KVI's John Carlson interviews, author and free-market transportation researcher, Randal O'Toole, about the billions of dollars poured into mass transit, bike lanes and other alternatives to cars but even in the most ardently liberal cities like Portland and Seattle car commuting is still preferred and mass transit ridership is actually dropping.

KVI's John Carlson reviews the comments by Georgia gubernatorial candidate and Democratic political activist, Stacy Abrams, proclaiming that there's no such thing as a fetal heartbeat on an ultrasound at six weeks.

Hour 1 -- Congressional Democrats quickly pushback on MI Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for comparing Israeli gov't to apartheid South Africa, Tlaib's incendiary comment about Israel puts Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's back against the wall now, so far the Democratic rebukes fall short of confronting truly anti-Semitic remarks (Tlaib is Muslim), Biden's spox exposes the Democrats own enabling amid criticism of Gov. Ron DeSantis Martha's Vineyard strategy,

"big changes" to America's work commuting routine: only 2.5% of commuters take mass transit, 18% now work from home, and more than 75% drive, Carlson says "stunning how much money is being sucked out of the economy" on Sound Transit.

Hour 2 -- brilliant response from FL Gov. Ron DeSantis to critics of his Martha's Vineyard flights who are patently ignoring the 78 Biden Admin flights of detained illegal aliens from Texas to Jacksonville FL, GUEST: CIS Executive Director, Mark Krikorian analyzes the Democrats' reaction to DeSantis, says Democrats "understood they were being ridiculed, they were being mocked", getting voters to laugh at your opponent a "powerful tool" by DeSantis, how the DeSantis strategy also forced the major news media to cover a side of the immigration story they didn't want to publicize, more DC embarrassment for "The Squad" Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, the unintentionally funny story about the COO of Beyond Meat arrested for biting the nose of another man after a confrontation following a college football game, an update on North Dakota man killed by car ramming over 'political confrontation', the misnomer of WA state employee government unions "bargaining" their new labor contract with Gov. Jay Inslee.

Hour 3 -- GUEST: author and political writer, Edward Ring, tells KVI the fight to tear down Snake River hydro dams in WA is part of a much broader effort to tear down all hydro dams in the US, Ring does the math for Democrats and environmentalists who think they can viably replace hydro-dam giga-watt power output with more solar and wind power (spoiler alert: they can't), still no response so far this morning from Rep. Pramila Jayapal to KVI's request regarding Rep. Rashida Tlaib, some glaring double-standards for Democrats when it comes to rebuking their own in Congress, "a character test" for Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Tlaib's latest comments.

Michigan U.S. Rep., Rashida Tlaib, sparked criticism of anti-Semitism with her latest comments about Israel. Tlaib--on video--says "you cannot claim to hold Progressive values, yet back Israel's apartheid government". KVI's John Carlson notes that Seattle U.S. Rep, Pramila Jayapal is the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Rhetorically, Carlson asks if Jayapal will rebuke or condemn Tlaib's assertion. KVI has contacted Jayapal's office today, Sept. 22nd, seeking a statement about Rep. Tlaib's comment and there has been no response from Jayapal's campaign.

KVI's John Carlson examines the latest labor contract negotiations between state public employee unions and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.

GUEST: author and political writer, Edward Ring, tells KVI the fight to tear down Snake River hydro dams in WA is part of a much broader effort to tear down all hydro dams in the US, Ring does the math for Democrats and environmentalists who think they can viably replace hydro-dam giga-watt power output with more solar and wind power (spoiler alert: they can't), Ring says environmentalists would need at least 5 million square miles of windmills to replace the electricity produced by fossil fuels. For comparison: the entire continent of Africa is 11 million sq. miles. North America is 9+ million sq. miles.

KVI's John Carlson says Seattle and King County Democrats are taking Asian-American voters for granted. The backdrop to this story is a large homeless shelter and support facility proposed by the King County Regional Homeless Authority (KCRHA) and Executive Dow Constantine in the SoDo neighborhood. Chinatown-International District neighbors nearby are speaking out about the lack of public notice by the County to impose the additional homeless facility near them. KVI's John Carlson interviews the Chair of the Washington State Republican Party, Caleb Heimlich about this pushback and the disconnect between Democrats are concerned citizens of the CID in Seattle. Additionally, John Carlson evaluates comments this week by the King County Sheriff, Patti Cole-Tindall, on 'defund police' politics.

Hour 1 -- pervasive wildfire smoke infiltrates Puget Sound this morning, a random and unprovoked shooting at an Olympia grocery store parking lot kills one man as his brother is shopping inside, Tik Tok video about cooking chicken in Nyquill cough syrup prompts a terse warning from the FDA to avoid potential 'Darwin Awards', candid talk from the new King Co. Sheriff on defund police politics, Carlson says the Sheriff misses the mark about several suburban King County state lawmakers, how the Sheriff's comments relate to the importance of the Nov. election for King County Prosecutor, KVI's Lars Larson gives "the good, the bad and the ugly" from his first day at "Feet To The Fire" political event in Washington DC.

Hour 2 -- "Smoke On The Water" musical history to go with this morning's Puget Sound wildfire smoke, with 50-days to the November election some Republican candidate polling data shows several close races in the US Senate, Tiffany Smiley has raised her polling (with WA voters) 11 points in 60 days, the irony that anti-police "ACAB" activists are now fawning over TX sheriff vowing to investigate FL's Ron DeSantis, the two faces of election denier Stacy Abrams, evaluating her 2022 denials about how she actually denied the 2018 GA governor's election results, a 1985 pop song has earned its singer/writer over $2 million in streaming royalties so far this summer.

Hour 3 -- major fentanyl-related drug bust in Everett underscores why Nov. election is so critical to bringing back a "felony drug possession" law in WA, dispute at the front door of Seattle's "Harborzoo" hospital turns into gunfire with one person wounded, Olympia family members are grieving for their brother who was shot and killed randomly while waiting in a parked car at a grocery store, snark: when did Gov. Jay Inslee get appointed as UN Secretary General?, Seattle City Hall packed with CID residents and biz owners speaking out about planned SoDo homeless facility wanted by King Co. and KCRHA, GUEST: WSRP chair, Caleb Heilmich, talks about the pushback on proposed SoDo homeless facility, Heimlich says he's seen no Democratic Party elected officials supporting the CID residents, Carlson says it shows Democrats are taking Asian-American voters for granted, an 18 yr old North Dakota Donald Trump supporter is allegedly hit and killed in an alley by a driver after an admitted "political confrontation", the alleged murder circumstances appear to be a reversal of the politically motivated murder of Heather Heyer killed in a Charlottesville VA car ramming.

Hour 1 -- a very late ferry sailing this morning alters the start of the John Carlson Show, Democrats "mis-played" the Martha's Vineyard/detained migrants saga, over 2 million people caught so far this year illegally crossing into US, the "absolute joke of a Sheriff" in Texas tries to score political points over the Martha's Vineyard story, new data: Biden Administration has sent 78 flights of detained migrants into Jacksonville FL, NBC polling says 47% of Americans think Biden has made the economy worse (only 23% think Biden makes the economy better), guess the price of a family size box of Cheerios at a north Seattle grocery store??, Seattle politicians are now pushing a tax hike for city parks after various homeless problems (hiring more Park Rangers to interdict homeless and repair facilities/grounds after homeless damage),

Hour 2 -- GUEST: Republican candidate for WA-8 US Congress, Matt Larkin--challenging incumbent Rep. Dr. Kim Schrier, how the Seattle Left-wing is trying to influence the 8th District election for the incumbent, how Seattle politics are infiltrating the suburban/rural 8th WA Congressional district, Larkin says the big issue voters are telling him about: "three-to-one its inflation", Larkin adds that fentanyl over-doses and trafficking can be reduced with tougher US border policy if he's elected to Congress, does the SCOTUS abortion law ruling on Dobbs give Rep. Schrier momentum in the 8th District?, GUEST: Yakima ER doctor, Raul Garcia M.D., talks about Biden's comment "the pandemic is over", talks about nurse and doctor "burn out", Garcia explains why so many WA hospitals are packed with patients and also short on nurses/doctors, Garcia says it all comes back to travel pay, says keeping people in fear about COVID will protect political power,

Hour 3 -- King Co. Executive finally responds to independent reporter Jonathan Choe's question(s) about the quietly proposed SoDo homeless complex, Dow Constantine's first public words about the proposed homeless shelter that has stirred opposition from CID neighbors, red flags for a "basic income" trial approved for homeless women/transgender/non-binary living in Denver CO shelters, CNN's Don Lemon doesn't get the response he expected from his guest after a question about slavery reparations, the reparations question dovetails with the #1 movie right now "Woman King" about a regiment of 19th century African (Dahomey) female warriors, the historical context of slavery and what we know as cancel culture.

CNN host Don Lemon asked a guest about slavery reparations based on the British monarch's change at the throne but Lemon clearly didn't expect the informed response he received. KVI's John Carlson notes that the current #1 movie in America "Woman King" is based on true events related to slavery but suspects the actual history of the subject matter will likely be omitted from the film. The omission contributes to the American and global public perpetuating mis-conceptions about the historical context of slavery across the millennia.