A "Taxpayer's Bill of Rights" just passed in Snohomish County, GUEST: Snohomish County Councilmember Brian Sullivan authored the taxpayer protections and he explains why the council's making it easier for homeowners and property-tax payers to challenge the cost of their assessed values, also what Snohomish County needs to do with the two-gram drug possession rule influencing opiod addiction, crime and homelessness problems, and speaking of homelessness...homeless military veterans will be the first tenants at a tiny home village in Orting, WA.

Seahawks survive Thursday night thriller as Rams miss last second FG, two Seahawk players thank God after the win, emotional Russell Wilson praises Paul Allen after the game, that mission impossible throw/catch from DangeRuss to Tyler Lockett,

new jobs report is close to expectations, GUEST: Brian The Movie Guy reviews the dark and disturbing origin story of "Joker" about the Batman villain, the attempt to boycott Al Franken in Seattle takes a new turn, House Speaker Pelosi lets slip her real intention regarding Trump impeachment.

BONUS LARS (LARSON): vaping safety and vaping illness, Lars has new CDC information; British health officials continue to say that e-cigs are a better alternative to tobacco/cigarettes. Oregon now has to proposals--state and county-- to ban flavored vaping products, cold case murder arrest stemming from 1991 rape and murder in Federal Way of a high school student, this cold case arrest underscores once again why WA should have a death penalty, economic indicators (like employment and manufacturing) are still strong amid China trade dispute, where taxpayer money has been going in Puerto Rico for hurricane recovery including fraud and FBI arrests.

We're still astonished by the Seahawks Thursday thriller victory, the Vegas point spread was every bit as close as the game, Seattle politician relents on Al Franken boycott,

Twitter: the most bizarre moment you could image at a town hall for Congresswoman AOC in New York,

GUEST: KOMO Sports, Bill Swartz, previews the UW at Stanford road game and why the Huskies haven't won at Stanford in over a decade, Bernie Sanders is getting more money for his presidential campaign from WA than any other single state.

A podcast so important we have to replay today's on-air interview with KVI's John Carlson and UW professor Cliff Mass about his battle for academic freedom and the campaign against him from his department chair and college dean. Mass writes on his popular blog, "What I will describe should concern you, no matter where you are on the political spectrum. Progressive or Conservative, Democrat, Republican or Independent, you should care deeply about the suppression of viewpoint diversity and the restriction of freedom of speech in favor of the partisan agenda of a group of university administrators." Listen to the full interview by clicking the image above.

A ruling on heroin injection sites in Philadelphia goes against injection site opponents, a UW professor is demanding protection for academic freedom, Al Franken's Seattle performance will not be canceled despite call for boycott by two Seattle politicians, the unexpected moment when a murder victim's brother asks judge to let him hug the convicted killer, Trump whistle blower went to House Democrat Adam Schiff before going to the IG, Speaker Pelosi olive branch regarding trade deal USMCA.

GUEST: "The Hidden Places of WWII" Jerome O'Conner writes that one of those hidden places is in central Washington, the Philadelphia legal ruling that could lead to the opening of a Seattle supervised heroin injection site, KVI's Lars Larson will be on Fox News today with Harris Faulkner.

A late night monologue punchline about Joe Biden and comic book super heroes, what separates America's politically elite from ordinary Americans,

the Tacoma police officer who turned over an illegal alien to a WSP trooper after responding to a car accident calls the show, Joe Biden's constitutional problem with his proposed gun control plan, GUEST: UW atmospheric sciences professor, Cliff Mass, academic freedom issues on UW campus and social media, the professor's battle over free-speech within his own department and how it compares to communist China.

More to the UW academic freedom controversy, Tacoma city officials crack down on homeless tents in parks, Tacoma officials say 70% of homeless offered city services & shelter refuse the offer, The Squad member Congresswoman uncorks a racially biased trope regarding facial recognition cameras,

GUEST: voice of the Huskies, Tony Castricone, says UW's opponent this weekend has played the toughest schedule so far in the nation, Carlson makes his prediction for the Saturday night game and Castricone says coach Chris Petersen is undefeated at UW based on part of the prognostication. an update on San Francisco's declaration that the NRA is a domestic terrorist group, what happened with the effort to get a Seattle theater to ban Al Franken's Friday appearance?, the political left's compulsion to ban/boycott anything they don't like.

UW professor demands respect for academic freedom amid debate of censoring professors' social media, all the antagonism and political cheap shots the professor was subjected to because of his views on carbon taxes and climate change, why UW administration failed to protect the academic freedom of the professor.

new report casts doubt on red meat as unhealthy and then there's the vegan who is suing after a restaurant served her something with sausage instead of tofu, disgraced and resigned former US Senator Al Franken is coming to Seattle but two King Co. Council members want his show cancelled, Franken's facing a new sexual harassment accusation dating back to 2006, starting today Florida teachers are allowed to carry guns on campus to discourage school shootings, $30 car tabs vote is now 33 days away, is the car tabs measure I-976 a referendum on Sound Transit as a worthwhile investment to reduce traffic congestion?, the user costs of mass transit vs. freeways.

GUEST: Republican Congressional candidate for the WA 8th District, Jesse Jensen, joins the show; he's running against incumbent Dr. Kim Schrier in the district that spans Issaquah and Enumclaw to Ellensburg and Chelan, Jensen brings military and tech experience with his current work at Amazon to the campaign, he's already been traveling the expansive 8th district to meet voters, Danny Westneat calls shenanigans on Seattle city attorney's excuse making for crime being out of control, GUEST: SoDo BIA exec. director, Erin Goodman, talks about how frustrated business owners are with repeat crime and the city attorney's refusal to get tough on criminal cases referred to him by Seattle Police.

A new report is refuting previous public health reports that red meat is un-healthy and/or causes cancer but there's still going to be a news media tendency to undermine this story regarding red meat because of political correctness.

Recapping the 2.5 year campaign to unseat Trump from the White House, cutting to the chase about potential impeachment, Kamala Harris gives Joe Biden a free pass on the concerns about the deal to get son Hunter on the board of a Ukrainian gas company,

Trump points out three new notable business deals creating jobs in the US, Pete Holmes is Seattle's public enemy #1, Portland OR starts a new law that restaurants can't give out plastic (utensil, ketchup packet, etc) unless customer asks for it first.

Carlson recaps his speech in Oak Harbor to the Island County GOP, new audio of the Longview WA school bus driver during her bus route where she was arrested for DUI,Republican whip, the hoax hate crime at a private school where VP Pence's wife teaches in Virginia, Steve Scalise, obliterates Democrat Adam Schiff over his Trump hyperbole

an elementary school issues a 'zero dating policy' for students, pro-ICE rally in Tacoma.

Australian ambassador to US gets involved with Trump/FBI probe, Democrats hanging everything on impeachment, some thoughts on this Elizabeth Warren campaign moment (video below),

GUEST: St. Senator, Marko Liias (D-Mukilteo) urging a "no" vote on I-976 which would reduce car tabs to $30 and primarily cut funding for Sound Transit via car tabs, the multi-modal fund involved in the debate over $30 car tabs, arguments about capacity for roads vs rail, KVI callers sound off on the arguments of the 'No' on I-976 campaign, how to effectively spend scarce transportation infrastructure dollars in WA.

A retired MIT professor of atmospheric physics offers a clearer view of the three groups of scientists involved in the climate debate, notice how the original global warming campaign has gradually morphed into other names and titles including the addition of the adjective 'crisis', how fossil fuel industry is doing more to lower the nation's carbon footprint than government is, a pro-ICE rally in Tacoma for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers who are targeted by activists calling for the agency's abolition.

You can now hear an extra hour of the John Carlson Show every day, Hillary Clinton calls Trump an "illegitimate" president and a "corrupt human tornado", Sen. Lindsay Graham digs into the Trump tweet about the right to confront his whistle blower accuser, Trump wants to face his accuser on the whistle blower complaint, voters in the WA 8th Congressional District of Democratic Congresswoman Kim Schrier have all been receiving a letter about Trump, Hugh Hewitt clip on Adam Schiff's role in the impeachment inquiry, KVI's Lars Larson bumped into a Seattle U.S. Congresswoman at the Washington D-C airport and they had a worthwhile conversation about guns and AR-15s.

CONTEST KEYWORD: first chance to win $1000, Macy's (the former NW icon known as The Bon Marche) will close its massive downtown Seattle store in early 2020, September snow fall in Spokane WA and 16 inches of snow fall on Sherman Pass

Everett ban on plastic grocery bags starts today, several burning questions about the whistle blower complaint against Trump that most media outlets aren't discussing.

Paid signature gatherers who have gone unpaid by the first I-1000 campaign confront the leaders of the new I-1000 campaign, will the campaign to re-imposed Affirmative Action laws in WA lose credibility over this failure to pay paid signature gatherers?,

Tacoma News Tribune editorial targets Democratic Senator with a credibility problem, a liberal/progressive NYMag writer takes umbrage with a CNN story about freshman Democratic Congresswoman that ignores "The Squad",

Our KVI morning show Football Friday predictions had two accurate answers, Hillary Clinton takes a new swing at Trump, Democratic Congressman is compared to an "Alice In Wonderland" character over whistle blower complaint, KVI callers sound off on the whistle blower complaint and this hour's political soundbites.