John is back from vacation and shares his experiences plus we learn about the latest riots that happened over the weekend and author and analyst Ralph Peters talks about the latest peace agreement in the Middle East.

The Democratic Convention begins, and it is an odd year with some decisions that have people like Chris Wallace scratching their heads in confusion and the big controversy over voting by mail has everyone’s attention.

The special guests at the DNC include Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders and John Kasich, the continued protests in neighborhoods and the government watchdog website Govtrack.us.

Kirby in for Carlson: settling the 'birther' talk about Kamala Harris's birth in California, Harris's dad's heritage as a Jaimaican, a former US Defense Secretary says Biden has been on the wrong side of nearly every major foreign policy issue of the last 4 decades, refuting Harris's claim that Trump crippled the economy, Biden calls for a national face mask mandate but even the president doesn't have that authority, why Republicans can win on these issues against Biden/Harris, Trump brokers new peace deal between Israel and United Arab Emirates, guess which state is projected to be the Electoral College tipping point for the presidential election.

Why teachers should be back in schools with students for fall class, home study learning pods are now, wait for it, inequitable!, critics say upper income families have an advantage hiring tutors for learning pods, the simple solution to this objection to private tutors is to, wait for it, re-open K-12 schools!, exposing the dirty little secret of 'equity', KVI's Lars Larson wonders if the Seattle Times is saying black and brown parents can't bolster their kids' education.

KVI callers react to the PC objections to parents organizing home school pods during distance learning, how public schools seem to be more concerned with a political education than a real education, the definition of equity (e.g. in schools) being anti-competitive, how free agent teachers could be an antidote to group think, Puyallup School District will ask voters to approve a 2-year funding levy in November because the district says its broke,

new poll says only 1/3rd of Americans will take a COVID-19 vaccine and 60% say they won't, why the answer may depend on where you live, happy birthday to comedy legend Steve Martin, so what's your favorite Steve Martin movie?

GUEST: economist Steve Moore, how incentives predicate almost everything in economics, i.e. subsidizing unemployment disguised as "stimulus", how health care industry shrank the most during a virus pandemic, the Democrats (like Gov. Inslee) who shutdown the economy over the virus and then complain that Trump ruined the economy, how young people have been hurt badly by the shutdown.

COVID story about manipulating the criteria for what counts as a "COVID death", KVI callers tee off on COVID, one caller tries to say its a hoax, unpacking Seattle city council woman's terse letter decrying police chief's retirement, council woman's complaint about "bloated" police salaries and how that compares to the city's annual $6.6 billion budget, Seattle Police marine unit being cut the same week that two people drown in Lake Washington, how Trump could over-ride the Seattle City Council's first round of 'defunding' cuts and restore that money, KVI callers sound off on several of the show's earlier topics like re-opening schools and the Trump payroll deferral.

People fighting back in Chicago, Antifa group tries to interrupt a pro-police rally in CO, addressing the Kamala Harris birther argument (spoiler alert: she was born in California), where Republicans are succeeding in WA elections.

Is Seattle's mayor being two-faced as she speaks at the press conference of retiring SPD Chief Carmen Best?, are the mayors sniffles (and holding back tears) legit or is it CYA?, how police jurisdictions outside Seattle are poised to capitalize on Seattle's defund police politics, Seattle city council woman confronted over her flip flop on expanding the Seattle police manages to contradict herself during the same news interview.

The biggest local and national news stories are both about black women, in the name of racial justice Seattle's city council has alienated the black female police chief, Seattle's city council really only cares about power, how the Seattle Times is finally catching up to John Carlson, Kamala Harris was always the front runner for Joe Biden, GUEST: Seattle Police Officer's Guild president, Mike Solan, points to how far left the Seattle City Council has shifted, says bullying tactics by city council members and their supporters forced out the black female police chief, undercutting the union by using parks/rec budget to hire off duty cops to watch high crime areas like Alki Beach, as Seattle defunds police, Pierce Co. announces they're hiring 26 more sheriff's deputies to increase public safety, (add story link), why KVI's Lars Larson thinks Kamala Harris brings a lot of baggage to Joe Biden's campaign.

A Bellevue home invasion turns into a rape and threats to kill the woman's child, the woman was asleep in her home when the rape suspect broke in to her home on August 4th, the suspect has a long list of priors and a protection order against him, another example of why Seattle's city council doesn't care about business owners, the plot to destroy Seattle: make it more filthy, more dangerous for residents and merchants, reduce consequences for criminal offenders, graffiti as common expression, the latest on the WA unemployment benefits hacking scam begs the question: is there any department under Gov. Jay Inslee that isn't dysfunctional?, South Kitsap School Board has reversed its decision to partially open their schools to on-site learning.

Seattle's Police Chief abruptly retires, how Seattle's political "progressives" continually marginalized Chief Carmen Best, the city council refuses to include her in 'defunding' dialogue and the mob protest targeted her home, how the Chief was continually ignored by Seattle's political power players, why the next chief will have some leverage on yesterday's defunding decision, its looking more likely the PAC 12 will indeed cancel tackle football season this fall, hacking of WA unemployment benefits comes into sharper focus as new whistleblower complaint is revealed, two big angles to this hacking story that amounted to the biggest theft in WA history (at least $650 million), add this to the long list of WA departments that Gov. Inslee has mis-managed, KVI's Lars Larson says Seattle's political elite should have seen police chief's retirement coming, the irony that Seattle's defund police movement being led by mostly white people results in the black female police chief leaving.

Five million Americans are COVID positive but what does that mean?, analyzing what the stats are saying about US virus pandemic, what this means for America's comparison to other nations, the inability to get context with Washington's daily virus statistical report, three stories about the dire direction Seattle is headed amid the 'defund police' fiasco.

Q13's Brandi Kruse uncovers 2019 campaign promises of 3 Seattle City Council members promising to spend more on Seattle Police rather than defund police, Kruse proceeds to point out that the city council's cuts will likely do the opposite of what they claim it will, GUEST: SPOG president, Mike Solan, estimes 2000-3000 people attended yesterday's pro-police rally at Seattle City Hall, bringing the message to Seattle city leaders that they are out of touch with regular people, Solan believes Seattle is not lost (politically) but there's a lot of work to do to bring back reasonable people to the city council, the three Seattle City Council members last October who made campaign promises of adding to the SPD budget rather than cutting the budget, KVI's Lars Larson explains Portland's latest destruction and politics, Portland's potential for getting an Antifa mayor if current mayor is removed from office.

UW Atmospheric Sciences professor and well known NW weather blogger, Cliff Mass , explains how he Mass blogged about the double pandemic ripping apart Seattle: the destructive/damaging "defund police" protests combined with the virus shutdowns crippling downtown businesses, the blog post prompted a Tacoma NPR station to kick Mass off the air there, why Mass speaks out against the violent tendencies of these protest groups, Mass tutored an emerging politician named Jay Inslee about climate change issues, why Mass believes there's a large group of Seattleites who just want a well managed city, will the moderates stand up for those that speak out sensibly?

GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, explains the Congressional disagreement on a multi-trillion-dollar virus relief bill, why Pres. Trump approved his idea of a payroll tax deferment until 2021, what it means for Social Security, why Moore says Speaker Pelosi is "twisted like a pretzel" in her opposition to Trump's executive orders.

ICYMI hear John Carlson's speech to the pro-police rally at Seattle City Hall yesterday, Seattle City Council exposed: 3 members were campaigning for election last year by telling voters they would budget more for police, now today those three politicians are poised to "defund police", Q13 reporter dismantles the Seattle City Council's effort to 'defund police'.

Tweets from twits includes, AOC, some writer hating on the Batman franchise and another US Congressman from NYC.

Seattle's police union president believes Seattle is not lost (politically) but there's a lot of work to do to bring back reasonable people to the city council, a south Sound mayor tells KVI they've hired six former Seattle police officers who felt it wasn't worth working in Seattle anymore, UW professor Cliff Mass tells KVI about the professional backlash to his blog post last week about feckless Seattle political leadership, why free speech is endanger when moderates criticize politicians in charge in Seattle.

The surge in RV camping during the virus pandemic, the US Supreme Court justice who avoids the DC bubble and spends vacations RV'ing (or, ahem, motorcoach) and driving across America, the importance of seeing and experiencing over-looked parts of America (usually overlooked and forgotten by DC elites).