Jason Rantz on Seattle Red

🎙Host of the Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red 770 in Seattle/Tacoma from 3-7pm. 🇺🇸✡️ Conservative. Fox News regular. Author of “What's Killing America.”

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NEW: Washington Voters Guide is hosting a call to murder Jews https://t.co/VooycxVAUC

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‘Who are you calling daddy?’: Tensions flare as bizarre argument breaks out during Portland council meeting https://t.co/HFcNuNIwbP

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🚨MAJOR SCOOP: Email obtained via FOIA shows Julie Wise, the Democrat-endorsed Director of Elections for King County, WA, ADMITTING that non-citizens were being registered to vote when getting a driver's license.

She then voices concern that the problem may be bigger than what the reports showed.

The thing that Democrats say doesn't happen, has been happening for YEARS!

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@Shriner69er You sound low-IQ.

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Permanent daylight saving time is not a summer policy. It is a winter one. It shoves Seattle’s December sunrise to nearly 9 a.m. and Washington spent seven years begging for it. #Seattle

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Erika Kirk is in Kirkland, Washington for an event. The wicked, evil monsters on the left showed up to chant “Charlie Kirk deserved to die.”

And, of course, these vile losers won’t show their faces.

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Mother says she hasn’t seen daughter since WA school allegedly advised gender care without consent https://t.co/SFva7TbuJJ

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NEW: Washington Voters Guide is hosting a call to murder Jews https://t.co/VooycxVAUC

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Let’s Go Washington fires back at opponents causing confusion over income tax initiative https://t.co/qXwVpkes8U

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I recommend Amit’s newsletter for analysis like this.

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A massive escalation with Iran appears imminent. Let’s look at the hints.

Over the past few weeks, dozens of U.S. aerial refueling aircraft have landed in Israel, and special operations forces have deployed to the region. Squadrons of fighters have been staged across the Middle East, and bombers at bases in the United States and the United Kingdom sit on high alert, ready to ramp up operations, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Israeli alert levels are, meanwhile, at their peak, with the Air Force and the Intelligence Directorate singled out. Home Front Command soldiers have been told to expect call-up orders; reservists and the recently discharged have been notified. Municipalities have begun reopening public shelters across the country, and it was recently revealed that Mossad Director Roman Gofman visited Washington roughly two weeks ago to meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and White House officials.

The Houthis, for their part, declared a blockade of Saudi Arabia, threatened the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and then hit two Saudi tankers. With a second of the world’s great choke points now in play, the pressure to act decisively rises accordingly.

Then there are the words of Donald Trump, at once the most and the least reliable indicator of what is coming. “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it,” he said yesterday.

That “massive attack” will likely fall into one of three buckets.

The first is Iran’s energy infrastructure—the operation that was on the table before Trump declared a ceasefire. Israel had begun pursuing it during Operation Roaring Lion until Trump reportedly pulled the brakes, under pressure from Gulf states with a well-founded fear for their own energy industries. The target set is narrow and thoroughly understood. Kharg Island handles the overwhelming majority of Iranian crude exports; a few missiles in the right place and Tehran has no way to sell its oil. Choose this option and the Iranians are left cash-strapped and reeling—and overwhelmingly likely to retaliate against regional energy infrastructure, and perhaps against the desalination plants the Gulf depends on for its water.

The second is direct action against the nuclear program itself. That could mean targeting senior figures, seizing the enriched uranium, or some other step aimed at the core of the program. Pickaxe Mountain would likely be the primary target. The site is buried deep enough that it is widely assessed to lie beyond the reach of bunker busters, which is why “seizing” rather than “destroying” keeps surfacing in the discussion. The Iranian response to an attack on their nuclear facilities would be severe as well, though significantly less severe than an oil crisis.

The third is the Strait of Hormuz: a major offensive against the Iranian capabilities surrounding it—anti-ship missile batteries, the IRGC Navy’s fast-attack craft and mine stocks, and coastal radar and drone sites. Throughout the war, it was barely on Israel’s radar. It is now perhaps the single most important question in the global economy. But even such an operation still won’t open the strait. All it takes is one IRGC operator left alive with a drone or two to send war-risk premiums through the roof and shipping companies in the opposite direction. Regardless, Trump may simply declare the strait open and call it a day, with the best-case scenario being a follow-up escort operation organized with European help.

What’s interesting is that some of these operations don’t require Israel’s involvement at all. Trump said so explicitly: “We don’t need anybody.” He also teased the opposite possibility, saying Israel “would join in two minutes if I ask them to,” and that there would be consequences if it did. Could the conflict intensify dramatically elsewhere while Israel largely stays out of it? At first glance, that seems unlikely. Israel is, after all, only the Little Satan. But even the Little Satan is still Satan.

On the other hand, the past few weeks have produced some confusion among the Israeli population. There are missiles and drones flying across the region, and they aren’t the target? While Kuwaiti vacation plans have been entirely put on hold, Israelis are still flying back and forth on a daily basis. It defies the historical pattern entirely. Israel has become a place of quiet in the middle of a hurricane sweeping across the Middle East.

Still, whether it remains so depends entirely on Trump. He has a ticking clock in the form of the midterm elections. As this war continues to plunge in popularity, Trump appears desperate to wrap it up, though I would caution the president that the only thing less popular than continuing an unpopular war is losing an unpopular war.

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Opposition to WA income tax repeal largely funded by public sector unions https://t.co/6umsNgpTXx

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@Im_NonBidenary You’re not only wrong, but your position is a big reason why our side loses.

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Rantz: The biggest threat to the income tax repeal is conservatives who refuse to vote https://t.co/0sz8Z71NyR

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Contrary to the accusations of being quick to use lethal force against Palestinians, the video clearly shows that the security coordinator and the soldiers could have opened fire earlier but did not, until the weapon was seized.

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‘We’re putting the squeeze on Seattle’: We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez reacts to Tukwila’s homeless camping ban https://t.co/sptyulYTwj

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@Im_NonBidenary A horrible strategy that hurts. Vote early.

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WA named one of the worst states for paying off credit card debt as national total nears $1.4 trillion https://t.co/fuRkbZpgG3

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Rantz: The biggest threat to the income tax repeal is conservatives who refuse to vote https://t.co/0sz8Z71NyR

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@vharbinger @markjos05095724 Find me evidence suggesting the science is wrong — your opinion on enjoying weeknight sun is not science. I enjoy it too. But it’s bad for your sleep and health.

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Panel of business leaders warns WA’s taxes, regulations are driving companies out https://t.co/2SAmRCWCJJ

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@markjos05095724 You can disagree that you like the daylight saving time — but the science is the science. It’s not in dispute.