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No charges for Biden after Special Counsel probe into improper handling of classified documents - too senile to be prosecuted, apparently // SODO businesses threatened by persistent RV encampments despite safety promises // SCOTUS hears arguments on removing Trump from Colorado ballot // Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin to air on Thursday evening // WA Dems move to drastically increase property taxes // Commissioner Rene Gonzalez stops using TriMet after allegedly being ‘accosted’ on MAX train // A therapist walked away from her job in mental health because she refused to approve gender transitions for teens. Tamara Pietzke joins Ari to tell her story // Join 570 KVI for the annual Alexander’s Hope Valentine’s Day Dash in support of organ donation awareness and the screening of youth for undiagnosed heart conditions in Redmond on Saturday, February 10, 2024! Bella Chaffey joins Ari to discuss the details // Mount Baker preschool begs Seattle to remove nearby encampment

* the willful ignorance of Seattle housing activists who want to impose a millionaire payroll tax for more subsidized affordable housing, flawed logic from a Seattle environmental writer and podcaster is so endemic of the political left--especially in Seattle--who don't understand basic economics, its been a helluva (embarrassing) week for Pres. Biden, "None Of The Above" has a big day at the Nevada primary, GUEST: Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison tackles the city's graffiti and organized retail theft problems, GUEST: US Senate candidate and ER doctor, Raul Garcia M.D. gives his plan to address both the demand side and supply side of the fentanyl crisis that incumbent Maria Cantwell has failed to fix, the double-digit enrollment drops in Bellevue schools after COVID restrictions and social justice activism in the classroom, US Rep. AOC says we need unlimited illegal immigration to keep Social Security solvent, GUEST: Alexander's Hope charity fun run organizer Bella Chaffey, invites KVI listeners to join in Bellevue this Saturday *

Senate tanks immigration, foreign aid spending package after GOP backlash against border provisions // Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is 'hurting' them // Nikki Haley loses Nevada primary to 'None of These Candidates' // Recording Academy CEO honors Oct 7 Nova music festival victims at 2024 Grammys // Bellevue residents slam officials for letting Hamas supporters take over streets // Portland struggles with increasing retail thefts // Rep. Travis Couture files bill to protect kids from fentanyl. He joins Ari to discuss the details // Kent Mayor Dana Ralph joins Ari to talk about two pieces of legislation after testifying for them // House Republicans speak out against bill to allow incarcerated murderers and rapists to serve as jurors, vote, run for office. Rep. Greg Cheney joins Ari to discuss the details

* Democrats join Republicans in unanimous votes on two 'get tough' crime bills in the WA Legislature * 4 month Gaza ceasefire proposed but all of the proposals which tend to reward Hamas hostilities * UW professor says Seattle Times climate agenda story is "fear mongering" * public vs. private school comparison in Bellevue WA * unstable soil will delay Sound Transit Light Rail opening in Federal Way by two more years to 2026 * numerous auto industry reports show how car makers are backing away from EVs in favor of hybrids which are more affordable * Black small business owners candidly say they were better off economically under Trump than Biden * the selective enforcement of law breaking by WA's Top Cop: AG Bob Ferguson *

City of Seattle will pay for 3-week hotel stay for Venezuelan refugees // Washington State Patrol to recommend charges against anti-Israel activists that blocked Seattle freeway // Joe Biden tells crowd he recently met with a French president who died in 1996 // Actress Gina Carano sues Disney for wrongful termination and 'millions in lost income' // Ari torches the Seattle Times over hit pieces over initiatives // Gavin Newsom is sending 120 California Highway Patrol officers to Oakland to crack down on 'alarming' crime surge // Congressman Adam Smith (D) joined the show to discuss if the US should continue funding UNRWA after a bombshell report revealed that 10% of the organization were Hamas members // Michigan jury finds school shooter's mother, Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter // BREAKING: 4 Republicans Vote Against Impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas // 35th District lawmakers frustrated after majority refuses to hear vital bill on sexually violent predators. Rep. Dan Griffey joins Ari to discuss the details

* RIP Toby Keith at 62 and his concert impact on the Tacoma area* the latest political agenda launched by The Seattle Times * Jeff Bezos reportedly selling $8+ billion of Amazon stock and the timing of the transaction should send a message to WA Democrats * Senate 'immigration' bill is cratering as Republicans withdraw support * Clallam Co. crashed car suspects flee when police arrive and leave behind two toddlers in the crashed vehicle * WSP refers criminal charges for six Gaza ceasefire protesters who blocked I-5 in Seattle * economics from people who don't understand economics * GUEST: UW Professor Cliff Mass says he's getting tired of setting the record straight about bogus and over-stated claims about Cascade snow pack and climate change agendas * solution for Seattle's on-going graffiti problems *

Ari Hoffman subs for John Carlson:  sorting out the Senate "immigration" bill that includes $10 billion in aid for Israel and separate money for Ukraine,  WA Legislative Democrats spent $340 million in COVID relief money on $1000 checks for illegal aliens, AG Bob Ferguson's tone deaf complaint about price of groceries if Kroger and Safeway/Albertson's merge, Houston man poses as minor to lure convicted pedophile and then shoots and kills the convicted pedophile,  SF school paid $250K for "Woke Kindergarten" social justice program and test scores actually dropped lower , Hamas declines a 4th cease-fire proposal, Bellevue City Council meeting tonight after mayor and city manager denied allowing Gaza cease-fire protest to block traffic a week ago, the wild tale of a military missile found in a Bellevue garage that was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the Kitsap Co. 911 Director resigns after being arrested in pedophile sex sting in King County, GUEST St. Rep. Jim Walsh tells KVI that WA Democrats want car tires to be more environmentally friendly to help salmon but the different tires might not brake/stop as safely as current tires, "its a solution looking for a problem".

PLUS, Ari and Mike review the new movie ARGYLLE

GUEST: Sen. Jeff Wilson joins Ari to discuss what the defeat of the signature-gatherer bill. Is there an ‘attitude problem’ about initiatives?

Ari Hoffman subs for John Carlson:  sorting out the Senate "immigration" bill that includes $10 billion in aid for Israel and separate money for Ukraine,  WA Legislative Democrats spent $340 million in COVID relief money on $1000 checks for illegal aliens, AG Bob Ferguson's tone deaf complaint about price of groceries if Kroger and Safeway/Albertson's merge, Houston man poses as minor to lure convicted pedophile and then shoots and kills the convicted pedophile,  SF school paid $250K for "Woke Kindergarten" social justice program and test scores actually dropped lower , Hamas declines a 4th cease-fire proposal, Bellevue City Council meeting tonight after mayor and city manager denied allowing Gaza cease-fire protest to block traffic a week ago, the wild tale of a military missile found in a Bellevue garage that was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the Kitsap Co. 911 Director resigns after being arrested in pedophile sex sting in King County, GUEST St. Rep. Jim Walsh tells KVI that WA Democrats want car tires to be more environmentally friendly to help salmon but the different tires might not brake/stop as safely as current tires, "its a solution looking for a problem".

U.S. military airstrikes struck more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria // BREAKING: Seattle's right to enforce controversial graffiti laws restored by Court of Appeals // 150 House Dems Vote Against Bill For Deporting Non-Citizens Convicted Of DUI // Carl Weathers, Actor from Rocky, Predator and Mandalorian, Dead at 76: 'An Exceptional Human Being' // GUEST: Brandi Kruse joins Ari for our weekly update on the Washington Legislative session // Fed-up members of the Eagle Pass community share how the damage of illegal immigration goes far beyond the border. Julio Rosas joins Ari to discuss the details // Democrats reject sixth request by House Republicans for public hearings on citizen initiatives. Rep. Peter Abbarno joins Ari to discuss the details

* the enduring mystery of why Ground Hog's day is actually a thing * quiz question: what % of Americans live pay-check to pay-check? * after 7 highway shootings in King County in 5 weeks a new police tactic is being used * why do some WA politicians want to sue Kia and Hyundai but not Tik Tok over stolen car problems? * Brandi Kruse vs. Manka Dhingra and Tammy Morales * Lars Larson explains a voter fraud case in Clark County and yet the case is not being criminally charged * caller complains about Republicans committing voter fraud * Bellevue carjacking suspect arrested 4 months later is, wait for it, a prior convicted felon with a gun * GUEST: Sharyl Attkisson reports this Sunday from Eagle Pass TX for real time look at border security * GUEST: economist Steve Moore tells KVI the average American is poorer today than three years ago based on inflation * a public service broadcast for Seattle City Councilwoman Tammy Morales *