The Jason Rantz Show

What’s Trending: Cities to form individual drug policies and Biden announces his 2024 campaign. // CNN gave a very quick tribute to Don Lemon and Brian Kilmeade is the temporary fill-in for Tucker. // A volleyball player in NC was injured by a transgender athlete playing on a girls team.

King County still isn’t enforcing fares on metro. KING 5 has yet another biased pro-illegal immigration story. Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly airs her grievances with the conservative justices on the Supreme Court. // LongForm: GUEST: Tacoma Police Union President Henry Betts on a rule change the Washington State Supreme Court is considering that would make it harder for judges to impose bail. // Quick Hit: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signs 8 bills shielding illegal immigrants from ICE. Washington seniors struggle as state becomes one of the most expensive in the nation.

Unions are trying to get in the way of WinCo from coming to North Seattle. Former Seattle PI columnist Joel Connelly has passed away and Jason is dealing with some ambivalence. Kamala Harris lacks self-awareness and goes after Trump over high gas prices. // Big Local: A Pierce County man attacked a goose in Milton. Left-wingers in Tukwila want an extension to the city’s ICE detention center ban. Spokesman-Review’s Gonzaga racism surge story is missing any evidence of the incidents it claims exist. // You Pick the Topic: The WNBA Commissioner says that a question about her future is sexist.

Seattle’s Magnuson park will be getting regular police patrols. A Seattle burger joint is dealing with repeated break-ins. JD Vance has spoken out about the ongoing feud between the Pope and Trump. King County and Seattle get Washington’s worst air quality grades, failing on both ozone and particle pollution. // A new report found that the Biden DOJ used the FACE Act to target pro-life Americans at the behest of pro-abortion organizations. // A doctor is warning that wearing fitness trackers could have unintended side effects.

Guest: Downtown Seattle Association President Jon Scholes on the KCRHA audit. // LongForm: GUEST: A former longtime Starbucks corporate worker gives his thoughts on the company’s new HQ in Nashville. // Guest: Part 2 with Starbucks worker.

Guest: Let’s Go Washington’s Brian Heywood on the WIAA’s decision to vote down a measure banning biological boys from competing in girls sports. // Big Local: Residents of Ridgefield are getting their second In-N-Out Burger location. // Microsoft is offering voluntary retirements to thousands of its employees.

An audit of the King Country Regional Homeless Authority found that the agency has $13 million unaccounted for. // Crime continues to plague Seattle. A 77-year-old man received a head injury during an unprovoked attack near 3 & Pine. A woman was shot in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. As some states give their residents a holiday from their gas tax, Washington is unlikely to follow suit. Air travelers are feeling the pinch from higher jet fuel prices. // Seattle pickleball players are irate about a plan by the city to remove over 30 courts.

Guest: Samuel Goldman, Associate Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida’s Hamilton School, on the roots of Christian Zionism. // LongForm: GUEST: Mollie Hemingway on her new book on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. // Guest: Part 2 with Mollie Hemingway

Will there be a Supreme Court vacancy this summer? What should conservatives look for in potential nominees? // Big Local: Snohomish firefighters are taking their fight over the COVID vaccine to the United States Supreme Court. The Snohomish City Council has approved a Pride Parade despite pushback from some of the community. // You Pick the Topic: Tucker Carlson says he regrets his support for Trump.

The latest developments out of Iran and where we go from here. There are 4 components that must be apart of any deal with Iran. // In a massive scandal, the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for propping up the very people they claimed to be fighting such as white nationalists and other racist groups. // Virginia voted to radically redistrict its congressional seats in favor of the Democrats.

The teacher at Glacier Peak High School that exposed students to nude images has resigned. New documents reveal the ulterior motive behind the ‘millionaire’s tax.’ Ted Cruz thinks Democrats will try another shutdown right before the midterms. // Big Local: Sea-Tac travelers are feeling the pinch from high jet fuel prices. Lynnwood has ended its ban on retail cannabis shops. The Snohomish firefighters that refused the COVID vaccine are taking their case to the United States Supreme Court. // President Trump announced an extension to the ceasefire with Iran.

Seattle Restaurant Week did a racism! Starbucks announces its new Nashville HQ. The spate of illegal food vendors near Seattle’s stadiums could be using illegal labor. A Storm player was caught off guard by Mt. Rainier. // Guest: Seattle Police Officer’s Guild President Kent Loux on the state of the city heading into the World Cup. // Pramila Jayapal says Cuba has a great healthcare system. A Democrat Senator appeared to be openly rooting for Iran at the expense of the United States.

The latest on Iran. Is FBI Director Kash Patel the next member of the Trump Administration to be let go? Jake Tapper tries to get Elise Stefanik to say that Trump threatened to commit a genocide in Iran. // LongForm: GUEST: State GOP Chair and Rep. Jim Walsh had a concerned citizen reach out to him with hundreds of unopened ballots they found in a dumpster. // Quick Hit: Has anyone actually heard of Seattle’s Vision Zero initiative?

Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans provides an update on her first 100 days in office. UW pitches absurd promise for debt-free education. A UW drug study yielded questionable results. // Big Local: An owner of two of the massage parlors busted in Bothell denies allegations of human trafficking and prostitution. // What happened to our monoculture?

Pramila Jayapal threatens Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene gives steam to rumors about a Trump Assassination plot. Not even TDS could help Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe together. Snap Inc. cuts 95 Washington jobs, cites AI for global layoffs. // Guest: Former state lawmaker Robert Sutherland has had a change of heart about his plans to flee to Idaho. // The AP’s BPC-157, RFK Jr. peptide story is advocacy, not journalism — and pharma profits might explain why.

What’s Trending: The media is again failing to adequately cover the police pursuit bill. // Portland is closing its only REI store due to crime. // Sam Brinton could avoid jail time in luggage theft case.

Business owners are voicing their displeasure with Bob Ferguson for vetoing funding that would help fight retail theft. WA is considering reparations for slavery. Seattle businesses are hoping cruise season will provide an economic boost. // LongForm: GUEST: KIRO News Radio’s Chris Sullivan says to prepare for Eastside traffic this weekend. // Quick Hit: Things continue to get worse for Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego.

A Seattle couple had gas siphoned from their cars. A biased AP story about SCOTUS. A former Marysville police officer has chronicled his weight loss journey in a book. An Iranian-American doctor calls out the Left’s silence on the treatment of women in Iran. // Big Local: The legal challenge to a WA law undermining sheriffs is changing venues. Is Pierce County going to get light rail? // Fridays with Jake Skorheim on a viral Costco employee’s retirement and more out of the Glacier Peak High School nudity scandal.

Jim Walsh says hundreds of undelivered King County ballots were dumped near a Renton strip mall. A Seattle influencer was attacked while out on a run. China is warning its own citizens about traveling to the United States via Sea-Tac airport. // Iran made some important concessions in the Strait of Hormuz today which lead to a great day on Wall Street. // A family that was attacked by a river otter has settled with the Port of Bremerton.

King County still isn’t enforcing fares on metro. KING 5 has yet another biased pro-illegal immigration story. Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly airs her grievances with the conservative justices on the Supreme Court. // LongForm: GUEST: Senior Attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation Oliver Dunford is representing a Washington ranching family that is just trying to get its day in court. // Quick Hit: Will the Biden-era FTC kill Costco?