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US military recruiting targets are rising after Trump election, why Democrats are freaking out over Trump's budget director, GUEST: Let's Go Washington's Brian Heywood, updates the status of two big Legislative bills on statewide initiatives and parental right to know about their kids in K-12 schools, RIP to one of the last Tuskegee Airmen from WWII, GUEST: economist Steve Moore explains why Russell Vaught will be important for the federal budget, GUEST: Sharyl Attkisson, GUEST: Senate Republican Leader John Braun just had breakfast with Gov. Ferguson,  GUEST: St. Rep. Travis Couture -- follow up on his school choice bill and yesterday's hearing.

Trump bans trans-athletes in women's/girl's sports (if the school receives federal money), Marco Rubio clarifies Trump's Gaza "own it" comment, the UN's historically ignorant comment about Trump and Gaza, GUEST: Brian Heywood's latest Olympia update exposes how Democrats are disinterested in protecting parents' right to know about children in schools, "the bullet we dodged by not having Manka Dhingra as our Attorney General", "arrogant and lying" in the Legislature, the USAID-DOGE-Elon Musk backlash among "tolerant Progressives", Black History: David Ruggles early conductor on the Underground Railroad who mentored and helped the most well-known abolitionist, Frederick Douglass;  Children's Hospital update on postponement of 16-yr-old's trans medical procedure, WA OSPI getting more heat over falling test scores as per student spending keeps rising, new polling says 56% of WA disagrees with state spending hikes, why 14% of that 56% in WA matters for Republicans, 18,000+ PSE power outages due to snowy cold weather, London's Science Museum proclaims that Lego are heteronormative.

NFL will remove "end racism" message from end zones, Trump's bold statement about the US "taking over the Gaza Strip" and "owning it", why Trump's comments are a bad idea and won't happen anyway, KC Sheriff gets political on internal e-mail about lifting a 1% property tax cap, Black History: the man who brought us the Super Soaker squirt gun, the mixed reaction on South Whidbey Island to ICE arrest portrayed as 'parent of a school student', CNN reports a 99% chance all Trump's cabinet picks get confirmed, GUEST: Brian Heywood recounts yesterday's State House hearing on bill that would affect signature gathering for statewide initiatives, why Democrats should be demanding DOGE and USAID save as much taxpayer money as possible (hint: Social Security solvency), Seattle Children's hospital postpones 16 yr old girl's gender surgery that was planned to cut off her breasts due to Trump's order on no federal funding for trans/gender affirming care procedures, a long time grift in Washington DC is finally being called to account.

Mark Christopher returns from a snow day, Joe Kent takes counter-terrorism job with Trump White House, the USAID funding drama, Black History Month story about the inventor who inspired the phrase “The Real McCoy”, the ridiculous and outrageous things taxpayers funded via USAID in Ireland, Serbia and Peru; Renton man shot and killed trying to stop car thieves from stealing his car, suspect(s) still at large, how USAID was co-opted by DEI activists in the Biden Admin., El Salvador's President offers to take foreign nationals deported by the US, GUEST: LetsGoWA.com's Brian Heywood reports on a Legislature bill to restrict statewide initiatives, GUEST: president of WA Alliance for Gun Responsibility, Renee Hopkins, supports a gun control bill that Carlson disagrees with, GUEST: Bella Chaffey with Alexander's Hope charity invites you to a 5K fun run in Bellevue this Saturday.

Perspective of a retired Black Hawk pilot after mid-air crash kills 67 near Reagan National, first look at Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, do you know the achievement(s) of Daniel Hale Williams in (Black) American history?, WA 8th grade student test scores: 71% below grade level in math, 69% below grade level in reading, John Fetterman says 'Democrats need to help ICE arrest criminal illegal aliens', with Trump tariffs plan NOW the Seattle Times is worried about impact on consumer prices!,  GUEST: St. Rep. Travis Couture (R--Mason County), his school choice bill, HB 1140, will receive a hearing on Thursday morning at 8 (AM) in the House Education Committee, several good news stories you may not have heard.