Jason Rantz is Seattle’s fresh, contemporary conservative voice. Young and urban, passionate and bold, Rantz is outnumbered by the Progressive chorus, yet refuses to ignore the conservative principles at the core of America’s greatness. Prolific on-air and online, Rantz knows he’s outnumbered in Seattle, but he’s never shy to be outspoken about it.
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RSS FeedGuest: Josh Hammer on Charlie Kirk’s deep faith and where we go from here as a country. Guest: Curtis Houck with Newsbusters on the grotesque response to Charlie Kirk’s death by many members of the media. // GUEST: Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) remembers the “happy warrior” Charlie Kirk. // Final thoughts on the passing of Charlie Kirk.
Guest: Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-WA) on the uptick in political violence. // Big Local: Guest: Local Pastor Russell Johnson on the spiritual decay happening in America right now. Johnson is hosting a vigil for Charlie Kirk tonight at Westlake Park at 7:30. // Guest: Fox News’s Guy Benson reacts to the death of Charlie Kirk.
Conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a campus speaking event in Orem, Utah. He was 31. // Live coverage: Local authorities give an update on the death of Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah. // Is there reason to be hopeful about our country at a time like this?
Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank is being investigated for his social media posts about gun ownership for transgender people. An accused drug dealer deported four times was arrested in Seattle. Why is this not making headlines? A Bureau of Labor Statistics revision shows that there were far fewer jobs added under the Biden Administration than previously thought. Prosecutors want a harsher sentence for Shawn Kemp. // LongForm: GUEST: Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier is proposing a new law that would keep federal immigration enforcement out of emergency response zones. // Quick Hit: A new Gallup poll shows that capitalism has its lowest favorability ever amongst Americans.
Microsoft is making its Seattle-area employees come back to the office. Seattle is trying to deal with a $200 million budget deficit. Israel executed strikes on Hamas leadership taking refuge in Qatar. // Big Local: State authorities have given a timeline for the reopening of the White River Bridge. Everett’s Paine Field has been ranked one of the best airports in the country. // You Pick the Topic: Las Vegas buffets are going out of style.
Crime has increased in Spokane while there is plenty of space in the downtown jail. There were stabbings in Burien and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. Residents in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood are irate at King County’s plan to build a new crisis care center. A Mariners fan hired an Etsy witch to try and turn around the team’s struggles. // Tom Homan schooled the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe on illegal immigration. // Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell went on a bizarre anti-Trump rant during a food bank opening event.
Ticket sales data says there were more 49er fans than Seahawks at Lumen Field yesterday, but is that really true? UW atmospherics sciences professor Cliff Mass says that Washington’s Climate Commitment Act is a terrible investment. // LongForm: GUEST: Kelly J. moved to Seattle six months ago, but now he’s without a car after it was stolen, flipped on its side, and completely destroyed. // Quick Hit: GoFundMe removed fundraisers supporting the suspect in the Charlotte light rail stabbing.
Let’s Go Washington unveils initiatives to protect girls’ sports and parental rights. There was a crash-and-grab at a Greenwood smoke shop. TSA might change its policy regarding liquids in carry-ons. A baseball team let AI manage for a day. // Big Local: A man was arrested for impersonating as an Edmonds police officer. A Tacoma rescue dog is in the running for ‘world’s cutest dog.’ // You Pick the Topic: A Phillies fan went viral over the weekend for throwing a tantrum after another fan nabbed a home run ball for his son.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Pierce County deputies for threatening to commit a school shooting and was allegedly in possession of dozens of firearms. Trump won another case at the Supreme Court regarding immigration. The Seattle housing market took a dip last month. // Would a Zohran Mamdani victory in New York ultimately be good for the rest of the country in the long run? // After the backlash from their interview with Kristi Noem, CBS says it won’t air edited interviews anymore.
What’s Trending: Parents protest outside of Bothell elementary school due to a new uniform policy, Howard Schultz drops his plans to run as an Independent candidate in 2020, Jason went and saw IT: Chapter 2, and Sarah Sanders goes on Fox & Friends that she is still getting hate in public. \\ Sedro-Woolley Councilmember Germaine Kornegay talks about the offensive newsletter about the KKK that was mailed out to the community. \\ Jamele Hill’s awful take is promoting segregation.