address the Seattle-area's very expensive cost of living.

Pramila Jayapal claims she said 'Israel is a racist state' to appease protesters // Ballots are in your mailbox. Its time to take the city back // Kamala Harris thinks we should reduce the number of humans to stop climate change // The right is losing it over Snow White and they are picking the wrong argument // Jay Inslee has made his endorsement for AG, and it's not for who you think! // Deaths of four women over three months are linked, Oregon authorities say; Head of LA police officers union telling them to go elsewhere // GUEST: Jim Walsh // ‘Barbenheimer’ Fever: Meet the Film Lovers Turning ‘Barbie’-‘Oppenheimer’ Double Features Into the Movie Event of the Year // Democrats prepare a vote to censure Rep. George Santos, but why is this coming up today? Could it have to do with comments by Pramila Jayapal // 1 in 3 Seattle residents is considering leaving. Costs, crime are to blame

6am hour -- a trespassing Seattle protester has climbed a giant red cedar at a home lot that was set to be cut down to build a six-plex, the insipid protest underscores Seattle's inability to create more housing supply, Veep Kamala Harris says to fight climate change we have to reduce population, Seattle Congresswoman now apologizing for saying "Israel is a racist state", six people die in vicious car crash on Hwy 509 near Port of Tacoma.

7am hour -- GUEST: Brian Heywood, LetsGoWA.com, upcoming Summer Freedom Fest July 29th in Redmond WA, KVI listeners are invited to attend (for more info see www.LetsGoWA.com), John Carlson will be bringing his Indian Motorcyle for listener pictures, Freedom Fest will be a chance to sign and support six statewide political initiatives to force a statewide vote on recent laws signed by Gov. Inslee, a chocolate lab named Tucker ultimately helped nab a prison escapee on the loose for 8-days in PA, the simple and readily available thing that is better than therapy and medical treatment to combat depression.

8am hour -- today marks the 30th anniversary since Carlson started his show on KVI, more proof that Sound Transit can't deliver what it promises on budget or on-time, KVI listeners share memories of John Carlson's earliest shows in the 1990s, a WA couple may very well get their lawsuit against the new state wealth tax heard before the US Supreme Court next year.

KVI's John Carlson examines the wealth tax lawsuit that could take a Washington couple's case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves Washington's wealth tax signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee which would tax residents based on portfolio or asset value not on a transaction that actually is defined as a capital gain.

U.S. Rep, Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) is now apologizing for saying "Israel is a racist state" as she tried to mollify pro-Palestinian activists at the progressive Netroots Nation conference in Chicago, Illinois on July 13-15th.

Support for US-Ukraine alliance divides 2024 GOP hopefuls at Tucker Carlson forum // Dan Strauss busted lying on campaign material // California Assembly passes bill on child trafficking // 'American Idol' winner apologizes after keeping hat on while performing national anthem // Help stop legalized kidnapping and sign R-101 to repeal SB5599 // Another retailer is bailing on San Francisco // Proof that gun control legislation doesn’t work // Fake News Friday // Lars Larson unleashed

6am -- Lake Washington drivers be warned this weekend: construction closures on 520 and an over-night closure of EB I-90, Gov. Jay Inslee's pathetic blame game of oil companies as WA now suffers the highest gas prices in America, dramatic search turns into risky arrest of felon with warrants who fled Pierce County Sheriff's deputies near Eatonville, in the "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems" file...we offer you this story about Yellowstone star, Kevin Costner; inflation talk, why Kamala Harris is lying when she says guns are the #1 cause of death for "children".

7am hour -- GUEST:WPC's Todd Myers responds to Gov. Jay Inslee's claims that "rapacious" greed by oil companies is responsible for WA having the most expensive gas prices in America, Inslee's failure to understand the very statistic that he's citing about the price of gasoline, how the WA gas prices right now are all connected to Inslee's new "cap and invest" law on carbon emitting businesses, some candid talk about school districts and gender identity from a parent with a trans child, a Denver CO school principal tries to get student with violent criminal past (attempted murder charge) expelled but gets fired for doing so over claims the principal is racist against the student of color,

8am hour -- four great reasons to be happy, some candid moments with an underdog Republican candidate for US President, triangulating political opportunism and the political viewpoints of the Seattle AAPI community, refuting the deceitful claims by WA Gov. Jay Inslee about why WA has the highest gas prices in the US, GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, examines yesterday's new report on US inflation and "Bidenomics", "the left putting lipstick on this pig of an economy they've created".