A future Hall of Fame NFL QB calls out hypocritical politicians for lockdowns and the crushing economic restrictions that are crippling restaurants, bars and gyms; how news media outlets are fostering the Big Tech silencing of political speech they dislike, Glenn Greenwald says its not unilateral censorship decisions by Big Tech, the dual achievement of silencing political views they dislike, how the political left is managing to censor speech that doesn't advantage their political goals by simply censoring it,

Trump's not the first President to avoid his successor's inauguration, Bill Maher chides Democrats' stereotyping all Trump supporters after the Capitol Building mob attack, honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., actor James Earl Jones celebrates 90th birthday, how Trump's possible Senate impeachment trial compares to the Catholic Church's "Cadaver Synod" in 897 A.D., KVI callers sound off on media's blanket characterization of Trump supporters vis-a-vis mob attack on US Capitol Building.

The Pandora's Box that will open if the US Senate proceeds to convict Trump of impeachment, the Constitutional limitations of who can be impeached, WA vaccination rates still low and slow, Biden now promising to cancel Keystone XL Pipeline work, where would Rev. Dr. King Jr. fit in to today's social justice political landscape?, social justice warriors today decry Abraham Lincoln who Rev. Dr. King revered, his citation of the Declaration of Independence during the "I Have a Dream" speech, King's warning about "drinking from the cup of bitterness".

GUEST: KVI's Kirby Wilbur on the future/fate of the Republican Party, how QAnon lunatics are damaging the the image of conservatives, the 1960s parallel to the "Birchers" (note: not 'birthers'), how San Diego woman Ashli Babbitt died 12 days ago for her support of QAnon.

NY Times writes how people can't leave San Francisco fast enough, HBO's Bill Maher provides some needed context about the future of the Republican Party and the mob attack on the US Capitol 12 days ago, honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a day of service, how today's 'civil rights' activists differ greatly from the heart of King's dream, remembering John Lewis in concert with King, the tremendous difficulty of preaching and aspiring to King Jr.'s plea for non-violence.

A record number of overdose drug deaths within two weeks in Seattle & King County, the 2-week record spans Dec. 27th to January 9th, the death spike seems to indicate that Seattle officials can't fix these continuing problems, meanwhile a city mayor goes homeless for a week to see what's really going on at street level in his city, the mayor concludes that the homelessness problems stem from drug addicted people who are enabled by others in the community who give them food, the mayor believes that the homeless problems are not related to the cost of rent or housing but are predominately a choice by people who want to intoxicate themselves.

how Trump unites Democrats but divides Republicans, why Joe Biden's now the focal point for Republicans to rally against, clear your calendar for the night of Tues. Jan. 26th for KVI's Kirby Wilbur, did you see last night's brilliant sunset in Western WA?, some little known trivia about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would be his 92nd birthday, what do politicians mean when they say they're going to "fight" over a certain issue?

The suspect in Seattle for two unprovoked attacks has a history of violent assault, the 'war on women' in Seattle because of the inability for prosecutors to seriously deal with repeat criminals, at the same time Democrats in the WA Legislature are trying to reduce penalties on violent criminals and criminals using guns.

the Gov. Inslee Administration continues to fail on the vaccine front, a KVI caller asks about the future of heroin injection site(s) in Seattle, WA has only vaccinated about 1/3 of people they have the supply to administer, the Olympia battle over "low carbon fuel standard" (aka LCFS), anecdotal reports from KVI staff that people are waiting in line to go to their fitness gyms during Inslee's phase 1 re-opening, GUEST: economist Steve Moore says Joe Biden's new COVID relief bill is a "Bernie Sanders wish list", Biden's plan totals nearly $6 trillion, Moore says the ultimate relief from COVID is inoculation with vaccines, some thoughts on Biden's push for nationalizing a $15 minimum wage, GUEST: Sharyl Attkisson talks about a documentary by a notable conservative talk show host that is getting suppressed a la Parler, also Sharyl reports this weekend about why the COVID vaccine might require a future booster shot in 6 months or a year.

new polling about political lines and where they're drawn in Washington, how this new data impacts three big tax hikes (including a capital gains tax) proposed in WA Legislature right now, the polling shows how Republicans want to open up the economy during the pandemic while Democrats want to keep restrictions in place, will the slow vaccination rate in WA change next week once Pres.-elect Biden is officially sworn in to office?

GUEST: environmental 'go-to-guy', Todd Myers, shares the latest on the WA Legislature pushing to pass a de-facto gasoline tax with something known as the LCFS, KVI listeners are invited to talk politics and network at the upcoming Roanoke Conference in Ocean Shores, the Metro DC cop who was nearly crushed by the pro-Trump mob at the US Capitol last week, why the police officer says people looked at him as a symbol of their political rage, what the officer said that may have saved his life, actor Bryan Cranston's incredibly thoughtful analysis of 'cancel culture', how 'cancel culture' turns opponents into a symbol and removes their humanity.

Twitter's CEO is back-peddling on his controversial Trump ban, several notable world leaders are criticizing Twitter's permanent ban of Trump, here are seven Twitter accounts that still exist despite past threats of violence and patently false information, a Crosscut Elway poll on political party affiliation and gender demographics, the big results in this data are related to geography and monetary income, how Republicans can capitalize on this new polling data.

Pres. Trump impeached a 2nd time, more US troops in DC right now than Iraq and Afghanistan combined, Trump's Oval Office message yesterday would have been better 6 days ago, two WA Republicans vote to impeach Trump, will new Trump impeachment go to US Supreme Court?, the ability to start and conclude a Senate impeachment trial before Trump leaves office, how Democrats have trivialized impeachment, the 'clear and present danger' argument Democrats are claiming,

the low bar for praise involving WA Dept. of Health efforts to give COVID vaccine, WA is moving too slowly in providing the vaccine, WA ranks in the lowest 1/3rd of US states for vaccinations so far, Portland's mayor scoffs at question regarding the normalization of violence against government property, evaluating the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Pres. Trump, how the House impeachment vote impacts 2022 mid-term Congressional elections, KVI callers sound off on the Republicans that decided to vote to impeach Trump yesterday.

GUEST: Bothell resident and Northshore School District parent, Stacy Rus, is urging the school district to re-open schools sports, she rallied with other families at Bothell's Pop Keeney Stadium yesterday, the irony of public health officials telling people to get outside for recreation but blocking school sports teams, too many students are missing out on two seasons of sports; more double-talk on masks from Seattle's US Congresswoman.

GUEST: Award-winning author Michael Walsh shares the military stories in his new book, " Last Stands: Why Men Fight When All Is Lost", Walsh reveals the causes and outcomes of more than a dozen battles in which a small fighting force refused to surrender to a far larger force, asking the question: is being at war the default state for humans or is being at peace the default state?, the Presidential aspirations of Gen. George Custer in the days before and after "The Battle at Little Big Horn"; a 19 yr old Seattle man arrested for felony assault in two vicious and unprovoked attacks on women, a Seattle heroin injection site now seems even more unlikely after a new Federal appeals court ruling in Philadelphia.

Back to the future for Joe Biden's pick to head up the Dept. of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Biden's selection of an activist lawyer harkens back to an embarrassing selection Pres. Bill Clinton once made.

Power outtages across Western WA overnight, Pres. Trump pleads for no more violence, the pre-ordained House impeachment vote today, free speech and social media censorship, GUEST: ShiftWA.com's Randy Pepple is getting involved in the political effort to block a gasoline and home heating tax that could hit families hard, Gov. Inslee wants a 'low carbon fuel tax", the tax would hit gasoline sales but none of that gas tax money would go to transportation, Pepple says a State House hearing tomorrow on HB 1091 , the tax would also allocate money to go directly to environmental groups, KVI's Lars Larson disagrees with US Rep. Jaime Herrera-Buetler's decision to vote to impeach Pres. Trump, assessing VP Mike Pence's treatment by Trump. Olympia woman finds out her 99-year-old mother--who recovered from COVID--was improperly classified as a COVID death when she died after injuries suffered in a fall, GUESTS: daughter, Christine Frye, talks about how she was alerted that her mother's death was classified as COVID, how WA health officials over-stating COVID deaths impacts state revenue collections. How free speech issues and news media liberal bias is being accelerated by millenials, school closures this morning because of power outtages from last night's strong winds, Federal Way was hit with 61 mph winds last night, KVI's Kirby Wilbur talks more about his retirement decision and KVI invites you to a virtual party for Kirby, what to make of more Republican Congressional members deciding to favor a 2nd impeachment effort against Trump. KVI callers inquire about a 2nd impeachment and how it impacts Republicans going forward, an update on the investigation into usage of social media for coordinating last week's attack on the US Capitol, Mollie Hemingway addresses the Democrats and news media's failure to condemn political violence, fact-checking a plan to expand solar power by Democrats in the Washington Legislature, the sickening attack on a Seattle woman who was planting flowers to beautify her street when she was savagely and randomly kicked in the face by a male suspect, a KVI exclusive interview with former Seattle Sonic center, James Donaldson, who has penned a new book ,"Celebrating Your Gift of Life", about his struggles overcoming an emergency heart surgery 6 years ago.

A high-profile Hollywood and stage actor brings some common sense to the political impulse of "cancel culture", the actor says we need more foregiveness in our world, some legal advice for a man arrested at the Olympia Capitol Building yesterday, turning Gov. Jay Inslee's 'sanctuary state' status on its ear.

The biggest threat to free speech in the last two generations, the money equation for Twitter banning Pres. Trump's personal account, was there collusion involved in the Big Tech platforms to block Parler?, how impeachment hinges on one Democratic Senator, you are invited to a virtual party to celebrate KVI's Kirby Wilbur, a Republican supporter of Trump tests Twitter's censorship, GUEST: Dave Parkhurst per social media censorship and Big Tech collusion, Amazon's role in stifling Parler, why Amazon has monopolistic power in this situation, remember the massacre in New Zealand that was live-streamed on Facebook?, Twitter didn't seem to mind when video of violent protests were all over its platform last summer, Amazon has 50% of the market share for web hosting services, so where does this battle go from here? Announcing a KVI Virtual Party for retiring talk show host Kirby Wilbur, the common denominator of states that most Americans are moving to and moving away from, Washington takes a distinctive place on this new list for 2020, will Big Tech's attempt to stifle free speech have unintended consequences?, Seattle's US Congresswoman tests COVID positive, Congresswoman blames Republicans and last week's attack on the US Capitol for her COVID infection, compare South Dakota COVID vaccination rates to WA vaccination rates so far, video seems to show the Congresswoman in the gallery wearing no mask. You're invited to a KVI celebration for retiring talk show host Kirby Wilbur, new crime stats show Seattle's murder rate jumped 61% last year, GUEST: Sound Transit board member and Pierce Co. Executive Bruce Dammeier, addresses new report that Sound Transit's "ST3" costs to acquire land for light rail to two locations in Seattle and one in Tacoma, what happened to Seattle's gun tax that was supposed to fund programs to reduce gun violence?, an explanation of shutdown of the social media website Parler.com, GUEST: KVI's Kirby Wilbur talks about his retirement decision and why he and his wife are choosing to move to Texas for retirement, the looting at Bellevue Square Mall last year played a factor in the decision to move.