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Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770

Jason Rantz

Jason Rantz

About: Jason Rantz is the host of The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red AM 770 in Seattle, where he tackles the Pacific Northwest’s biggest news and cultural issues with unapologetic, conservative commentary. As a prominent radio host, columnist, and frequent television guest, Rantz has earned a reputation as Seattle’s leading voice for common sense in a region too often dominated by progressive groupthink. He is also the author of an Amazon best-selling book, What’s Killing America: Inside the Radical Left’s Tragic Destruction of Our Cities (Center Street Books).

Jason’s no-nonsense, witty, and biting approach to news analysis cuts through political spin and media bias. He is best known for his incisive takes on Seattle politics, crime, homelessness, public safety, education, and the consequences of radical policies affecting everyday families.

Rantz is a frequent Fox News voice, regularly appearing on national platforms like The Ingraham Angle, Fox & Friends, Fox News at Night, Evening Edit, and Varney and Co. His commentaries are featured in outlets including The Daily Wire, Newsweek, Daily Mail, Fox News, and National Review. His investigative reporting has been cited by both national and local news outlets.

With nearly 30 years in broadcast journalism, Rantz’s work has been recognized for spotlighting issues that matter to Washington state and beyond. He is passionate about defending free speech, individual liberty, and public accountability.

Expertise: Crime, policing, immigration, education, domestic politics, Israel, economy, homelessness, drugs, and cultural issues.

Education: B.A. in Politics, Occidental College (2004)

Achievements & Awards: The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington, first place: Excellence in Journalism (2011)

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Man caught undressing in front of girls at Green Lake locker room

Was the individual a male inappropriately using the facilities or a transgender female well within her rights?
11 years ago

Man caught undressing in front of girls at Green Lake locker room

Was the individual a male inappropriately using the facilities or a transgender female well within her rights?
11 years ago

DOC accidental inmate release is why Lynn Peterson was fired

The assistant state Attorney General, Ronda Larson, who told the Department of Corrections not to recalculate incorrect prisoner release dates by hand, resigned yesterday. And the culture that allowed her to escape a public firing is why Senate Republicans fired Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson in a surprise confirmation vote.
11 years ago

No, we shouldn’t make it easier to charge Washington police

A proposed bill in Olympia would make it so that it's easier to bring criminal charges against police officers who use deadly force in the state of Washington. While it reads like a good idea in print, it would be a wrong and dangerous move.
11 years ago

This is Embarrassing: Hillary Clinton doesn’t know how to use email?

This can't possibly be true. According to a 2009 email from Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, the Presidential front-runner for the Democrats doesn't know how to use email over a computer.
11 years ago

This is Embarrassing: Hillary Clinton doesn’t know how to use email?

This can't possibly be true. According to a 2009 email from Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, the Presidential front-runner for the Democrats doesn't know how to use email over a computer.
11 years ago

This is Embarrassing: Hillary Clinton doesn’t know how to use email?

This can't possibly be true. According to a 2009 email from Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, the Presidential front-runner for the Democrats doesn't know how to use email over a computer.
11 years ago

This is Embarrassing: Hillary Clinton doesn’t know how to use email?

This can't possibly be true. According to a 2009 email from Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, the Presidential front-runner for the Democrats doesn't know how to use email over a computer.
11 years ago

This is Embarrassing: Hillary Clinton doesn’t know how to use email?

This can't possibly be true. According to a 2009 email from Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, the Presidential front-runner for the Democrats doesn't know how to use email over a computer.
11 years ago

This is Embarrassing: Hillary Clinton doesn’t know how to use email?

This can't possibly be true. According to a 2009 email from Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, the Presidential front-runner for the Democrats doesn't know how to use email over a computer.
11 years ago

This is Embarrassing: Hillary Clinton doesn’t know how to use email?

This can't possibly be true. According to a 2009 email from Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, the Presidential front-runner for the Democrats doesn't know how to use email over a computer.
11 years ago

Seattle City Council may pick failed bike business over homeless

Though not a surprise, we've learned that the Pronto Bike Share program is insolvent, just a year into operation. Perhaps more surprising, in the midst of an emergency with the homeless (so bad the mayor wants to raise taxes to pay for more services), the City may actually buy this failed program.
11 years ago

Seattle City Council may pick failed bike business over homeless

Though not a surprise, we've learned that the Pronto Bike Share program is insolvent, just a year into operation. Perhaps more surprising, in the midst of an emergency with the homeless (so bad the mayor wants to raise taxes to pay for more services), the City may actually buy this failed program.
11 years ago

Seattle City Council may pick failed bike business over homeless

Though not a surprise, we've learned that the Pronto Bike Share program is insolvent, just a year into operation. Perhaps more surprising, in the midst of an emergency with the homeless (so bad the mayor wants to raise taxes to pay for more services), the City may actually buy this failed program.
11 years ago

No apology necessary to Planned Parenthood teens

There's a weird story that's getting national attention for some reason and it has to do with a state representative who asked high schoolers if they're virgins.
11 years ago

One Issaquah business’ well-intentioned mistake

A well-intentioned Issaquah chiropractor is being lauded for her attempts to stop anti-Muslim bigotry, but I fear the bigger picture issue is being missed.
11 years ago

Conservatives need not apply to City of Seattle advisory board

The City of Seattle is looking for Progressive activists committed to social justice to join the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board.
11 years ago

Dangerous, unnecessary Seattle bike lane project moving forward

Not content creating a traffic nightmare on Dexter Avenue in South Lake Union, the Seattle Department of Transportation is moving forward with a disruptive plan one block east on Westlake Avenue and it seems destined for disaster.
11 years ago

Should Kshama Sawant take over for Rep. Jim McDermott?

Early this morning, Congressman Jim McDermott woke up from a multi-year slumber to realize that, yes, he still occupies WA-7 congressional seat.
11 years ago

Concerned Mukilteo residents could kill new jobs

Pacific Seafood wants to build a seafood processing plant near the Hilltop neighborhood in Mukilteo, but residents who live nearby are sounding alarms.
11 years ago

Best albums and songs of 2015

From Seattle to New Zealand, some great bands (old and new) delivered us music that helped us get through a crazy 2015.
11 years ago

Seattle Pacific University wrong to fight shooting surveillance release

Media outlets attempted to get copies of surveillance footage from the shooting on the Seattle Pacific University campus, but some students and witnesses, along with SPU, didn't want to turn the footage over because it's sensitive.
11 years ago

Attempts to kill South Lake Union rats allegedly harm dog

Some people are starting to fight back against the South Lake Union rat infestation. However, in at least one case, whomever is combating the rats hasn't figured out what the term "unintended consequences" means.
11 years ago

Rantz: SDOT incompetence makes traffic and closures even worse

Somehow the Seattle Department of Transportation is so hyper-focused on bike lanes it didn’t realize that Seattle is going through a development boom. Officials were so hyper-focused on creating protected bike lanes on streets that can’t even handle cars, that SDOT didn’t quite notice all the cranes in the skyline for all these new apartments […]
11 years ago