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Producers Mark Christopher and Phil Vandervort sub for John Carlson: Joe Biden big speech last night was like an episode of Stranger Things, James Taylor performs at DNC convention again?!?!, consider Chicago in 1996 versus Chicago 2024 as Democrats control the city, a WA delegate to DNC is singularly focused on Gaza ceasefire issue in the Presidential race, Biden’s speech comment about Gaza/Hamas/Israel and “protesters outside have a point”, the WSDOT trying to stop graffiti tagging (but failing), GUEST: WA St. Rep. Travis Couture discusses Seattle Times article about 1-in-4 convicted WA sex offenders committing other crimes after release from McNeil Island (1-in-7 committing violent crime).

Ari is on assignment and producer Big Mike is filling in with a preview of KVI's coverage of the DNC this week!

Huge weekend for KVI with the Let's Go Washington Freedom Festival and the Bremerton Air Show // Trump accepts nomination of so-called Swifties for Trump // Ari looks into his crystal ball and predicts what Joe Biden will say in his final speech tonight // Our covert operative joins us with an underground report from the DNC // GUEST: Jonathan Choe joins Mike to talk about the protestors outside the DNC

Recaps of Freedom Fest and the Saturday night lightning storm across Puget Sound, is it fair or unfair to call Kamala Harris "Fidel Castro in drag", GUEST: KVI's Young Zach live at Chicago convention, Harris gives a HS football team a pre-season pep talk and she's no Knute Rockne, new example that Seattle's the most intolerant city in the state, LGBTQ people need to really re-think their support of Hamas (and by proxy Iran) in Gaza, a Kshama Sawant sighting in Chicago near the convention, Harris stumbles as she rolls out her big economic policy plan, RIP Phil Donahue and remembering his 1982 Seattle show about the Bangor nuclear sub base that was recorded at the old Seattle Coliseum.

Kamala Harris unveils her economic plan today for the Presidential campaign, Tim Walz fact-checked by CNN about claims related to his 1995 DUI arrest in Nebraska, a news media story that doesn't negatively portray Donald Trump and it comes from Seattle, GUEST: Full Measure host, Sharyl Attkisson, per the glaring recent examples of anti-Trump bias, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers, explains the closure of a local auto repair shop related to installing a fish culvert to save salmon, Ferguson & Reichert trading punches on X, GUEST: economist Steve Moore examines today's Kamala Harris economic policy roll-out and explains why price controls (once tried by Richard Nixon) don't work, Republican Congressman posts brilliant montage of his rebuttals to Kamala Harris policy stands in the past,  the CNN fact check on Tim Walz's claims about 1995 DUI, downtown Chicago businesses not taking chances with possibility of protest related vandalism starting next week, 15 potential suspects after man is stabbed on Metro bus in Kent, Dow Constantine vs. Jonathan Choe per Burien homeless problems, ICE released a wanted Peruvian gang murder suspect into upstate NY.

Update on yesterday's Brian Heywood press conference outside Bob Ferguson's Seattle office, Biden gets testy with social media influencers he invited to the White House, UW is creating a Steve Pool memorial scholarship, Stephen Colbert telling his audience that CNN is objective news, suburban Portland so-called "Anti-fa" journalist convicted of assault, GUEST: Brian Heywood explains yesterday's press conference and how Ferguson's like a squid right now just squirting out ink everywhere, NBC News story about inflation makes no reference to Biden Harris impact, the current status of "blue" cities, a deceptive story about fentanyl ODs going down in Seattle/King Co., city of SeaTac's embarrassing deal to drop charges on 46 Gaza protesters arrested for blocking airport driveway in April.

CNN polling guru warns Kamala Harris fans that Trump's polling better in 2024 than at the same time in 2020 and 2016, there's only 7620 socialists in WA but a lot are camouflaged by the Democratic party, crowd laughs at Stephen Colbert when he attempts to say seriously that CNN is objective, GUEST: Brian Heywood holding a press conference today about the failure of state officials to say anything publicly about some campaign backers suing to block four of Heywood's initiatives, WaPo reporter asks painfully tone deaf question about censoring Trump/Musk, GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers 1.) the cost of (the Jay Inslee) CO2 tax to WA families in 2023, the story behind the most famous Louis Armstrong song released amid the turbulent 1960s,  SeaTac city attorney dropping charges on 46 Gaza protesters who blocked SeaTac Airport roadway in April.