6am hour -- Gov. Jay Inslee rolls out predictable proposal to bureaucratize homelessness, consider how poorly Olympia leaders in the Legislature handled a recent drug law that goes to the heart of drug addicted homelessness, how Republicans can capitalize on these mis-steps by Democrats, four high school wrestling tournaments in Pierce County now deemed to be COVID 'super-spreader' events, a top NHL player voices dismay about 5-week COVID quarantine plan for Winter Olympic games in China, US Sen. Joe Manchin still opposing Biden and Democrats' big spending outlays (and questionable accounting scheme), FL Gov. Ron DeSantis makes big push-back on woke politics, GUEST: retired political science professor, Dr. Carol Swain delves into why CRT has become so divisive and why new immigrants to the US are the most vocal opponents of the CRT curriculum. 7am hour -- KVI's Lars Larson says Biden's Build Back Better bill in the US Senate appears to be "circling the drain", Larson's signs that the economy is in poor shape going in to 2022, right now interest on the national debt is equivalent to the US Defense Department budget, the CEO of Planned Parenthood NW in Seattle appears to be getting "canceled" over a conversation involving a racial slur, the case of the CEO is another example of the political purity test among Democrats.

Olympia City Council wants to buy a $1.65 million 'homeless' RV lot, Kitsap County may follow Snohomish County's lead this week and hike the sales tax for homeless and affordable housing, San Francisco's mayor openly admits political activism has made crime worse in her city. 8am hour -- GUEST: CEO and President of Home Street Bank, Mark Mason, talks about public safety and funding the Seattle Police Foundation, still no update from Seattle City Council staff about who's paying for council woman's "urban" planning trip to France, a Seattle mover and shaker being completely obtuse about crime, Bruce Springsteen's selling his music library to Sony for $500 million, four years ago yesterday Democrats predicted (incorrectly, BTW) that Internet service would be devastated by ending 'net neutrality', Seattle Parks officials just did something un-expected after sweeping a problematic homeless camp five days prior: they kicked out more tent campers when they tried to return to the same site.

Show topics: The glass 'half-empty' versus 'half-full' of local news reporting on COVID and hospital capacity, Seattle news media seem unwilling or not interested in examining Gov. Jay Inslee's vaxx mandate as a proximate cause of full hospitals and very low nursing staff morale, the attempted political intimidation between the Seattle City Council and the incoming City Attorney, VIDEO: this selfless Tennessee man drives 90-minutes to Kentucky to cook food with giant BBQ smoker for devastated tornado victims, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers examines Gov. Inslee's latest 'climate agenda', why natural gas could be banned in new construction if Gov. Inslee gets his way, Inslee has already abandoned one CO2 metric that he set and failed to meet, Myers says he could accomplish what Inslee is suggesting for 1/10th of the $620 million price; the Biden Administration's sketchy fine print on the Build Back Better Act and the billions in additional debt it brings. GUEST: St. Sen. Mark Schoesler talks about new financial bonuses for state legislators and their staff but zero tax relief for Washington residents, the involuntary Long Term Care payroll tax Inslee is set to impose on January 1st, investing in your own privately held LTC insurance plan will yield you about 2/3rd more value in coverage, Schoesler says Gov. Inslee's new climate agenda ignores the average taxpayer, WA has the largest budget surplus in its history so its time to give back to taxpayers. VIDEO: Tumbleweeds stack up outside a Pasco WA grocery store. Instagram's new parent company Meta completely stole a user's handle after the company changed its name and gave an atrociously bad excuse for doing so, a 27-year-old female store clerk blocks the door and confronts a shoplifter in Parkland WA, the shoplifting case is another example of the public safety and lawlessness around Seattle-Tacoma-Everett, Carlson proposes new state law to punish repeat offender shoplifters, KVI callers sound off on what to do about repeat criminals like shoplifters. More KVI callers sound off on Puget Sound crime (i.e. shoplifting) and lack of public safety, a Tacoma library branch shuts down for in-person services because of drug dealing inside the library bathroom, two librarians say staff are being intimidated and followed home by the drug thugs, Congresswoman Cori Bush exposed for her complaints about the progressive 'Squad' playing blame game with Democratic Party moderates, another tweet about the battle for the control of the Democratic Party in Washington, Kyle Rittenhouse trial attorney speaks for first time since acquittal, the Seattle City Council pulls a power play on the incoming City Attorney, the power grab is related to Lorena Gonzalez losing the race for Seattle mayor, some forward thinking advice for Gov. Inslee and Pres. Biden when it comes to building 500,000 EV car charging stations.

Show topics: An historically destructive tornado stays on ground for 220-miles in Kentucky and other tornadoes hit 7 other states, GUEST: ABC reporter JIM RYAN, in Mayfield, Kentucky, says one witnesses describes the city like it was "nuked", despite 20-minute warnings for Friday's tornado Ryan says many locals just didn't think a storm in December would be so ferocious, the sliver of good news is that the fatality count might be lower now than initially thought, an heirloom family photo is discovered 130-miles away from its owners home after the vicious tornado in Kentucky, Kshama Sawant is turning off voters at a clip of 5% every 6 years, a Bremerton WA woman is attacked in a parking garage and it turns out the suspect has a lengthy criminal history with what appears to be early release opportunities in his past, RIP to Mike Nesmith who was the musical force behind the Monkees and also a fore-runner to what eventually launched MTV in global fame, three mysterious deaths inside a Renton WA rental home, so far authorities say there are no signs of foul play, the three dead families members hadn't been seen in a week, a Lynnwood WA shoplifting case is another great example of how WA police reform laws in 2021 emboldened criminals and puts more people in the public in danger from their crimes. GUEST: Dr. Raul Garcia, evaluates recent blanket statements by the CDC's Dr. Anthony Fauci regarding the relative need or requirement of COVID booster shots, Dr. Garcia says age and natural immunity are two big factors that Fauci doesn't seem to publicly acknowledge, Dr. Garcia says the COVID booster is not a "software update" to prevent COVID (i.e. its the same software program from 2020). Climate activists already blame Friday's massive tornado outbreak on climate change but seem to have forgotten about this week's 8-feet of predicted snowfall in California's Sierra Nevadas, a new camera technology for cars and trucks could make multi-million-dollar bike lanes obsolete, a repeat offender arrested in Bremerton WA for aggravated 1st degree rape and kidnapping after attacking a woman inside a parking garage elevator, the repeat offender is currently accused of 4 felonies in the last two years in Kitsap County. The repeat offender arrested in Bremerton for raping a woman in a parking garage elevator provokes the memory of a veteran Democratic state senator from Mercer Island who led the passage of tougher crime laws in the 1990s after her adult daughter was raped and murdered in Seattle's Pioneer Square area, praising the Seattle journalism career of now retiring reporter, Essex Porter, and why Porter's coverage of an issue involving John Carlson (I-200) showed his true professionalism, golf ball maker refuses customer who ordered imprint with the phrase "Let's Go, Brandon", Seattle City Councilwoman keeps repeating the phrase 'solidarity economy', the end of an era in Seattle radio with one of our (KVI) colleagues from KPLZ Star 101.5 retiring after more than 35 years (mostly) as morning co-host.

Show topics: Today is our KVI/KOMO Salvation Army Toy Drive and if you can contribute for local kids in need the radio show would be grateful, disgraced actor Jussie Smollett convicted by jury of attacking himself in hoax attack attempting to blame Donald Trump back in 2019, Kshama Sawant campaign tents with print-your-own ballots now getting scrutinized in her recall election comeback victory, GUEST: Marketing Director for Lumen, Todd Stiller, announces $5000 toy drive donation this morning, why Lumen is supporting the toy drive for Puget Sound kids in need, the Sawant recall election is putting a new spotlight on an obscure voting rule that allows a person to create their own ballot, US inflation now the worst in nearly 40 years and KVI's Lars Larson blames the DC Democrats' massive spending bills for fueling price hikes and shortages. State lawmakers in the Olympia Legislature are angling to make changes to recently enacted police reform laws, most of the reform laws have been great for criminals but have hamstrung police, it turns out a car-jacker on a crime spree earlier this week in Portland who was fatally shot by police after opening fire on unarmed people was arrested earlier this year in Bellingham WA for a violent home invasion robbery, GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, explains inflation versus deflation in the US economy and how this relates to the worst US economic inflation in 40 years, how the Reagan Administration dealt with 10% inflation in the early 1980s, GUEST: John Carlson's mom joins KVI to talk about why she's buying toys today for the KVI/KOMO Salvation Army Toy Drive, she says its all about bringing happiness to a child's life. GUEST: KVI's Ari Hoffman "The Hoffather" live at Renton Fred Meyer encouraging donations to the KVI Salvation Army Toy Drive, Carlson reminds us that Jussie Smollett was willing to divide the nation along racial lines to advance his show biz career, the simple rule that political partisans and news media should take in the wake of a sensational charge like a politically motivated attack fabricated by Smollett, the short term political memory of Socialist Alternative in Seattle, a Seattle City Councilmember goes to France to learn about urban planning, another group of prominent Democrats is opposing Biden's vaccine mandates, this new group of Democrats shows why Gov. Jay Inslee is an outlier on lock-downs and pandemic restrictions, GUEST: Salvation Army advisory board member, Crystal Clarity, tells KVI how her family was helped by Salvation Army long before she ever joined the advisory board.

Show topics: Seattle's Kshama Sawant erases large part of deficit in her recall election vote after 2nd round of results, Sawant seems to have the chance to emerge victorious with tonight's next expected vote tabulation, will a Republican sponsored bill to halt Gov. Jay Inslee's constitutionally questionable Long Term Care payroll tax have any chance in the Democratic-majority State Senate?, tragic story involving the murder of a prominent Southern California philanthropist puts the spotlight on increasing crime in America's most liberal cities, two chances to meet KVI's John Carlson in Issaquah tomorrow after his show, Biden travel ban over the Omicron virus begs the question: why hasn't WA Attorney General sued Biden for this travel ban as he instantly sued Trump over a nearly identical travel ban? KVI's Lars Larson notes that Alec Baldwin has so far killed more people in the US than Omicron variant, if Omicron infections confer natural immunity--but don't widely kill or sicken people--could it finally end the lock downs liberals seem to love?, a Tacoma NPR station badly misportrays a headline about a low-income tenant apartment being redeveloped, GUEST: retired Vanderbilt University political science professor, Carol Swain, talks about the racial sloganeering of contemporary politics, Swain is traveling to Ocean Shores WA in 2022 to speak at the upcoming Roanoke Conference, Swain addresses Critical Race Theory (CRT) dominating 2021 politics/education issues with her book titled "Black Eye for America". A Bremerton Democrat wants to end the tolls on the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge, after Michigan parents of a 15-year-old suspected mass school shooter were charged in connection with the killings should more parents be charged if their child(ren) shoot and kill?, all of America's most ardently left-wing/liberal cities are facing skyrocketing murder rates in 2021, the surges in murder and other crime coincide with defund police politics and no- or low bail activism, should Kshama Sawant battle U.S. Rep. Pramilar Jayapal for her Congressional seat?, GUEST: St. Senator Emily Randall (D-Bremerton) is proposing to end tolls for drivers on the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Randall is concerned about the financing mechanism of the bridge tolling, she says her constituents regular express concerns about the tolling cost to their household budget. Why Kshama Swant represents Seattle's destructive path down the road of left-wing politics, will the razor thin margin for Sawant turn into a warning message to her city council sycophants?, Olympic sports broadcaster Bob Costas tees off on communist China regarding upcoming Winter Olympics.

Show topics: GUEST: strategic and foreign affairs analyst, Ralph Peters, examines if the US might get dragged into a war between Russia and Ukraine, two possible scenarios right now with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, why Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal emboldens Putin when it comes to Ukraine. A state senator from Bremerton WA wants to immediately end tolls on the new Narrow's Bridge, the reasons for stopping the toll show an entitlement mentality by the lawmaker, opponents and critics of Seattle's Kshama Sawant have to be a little concerned this morning with her recall vote, how big a chunk of the remaining votes Sawant needs to win to stay in office, how real are the concerns that Sawant supporters might submit fraudulent ballots?, a European bureaucrat's attempt at politically correct 'inclusion' at Christmas immediately backfires, first Oregon's governor ignores her own demand that others wear masks and then one of her staffers shuts down a Portland news reporter asking about the Governor's hypocritical behavior! a foot or more of snow expected in the WA Cascades just today and more expected tomorrow and Friday, an Ivy League 'transgender' swimmer is causing proverbial waves after beating biological females by up to 38-seconds in some NCAA meets, how Federal requirements regarding "gender identity" are impacting high school and university sports, why the term 'transgender' has no basis in science, a third federal judge blocks another Pres. Biden vaccine requirement order, more statistical data showing states with tougher COVID lockdowns don't produce better outcomes, a pair of homeless updates: one from a Seattle public school and another from an unsanctioned/illegal homeless camp in Olympia. GUEST: Seattle political consultant, Cathy Allen, shares her take on 1st round of Sawant recall election results, why the larger the voter turnout the tougher it will be for Sawant to over-come this 7% deficit, how attorneys (and election law) could ultimately sort out this Sawant recall decision by voters, a Sawant supporter makes a dubious claim via social media about Democracy and her recall vote, the story of another Seattle repeat offender who most recently assaulted a police officer trying to jab out the officer's eyeball with his thumb, the King County judge dropped bail on the suspect from $25,000 to $1000 and an activist group paid the bail of the repeat offender, how close is Russia right now to invading Ukraine and if they do invade is Pres. Biden prepared to do anything to block Russia's Vladimir Putin?, a transgender Penn U swimmer is thrashing female competitors in swimming meets.

Show topics: Biden Administration straddling the diplomatic fence over China's Winter Olympics next year, the disturbing yet apparently legal tactic Seattle supporters of Kshama Sawant are using in today's recall vote election, GUEST: Seattle Police Officer Guild president, Mike Solan, talks to KVI about the Seattle homeless industrial complex and the propensity for perpetuating vs. actually ending homelessness, Sawant recall thoughts/concerns as the voting ends today, KVI's Lars Larson tackles the potential for any Michigan high school administrators to be charged in mass murder shooting by 15 year old Ethan Crumbley. A KVI listener who is a high school counselor calls in to discuss potentially charging Oxford HS (Michigan) school staff for not spotting the troubles of 15-year-old student turned accused mass shooter Ethan Crumbley, new report says that the Crumbley family lived in Issaquah WA a few years ago before moving to Michigan, Sound Transit and another possible car tab tax hike, Portland police vs carjacker, is the Omicron COVID variant a sign that the virus is fizzling out rather than raging forward?, a clinical professor of medicine writes that Omicron hasn't provided any data/info/science that its more potent than prior variations, the 5-minute historical summary you need to hear about why Pearl Harbor attack happened. KVI asking for your generous help this week (and particularly on Friday) for our annual Salvation Army Toy Drive with the help of Fred Meyer, political/social justice aspects of children's literature, a conservative writer turns the tables on such things as 'drag queen story hour for kids', the writer's new book could be a public relations headache for online retailers like Amazon, look how woke Starbucks has been and its still not enough for Bernie Sanders, GUEST: Recall Kshama Sawant campaign manager and chair, Henry Bridger II talks to KVI about the prospects of voters in her district kicking Sawant out of office with today's final day of voting, examining the tactic that liberal progressives like to use calling their political opponents "racist".

Show topics: signs of snow in Western WA this morning, Seahawks keep giving away the ball but manage to beat rival SF 49ers, Minnesota man who was one of the first to contract Omicron COVID-19 had very mild symptoms and was thrice vaccinated, astro-photographer captures clearest photos yet of the sun, parents of Michigan high school mass shooter will now face manslaughter charges for 15-year-old son's fatal shooting, GUEST: 2nd Amendment Go-To Guy, Dave Workman, columnist for TheGunMag.com, Dave Workman, details the chronology of events that led up to the fatal Oxford HS shooting in Michigan, why the school could be legally liable for not doing something significant to prevent the shooting, why the criminal charges against the parents seem justified based on what's known so far. GUEST: ShiftWA.org's, Randy Pepple, examines Gov. Jay Inslee's LTC payroll tax problems + Sawant recall election, Pepple says Democrats are trying to derail a voter initiative to make the LTC payroll tax an opt-in only program, Inslee and Democrats simply deploying delay tactics to kick the can past the 2022 (Legislative) elections, for information on I-1436 click here, it took 8 years to achieve but Snohomish County finally brought 150 timber jobs to Darrington WA, Negro League baseball star and irrepressible ambassador of the game--Buck O'Neill--finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, remembering the life and career of Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS).

Show topics: WA Senate Democrats finally begin to acknowledge the obvious flaws in the Long Term Care payroll tax, another case in Snohomish County of Democrats' damage control regarding police reform laws, these are two examples of how Democrats in Olympia passed laws that fail to do what they actually intended, gas tax money dedicated for roads is being diverted for mass transit and bike lanes by WA Dept. of Transportation, KVI's Lars Larson says Democrats are panicking about next year's mid-term (and WA Legislative) elections when it comes to Inslee's Long Term Care payroll tax set to go into effect in 3+ weeks. WA Democrats move to delay Long Term Care mandatory payroll tax that was urged for passage by SEIU labor union, a child (now adult) from an interracial adoption writes book saying there should be segregation in childhood adoptions, GUEST: economist and author, Steve Moore, digs into this morning's November jobs report data and how vaccine mandates are demonstrably hurting employment, the bumper sticker slogan to sum up the economy right now (and for next year's election), CNN posted a story stating that inflation was good for Americans, GUEST: investigative reporter, Sharyl Attkisson, says the economy is looming large for next year's mid-term election so who has the big advantage on that front? GUEST: Seattle political campaign consultant, Cathy Allen, analyzes the potential for a recall of city councilmember Kshama Sawant, Allen's anecdotal polling so far says older/long time Seattle voters have lost faith in Sawant, based on voter turn-out Allen estimates about 16,000 voters would need to vote to recall Sawant for the vote to pass, Sawant has shown an ability to "bounce back" in prior elections after starting out with a vote deficit, turns out most of the money supporting Sawant's solidarity campaign are from outside of Seattle and outside the state, some classic virtue signaling from a Seattle progressive/ NHL fan, the African doctor (from Botswana) who identified the new "Omicron" variant is far more rational about it than most American politicians and public health officials, KVI caller hits on Gov. Inslee's comments yesterday about Omicron variant and Alec Baldwin's ABC interview last night that the gun 'just went off' to explain fatal shooting on movie set two months ago.

Show topics: Dr. Anthony Fauci applies two completely different standards for testing on the "Omicron" variant, a Skyway/Renton 16-year-old is arrested for shooting at a police officer parked in patrol car, King Co. Prosecutor will actually charge this 16-yr old suspect as an adult, CNN guy gets on his high horse about CRT vs school shootings, Federal Way's newest city councilwoman is a revelation amid widespread public safety and crime concerns, Erica Norton's candidate talk about making cities and neighborhoods safer is what King County needs right now, why Councilwoman Norton is the reason NOT to move out of WA as the left-wing politics have become detrimental to public safety, KVI's Lars Larson explains what appears to be the boldest plan in the US to keep government accountable and its coming from Southwest Washington (Clark County). Carlson stunned that an ambush (attempted) shooting of a sheriff's deputy near Renton isn't getting more attention--especially now that the arrested suspected shooter is a 16-year-old, GUEST: WPC transportation policy director, Mariya Frost, has discovered that WSDOT is using gas tax money to pay for projects that are not roads as required by the (18th Amendment to the) State Constitution, the current DOT Secretary has devised this cynical plan to prop up transit and bike land spending over roads, how I-976 (Eyman initiative) tried to address this diversion of transportation money, why WA transportation spending is very high but results are very low (49th out of 50 states in road maintenance ), WA spends 4X more to maintain roads per mile than Oregon does per mile. Dr. Anthony Fauci deceptively mis-portrays the criteria for COVID testing illegal border crossers as attempts to test international travelers for Omicron variant ramp up, new (and helpful) context to Omicron variant concerns from an African doctor, Team Biden now backing away from bold statement about Trump and COVID deaths, is this anti-police social media handle calling a Seattle TV news reporter a "f$%@ing ghoul"?, GUEST: Federal Way mayor, Jim Ferrell, says the new 'probable cause' law for police pursuit prevents Federal Way officers from pursuing suspects on numerous crimes, why Ferrell feels "we will go off a cliff" when it comes to public safety if King County officials (Executive and Prosecutor) don't do their jobs (i.e. closing the Seattle King Co. jail), says half of Federal Way's murders are drug related right now.