The Jason Rantz Show

Wild Waves has officially closed up shop. Fans at a women’s soccer game in Portland were asked to leave for wearing “XX-XY” apparel. Don’t retire in Tacoma, new study warns: Washington cities crowd the bottom and Idaho runs away with it. Seattle-area homeowners are selling just to cut their losses. // Guest: State Rep. Joshua Penner (R-Orting) on some Washington state ballot data that seems to be disproportionately impacting rural areas. // Ask Jason anything – Facebook edition.

Shootings in Belltown rocked Seattle over the weekend. WA income tax has the state’s highest earners taking refuge in Vegas. Two Yakima Valley growers file to cut 761 workers. Here’s why you shouldn’t panic about it. // The GOP midterm convention begins tomorrow. Ken Paxton needs more money to beat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race. // Antisemitic Macklemore goes on an anti-Israel tirade at an Ed Sheeran concert.

What’s Trending: Seattle Public Schools withheld COVID vaccine exemption forms in rigged process, Portland wants to cut trade and travel to Texas, and Seattle sports venues will be requiring masks or negative COVID tests to enter. \\ A woman gets kick off an Alaska Airlines flight for wearing a sports bra. \\ We need to elect better people into office.

Seattle businesses owners say the crime crisis has gone downhill since the World Cup ended. It turns out the new light rail extension on the I-90 floating bridge is killing fish. Hunters say Bob Ferguson picked politics over the law after refusing to fire two wildlife commissioners. The Washington State Supreme Court denied an appeal to a challenge on the PIID statement on the income tax repeal initiative. // LongForm: GUEST: Architect Mark Elster explains how Washington’s income tax has been devastating for developers and firms like his. // Quick Hit: A notorious “butt sniffer” in California is on the loose again.

KING 5 has yet another biased immigration story. The Seattle Times says 98% of millionaires will stay and pay, but Washington’s budget does not run on headcounts. Guest: UW professor Sturt Reges is getting a hefty payout from the school after he sued for being punished for a mock land acknowledgement. // Big Local: Over 100 cats were found in a Tacoma home, adding to the squeeze at local shelters. Sea-Tac airport has som new additions. // Fridays with Jake Skorheim on Labor Day, chores, and potty training. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thousands of Washington state employees walked out Monday over stalled contract talks. The Department of Justice shut down hundreds of truck-driving schools across the country in an effort to crack down on fraud. Amazon has laid off 120 employees across Seattle, Bellevue, and Sumner. Data centers are the latest silly cause du jour -- and Republicans are taking the bait. // LongForm: GUEST: King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn on an asphalt plant along the Cedar River that has been purchased by they county, preserving it for public use. // Quick Hit: Hasan Piker continues to be a thorn in Abdul El-Sayed’s side.

Former Chief Shon Barnes is making the media rounds to defend himself post-”firing.” Google has changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” // Big Local: Man who took signatures from income tax initiative petitioner pleads guilty. Covington Flock cameras are being attacked and damaged. // You Pick the Topic: A Georgia teacher has set up a “fart corner” in her classroom.

In a rare rebuke, the Seattle superintendent blasts teachers union with receipts. // The President is considering limited strikes to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Meanwhile, Trump secured a massive oil deal with Venezuela. // The very annoying online provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was deported over the weekend.

What’s Trending: The Seattle Police Department’s new contract // GUEST: Eben Brown on Florida Primaries // GUEST: Bellevue City Councilwoman Jennifer Robertson on keeping parking requirements // GUEST: Jessica Rosenthal on AZ Primaries

Seahawks sign Terrion Arnold, a player with 8 felony charges. Survey says Seattle voters lack confidence in Mayor Wilson. A shooting at a bar in Pioneer Square and surveillance cameras were not available. The staff at KOMO voted to remove SAG-AFTRA union out of their newsroom. // LongForm: GUEST: RNC Dallas Spokesman Zach Kraft previews what's in store for the GOP midterm convention in Dallas next month. // LongForm: GUEST: Michael Russell Gunn is the Director of the new movie "The Brink of War," which chronicles the 1986 Reykjavik Summit between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. // Quick Hit: A former Fauci adviser plead guilty to attempting to cover up COVID-19 research records during the pandemic.

Activists are trying to completely scrap Flock cameras in Renton. Jason did something he’s not proud of. Guest: EPA Regional Administrator Emma Pokon on the wildfire cleanup efforts across Spokane County. // Big Local: TikTok to lay off 75 Bellevue employees, the second consecutive year of local job cuts. Two dogs that attacked a pregnant woman in Tacoma have been ordered to be rehomed. Tacoma leaders want to address pet overpopulation after dozens of abandoned cats were rescued from a boat and shelters’ resources get stretched thin. WA DOT is asking for public feedback on potential changes to SR 99 across Snohomish County. // You Pick the Topic: A new study found that frequently consuming sugary drinks could significantly raise your risk of cancer.

KING 5 has another biased immigration story. The former, controversial Meadowdale Elementary principal has a new role. SPD is on pace for a record-bad year in staffing. // Guest: State Rep. Mari Leavitt (D- University Place) explains why she expressed concerns to UW about hosting Hasan Piker. // Rob Sand says no to Kamala.

Mayor Katie Wilson’s answer to Seattle’s housing collapse is a committee that reports in 2027. Hakeem Jeffries says everyone in the Trump Admin will be fair game for legal action or impeachment if they retake power. An Army General was instructed to drop a probe into the Kid Rock chopper probe before he was fired, according to a new report. // Big Local: Bellevue’s new speed cameras are already being vandalized. A Sumner-Bonney Lake school is getting backlash for a ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ event. // Guest: Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank has filed a new petition to counter the Pierce County Charter Review Commission’s efforts to remove him from office. 

A veteran is so fed up with the homelessness and drugs in Seattle that he put up his own money to call out the city with a billboard. Washington lowered flags for Dolly Parton after cutting her book program twice. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear was involved in the Mariners’ first pitch ceremony last night for some reason. // Darline Graham wins in S.C. and Democrats are now pretending it’s a vulnerable state -- along with Arkansas? Hasan Piker is making things difficult for Abdul El-Sayed. Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says Democrats will blow up Trump’s ballroom if they retake the White House. // Meta has agreed to a massive settlement after several states sued in a child safety case.

A veteran is so fed up with the homelessness and drugs in Seattle that he put up his own money to call out the city with a billboard. Washington lowered flags for Dolly Parton after cutting her book program twice. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear was involved in the Mariners’ first pitch ceremony last night for some reason. // Darline Graham wins in S.C. and Democrats are now pretending it’s a vulnerable state -- along with Arkansas? Hasan Piker is making things difficult for Abdul El-Sayed. Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says Democrats will blow up Trump’s ballroom if they retake the White House. // Meta has agreed to a massive settlement after several states sued in a child safety case.