December 29, 2023 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

* NY Times publishes lengthy and graphic story about Hamas weaponizing sexual assault * former NIH director gets candid about "mistakes" of singular focus on COVID response * "free" versus "subsidized" * Seattle appears to have a repeat offender tree cutter * GUEST: KC Councilman, Reagan Dunn, addresses the failures of the KC Prosecutor's Office juvenile division particularly regarding accused sex offenders * a Metro bus driver attacked in Bellevue and suspect is still at large * Ron DeSantis criticizes Nikki Haley for her answer about the cause of the US Civil War * was Nikki Haley running for chair of an Ivy League history department or running for US President? * GUEST: executive director of CIS, Mark Krikorian, tells KVI 3.5 million illegal immigrants entered the US in 2023 * compared to Trump years with illegal immigration its roughly a 10X increase * why Biden's DHS Secretary should be impeached * new polling shows a lot of college age Americans think Osama bin Laden is a positive figure * GUEST: economist Steve Moore * warning: graphic descriptions published by NY Times about Hamas weaponizing sexual assault with the October 7th unprovoked attack on Israeli (and American) citizens *

 

December 28, 2023: What’s so civil about war anyway?

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Haley’s Civil War remarks stir backlash at crucial moment for campaign as Colorado to include Trump on 2024 primary ballot as state GOP appeals to Supreme Court // In middle of the night, Seattle city officials came and removed the CHAZ-BLM Garden which was built in 2020 during the Antifa occupation // Lauren Boebert Swapping Districts For 2024 Re-Election Bid // Beer sales plunge to lowest levels in 24 years — thanks to Bud Light’s disastrous Dylan Mulvaney campaign // Proposed Washington bill aims to criminalize public fentanyl and meth smoke exposure // Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon, annual report finds // Is the local GOP poised to win elections next year? KCGOP Chairman, Mathew Patrick Thomas joins Ari to discuss the details // A message from Councilmember Amy Cruver // BREAKING: Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president // Let’s Go Washington turns in over 2.6 million signatures for all six landmark initiatives. Brian Heywood joins Ari to discuss the details

 

December 28, 2023 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

* extra political Christmas gifts for WA voters are about to arrive * the latest illegal border crossing stats and yesterday's US Mexico border security meeting * Russell Wilson  benched * Nikki Haley asked a bit of a "gotcha" question about the cause of the Civil War and her answer is doesn't help her campaign * an unexpected twist in King Co. court when mom of a car theft suspect asks judge to grant home detention instead of a $500,000 bail * GUEST: LetsGoWA.com founder Brian Heywood is dropping off signatures for the last of 6 initiatives at WA Sec. of State's office * the inability of WA Democrats to operate a reasonable transportation infrastructure * AG Bob Ferguson fails a 2nd time in legal case involving Tacoma Police for allegedly violating the rights of two men under criminal suspicion, GUEST: attorney Anne Bremner, explains how her client TPD officer Timothy Rankine (along with two other TPD officers were) acquitted by a jury GUEST: former Pierce Co. Prosecutor, now in private practice, Mark Lindquist felt the Manny Ellis prosecution didn't offer enough evidence to clinch a murder verdict by jury and the jury ruled as he predicted, Lindquist talks about the merits of reforming trial accountability for police, "the system worked the way its supposed to" says Lindquist, Dolly Parton's surprise phone call to a life long fan fighting cancer.

 

 

December 27, 2023: Slacker-in-Chief

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Pro-Palestinian protesters block both JFK and LAX airports // Seattle ranks among the most unsafe cities in the US // Slacker in chief comes back to DC just to go on vacation again // Media ignores race attack in NY because it doesn’t fit the narrative // Russell Wilson benched by Broncos, setting up huge questions for important offseason and Washington is #1 in the US for slacker kids // Diseases from human waste increase in Portland // The Washington Legislature is finally addressing level 3 sex offenders. Rep Travis Couture joins Ari to discuss the details // Obama Privately Came Out For Gay At Harvard Amid Anti-Semitism Scandal // From the floor of TPUSA's AmericaFest 2023, Ari talks to the woman who is taking on sex trafficking on pornhub

 

December 26, 2023: The (other) war on Christmas

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'12 Days of a Ceasefire Choir' to target politicians, Christians and Jews to demand end to fighting in Gaza // 5 injured in drive-by shooting in Seattle's Pioneer Square area on Christmas Eve and why the new movie 'The Boys in the Boat' was not filmed in Seattle // Biden scolds media for negative coverage of economy // The Delta employee who isn't having the pronoun war and a woman claims she's in love with...a tree?! // The Washington Education Association partners with advocacy groups to condemn anti-tax ballot initiatives // California Pizza Hut operators laying off all delivery drivers // GUEST: Ami Horowitz talks about interviewing people who would pay money to kill Jews // Ari reviews Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom // From Ari's trip to Turing Point USA's AmericaFest 2023 - Ari talks to Avi Abelow, who just retuned from Gaza to talk about what it's really like over there

 

December 222, 2023: Our Last Show Before Christmas!

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Illegal immigrants being flown on commercial airlines are not subject to security screening like other passengers // UW hit with $16 million verdict over racism, discrimination within police force //Chris Christie lacks enough signatures to get on Maine 2024 ballot // Satanic statue erected in front of Michigan Capitol, Democrat staffer poses with it, calls it 'sexy' // Community members, officials react to verdict in trial of 3 Tacoma officers charged in Manuel Ellis' death and Bob Ferguson wants to be the next governor of Washington, but he has remained silent on the dozens of anti-Semitic attacks and targeting of Jewish institutions in Washington since Oct. 7 // Another California city passes proclamation supporting ceasefire in Gaza // From the floor of TPUSA's AmericaFest 2023, Ari talks to Paige Roux and then Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith // Lars Unleashed // Heart, Sir Mix-a-Lot to headline NHL Winter Classic in Seattle

 

December 21, 2023: Protests were never about a ceasefire

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Hamas rejects Israeli offer for 7-day truce, release of 40 hostages // BREAKING: Jury finds 3 Tacoma police officers not guilty for all charges in the Manny Ellis case; Man fatally stabbed in Seattle's Bitter Lake neighborhood - the deadly assault marked the 72nd homicide investigation in the city so far this year, which broke the previous record of 71 homicides in the city set in 1994 // There Was Another Gay Congressional Sex Tape Leak Last Year, apparently // Biden's DHS requires border agents to use 'preferred pronouns' of illegal immigrants // Washington Democratic Secretary of State Steve Hobbs says he's looking into "Donald Trump’s eligibility for the ballot for potential applicability to Washington.” // It's poop again! California’s ‘toilet-to-tap’ approved — treated sewage coming back into homes // King County Prosecutor's Office accused of overlooking juvenile sexual assaults // From the floor of TPUSA's AmericaFest 2023, Ari talks a person who is fighting for parental rights // BREAKING: Anger in the streets in Tacoma where protesters at 11th and MLK have been angrily voicing their displeasure with the acquittal of three Tacoma Police Officers who were charged in the death of Manny Ellis // GUEST: Joe Kent weighs in on his opponent taking campaign money from the Hamas Caucus

 

December 21, 2023 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

Producer, Phil Vandervort, sits in for John Carlson who is out sick. GUEST: initiative sponsor, Brian Heywood, tells KVI he's dropping off two more collections of initiative signatures to the WA Secretary of State's office today. How all six of Heywood's initiatives are a check and balance on the power and scope of government. Heywood points to recent WA elections to make a prediction about how the public will react to his six initiatives if all of them are approved by the Secretary of State's office. By December 31st, Washington voters should know if the first submitted initiative by Heywood will be approved to the Legislature. Also, a Republican U.S. Senator delivers a spectacular response to an Associated Press reporter asking for a comment about something Donald Trump recently said at a campaign event regarding illegal immigrants crossing into the United States.

 

December 20, 2023: Dems undermine Democracy

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Colorado Supreme Court DISQUALIFIES President Trump from ballot, citing 'insurrectionist' rule // Seattle Department of Transportation wants you to clean the leaves off your sidewalk, but they won't even clean up the needles and addicts from those same sidewalks // Lincoln Memorial steps vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ graffiti, red paint // University of Washington steeped in controversy over transgender volleyball player // A woman crossed out a page of voter signatures at the Issaquah Costco - amid Democrat-backed efforts to harass and intimidate Let’s Go WA signature gatherers // 'A mass exodus': Why so many LA restaurants are closing // House Republican budget leader Chris Corry issues statement on governor’s proposed 2024 supplemental budget // From the floor of TPUSA's AmericaFest 2023, Ari interviews a priest and you might be surprised that he thinks there might be no future for the UK // Poor awareness, rise in antisemitism necessitates more education about Holocaust. Senator John Braun joins Ari to discuss the details // Transformers' Peter Cullen Receives Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award

 

December 20, 2023 John Carlson Show

Morning Ride with phil vandervort

* why is a state court ruling on a federal law regarding insurrection and qualification for President under the 14th Amendment * "picture perfect example of the judiciary run amok" *why are Gaza cease fire supporters the same people advocating for a scorched earth legal and political response to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign? * GUEST: Matthew Carlson says the Seahawks have a QB dilemma after last second comeback victory over Philly Eagles * Colorado robbers have their getaway car stolen by a different criminal * Seattle accounting firm says employees can no longer fly business or first class because of climate change * new federal report says WA homelessness is up 11% in 2023 begging at least two questions about the "housing first" policy * why this Colorado Supreme Court 4-3 ruling on Trump's candidacy doesn't hurt his campaign * what Sec. 3 of the US 14th Amendment actually says * a failed Seattle city council candidate complains about Target but is silent about Gov. Inslee *