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KVI's John Carlson interviews founder of LetsGoWA.com and initiative sponsor, Brian Heywood, about how to make the 2024 WA elections/campaigns about the issues and not Trump politics. Heywood says "common sense walked out of Olympia".

Why voters are being asked to sign six initiatives right now in a signature gathering campaign to place all six issues on the November 2024 general election ballot. Heywood reports that the signature gathering phase is just over halfway to reaching the goal to qualify for the ballot. The six initiatives can be seen at this link for more information.

Following the Second Republican debate, Ari breaks down the biggest winners and the biggest losers // BREAKING: The Seattle Police Department says an officer under investigation over his joking after a pedestrian was fatally struck by another officer has been taken off the streets and Seattle police arrest 5 people in connection with South Seattle robberies // Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett ignores the mountains of evidence — texts, emails, photos, calls, visitor logs, sworn testimony, and more — linking Joe Biden to Hunter's corrupt business deals and the Senate reinstates formal dress code after 'Fetterman rule' disaster // Elon Musk fires X ‘election integrity’ team for undermining election integrity // Jay Inslee tests positive for COVID-19, has 'very mild symptoms' and Fungus, bacteria in Walla Walla fuel caused ferry to run aground in April // Oregon man stole Border Patrol equipment to prepare for 'zombie apocalypse,' charges say // Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Ari to discuss last night's debate // 18 arrested at House Speaker's office after climate change protest // GUEST: Rep. Jim Walsh, Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party joins Ari to outline the WAGOP guidelines to Saving Basic Education

KVI's John Carlson interviews Washington Congressional candidate, Joe Kent, who is campaigning for a 2024 election re-match with the 2022 campaign winner in the state's 3rd District, Rep. Maria Glusenkamp-Perez.  Kent explains why a 2024 rematch will be different than the 2022 election that was thrown into uncertainty after last year's primary.  Kent underscores why fiscal responsibility and individual spending bills (rather than ominbus spending bills) are his reform priorities if elected.

6am hour -- last night's Republican debate was a victory for Trump who didn't even participate, debate question about Tik Tok turned into one of the revealing moment among candidates last night, Ron DeSantis shut down an insipid question that was meant to be cute, GUEST: Congressional candidate, Joe Kent, talks about another campaign against now incumbent Rep. Marie Gluszenkamp-Perez, why Kent admires WA Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, why fiscal responsibility and individual spending bills (rather than ominbus spending bills) are priorities for Kent, Kent's strategy to prevent government shutdowns over spending and racking up government debt.

7am hour -- Donald Trump vows to remove US military from foreign countries if they don't buy American made products like cars, a Seattle woman that spoke to Fox News about not seeing any crime in Seattle has become a folk-hero the Seattle progressives, KVI caller is dubious about Trump making campaign promises, a longtime Democratic strategist blames "white, coastal elites" for taking 'woke' politics too far, US Sen. Tim Scott calls attention to welfare programs that drove Black fathers out of homes to maintain eligibility qualifications for mothers.

8am hour -- light rail mass transit ridership versus costs, another round of Target haters in Seattle after decision to close two stores over public safety concerns, Seattle and Bellevue crime story follow-ups, Seattle's 'Almost Live' might have to revive The Lame List after Chris Christie's pre-planned debate zinger last night, Nikki Haley tangles with Vivek Ramaswamy about China and national security concerns with Tik Tok.

Philadelphia swarmed by alleged juvenile looters targeting the Apple Store, Lululemon, Footlocker and others // Barack Obama secretly attends donor meetings with Jill Biden in Seattle // Hunter Biden received over $250,000 in Chinese wires that identify Joe Biden's Delaware home as beneficiary address // Dove teams with fat liberation activist who staged hate hoax, got white student expelled over false allegations // The state of Washington has a hospital capacity crisis, according to the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA), having fewer hospital beds per capita than any other state in the nation and Why are Inslee & Ferguson rolling back restrictions on sex offenders? // San Francisco Mayor London Breed says people w/drug addictions will have to seek treatment before city provides financial support // GUEST: Glen Morgan from We the Governed // UAW workers give thumbs-down to Biden’s EV plan // GUEST: Andrea Suarez from WeHeartSeattle joins Ari talk about how she was able to clear campers out of the Jewish cemeteries after the city did nothing & wouldn't respond to calls/emails, as usual

6am hour -- Target closing two Seattle stores, Target closing in Ballard is a warning sign for upper income neighborhoods suffering on-going crime and public safety problems, listen to the Seattle progressives who are downplaying the Target store closures coming in Seattle, Chicago's mayor talks about opening a city owned grocery store in the city's most economically depressed neighborhoods, a Kent School District HS has a tuberculosis case and 135 staff/students possibly exposed outbreak and speculation is running wild as to the origin.

7am hour -- GUEST: LetsGoWA.com founder and initiative sponsor, Brian Heywood, how to make the 2024 WA elections/campaigns about the issues and not Trump politics, how "common sense walked out of Olympia", RIP to MLB legend Brooks Robinson, why the school choice movement deserves more attention and support.

8am hour -- Legendary Lyrics story revealed, two US Senators give Republicans and Democrats a bi-partisan bill to avoid a government shutdown, sometimes we have the story of the socialist we actually agree with, the momentum is building to demand accountability from drug addicted homeless getting themselves clean, GUEST: digital journalist Jonathan Choe explains why Burien's city council opponents of a day-time homeless camping ban are falsely portraying a plan that would give the city $1 million from the KCRHA.

A preview of the second Republican presidential nomination debate as Trump runs away with double-digit lead over Biden, according to a new general election poll // Target is shuttering locations in Seattle and other blue cities // Joe Biden flies to Michigan to picket for 12 minutes // Canadian parliament honored a literal Nazi after calling everyone on the right Nazis // Seattle joins other blue cities in asking SCOTUS to take up encampment legislation // Gavin Newsom is rewriting history again // GUEST: Leslie Lewallen is running for Congress in Washington's Third Congressional District to bring opportunity back to Southwest Washington. She joins Ari to talk about her platform and campaign // Biden's education secretary thinks parents shouldn’t be in charge of educating their children // Rep Michelle Caldier joins Ari to talk about trans inmates in Washington prisons

6am hour -- Burien city council passes day-time homeless camping ban, new day-time camping ban is contingent on available homeless shelter spots, the debate between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsome is officially on for November 30th on Fox News, Seattle woman targeted by 3 suspects in a "staged crash carjacking", 22 yr old suspect arrested for strangling a Bellevue PD officer after being confronted in connection with stealing a safe from a car dealership.

7am hour -- So. Carolina school board members tell a dad testifying at a meeting to stop reading the graphic sexual descriptions of a book from a high school library in their district, GUEST; WPC's Todd Myers examines the latest WA salmon returns to rivers and points out the politics that are interfering with the science of saving salmon.

8am hour -- Dallas TX mayor switches to Republican Party, the pushback on the political left with failed policies in America's biggest cities, humans only have 250 million more years to live on earth, what the Canadian Parliament's fiasco tribute to a 98-yr-old Ukranian solider reveals about political ruling elites, Ravensdale WA man was killed by being backed over with a truck or car after possible encounter with strangers while walking his dog late last week,WA politics more than actual science impacting efforts to save King Salmon runs.

Ari, Mike, and guest Young Zach review Expendables 4!

Is this entry a return to form for the franchise, or is it not worth film it's printed on?

6am hour -- a nominee for luckiest person in WA after a weird weekend mishap on the Seattle waterfront, "perilous" economic polling news for Pres. Biden just released, another deeply questionable criminal sentence in WA this time in Seattle for a fatal hit-n-run, Seattle's Sodo has 2nd highest crime rate of any city in America with a sports stadium in it, how Baltimore ended up with the worst schools in America.

7am hour -- Seattle's trifecta of murder rates, fatal drug ODs and stolen cars; the disturbing story of an unresolved random murder of a man in Ravensdale believed connected to a site prolific for illegal dumping, the murdered man grew up in Snohomish and went to school with John Carlson's wife, the political rumor of the week explains how the Democrats could nominate someone other than Biden for Pres. in 2024.

8am hour -- how many undocumented illegal aliens have arrived in the US during the Biden Administration?, answer: its roughly the equivalent of the entire WA population, jump starting the WSRP and the reaction from rival Democrats, the arrogance of WA Democrats amid 20+ years of one party rule, the GOP addressing its damaged brand in WA, the difference between Democrats' political agenda and actual WA popular votes, Dallas mayor announces he's switching from Democrat to Republican Party.