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On today's morning ride, Phil talks to 18 year old Spanaway house party shooting survivor Jazmine Chavez about how she believes we can get illegal guns out of the hands of juveniles.  Phil also talks with James Poling from WSDOT about the homelessness crisis taking place underneath our freeways.

Welcome to the inaugural podcast of KVI's Morning Ride hosted by John Carlson's long time producer Phil Vandervort. On today's show Phil talks to a Kennewick School board member fighting to preserve women's sports despite orders from the state. Phil also talks about what he saw at the Hands Off protests around Seattle on Saturday and what he thinks can be done to make student athletics more fair.

John Carlson's final morning show on KVI, GUEST: Hall of Famer and Seattle Seahawk Ring of Honor, Steve Largent; Sen. Maria Cantwell wants to review Trump tariffs after 60 days, GUEST: ATR.org President, Grover Norquist, tariff talk and impact, pros and cons on tariffs,  GUEST: ShiftWA.org and Olympia Legislative watchdog, Randy Pepple, teen female fencer refuses to compete against trans athlete and gets DQ'd by the fencing organization, how the John Carlson Show inspired an Auburn couple to adopt a child 23 years ago, some inspirational words from young kids about "what love means", GUESTS: the entire Carlson family (Lisa, Matthew and Drew) join John for the final segment.

Trump 10% tariffs go into effect on "Liberation Day", stealing from Whole Foods to punish Jeff Bezos because Amazon owns Whole Foods, GUEST: Brian Heywood update on Democrats diluting the Parents Bill of Rights initiative the Legislature previously approved, the biggest tariff question: how patient will Americans be with the economic turmoil as Trump says the gains from tariffs will come in the near (and distant) future?, ICE arrests 37 suspected illegal aliens working at Bellingham roofing company over false work papers, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers explains how Canada's new P.M. drops the nation's carbon fuel tax and gas prices have dropped the equivalent of 40-50 cents per gallon (converted for liters), "The rise of the anti-Amazon avengers," what's up with these torpedo baseball bats?

Gov. Ferguson surprises again with vow to veto wealth tax, how the WA Democrats wealth tax would impact someone like (Amazon's) McKenzie Scott, Fife and the fake ICE SUV controversy... suspect says "it got blown out of proportion", Tesla attack double shot, AG Pam Bondi delivers a warning to Tesla attackers, what to make of Federal judges blocking Trump decisions and executive orders with "universal injunction", Lewis County's iconic "Uncle Sam" billboard property is up for sale, RIP actor Val Kilmer, the NW Community Bail Fund helping a repeat offender hate crime suspect being charged with attacking a trans person, the national repercussions from WI Supreme Court and two FL Congressional (special) elections to replace Trump picks, GUEST: KVI's Kirby Wilbur, Pramila Jayapal complains about Trump doing illegal stuff without a hint of irony in her complaint.