Show topics: Kent School District closes school tomorrow for lack of substitute teachers, compare Kent/Seattle/Bellevue schools to how Lake Washington School District is managing to stay open tomorrow despite numerous vacation requests by teachers tomorrow, St. Sen. Steve Hobbs to replace Sec. of State Kim Wyman, US Attorney in Seattle charges two people with identity theft and bilking over $1 million from COVID relief programs, Instagram tests new feature to make users use Instagram less, GUEST: ShiftWA.org co-founder (and political strategist), Randy Pepple, analyzes the surprisingly close results of the Seattle City Attorney's race, Pepple examines Gov. Jay Inslee's appointment of Hobbs to replace Wyman, why this change with Hobbs will become more significant next year, San Francisco's mayor finally pushes back by supporting recall effort of 3 school board members, Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Kenosha WI gets dramatic when judge admonishes the lead prosecutor during cross-examination of said murder defendant, how the prosecution's case has unraveled against Rittenhouse in the aftermath of anti-police rioting after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a birthday on Veteran's Day for a Tuskeegee Airman and WWII combat pilot who became a monumental civil rights attorney, why King County's proof of vaccine requirement should be read as a recommendation and not a mandate, the dispute between "recommendation" and "order" in what was issued by King County's public health officer, the clue that King County Public Health would likely lose in court if a business challenged this proof of vaccination order, GUEST: Seattle Police Officer's Guild president, Mike Solan, discusses latest defund police attempt in Seattle and election victories for candidates with more reasonable approach to policing and public safety, Seattle's climate change and mass transit activists are thrilled with Gov. Inslee's pick to replace the outgoing Secretary of State but not for the reason(s) you might think, watch for the de-incarceration/prison industrial complex activists and politicians contradict themselves when it comes to the Kyle Rittenhouse trial outcome.

Show topics: Happy 246th birthday to the US Marine Corps, Bellevue and Seattle schools abruptly shutdown Friday classes because too many teachers want a 4-day weekend, the decision by teachers to turn Veterans Day into a 4-day weekend shows that teachers are over-playing their hand with parents, inflation hits a 31-year high in the U.S. in October, a kidnapped 16 year-old girl uses a hand signal from a Tik Tok video to indicate she's in danger, are masks about to be made permanent by progressive politicians and public health officials?, more examples of liberals who can't give up the lockdown, don't be surprised if masks become permanent requirements, the Kenosha WI murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone as expected for the prosecution, KVI's Lars Larson weighs in on the surprising moment from a prosecution witness this week, A lawsuit has been filed in federal court seeking to stop Governor Jay Inslee's new long-term care payroll tax. the lawsuit cites portability restrictions that prevent workers from cashing in on the mandated tax payments, the lawsuit is filed by a heavyweight Seattle law firm, the Inslee LTC payroll tax was primarily written to benefit an SEIU labor union not ordinary workers, the LTC payroll tax is a guaranteed revenue stream for the labor union, why Inslee's law punishes younger workers the most (and rewards younger workers the least), 31-year-old prolific burglar arrested in Pierce County,

GUEST: host of the (Un)-Divided podcast, Brandi Kruse, says a recent management change at Q13 prevented her from continuing her prior political show there, why she calls her new podcast a show for the anti-fringe (in politics), her show will cater to listeners/viewers who increasingly don't identify with either political party, Kruse calls out politicians who engage in "performative politics" that don't actually represent constituents, CNN anchor fails in attempt to shutdown a Republican Senator's comments about Virginia schools over-reaching on CRT, the CNN anchor's comments sound akin to a cult member, the continuing educational assault (and allegations of racism) on gifted students, GUEST: North Bend resident and director of a new video called "Hunting Bigfoot", Taylor Guterson, talks about a group of residents in North Bend who are obsessed with Bigfoot, Guterson conducted several interviews with people who (think/feel they) saw Sasquatch/Bigfoot, "Hunting Bigfoot" will be screened in some Western WA movie theaters this month.

Show topics: one of Pres. Biden's strongest political allies tries to explain the first 10 months of his presidency, how Biden hasn't met expectations from Americans, will the Spokane Transit Authority give back taxpayer money from the federal government rescue funding that they received but don't really need?, Yakima E.R. doctor, Raul Garcia M.D., answers questions about the CDC approving childhood COVID vaccinations for ages 5-11, the criteria and decision that parents need to make about vaccinating a 5-11 yr old child, the rarity of a vaccinated person spreading COVID to another vaccinated person, KVI's Lars Larson tackles the Scotland climate summit right now and the actions of Governors Jay Inslee and Kate Brown, GUEST: UW Atmospheric Sciences professor, Cliff Mass, responds to a new report from this week's Scotland climate summit claiming the earth only has 11 years left before irreversible damage is done by humans and CO2, Mass says future technology like fission and fusion power will provide clean energy in 5-10 years that will help eliminate CO2 emissions, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers examines Gov. Jay Inslee's latest claims and proclamations being made at the Scotland climate summit this week, the data show Gov. Inslee's policy and results "are abysmal" on reducing CO2 in Washington, UW suspends football coach Jimmy Lake for next ball game after swatting and shoving a player on the sideline, new details emerging about fatal stampede at Houston concert including that the performance wasn't halted for 40 minutes as people lay dying, a middle school touts a drone (remote control helicopter, not a constant annoying sound) camp but its only for Black students, Brandi Kruse's new plan after quitting Q13/Fox 13.

Show topics: A Veterans Day Parade recap from Auburn, Congressional Republicans vote to approve Democrats nearly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, remembering the collapse of Galloping Gertie in Tacoma/Gig Harbor, federal judge puts Biden's vaxx mandate for bigger private companies on temporary hold, inflation and supply chain sarcasm, a WWU student from Bellingham dies in Houston TX when he's trampled at a music festival concert, Seattle's Kshama Sawant will oppose hiring incentives for police officers just proposed by lame duck mayor, Biden gets angry and contradicts his earlier statement about paying families separated at US/Mexico border as a settlement for what happened during Trump presidency, UW football coach Jimmy Lake's sideline incident swatting a player's facemask, Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden vaccine mandate, in August Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several Biden officials kept repeating that Biden would never impose vaccine mandates, CNN seems upset the oil company lobbyists are at Scotland Climate Summit, Kim Strassel perfectly explains the John Durham special counsel case against Igor Danchenko, KVI callers sound off on the latest information that implicates Hillary Clinton and the Clinton political legacy, GUEST: Dr. Raul Garcia says he doesn't subscribe to a vaccine mandate for 5-11 year olds, Garcia says he personally treated many infected 5-11 year-olds but very few of them had actual symptoms, the criteria and decision that parents need to make about vaccinating a 5-11 yr old child, the rarity of a vaccinated person spreading COVID to another vaccinated person yet mask mandates like King County's are still in effect, most foreign nations accept natural immunity for protection but US public health officials don't, the "railroad of one answer" to immunity begs the question of the pharmaceutical company's influence over US public health officials, Eagles concert at Climate Pledge Arena received strong reviews from music fans, Seattle Indivisible (anti-Trump group's) message to subscribers about Seattle's mayoral race, Bill Maher, Virginia moms tell CNN why they voted Republican instead of Democrat for governor last week, Seattle firefighters accuse homeless man of repeatedly damaging their personal vehicles at the fire station.

Show topics: Bruce Harrell will be Seattle's next mayor, two Seattle Port Commissioner races are now being won by progressive candidates over moderate ones, a Seattle business owner delivers damaging verbal takedown of city's homeless response, some advice for Seattle's new mayor regarding what this business owner just said, US Supreme Court hears NYC gun control law, Pfizer announces very encouraging test results of its COVID fighting pill (just like Merck did last month) strike up the band for tomorrow in Auburn WA with the biggest Veteran's Day Parade in the western United States, a Carolina teacher wins a reverse discrimination ruling after being fired and then replaced by employees of color, GUEST: Freedom Foundation, Max Nelson, has been investigating how the WEA teacher's union is advising teachers about critics/opponents of CRT-style or inspired curriculum, one of the female pioneers of American police work dies at the age of 80, Pres. Biden confronted over reported plan to give $450,000 to illegal aliens separated at border during Trump Admin., Biden denies the payments will be given, KVI callers sound off on the Biden answer about the $450,000, GUEST: Sharyl Attkisson examines network news double standard in the coverage of the John Durham probe indictment yesterday in the bogus Russian-dossier story targeting Donald Trump, Auburn Veteran's Day Parade tomorrow at 11am, KVI callers sound off on the potential $450,000 payment to some illegal aliens separated at the border, after one month of service some escalators are now stopped at new Seattle light rail station, WA student test scores dropped even before the pandemic shifted class to on-line cameras.

Show topics: Explaining the three "advisory" votes on this week's election ballot which show a strong support for limiting taxes, 38 of 39 WA counties (including King Co.) voted to 'repeal' capital gains income tax--a center piece of Democrats recent agenda, the "advisory" votes show a pathway to victory for Republicans in the 2022 WA elections, there's similar news from numerous WA cities now opposing income tax(es), the post-election quandary of candidates running as "non-partisan" but WA voters are required to declare party affiliation (in a primary), constitutional questions abound for Biden or Inslee potential vaxx requirements for private businesses. The tremendous story of Virginia Lt. Gov-elect, Winsome Sears, how Sears's campaign on school/education issues attracted voters to Republican candidates in VA, in TX a Republican won a state assembly election in a district that is 75% Latino/Hispanic (a district that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 with 60% of the vote), Gov. Inslee "finding" his way out of the pandemic, the brilliant response from VA Lt. Gov-elect to MSNBC's Joy Reid, a Federal Way teen shot and killed and another drive-by shooting near the location of the dead body yesterday, Ballard residents and business owners react to Bruce Harrell's apparent Seattle mayor election win and what it means for addressing homelessness in that neighborhood, a reverse racism employment jury verdict prompts a $10 million judgement against the company who fired a white man. GUEST: Auburn mayor Nancy Backus talks about Saturday's Veteran's Day parade which is the biggest in the Western U.S., KVI's John Carlson will appear in the Veteran's Day parade procession in Auburn, the parade will include a C130 Globemaster fly-over from McChord/JBLM; why has it taken two years and Congress still hasn't approved the WA switch to permanent Daylight Saving Time?, chair of WA Democratic party wants to "ballot chase" in some election races including one in Burien, WA voters send very strong message to Legislative Democrats who just passed three tax hikes without a vote of the people, a KVI caller disagrees with some of Carlson's 2021 election conclusions.

Show topics: A big early lead for Bruce Harrell in Seattle mayoral race, Seattle stops its 30-year lurch toward the political socialist left,Virginia voters go Republican and its much more than just for Governor, MSNBC host blames racist white parents (CRT and school board meetings in VA) for Democrats failures in election, Seattle's city attorney election gives Ann Davidson a unique chance to redefine Republican politics, KVI's Lars Larson points to the African-American immigrant candidate who is a Republican that also won a statewide race in Virginia. A KVI listener asks if Seattle's 2021 early election results for moderates will force Gov. Jay Inslee to be more moderate, another KVI listener feels like the VA election results are like the 1980 presidential election, eight votes separate candidates for Anacortes WA mayor's race, candidates opposing mask mandates/race theory curriculum lead Kennewick school board elections. Federal Way election results show the reversal of the 13-year liberal leaning trend, why Seattle's Kshama Sawant should be nervous this morning, voters in Edmonds also veered centrist and away from more left-wing candidates, what kind of mayor will Bruce Harrell be for Seattle?, the concern that Seattle simply wants to create bigger government bureaucracy to handle homelessness, how VA's Glenn Youngkin won as a Republican (without rejecting or embracing Trump) and how Democrats' use of POTUS and VP didn't help attract voters.

Topics discussed: The importance of this election day // 50 years ago today voters saved the Pike Place Market // Mental competency hearing ordered for Tacoma quadruple murder suspect // Will race for Seattle city attorney hinge on candidates' plan to prosecute DUI drivers? // Breakdown of pivotal races in this election // Steep decline in Washington State student's test scores // Where does Seattle rank when it comes to the amount of stressed people? // The importance of Virginia's governors race // GUEST: Beau Chevassus, City of Enumclaw Council Member, joins John to discuss Enumclaw's city council's approval to research leaving King County // Why John is optimistic about these off year elections

6am hour -- CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta faces some very difficult questions from podcaster Joe Rogan, Rogan grills Gupta on why CNN repeatedly falsely portrayed his doctor prescribed COVID treatment as 'horse de-wormer', Gupta fails to answer why didn't push-back on CNN editors when he (as the medical expert on CNN) certainly knew better, VIDEO: the WA DOT workers posted a very blunt message for Gov. Jay Inslee and the Transportation Secretary regarding the vaccine mandate, debunking the claim that supporters of sanctuary cities/states usually use to defend their policy, Gov. Inslee's vaxx mandate now means some island residents in WA will have to wait 8 hours or more to get to the mainland (and vice-versa). 7am hour -- drug use and drug over-dose deaths hitting all time highs and it shows how leniency toward drugs has backfired with homeless/addiction/crime problems in Seattle and other major cities, unvaccinated firefighters in Redmond WA warn city council of longer response times to emergencies and fires because of fired workers due to the vaxx mandate, will 'cancel culture' kill the Rolling Stones song "Brown Sugar"?. if the Asian Giant Hornet story wasn't bad enough get a load of this warning about an invasive Asian mosquito, GUEST: Sharyl Attiksson examines the revelation that veteran news anchor/reporter Katie Couric selectively edited an interview about National Anthem protests involving a sitting US Supreme Court justice. 8am hour -- Joe Rogan grills CNN medical expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta about CNN's continual distortion of his ivermectin COVID treatment, how Rogan got the best of Dr. Gupta during their interview, pushback on Seattle political candidate who states: "fact check: evictions lead to homelessness", Seattle Kraken win their 1st game in 2nd try to start the NHL season, a KVI listener e-mail tells about a daughter who's had 5 friends recently die from fentanyl drug over-doses, KVI callers sound off on Inslee vaccine mandate, POTUS's plan for the supply chain problems is having port workers working 24-7.

6am hour -- Katie Couric admits she selectively edited Ruth Bader Ginsburg interview 6 years ago, more incendiary tweets emerge from the campaign of a candidate for Seattle City Attorney, the chair of the WA Democratic Party refuses to denounce the latest disturbing tweets about violence and death on fellow Democrats, a PNW NCAA scholar-athlete says something about his assistant coach that applies to the dysfunction of Seattle's response to homeless problems, WA Ferries just decided to cut sailings on most runs( one run cut by 50%) because of how many workers will be fired due to Gov. Inslee's vaccine mandate, the political game of exemptions and accommodations for the Gov. Inslee and Seattle/King County vaxx mandates, the admission by Katie Couric "trying to protect" a sitting US Supreme Court justice who said something that didn't fit the left wing narrative. 7am hour -- time to expose some questionable things in the Congressional Democrats' $3.5 trillion "infrastructure" spending, GUEST: Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform, points out the Constitutionality of dish washing machines in America, how gov't prevents markets from evolving and changing, even the progressive Bellingham City Council is against a hazard pay ballot initiative being pushed by a socialist political group, a Seattle elementary school declares that Halloween is racist (but did they ask the children if it's racist?), the war on achievement in some US schools (in the name of 'equity'). 8am hour -- drug over-dose deaths and narcotic drug use setting records in America right now, yet three states managed to reduce drug deaths amid this national rise, the drug over-dose deaths have gone from 70,000 in 2019 to over 90,000 in 2020 seem to be exacerbated by government imposed lockdowns, GUEST: executive director for the Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian, discusses a new report that shows a main justification for sanctuary policies by politicians and activists doesn't bear water, the Biden Administration just halted border wall construction at a location that sees the most amount of illegal crossings, what changed with the "remain in Mexico" policy between Trump and Biden presidencies; the disturbing tweets from the campaign manager of a Seattle political candidate who is already under scrutiny for her own incendiary anti-police tweets.