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Hour 1: South Seattle encampment, August jobs report, Dems come for Fetterman Sep 05, 2026

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Neighbors in a south Seattle are pleading with the city to clean up an encampment they call a “humanitarian crisis.” NFIB director torches Washington Democrats as small business hiring slides in new August report. A Virginia mother was given a suspended jail sentence and put on the state’s child abuse registry for letting her 5-year-old walk down the street in a gated community. // All around good news in today’s jobs report for August. Democrats are coordinating a smear campaign against John Fetterman. A Democratic congressional candidates unearthed social media posts are completely insane. // Seattle’s housing crisis is largely being driven by people living alone.

Hour 3: Unlicensed intervention staff at Seattle schools, guest Cliff Mass, guest David Dunbabin Sep 04, 2026

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Insurance pool sounds alarm after Seattle schools screen 75,000 kids and hand them to unlicensed ‘intervention’ staff. Data center hysteria continues to infiltrate the Republican Party. Guest: UW atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass gives a preview of what we can expect from this early bout of fall weather. // LongForm: GUEST: David Dunbabin is the Chair of the Whitman College Republican Club, which the school declined to recognzie and now the group is threatening legal action. //Quick Hit: Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department is taking action against schools that are hiding trans kids’ name changes from their parents. Maria Bartiromo has left Fox Business.

Hour 2: WA rejected ballots, Susan Collins roasts opponent, Flock returns to Bonney Lake Sep 04, 2026

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State leaders are saying Washington saw a 32% increase in rejected ballots all because of Trump. North Seattle residents aired their safety concerns with Mayor Katie Wilson. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) had a brutal takedown of her Democratic opponent Troy Jackson. // Big Local: Bonney Lake has reimplemented its Flock cameras. Douglas County detectives have arrested a suspect in connection with the Chelan Hills Fire. Lakewood fired their police chief. The Puyallup Fair is starting up again this weekend. // You Pick the Topic: The Clinton Foundation is getting mocked online for an intern job posting. Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton was questioned by police for inadvertently clicking on a lewd site during a flight.

Hour 1: Seattle layoffs, John Wilson ethics violations, good polling for GOP Sep 04, 2026

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Another wave of layoffs hit Seattle. King County Assessor John Wilson violated ethics code 4 times, ombuds report finds. All-women firefighter teams are taking on the fires in Eastern Washington. // New polling shows the Republicans actually leading in the generic congressional ballot for the midterms. // A new weight-loss drug supposedly will help burn fat while maintaining your appetite and muscle mass.

Hour 3: WA college denies Republican club, Bite of Seattle update, guest Mike Cordova Sep 03, 2026

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Washington’s top-ranked college let students interrogate Republican group about Trump, then denied their club by unanimous vote. Seattle police say they are ‘closing in’ on two people of interest in the Bite of Seattle shooting. // LongForm: GUEST: Mike Cordova, who runs Cesco Medical in Edmonds just finished his 45th year in business and could lose nearly everything due to a single payer system the state is trying to ram through. // Quick Hit: Does the GOP have a messaging problem ahead of the midterms?

Hour 2: WA sex trafficking number rang nowhere, Uber Eats thief, Walla Walla man survives bear attack Sep 03, 2026

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Washington told sex trafficking victims to call a phone number that rang nowhere. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) made a very stupid statement regarding the conflict in Iran. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has some choice words for the regime. An Uber Eats driver stole several packages from a Seattle Condo building. // Big Local: A Walla Walla man was mauled by a bear in Alaska and lived to tell the tale. Three Tacoma teens absconded with a BMW at gunpoint and went on a crime spree across the city. // You Pick the Topic: Jemele Hill was embarrassed on a CNN panel after she tried to claim capitalism was based in white supremacy.

Hour 1: SPS superintendent stands up to union, MGP scolded by her party, Kalshi lawsuit Sep 03, 2026

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SPS superintendent Ben Shuldiner stood his ground and schools reopened. Vulnerable Washington Democrat bails out Mike Johnson on a socialism vote, and her own whip says nobody warned her. Seattle saw the third largest drop in commute times due to the increase in remote workers and fewer people using transit. // 15 minutes of weather talk. // Nick Brown sued one prediction market and left the rest alone, and now Kalshi wants to know why.

Hour 3: DHS investigates WA voter fraud, UW student conduct changes, guest Luke Ortega Sep 02, 2026

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DHS is investigating voter fraud in several states and Washington has been given top priority. UW is making changes to its student conduct policy and radicals on campus, both students and staff, aren’t happy about it. // LongForm: GUEST: State Department Deputy Spokesperson Luke Ortega on the Trump Administration's recent empahasis on visa revocations and cracking down on birth tourism. //Quick Hit: A New York prosecutor claims they were ordered by the state’s Attorney General Letitia James to target Trump, according to a new report. A baby was killed after an illegal immigrant struck a family in a grocery store parking lot.

Hour 2: Sound Transit's laughable turnstile plan, Rick Steves buys Edmonds theater, Kirkland bobcat Sep 02, 2026

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Sound Transit needs four years to install a turnstile, a device New York figured out in 1904. And it will still fail. Seattle house hunters are searching Phoenix in record numbers as Washington quietly bleeds taxpayers and billions in income. Live coverage of the judge in the Charlie Kirk deciding if Tyler Robinson will stand trial. // Big Local: Rick Steves has bought a historic theater in Edmonds to preserve it for the community. Police removed a bobcat from a Kirkland home. A Bellingham woman has been given prison time violating her parenting plan after she took her son to Panama. // A Michigan Democrat’s efforts to virtue signal with a land acknowledgment backfired when she couldn’t pronounce any of the tribal names.

Hour 1: SPS press conference, Seattle killer's lame sentence, 10k calories per day Sep 02, 2026

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Live coverage of the Seattle Public Schools press conference as Superintendent Ben Shuldiner gives an update on the potential strike. // A man convicted in a mass shooting in Seattle has been released after only 3 years. // A YouTuber set out to eat 10,000 calories per day during a cruise.

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