Hour 1 -- Kirby Wilbur in for John Carlson: Gov Jay Inslee finally announces he'll end his state constitution-suspending emergency powers but he'll wait 7 more weeks to actually make it official, what will change with vaxx mandates as of Oct. 31st in WA, what Inslee's end of emergency powers means for nurse/hospital staffing levels, Inslee cites 'ability of people to protect themselves' as reason for lifting his emergency powers, measuring the impact of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II after her death yesterday at age 96, Queen Elizabeth's visit to the Reagan Ranch in California, GUEST: KNWN Northwest Newsradio reporter (and former 570 KVI morning news anchor) Carleen Johnson joins Kirby to reflect on the September 11th terror attacks on America 21 years later, KVI's Lars Larson examines the CNN reality check as their ratings continue to sag.

Hour 2 -- one new polling sample in a major American city shows that 'non-white' residents are much more concerned with public safety and crime than 'white' residents polled, the polling shows 'people of color' want to "refund the police", Seattle officials realizing that city could receive bus loads of illegal aliens apprehended in Texas as New York, DC and Chicago already have; Vancouver BC buys an EV fire truck but the price and firefighting limitations raising some serious question marks about the purchase, GUEST: realtor Robbyn Adelsman talks about the interest rate hike impact on buying or selling a house right now, GUEST: host of Full Measure, Sharyl Attkisson, previews her newest story about border security and the impact of illegal crossings on Eagle Pass, Texas.

Hour 3 -- Oberlin College loses appeal in the Ohio Supreme Court and now forced to pay $36 million for supporting a student boycott over an alleged racial incident at a bakery near campus, evaluating the pros and cons of COVID lock downs and emergency powers by Gov. Jay Inslee, WA OSPI wants to give 1.1 million public school students free lunch and breakfast every school day, GUEST: attorney John DiLorenzo is suing city of Portland over the ADA accessibilty problems connected to impassable sidewalks covered with tents and belongings of homeless people, DiLorenzo wants three results from this lawsuit in Portland, compare the up to 5000 homeless people to the 12% of Portland residents that have some sort of ADA disability, says some of the plaintiffs have volunteered for years in efforts to help assist homeless people, says Portland's politics are like trying to "walk up the down escalator", cites venerable Sen. Daniel Moynahan who criticized social programs studying poverty; the public is invited to a Sept. 11th memorial ceremony at Federal Way fire station #64 at 1pm on Sunday.

Hour 1 -- Kirby Wilbur in for John Carlson: a 19 yr old Memphis man arrested for quadruple murder shooting spree that also wounded 3 and he allegedly live-streamed the crimes on Facebook, the 19 yr old has a prior attempted murder conviction against him and only served a few months of a 3 year sentence, the big question remains: why is the suspect live streaming these crimes and are teens disproportionately seduced by 'likes' and 'views' to justify their popularity?, geologists and volcanologists sooth Puget Sounders who were concerned that Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) appeared to be venting steam, Seattleites will soon be safe from gas powered leaf blowers, a Las Vegas area elected official is now charged with murder of a news journalist investigating his workplace behavior, new poll says a growing number of Americans think men can get pregnant, Anti-fa reportedly sponsoring "street takeovers" in Portland and one tragically becomes deadly.

Hour 2 -- border-security chaos and the federal responsibility to stop drugs and protect safety of people risking their lives crossing the border, the Chicago/New York/DC mayoral reaction to Texas bussing apprehended illegal aliens to northern cities, a WA convicted murderer of a teen girl manages to avoid a life-sentence conviction based on Legislative Democrats changing the crimes that qualify, should licenses be required for teenagers to use social media?, King County law enforcement unions warn lawmakers about continuing staffing losses impacting the ability to simply respond to 911 calls, ten disabled people now suing Portland claiming the city is violating the ADA by allowing sidewalks to be clogged with "un-sheltered" people and belongings, the impressive and heart-warming story of 1st generation American pro-tennis rising star Francis Tiafoe.

Hour 3 -- the strange abel-ism uttered by Biden's COVID response doctor to justify future annual vaccinations, public health officials have poorly informed the public and heightened mis-trust about COVID and vaccinations, a petroleum workers trade group provides a snarky response about "5 gallons of wind turbine" in response to an LA TV station losing power in a rolling electrical blackout, Seattle group that essentially enables homeless people posts confounding plan to honor 25 people who have died recently while being un-housed, new polling on voter enthusiasm ahead of November mid-term elections, billionaire Mark Cuban says he doesn't mind being taxed more but he trashes the 'soak the rich' progressive politician crowd in new comments, Chicago 16 yr old with prior record now arrested for 4 car-jackings in one day.

Hour 1 -- Kirby Wilbur in for John Carlson: today is an important day in history for rock-n-roll and gun control, Seattle City Attorney is turning around legal cases despite a hostile city council, some advice for Seattle's mayor after two recent local murders, Russia is buying back its own military artillery from North Korea, CA says it hopes to import more electrical power from PNW hydro-electric dams, on this day in history a rock-n-roll legend who tragically died young was born, Louis Vuitton store in Portland OR is refusing to pay city taxes for damaged it sustained in several months of downtown vandalism/rioting in 2021.

Hour 2 -- expanding on lawsuit involving PDX Louis Vuitton store suing the city over failing to protect property from vandalism/rioting/looting, alleges $500,000 in property and $300,000 in stolen/looted inventory, an example of "democracy dies in darkness" involving Senator Patty Murray, Biden's White House spox gal is having a heckuva week, OTD in history the WWII blitz and the Great Northfield raid involving Frank James and Jessie James.

Hour 3 -- new information about the origin source of COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, how the local teachers strikes and the COVID outbreak have both hurt education, an associate of a Black Lives Matter fundraising arm is now being sued for $10 million in embezzlement, Kirby gets an e-mail invitation to join a group known for grand conspiracy theories, how the Internet has made it so much more common to expose people's vulnerability and gullibility.

Hour 1 -- Kirby Wilbur in for John Carlson: post-Labor Day all the election campaigns will go into over-drive, Pres. Biden calls Trump supporters "Trumpies", why Biden is poking the bear, the two most unpopular political figures in America are Biden and Trump, how Trump needs to respond to prevent Biden from getting the upper hand, what to do make the 'red wave' happen, Day 8 strike in Kent, Seattle teachers reject mediator as suggested or offered by Seattle district, GUEST: Northwest Newsradio reporter Carleen Johnson talks to KVI about this morning's fatal I-5 car crash at Northgate that has produced a 4+ mile back-up as everybody returns to work, one driver in the fatal crash has been arrested for DUI.

Hour 2 -- the shocking news of a kidnapped TN woman now found dead after she was allegedly abducted while jogging, a suspect is arrested in her kidnapping and murder, the suspect's arrest includes prior crime as a 16 yr old which could be used as a campaign issue in the Nov. election about public safety and repeat offenders, the remarkable symbolism in Uvalde TX first high school football game as the team creatively honors the 21 students and teachers killed at Robb Elementary in May, the Jackson MS water system issues are being used by Democrats to bash Republicans but Kirby explains why the water system's history of problems fall to jurisdictions that aren't overseen by Republican officials, KVI listeners can sign 11 initiatives sponsored by the group "Let's Go Washington" at the Washington State Fair (and you can visit www.letsgowashington.com to see and sign the initiatives yourself).

Hour 3 -- the tragic fatal story and mysterious crash of a float plane off Whidbey Island that killed all 10 aboard, some of the passengers are well known in NW civil rights and wine-making worlds, the plane was destined for a landing in Renton, why float planes are allowed to operate differently than non-sponson planes, Kirby confides a story of someone he knows who was supposed to be on that flight but changed her mind about going, the Scientific American publishes a report that says men invented women in the 1700s, the report is connected to an upcoming documentary on the um thesis, this Scientific American report is connected to the feminist movement, thesis: female maternal instinct is something developed/invented by religious zealots that allow men to keep women inferior, the publication should be renamed "Woke American", on this day in history the first artillery tank was invented in 1915 and designed for stopping trench warfare.

KVI's John Carlson incisively examines the logic and failure of Pres. Biden's recent push to portray popular American opinion to what constitutes "extremism". Carlson utilizes examples of Biden's own words from last night's speech in Philadelphia as well as a recent example from his own White House spokesperson, Karine Jean Pierre, to dismantle the strategy that it looks like Democrats will try to use to persuade voters from voting Republican in the 2022 mid-term Congressional election.

Hour 1 -- Pres. Biden campaigned on uniting America but provides another televised example of partisan division, Biden repeats the phrase "MAGA Republicans" during Philadelphia speech in attempt to frame the 2022 mid-term election, Carlson explains why Biden's strategy won't work, Biden and Democrats keep complaining about political extremism but fail to see the extremism amongst the Progressive Left (i.e. The Squad), the fire marshall says spontaneous combustion of soil in a planter box caused a Lake Stevens house fire this week, Parkland (WA) homeowner pepper sprayed by two suspects attempting a home break-in then shoots back: 1 suspect still on the run & one hospitalized, new testing data shows have far math and reading scores have fallen for 4th graders due to COVID school lock downs and distance learning, unethical of Pres. Biden to have US Marines in the background of the cameras televising his Philadelphia speech last night,

Hour 2 -- Pres. Biden goes full-Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia speech last night, Team Biden's new focus on "extremism" flies in the face of his public approval rating, things that politicians say when they are hopelessly out of touch, Biden's two-tiered approach to make Donald Trump the focus of the 2022 election (because they can't campaign on their Congressional record), a King County official rejects a basic interview request from independent Seattle journalist Jonathan Choe, GUEST: economist Steve Moore, calls Biden's "despicable" speech condemning half the country for a guy who said he'd unite the country, Democrats can't talk about the issues (gas prices, national debt, inflation, crime, public safety, the border) so they must attack Republicans, Moore points out that Democrats impeached Trump on the bogus Steele Dossier and simultaneously complain that MAGA Republicans are a threat to democracy, a Colorado power utility takes control of 22,000 customers' s in-home thermostats and reduces their air conditioning during a heat wave, Idaho's giving state taxpayers a solid rebate but WA Gov. Jay Inslee refuses to do anything of the sort with an even bigger state surplus.

Hour 3 -- RIP to Seattle business trailblazer Art Oberto, KVI caller shares his insight about Seattle lawlessness problems amid the 40 reporter unprovoked attacks on city firefighters recently, why Pres. Biden and Donald Trump are both obsessive and most Americans have moved on from past elections to focus on their lives and families amid crime concerns and inflation today, a new California sushi restaurant with a high profile chef only serves 30 customers a night and already has a nearly 4 year waiting list, an explanation of who wins with student loan debt transfer/bailout to federal taxpayers.

An Everett author and book editor, Erika Weinert, has penned a new book that KVI's John Carlson says would have made his long-time friend and radio/TV colleague Ken Schram envious. The book is called "Cursing With Style" and its described as a dictionary of curse words including the creative combinations in which profanities can be interchanged and amplified. Indeed, Ken Schram--in his own irascible way--would have approved.

Ranked Choice Voting impacted the vote for Alaska's special Congressional election yesterday involving former Governor, Sarah Palin. KVI's John Carlson explains how 'ranked choice' split the vote of two Republican candidates giving a Democratic candidate a short term victory. It was the first election in Alaska using the 'ranked choice' voting system.

KVI's morning crew wonder what Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrel's 5th pillar was for the city parks system because he only listed four pillars yesterday while unveiling $115 million budget request.

Oh the irony in California! California's Governor issues a Level-1 emergency telling residents to avoid using electricity due to power grid shortages during a summer heat wave. The warning comes with a specific directive to not charge EVs during daytime hours to avoid taxing the state's shortage of electrical capacity. KVI's John Carlson digs into the political implications for both California and Washington electrical customers.