March 3, 2025: Actions have consequences

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- Zelenskyy keeps digging his trench deeper

- King County cries poverty but has the money for movie studios

- WA Dems want more taxes rather than Fergie's cuts

- Bill Maher destroys Patty Murray

 

March 3, 2025 John Carlson Show

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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.

 

Feburary 28, 2025 John Carlson Show

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Tesla animosity in Seattle from anti-Trump/anti-Elon Musk partisans, Gene Hackman's death investigation still with more questions than answers after latest police press conference, King Co. Sheriff's pathetic threat to 'de-police' if property tax hikes aren't raised, Gov. Bob Ferguson unveils $4 billion in spending cuts after Jay Inslee's "unsustainable" spending increases, Metro bus security cam footage helped lead to arrest of 15 year-old suspect in triple vehicular assault and hit-n-run case in Seattle, McDonald's restaurant now requires anyone under 21 to show ID without an adult because of crime and general hooliganism, political progressives call for a one-day "buycott" today, Seattle voters got duped in 2014 "Parks District" tax funding approval.

 

February 27, 2025: Times, they are a-changing

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- Bob Ferguson presents his budget cuts

- The Left and the right are furious Dow Constantine might run Sound Transit

- Epstein Files delayed by NY FBI

- The death of Gene Hackman raises questions

 

February 27, 2025–John Carlson Show

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Trump tax cuts expiration date is coming soon if US Senate doesn't extend them, Elon Musk steals the show at Trump's first (new) Cabinet meeting, the WA Democrats' attempt to pass 'rent control' under the guise of "rent stabilization", update on 15 yr old in Lynnwood who shot himself with illegally possessed gun: he previously cut off an electronic home ankle monitor, some heartfelt tributes to actor Gene Hackman found dead in New Mexico home, new poll of liberal Democrats shows lopsided support for Cuba but not Israel, CNN panelists claim Trump is "shredding Constitution", death of an unvaccinated Texas boy from Measels creates a curious standard for anti-Trump Democrats, Puyallup State Senator reveals the more accurate math on multi-billion dollar WA budget gap.

 

February 26, 2025: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

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- Republicans in House pass Trump's "big beautiful bill"

- Seattle politicians claim everything is ok downtown. The facts say otherwise

- Federal employees lose it when asked to answer simple questions

- WA budget gap may be a lot smaller than Dems are claiming

 

February 26, 2025 John Carlson Show

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Carlson bumped into Gov. Bob Ferguson yesterday in Seattle, Ferguson announces a big budget decision, this week's windstorm leaves nearly 40K customers in the dark in Kitsap Co. and Vashon Island and frustrated PSE customers are venting,  GUEST: ATR.org's Grover Norquist talks about taxpayer accountability and DOGE and adds an instructive story about the IRS playing partisan politics with personal tax info, House Democrats vote against a bunch of big tax cuts for workers (like tips and OT), WA Democrats want tighter restrictions on voters signing statewide initiatives but simultaneously oppose that tighter verification when it comes to voters at the ballot box, fatal DUI in Burien kills a notable Seattle documentary filmmaker and the DUI suspect faces prior charges for DUI, today's Legendary Lyrics winner has a memorable story about the song from when he was 15 yrs old, some context to the Elon Musk/DOGE battle with the Beltway bureaucracy establishment that dates back to the growth of 'civil service' branch since the 1800s, the growth and absurdities of bureaucratic bloat, CNN's Jake Tapper is all of a sudden touting Biden's cognitive decline after previously running interference for him, WaPo's Jeff Bezos touts free markets and personal liberties when it comes to the paper's op-ed page.

 

 

February 25, 2025: The Media Fears WA DOGE

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- KUOW/NPR wants to know my connection to WA DOGE

- Pramila Jayapal is mad about illegals being deported because no one will pick her crops

- 15-year-old prolific offender plows into pedestrians with a stolen car

- WA dems make the case for taxing you

 

February 25, 2025 John Carlson Show

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A 15 yr old hit-n-run suspect in Seattle has prior violent crime convictions and his father is openly questioning the latest evidence against him in court, V.P. Vance and award winning Hollywood actor Timothy Chalamet seem to have a lot in common, AP suing Trump Administration, controversy over woman interrupting Republican Party event in Couer d'Alene ID,  the story of two 1960s TV actors who turned up on opposite sides of a 1980s political campaign, Kim Strassel WSJ op-ed dispels Democrats' claims that Trump's cuts to bureaucracy are a Constitutional crisis, Tom Homan calls out Boston PD Chief for failing to cooperate with ICE on detaining criminal illegal aliens, battle and controversy over expansion of Catholic hospitals by abortion supporters, GUEST: WA Sec. of State, Steve Hobbs.