March 6 2025, John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

Seattle issues code violation to grocery store trying to prevent shoplifting, SCOTUS ruling goes against Pres. Trump freezing $2 billion in USAID money, (local) news media continues to inaccurately use the word "affordable" when its actually "subsidized" to describe taxpayer funded housing, Tumwater School Board votes to bar transgender athletes from girls sports, Trump gives "final warning" to Hamas, the ways Hamas is more like Nazi Germany, scam alert  for anyone paying taxes in King County, Community Transit driver attacked in Marysville and suspect(s) still on the run, new polling for Trump's national address just released, GUEST: St. Sen. Leonard Christian is opposing a new bill that would create more 'gun free zones' in WA.

 

 

March 5, 2025 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

Trump's loudest applause line from last night's speech was about border security, Congressional Democrats literally could not help themselves during last night's Trump speech, GUEST: ATR.org's Grover Norquist sounds off last night's Trump speech, GUEST: WA St. Rep. Peter Abbarno explains the new "Bad Bills" website,  GUEST: LetsGoWashington.com's Brian Heywood is starting a new statewide initiative to stop the majority Democratic Party shenanigans in the Legislature regarding parental notification law(s), Democrats actually hurt themselves even more with Trump speech behavior and tactics, Michael Moore's flawed logic about ICE arrests, Democratic US Rep. Al Green gets himself thrown out of Trump's speech, Trump's speech includes looooong list of wasteful/agenda-driven USAID spending.

 

 

March 4, 2025: Democrat Degeneracy Has No Limit

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- WA Dems are trying to add mutilation of minors to the state constitution

- City Attorney joins the suit to keep Seattle a sanctuary city

- Zelenskyy caves, Mexico & Canda retaliate with tariffs

- New initiative to defend parent rights in WA

 

March 4, 2025 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

Sen. Patty Murray refuses to attend tonight's big Trump speech at joint Congressional session, why her decision shows that Democrats still aren't learning any lessons from 2024 Presidential election, Democrats' tone-deaf (and reflexive) opposition to Trump tariffs, Academy Award TV ratings drop compared to last year, a Tumwater HS female hoops player refused to play a game against Shelton HS due to a trans athlete, 20,000 illegal aliens smuggled in to the US by one Guatemalan trafficking ring that has just been busted, English as the official American language, Seattle Times ignoring cost of living as it runs political cover for Democrats, an Epstein Files update that you probably weren't expecting, the world's biggest investment firm--Blackrock--is dropping all its DEI & ESG promises for investing in companies, three reliable Democrats rip Chicago and other big U.S. cities for being horribly run and managed by "Democratic" mayors, the economic and political disconnect between REI and its (union) workers.

 

 

 

March 3, 2025: Actions have consequences

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- Zelenskyy keeps digging his trench deeper

- King County cries poverty but has the money for movie studios

- WA Dems want more taxes rather than Fergie's cuts

- Bill Maher destroys Patty Murray

 

March 3, 2025 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

White House face-off between Ukranian President, Pres. Trump and VP Vance still has tongues wagging 3 days later, why Trump pushed back on Ukranian President at the White House, Gene Hackman's pace-maker stopped working 9 days before he and wife were found dead and testing says they didn't die from carbon monoxide, Trump's White House comment about "gambling with WWIII", an Oregon nurse's anti-Semitic screeds on social media saying she'll never care for any Jewish patients she calls 'animals' and 'dogs', criminal activity on the road over the weekend involving an off-duty WSP trooper and street racers in Seattle, INRIX CEO scorches city of Kirkland for approving a 'low barrier' homeless shelter near their office HQ, Kieran Culkin's Best Supporting Actor acceptance speech about his wife and children was the pre-eminent moment from last night's Oscars, US Sec. of State Rubio pushes back on the criticism of Trump over the Zelenskyy face-off, GUEST: St. Sen. Chris Gildon-- reax to the Gov. Ferguson $4 billion spending cut plan (Is this enough or is this just a drop in the bucket?), how Trump turned the Democrats into the party of war, British PM finally says Britain will send troops to Ukraine.

 

Feburary 28, 2025 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

Tesla animosity in Seattle from anti-Trump/anti-Elon Musk partisans, Gene Hackman's death investigation still with more questions than answers after latest police press conference, King Co. Sheriff's pathetic threat to 'de-police' if property tax hikes aren't raised, Gov. Bob Ferguson unveils $4 billion in spending cuts after Jay Inslee's "unsustainable" spending increases, Metro bus security cam footage helped lead to arrest of 15 year-old suspect in triple vehicular assault and hit-n-run case in Seattle, McDonald's restaurant now requires anyone under 21 to show ID without an adult because of crime and general hooliganism, political progressives call for a one-day "buycott" today, Seattle voters got duped in 2014 "Parks District" tax funding approval.

 

February 27, 2025: Times, they are a-changing

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- Bob Ferguson presents his budget cuts

- The Left and the right are furious Dow Constantine might run Sound Transit

- Epstein Files delayed by NY FBI

- The death of Gene Hackman raises questions