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Hour 1: Belltown shootings, GOP midterm convention, Macklemore antisemitism Sep 09, 2026

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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.

Rantz Rewind: September 7, 2021 Sep 05, 2026

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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.

Hour 3: Seattle crime, is light rail killing fish?, guest Mark Elster Sep 05, 2026

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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.

Hour 2: Biased King 5 story, guest Stuart Reges, Fridays with Jake Skorheim Sep 05, 2026

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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.

Hour 1: South Seattle encampment, August jobs report, Dems come for Fetterman Sep 05, 2026

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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.

Hour 3: Unlicensed intervention staff at Seattle schools, guest Cliff Mass, guest David Dunbabin Sep 04, 2026

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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.

Hour 2: WA rejected ballots, Susan Collins roasts opponent, Flock returns to Bonney Lake Sep 04, 2026

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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.

Hour 1: Seattle layoffs, John Wilson ethics violations, good polling for GOP Sep 04, 2026

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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.

Hour 3: WA college denies Republican club, Bite of Seattle update, guest Mike Cordova Sep 03, 2026

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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?

Hour 2: WA sex trafficking number rang nowhere, Uber Eats thief, Walla Walla man survives bear attack Sep 03, 2026

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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.

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