The Academy Awards announces new criteria to qualify for Best Picture award, the criteria all revolve around racial and social justice demographics, the new criteria seem to be a reversal of The Academy of Arts and Sciences previous move to generate higher ratings to the annual awards telecast; an ACLU staffer publicly criticizes the KY university that admitted a HS student embroiled in a viral video wearing a MAGA hat, meanwhile a university diversity scholar also prejudges the HS student.

Weather and fire problems combining for very difficult conditions the next two days, a new tactic emerging in BLM protests where the activists accost people eating at restaurant sidewalks/patios, the disturbing banner hung near the Seattle Police union HQ in SoDo, the banner is another example of the anti-police activists escalating tensions instead of de-escalating, Trump nominated for The Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian Parliament member, the post-Labor Day political campaign shift to the general election, one conservative columnist writes that Trump is on track to win again, why Democrats struggle when crime is a political issue.

Several videos emerge of "defund police" activists in Seattle blocking all southbound lanes of I-5 on the Ship Canal Bridge last Friday, the driver of one vehicle refuses to step out of the car to be arrested (scroll down the imbedded thread to see that video which is one minutes, 27 seconds in duration. Warning: vulgar and inflammatory language). One Black female activist says some of the worst possible words to a Black WSP Trooper trying to clear the blocking vehicles, the activists get a rude awakening when they're told they're not on city of Seattle property, an update to last week's government office racial justice training seminars.

GUEST: KOMO's Carleen Johnson live in Sumner WA, she's tracking a brush fire that has closed to major state highways, winds are compounding the south King and north Pierce County fires, a blown transformer is suspected of igniting the Sumner fires, the irony of a Labor Day march in Seattle with the theme that police don't deserve to be in a union, anti-police vandalism in Olympia punctuated by a message you'd normally see from fundamentalist Muslims. BLM protest in Shelton WA met with a large "pro-police" crowd, the BLM protest was purely done to intimidate a small town, some KVI exclusive insight about the Shelton dueling protests, witnesses observe a 12-1 ratio of pro-police supporters to BLM protesters in Shelton, store owners took precaution by boarding up windows, Antifa reportedly had a camp near Shelton, KVI's Lars Larson assess the two pro-Trump rallies in Western Oregon.

A warning to left-wing media and political pundits who are certain that Biden will beat Trump, an NPR ombudswoman criticized an on-air interview defending looting, the ombudswoman decries a lack of fact checking, the NPR interview shows the blatant political bias that commonly occurs in their programming, a Scott Walker update about Kenosha, WI

The stunning news of a Portland OR murder suspect being confronted by authorities and then fatally shot in Lacey WA last night, the suspect was wanted in the murder of a Trump supporter in Portland last weekend, the murder suspect was being tracked by a federal task force, what the suspect's sister says about his relationship with the family, the quixotic timing of an anti-Trump news story and a political ad that quickly aired on MSNBC.

A new attack on Trump by The Atlantic riddled with 'anonymous' sources, The Atlantic story is so cravenly desperate its relatively easy to refute, to wit: the next day (in 2018) Trump did exactly what The Atlantic story said he was reluctant to do, at this point military vets know who has their back, why are BLM protesters planning a march in rural Shelton WA this Sunday?

GUEST: the Yakima emergency room doctor, Raul Garcia M.D. , discusses the feasibility of allowing HS sports right now in Washington, what referees said about allowing HS sports, Pierce Co. health officials say in-class learning could start later this month for elementary schools, were Puget Sound school districts wrong to deny news journalists from observing video class sessions this week as schools commenced?

GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, digs into the newly released August jobs report, consider what CNN just tried to report about Trump and job creation, consumer spending good but small businesses are still facing struggles. A Seattle "defund police" protester in court for vicious assault failed to de-escalate before sucker punching the neighbor of a Seattle City Councilman.

Portland OR murder suspect of a Trump supporter is killed during arrest attempt in Lacey WA, Portland authorities seemed disinterested in effecting an arrest of the murder suspect, the family and legal dysfunction connected to the now dead murder suspect, what last night's fatal Lacey shooting means for left-wing politicians like the Seattle City Council and even Joe Biden, the tweet below prompts a blunt response from the KVI morning crew,

a headline that was inevitable in the social justice world, deciphering what led up to the arrest of a black man by Rochester NY police in March 2020 that ultimately proved to be fatal, several health factors at play including hallucinogenic drug consumption by the man who died in Rochester, on Labor Day weekend notice the political shift of blue collar workers.

Check out the criminal resume of this Antifa supporter nabbed in Green Bay WI, the man was arrested possessing a flamethrower at a protest, a conservative man in a bi-racial marriage tackles woke anti-racist activists, this will likely go down as the most provocative tweet thread of 2020.

Two notable guests later on this morning's show, Trump's trip to Kenosha reveals something about Seattle and Portland, meanwhile anti-cop activists attack SPD East Precinct (again) but this time because they're upset with the Parks Dept., a fake news tweet from Seattle's anti-cop activists, Speaker Nancy Pelosi caught in hypocritical video at SF hair salon wearing no mask, fact checking the Breonna Taylor fatal shooting by police in Lousiville, KY, Oregon Governor pulls a 180 and requests federal help to prevent Portland problems.

A Seattle man arrested in Washington DC during protesting underscores the continuing problem of outside agitators traveling to cities to foment unrest or damage and destruction, add this to what was just reported by Kenosha Police, peaceful protesters vs professional agitators (aka activists), high school athletes are pushing back against WA Governor Jay Inslee, for some student athletes their college dreams are on the line, this pushback shows how misguided Inslee's shutdown is, in an unrelated story Gov. Inslee unwittingly shows who's really in charge of WA politics, Inslee did this by endorsing a political candidate in Issaquah WA.

Oregon's governor litany of bad decisions, three more OR police agencies rebuff Oregon's governor over requests to assist in Portland, listen to what a pair of OR sheriffs are telling the governor, Biden condemns violence/destruction from protests but refuses to call out Antifa or anti-cop activists, September 1st musical tribute, Trump tells supporters DON'T confront left-wing protesters, Clarkston WA school principal's plan for re-opening campus for classes, 60 of 300 WA districts are about to re-open for in-class learning, did Joe Biden have a brain cramp or a teleprompter glitch yesterday?,KVI's Lars Larson adds some context to the Oregon sheriffs who are refusing the Governor's request to help Portland police deal with on-going nightly protests.