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GUEST: WA initiative sponsor and organizer Brian Heywood reports that new polling in heavily Democratic Puget Sound counties are getting 65-80% support--like the WA police pursuit law reforms, the "sneaky tax" on carbon approved by Gov. Jay Inslee, the effort to repeal Inslee's LTC payroll tax program, an initiative that gives parents information about what their children are being taught or told about sexual/gender identity, for more information go to the campaign website: "letsgowa.com", a July 29th "freedom fest" in Redmond WA is being planned with more specifics to be announced shortly.

Cocaine found in the White House was in a different location than previously reported, sources say; Federal prosecutors are filing charges against a Kirkland man found with twenty-thousand fentanyl pills and other drugs in his car in the parking lot of Seattle's Cleveland High School // GUEST: Dawn Land with R 101 to reverse SB5599 law on preventing parents from knowing about gender affirming decisions and/or medical care by minor child // GUEST: Lars Larson // Ketanji Brown Jackson made 'mathematically absurd claim' on Black newborns; All-Star Week is underway in Seattle and yesterday city crews mobilized to finish cleaning streets in SODO next to the stadiums. Now, the area is cleared and "no-parking" signs are up. But there are concerns on whether or not it will stay this way // Seattle hosts MLB All-Star events with affordable fan experiences at Capital One Play Ball Park; Some former Seattle Mariners have taken on the role of "ambassadors” for the game, including seven time All-Star, Edgar Martinez and A group of local little league baseball players and their families got a special preview of some of the All-Star Game festivities // Payrolls rose by 209,000 in June, less than expected, as jobs growth wobbles GUEST: Steve Moore joins John to discuss // Shootings and drive-bys have been terrorizing a neighborhood in South Seattle... and the people who live there say it's only getting worse // EXCLUSIVE: John is joined by candidate for Washington State governor, Dave Reichert and candidate for US Senate, Dr. Raul Garcia to talk about their respective platforms and why Washington state deserves better // UPS workers threaten a strike after contract talks break down // Where are King County’s homeless residents from? GUEST: Mike Solan, President Seattle Police Officers Guild joins John to discuss he details

EXCLUSIVE: John is joined by candidate for Washington State governor, Dave Reichert and candidate for US Senate, Dr. Raul Garcia to talk about their respective platforms and why Washington state deserves better

GUEST: Dawn Land with R 101 to reverse SB5599 law on preventing parents from knowing about gender affirming decisions and/or medical care by minor child. For more information, go to Reject5599.com

Where are King County’s homeless residents from? GUEST: Mike Solan, President Seattle Police Officers Guild joins John to discuss he details

Show topics: Seattle’s All-star game shenanigans // Teresa Mosqueda is ticked off she didn’t get the times endorsement after defunding the police, backing Antifa and scaring off Amazon… gee Ari wonder why // The White House is now changing where they found the cocaine. Are they trying to blame kamala? // Ben & Jerry’s stock takes a dive over their anti-American comments // Pete Buttigege is in town and everyone put on their finest // CA reparations crowd wants to get rid of child support for black residents // Twitter threatens to sue Meta over “Threads”… Can we do the cage match instead?

The man accused in a random stabbing on the Fourth of July at a Capitol Hill gas station has been arrested twenty eight times // White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found, but Big Mike thinks he knows who it was // Air Quality across the Puget Sound remains in the moderate to unhealthy range; 'Leave or be towed': City officials warn remaining RVs in SODO to leave as MLB All-Star Week looms // GUEST: Lars Larson // HUGE NEWS! Former U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert enters Washington governor race as Dr. Raul Garcia announced he's be running for US Senate. They will both join John Friday at 8:05 with more details // This is why mass transit is always losing money: King County Metro and Sound Transit will be FARE FREE Monday, July 10 & Tuesday, July 11 for the two busiest days of the event: Home Run Derby & MLB All-Star Game // Washington State Imitates California - The Evergreen State now has the country’s highest gasoline prices, and Seattle may tax capital gains // A ten year old boy escaped serious injury - despite being shot three times during a shootout at an apartment complex near Wild Waves in King County // The man accused of shooting and killing two people at the Gorge campground has appeared in court again // Zuckerberg says Threads, Instagram's new Twitter-like app, launched with 5 million users; Elon Musk responds // GUEST: Brandi Kruse, host of UnDivided joins John to talk about a meet & greet Friday. July 7th 3-6 pm in Enumclaw to sign R-101 to reject SB 5599 // John talks about the US Politics Pre-2024 Elections panel tonight from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum. More information available at folioseattle.org // "I Am Not A Dress": A poem in defiance of transgender ideology and the erasure of women is making its rounds on the Internet

GUEST: Brandi Kruse, host of UnDivided joins John to talk about a meet & greet Friday, July 7th 3-6 pm in Enumclaw to sign R-101 to reject SB 5599

Show topics: Ari shared what the 4th July reminded him of this year // Pro homeless activists are trying to make Seattle look like crap for the all-star game // There was cocaine in the White House // Ben & Jerry’s offers the dumbest take on July 4 // King County makes it so you have to take cash as businesses deal with spiking crime // As predicted, safe lots are failing in San Diego and now they are going ahead with them in Seattle // GUEST: Ari talks high gas prices with WA State Senator Chris Gildon // GUEST: Dio Boucsieguez, Chair of the recall Josh Binda campaign, joined Ari to discuss the latest with the recall // Is Seattle ready for all-star game? // Bad July 4 takes

Burien's 100th Annual Independence Day Parade route changed course to avoid homeless tents // Cocaine found in White House sparks brief evacuation // Major League Baseball's All-Star Week is almost here and work is being done on multiple fronts in preparation, but a battle may be coming over RV homeless encampments near the stadiums in Seattle // GUEST: Lars Larson // Supreme Court affirmative action decision reveals Democrat hypocrisy // Panic! At the Amusement Park - Roller coaster riders stuck upside down for hours at Wisconsin festival, and new questions have emerged on the safety protocols for North Carolina's Carowinds amusement park after video was captured showing a beam supporting one of the roller coasters appeared to split, leaving the track dangling precariously as the ride's cars raced by // Philadelphia mass shooting suspect charged with 5 counts of murder and other offenses; Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions, according to an ABC news poll // Dave Reichert enters 2024 race for Washington governor. What does that mean for the 2024 WA governor’s race? // Members of the "squad," among the most liberal members of Congress, were not in a celebratory mood on the Fourth of July, claiming the Declaration of Independence was written by "enslavers," Americans are standing on "stolen land," and reparations should be given to descendants of Black slaves // Ben & Jerry's Independence Day message calls for ‘stolen indigenous land’ to be returned to Native Americans