Archives: Episodes

Ari has the day off and producer Big Mike fills in!

• Governor Bob Ferguson says the hybrid-electric conversion of state ferries will not begin until 2026
• Sound Transit Board says it is considering hiring King County Executive Dow Constantine as its new CEO
• More insane details on the ATM thief/Rapist and Torturer/Heist Crew leader
• Lars Larson joins Ari to discuss their predictions for the next election after Trump's monumental address to congress
• Brandi Kruse joins Ari to discuss the disconnect between the Governor and the Legislature about the budget - NOBODY seems to be able to agree on how big the gap is!
• After 10 years with the Seahawks, Tyler Lockett is leaving

Sore loser Democrats and Al Green's censure after the Trump speech, Democrats have completely lost their reputation as the party of the working man, time to examine Trump's tariff enforcement reversal, GUEST: Lets Go Washington's Brian Heywood warns KVI listeners about two more bills Democrats are trying to pass in the Olympia legislative session, a hetero Starbucks employee sues the company for discrimination for being straight, Gov. Ferguson's reversal of Inslee ferry boat reductions/policy, GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, what we're discovering about DOGE and the vitriol about it from Democrats, public polling shows 54% of Americans support DOGE weeding out wasteful taxpayer spending, public opinion favors DOGE stopping wasteful taxpayer spending, Gov. Ferguson finally realizes more ferry boats are needed to meet customer demand rather than a climate agenda.

Seattle issues code violation to grocery store trying to prevent shoplifting, SCOTUS ruling goes against Pres. Trump freezing $2 billion in USAID money, (local) news media continues to inaccurately use the word "affordable" when its actually "subsidized" to describe taxpayer funded housing, Tumwater School Board votes to bar transgender athletes from girls sports, Trump gives "final warning" to Hamas, the ways Hamas is more like Nazi Germany, scam alert  for anyone paying taxes in King County, Community Transit driver attacked in Marysville and suspect(s) still on the run, new polling for Trump's national address just released, GUEST: St. Sen. Leonard Christian is opposing a new bill that would create more 'gun free zones' in WA.

Trump's loudest applause line from last night's speech was about border security, Congressional Democrats literally could not help themselves during last night's Trump speech, GUEST: ATR.org's Grover Norquist sounds off last night's Trump speech, GUEST: WA St. Rep. Peter Abbarno explains the new "Bad Bills" website,  GUEST: LetsGoWashington.com's Brian Heywood is starting a new statewide initiative to stop the majority Democratic Party shenanigans in the Legislature regarding parental notification law(s), Democrats actually hurt themselves even more with Trump speech behavior and tactics, Michael Moore's flawed logic about ICE arrests, Democratic US Rep. Al Green gets himself thrown out of Trump's speech, Trump's speech includes looooong list of wasteful/agenda-driven USAID spending.

Sen. Patty Murray refuses to attend tonight's big Trump speech at joint Congressional session, why her decision shows that Democrats still aren't learning any lessons from 2024 Presidential election, Democrats' tone-deaf (and reflexive) opposition to Trump tariffs, Academy Award TV ratings drop compared to last year, a Tumwater HS female hoops player refused to play a game against Shelton HS due to a trans athlete, 20,000 illegal aliens smuggled in to the US by one Guatemalan trafficking ring that has just been busted, English as the official American language, Seattle Times ignoring cost of living as it runs political cover for Democrats, an Epstein Files update that you probably weren't expecting, the world's biggest investment firm--Blackrock--is dropping all its DEI & ESG promises for investing in companies, three reliable Democrats rip Chicago and other big U.S. cities for being horribly run and managed by "Democratic" mayors, the economic and political disconnect between REI and its (union) workers.

White House face-off between Ukranian President, Pres. Trump and VP Vance still has tongues wagging 3 days later, why Trump pushed back on Ukranian President at the White House, Gene Hackman's pace-maker stopped working 9 days before he and wife were found dead and testing says they didn't die from carbon monoxide, Trump's White House comment about "gambling with WWIII", an Oregon nurse's anti-Semitic screeds on social media saying she'll never care for any Jewish patients she calls 'animals' and 'dogs', criminal activity on the road over the weekend involving an off-duty WSP trooper and street racers in Seattle, INRIX CEO scorches city of Kirkland for approving a 'low barrier' homeless shelter near their office HQ, Kieran Culkin's Best Supporting Actor acceptance speech about his wife and children was the pre-eminent moment from last night's Oscars, US Sec. of State Rubio pushes back on the criticism of Trump over the Zelenskyy face-off, GUEST: St. Sen. Chris Gildon-- reax to the Gov. Ferguson $4 billion spending cut plan (Is this enough or is this just a drop in the bucket?), how Trump turned the Democrats into the party of war, British PM finally says Britain will send troops to Ukraine.