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Talk Show Host and Columnist at AM 770 KTTH

Jason Rantz

Jason Rantz

About: Jason Rantz is the host of The Jason Rantz Show on AM 770 KTTH 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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Rantz: King County Court mandates defense for youth gender surgeries

"I am very disappointed that CASA, whom I have supported for many years, has succumbed to the extreme liberalism that is rampant today," the volunteer said.
2 years ago

Rantz: Councilmember argues to keep more criminals out of jail

King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay complains that putting criminals in jail is unrealistic because our criminal legal systems are at a "breaking point." He hopes you don't realize he's one of the local radicals pushing to starve the criminal justice system of resources. 
2 years ago

Rantz: Seattle residents, media mock dead victims to own Fox News

Some in Seattle media celebrated the responses "owning" the conservatives at Fox News, even looking for some of the people featured in the video.
2 years ago

Rantz: One health department’s anti-fentanyl campaign actually pushes drug use

A new campaign from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department ends up encouraging kids to use fentanyl in a "safer" way. It's dangerous and will only make the crisis worse.
2 years ago

Rantz: Mayor scolded for calling 911 on ‘far right-wing’ signature gatherers

Not only were the petitioners acting lawfully while promoting mainstream views, it wasn't an emergency and should not have resulted in a call to 911.
2 years ago

‘All clear’ given after suspicious package found outside Seattle Police West Precinct

A suspicious package with powder was found outside of the Seattle Police Department's West Precinct Wednesday.
2 years ago

Rantz: NewsBreak app striking ‘conservative’ opinions it doesn’t like

NewsBreak's X account messaged me in June, asking if I was interested in posting my content to their website and app. I was interested.
2 years ago

Rantz: ACLU of Wash. mad Marysville leaders may put criminals in jail

To Jazmyn Clark, a program director for the ACLU of Washington, jailing someone who keeps breaking the law is a draconian move.
2 years ago

Rantz: Seattle, Tacoma leaders should take notes from Spokane on crime

Seattle is on pace for record-high homicides, and not a week goes by where there isn't some significant crime out of Tacoma
2 years ago

Here’s what that loud rumbling across Seattle was on Saturday night

Seemingly, everyone across Puget Sound wondered what that loud rumbling sound was on Saturday night.
2 years ago

Rantz: Washington litter study blames everyone but the homeless

In other words, they primarily focused on where the homeless congregate, live, and litter. So why are we getting the blame? 
2 years ago

Rantz: AG’s office demands staff ‘change your thinking’ on gendered pronouns

The email linked to a Human Rights Foundation memo, which contended using someone's chosen name and pronouns expresses mutual respect and courtesy.
2 years ago

Rantz: Activist says Seattle’s open-air drug markets don’t exist, is racist

Real Change's latest attempt to downplay the drug crisis, arguing that criticism of drug dealing is racist, is as bizarre as it is dangerous.
2 years ago

Rantz: UW study dismisses drug concerns to protect transit, harm reduction advocates

The "limited-scope" study measured drugs in the air and on the surfaces of transit in Washington and Oregon using just 11 buses and 19 train cars.
2 years ago

Rantz: Seattle media gives Inslee a pass on egregious lie

Washington Governor Jay Inslee told one whopper of a health care lie. So why is the Seattle media giving the Democrat a pass?
2 years ago

Rantz: SPOG releases apology after video captures officer’s out-of-context statements

A Seattle police officer turned himself in for a comment he made when his bodycam was accidentally turned on.
2 years ago

Rantz: 5th Avenue Theater tells whites not to attend its plays

Though Seattle's 5th Avenue Theater can't legally deny entry on the basis of race, they're trying to dissuade attendance from whites anyway.
2 years ago

Rantz: Wash. Department of Health keeps promoting outdated COVID-19 advice

The Washington State Department of Health is promoting outdated COVID-19 advice. The agency's guidance hasn't moved much despite learning more about it.
2 years ago

Rantz: Anti-gun Seattle Rep. Pramila Jayapal is broken

While guns are a frequent target of Jayapal, her latest post is downright irresponsible. Jayapal and the rest of the Radical Left want to ban guns.
2 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Times can’t figure out why fentanyl floods the city

The left-wing newspaper glaringly omits the country's porous border because it harms President Joe Biden and Democrats.
2 years ago

Rantz: Soft-on-crime Washington judges release accused rapist, car thief

The probable cause documents said Gerdts tried to manipulate the mother by "telling her they will all go to jail for this."
2 years ago

Rantz: After break-ins and gun pulled on staff, biz owner runs for office

Sheth said the most recent break-in occurred last Saturday morning when three men in masks, hoodies, hats and gloves opened the patio door with a pry bar.
2 years ago

Rantz: Seattle council readies program that may kill social workers

The city of Seattle is hiring social workers as part of a program that removes police from policing. They're sending social workers to be hurt or killed.
2 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Times column blames Maui fires on ‘colonization’, ‘Europeans’

Left-wing Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka wants us to go way back into history to make a lazy anti-colonialism argument. 
2 years ago