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

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

John Carlson is off the air on vacation today, June 30th. He'll return for his next live show on Wed. July 5th.

6am hour -- why Carlson was waiting to see how the IRS whistle blower on the Hunter Biden story proceeded, Tacoma gun charge suspect cuts off ankle bracelet then leads police on high speed I-5 chase to SeaTac before finally plowing into truck stopped at red light, another example of WSDOT failing to maintain I-5 infrastructure in Seattle,

the IRS whistle blower involved in the Hunter Biden case is starting to make AG Merrick Garland look more and more dubious (which is a polite way of saying dishonest),

7am hour-- JUST IN: the US Supreme Court outlaws consideration of race as a factor in college admissions, putting an end to affirmative action in higher education, how a university applicant's race can still be considered in admissions, Carlson call this "a great ruling. We would be a far less divided country if it had come down a few decades earlier but better late than never...",

8am hour -- more key portions of the US Supreme Court reversal of 'affirmative action' used by universities for admissions, reading from the Chief Justice John Roberts majority opinion.

Today the US Supreme Court outlaws consideration of race as a factor in college admissions, putting an end to affirmative action in higher education, how a university applicant's race can still be considered in admissions, KVI's John Carlson call this "a great ruling. We would be a far less divided country if it had come down a few decades earlier but better late than never...", reading from the concurring college admissions opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas.

6am hour -- GUEST: strategic and military affairs anaylst, Ralph Peters, tells KVI "don't rush to judgement" about the Prigozhin Putin confrontation, "loyalty" for "protection" is the currency of Russian survival and power, why you don't cheer for Wagner Group to win only to disrupt Putin; are you prepared for your paycut Saturday??, Bellevue is a study in contrasts to Seattle on how to handle drug possession law, KVI's Lars Larson is back from a short break, sorting out the recent Proud Boys confrontation with what appears to be a group of potentially Anti-fa people attempting to infiltrate the group,

7am hour -- Tacoma businesses want more latitude to install electric fences to prevent property crime/thefts/break-ins, singing legend Franki Valli gets married at age 89 in Las Vegas to 60 year-old bride, new polling of WA residents shows 53% think WA is on the wrong track and the biggest priorities of those polled are high cost of living (i.e. taxes), homelessness and political corruption; South Korea is changing around how they calculate people's ages, Supreme Court releases none of its three remaining significant cases today.

8am hour -- Gov. Inslee's desperate and mis-guided attempt to blame oil companies for the current price of gasoline in WA, even Democrats across America are losing trust in government, predictable hyperbole as MSNBC calls DeSantis campaign "most fascist ever", if Putin assassinates Prigozhin "you're on a road to a coup", how much are you willing to pay for All-star Game ticket at Seattle's T-Mobile Park?, why Gov. Inslee should own the high gas prices he's created in WA.

Gov. Inslee's desperate and misguided attempt to blame oil companies for the current price of gasoline in WA, even Democrats across America are losing trust in government, KVI listener points out why Gov. Inslee should be proud of sending WA gas prices through the roof.

GUEST: retired US Army Lt. Col and Russian intelligence officer, Ralph Peters, tells KVI "don't rush to judgement" about the Prigozhin-Putin confrontation, "loyalty" for "protection" is the currency of Russian survival and power, why protecting Ukraine should still be a US priority, a successor of Vladimir Putin could be worse than Putin, internal squabbles in Russia will help Ukraine, Russia dominates Ukraine in population and man power, the military brains behind the Wagner Group is not Prigozhin, why you don't cheer for Wagner Group to win--only to disrupt Putin, if Putin assassinates Prigozhin "you're on a road to a coup".

6am hour -- "somebody's lying" when it comes to US AG Merrick Garland and IRS whistle blowers in Hunter Biden case, there's a new candidate for WA governor and its a Republican, Idaho prosecutor officially seeks death penalty against accused killer of four U of I students in Moscow last November, a preview of three major US Supreme Court case rulings that are pending and expected today or before the end of the week.

7am hour -- GUEST: WA State Dairy Federation, policy director, Jay Gordon, evaluates the impact of the Gov. Inslee "cap and trade" off-set system for emitting carbon emissions and why that's sending WA gasoline prices to the highest in the nation, Gordon believes 60-cents on a gallon of diesel fuel right now is due to Inslee's new law, the KCRHA saga with verbally abusive Shanee Colston is finally over, expect former US Congressman and King Co. Sheriff Dave Reichert to enter the 2024 election for WA governor as a Republican candidate,

8am hour -- more calls on Dave Reichert's potential and campaign for WA governor, Seattle socialist says gasoline should be taxed and priced out of profitability, the new evidence in the Hunter Biden saga that put Pres. Biden "in big trouble", South Park perfectly covered the transgender youth issue 8 years ago.

After a verbal tirade in a May 2023 'Zoom' meeting, the co-chair of a King County Regional Homeleness Authority board, Shanee Colston, has officially been ousted from the position after refusing to resign. KVI's John Carlson covers the latest KCRHA board decision that led to Colston's ouster.