September 18, 2023 Show

The Commute with Carlson

6am hour -- KVI listeners are invited to join John Carlson and his wife at Sun Mountain Lodge in Winthrop, Seattle Police union releases statement about body cam video of SPD detective denigrating the death of a young woman hit and killed in cross walk by a different SPD officer speeding to a 911 emergency response, incisive conservative writer rebutts Paul Krugman by saying 'inflation isn't so bad if you don't buy anything'!, Trump Meet The Press interview sparks ire from the anti-Trump left for simply interviewing Trump, simultaneously a new polling says 72% of Americans think Joe Biden is not physically healthy enough for 2nd term, Trump says "free speech is shot", look how public opinion of the legacy news media has dropped so sharply in the last 5-10 years, 7am hour -- GUEST: KVI senior sports correspondent Matthew Carlson, Seahawks stun Detroit (and a lot of dismayed fans) with OT victory in the Motor City, Huskies and Cougar football teams dominate in respective 3rd victories, Mariners on the outside of the playoff bubble with 10 games to play but 7 key games against AL West foes in final week, the USMC has a missing F35 fighter jet after pilot emergency ejected, SPOG letter responds to SPD detective's body-camera recorded comments about Jaahnavi Kandula who was killed in a cross walk by a SPD officer driving to a 911 emergency in Lower Queen Anne. 8am hour-- when does America celebrate The Constitution?, Veep Kamala Harris tells a university crowd she wants "equal outcomes", the US Senate Majority Leader just suspended dress code rules for PA Sen. John Fetterman to wear shorts and hoodies, inflation and the current UAW labor negotiations amid car makers strike, how EVs play into the labor negotiations compared to ICE vehicles, the un-hinged comparison of school parents concerned about knowing about what happens with their kids on campus to 1950s segregationists, AUDIO: teacher's union prez. Randi Weingarten; why concerned parents want better schools.