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The Ron Show

Welcome to the Ron Show - Atlanta"s only progressive audio platform airing five days a week on Georgia Now, M-F 4-6pm (replaying 8-10am the next weekday). Host Ron Roberts covers Atlanta, metro Atlanta, Georgia and national politics from a pretty unique lens ... he"s just your run-of-the-mill Georgia-born gay progressive cat-dad realtor & talk show host. Dime a dozen, right?

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01:29:00

David Scott passes; Dr. Jasmine Clark joined to...

The Ron Show ·

2026/04/23

PLUS: Senator Warnock takes more verbal whacks at RFK Jr., and new polling bolsters Bottoms' grip on the Democratic primary . Oh, and Tucker Carlson's a liarThe Democratic Congressional primary in Georgia's 13th Congressional district now features an open seat, as longtime Rep. David Scott suddenly passed away earlier this week at the age of 80, bringing about yet another special election in Georgia this cycle, but also putting a pause on the primary race where many of Scott's

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00:44:28

In 'KLB v GOP,' Keisha leads. Is that why her...

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2026/04/23

PLUS: It's DOJ/FBI vs ... the SPLC?A recent poll pitted former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms against the four GOP gubernatorial combatants, and in each case, she comes out on top. No other Democratic candidate was polled, but there's more recent polling that shows she's safely in "run-off" territory and only 8% from clearing it outright in the primary, too. It's curious, though, that the remaining Democratic gubernatorial field elbows one another for second place while

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00:44:29

Georgia's ACA enrollment plummet: how that's a bad...

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2026/04/21

New data obtained by The Current and Georgia Recorder (thanks to a FOIA request) shows Affordable Care Act enrollment in Georgia slumped by more than one-third at the start of 2026, on the heels of pandemic-era enhanced subsidies going away (remember the government shutdown last fall?). With outgoing Governor Brian Kemp thinking 2028 might be fertile territory for him to tout his era of governance, this won't age well; but it's not just a bad look for "Brine." It's also a

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01:28:57

Ossoff flashes sharpened rhetoric & Tanya Miller...

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2026/04/21

Plus: Clay Fuller tries out 'satire' for a side hustle and fails.We haven't even crossed the 2026 finish line yet, and already the Democratic party's 2028 field is starting to not only reveal itself but flex its rhetorical might. First up, though, concerns about election integrity have Democrats in Congress wondering (aloud) if the National Guard is going to adhere to Trump or the US Constitution. We (sort of) got that answer under oath last week.Okay, so with polls showing Kamala

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01:32:12

The un-snubbing: Jason Esteves, Derrick Jackson & Olu...

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2026/04/17

The more I let it marinate in my mind, the less sense it made - and the more irresponsible it was, in my opinion - that WXIA-TV (11 Alive) and its NexStar TV partners throughout the state hosted a televised / live-streamed Democratic gubernatorial debate with only half the field in the race. Their flimsy / flawed criteria is so thanks in large part to flawed and sporadic (at best) polling, and it's not as if they couldn't have commissioned a fresh poll closer to the debate date themselves

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00:44:30

Athens poo-poos TP(USA) & Eric Erickson writes the...

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2026/04/16

Author and UNG professor Matthew Boedy attended the Tuesday TPUSA rally in downtown Athens and joined me to chew on the woeful turnout and vibe (what there was of one) in the building as JD Vance drifted onto the stage without TPUSA CEO Erika Kirk. ---The one thing you can say about conservative radio pundit Eric Erickson is that he doesn't sugarcoat things for his audience when their preferred party and candidates are in trouble. He gave it to AJC readers thusly: "Republicans are in for a

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01:28:55

The 'gas'-lighting has to end: Biden inherited oil...

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2026/04/15

PLUS: Scott Soracco is a "fighting fifty" Democrat filling an empty ballot slot - but he's aiming to win, JD Vance's poll numbers are on (not in) the couch and GA gubernatorial talk.I've said for years now, the spike in oil and gas prices, and subsequently everything we bought & paid for while Joe Biden wa sin office, was due in large part to one key decision then-President Donald Trump made in 2020. See, then, in April of 2020, while we were all sheltering-in-place and not

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01:28:58

Debating a debate, 2028 messaging and the perplexing...

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2026/04/13

PLUS: CBS News White correspondent Olivia Rinaldi on Trump's 'Strait talk' & Tucker says the obvious (for once)Wednesday night, WXIA-TV (11 Alive) will livestream online a Democratic gubernatorial debate (live on WATL-TV as well) with just three of the six candidates running, culling the field to three based on a six-week-old poll while ignoring a two-week old poll that shows it's at minimum a four-person race. I'm curious how that best serves the electorate, frankly

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00:43:43

Maybe it's Rahm who "lost the plot."

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2026/04/10

USA Today ⁠conservative political columnist Ingrid Jacques pounced on Rahm Emanuel's words⁠ last week, along with American mobility trends that shows that liberals & progressives (get this) move around the country. That people are fleeing "progressive states" in droves for red states (it's ⁠actually happening to some notable red states⁠, too) and somehow concludes - with all that's going on in the world under the regime of MAGA mayhem - that things look bad for Democrats in

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01:28:59

GA legislature wraps, ICE takes a pause & Bondi takes...

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2026/04/04

PLUS: Sterling Thrill returns for some 'Friday Funnies' & hell no, I won't feel bad for Kristi NoemThe Georgia general assembly session for 2026 came to a close Thursday night, leaving a lot of ugly bills unaddressed (mostly in the House) and work "yet to be done" that legally has to be addressed by this summer with regards to election. That said, the fine folks at the Georgie Recorder put a lovely bow on the session.- - - Are the communities of Oakwood and Social Circle

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01:28:59

April 2, 2026

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2026/04/03

Thursday, April 2, 2026

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00:44:29

How a tax cut for some becomes a tax HIKE for ALL &...

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2026/04/01

A push to lower state property taxes by using slick language and maneuvers to raise the sales tax (I told ya so) is fodder for back & forth under the Gold Dome in Georgia's closing general assembly days. There's new polling that shows a surge by former Senator Jason Esteves, making that potential run-off a four-person tangle. Joining me to discuss the ramifications is Atlanta-based political consultant Andrew Heaton.

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00:44:29

GA Legislative home stretch | Meet the 27-year old...

The Ron Show ·

2026/04/01

We're in the final days of the 2026 Georgia General Assembly legislative session, and with vacated seats & a mad rush to jam in some awful bills, the pressure's on - mostly on beleaguered Democrats to hold off the worst. Georgia Recorder reporters provide a nice summation of what's still alive, what could be revived and what's off the table (for now). Get this, though: some GOP legislators may be seeing their items get snubbed by Lt. Governor Burt Jones in retaliation for those

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01:27:50

Christian v 'Christian Nationalism' - Talarico,...

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2026/03/31

PLUS: Thurmond's endorsement gets: plums or prunes? Also, Keisha's list was ... something to see & Esteves' list is long.- -- Coming off a third - and impressive - 'No Kings Day' weekend, it was in listening to (marveling at) Rev. Senator Raphael Warnock deliver a "no notes" speech in Atlanta Saturday that somehow aligned well against the faux religiosity on display at CPAC on the same weekend. The emergence of James Talarico in Texas has Christian nationalism

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00:44:29

For 'No Kings,' maybe we need more than an occasional...

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2026/03/28

Millions of Americans will take part in the third 'No Kings Day' multi-pronged protest today, and yet there are those who question the efficacy. "The needle isn't moving" said one Substack scribe, and she's not wrong, but she isn't just talking about the last year. 'Occupy Wall Street' was fifteen years ago. FIFTEEN YEARS!On this week's "Politics Girl" podcast, host Leigh McGowan and guest Ezra Levin opine that it’s not enough to just go, we need to be bringing people with us. Okay, yes. Sure. Make

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00:43:30

BAD BILL ALERT: Dolezal's "zombie" bill aims to...

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2026/03/27

Marilyn Marks is no stranger to The Ron Show. Today, the executive director of the Coalition for Good Governance joined to raise the alarm volume on a bill that state Senator Greg Dolezal "zombified" from a Democratic House member's attempt to secure another judicial appointment for her home county. In HB960, Dolezal essentially stripped its intent and instead pumped a bunch of what the organization calls "numerous unworkable provisions," not the least of which includes

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01:28:57

TSA's "Ken & Barbie dolls" useless to lessen ATL...

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2026/03/26

Likened to useless "Ken and Barbie dolls" by TSA union representation, TSA agents in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport aren't able to do much to lessen the long, winding lines of passengers trying to clear security to make their flights on-time. CBS News Congressional correspondent Taurean Small tells me if there's any chance a deal to fund DHS gets done before the 'No Kings' weekend. Local Atlanta TV station WANF provided a look in at the overflowing

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00:44:28

Judge casts doubt on abortion / murder charge |...

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2026/03/26

PLUS: How did Trump find another district attorney who's a poor debater?A southeast Georgia woman charged with murder for using an abortion pill (with oxycodone) was granted a symbolically low bond by a judge who expressed doubt the charge will even stick. Also, will the woman - Alexia Moore - have a valid case to sue the hospital upon learning one of its security guards violated her HIPPA rights by calling local police?RELATED: Georgia's six-week "heartbeat" abortion ban makes no

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01:28:59

GA woman charged with murder after abortion pill use:...

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2026/03/24

Melita Easters, executive director at the Georgia WIN List, joined me Monday morning to discuss the most recent tragic story from Georgia in the aftermath of that state's passage of a six-week abortion ban: a southeast Georgia woman was arrested after using an abortion pill with oxycodone while pregnant, resulting in the death of the infant shortly after giving birth. We discuss the complicated story of Alexia - a military veteran with PTSD and on full disability who already had two children and

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00:44:30

From 'Friday Funnies' to Burt's timely disdain for...

The Ron Show ·

2026/03/24

Friday's Ron Show features a weekly comedic therapy session; therapeutic for me if for no one else, that is. My good friend Sterling Thrill - stand up & virtual comedian & political satirist - gives me my weekly 'break' from the headlines ... to laugh at those headlines, to start the show off on this edition.Then, the nasty race for the GOP nomination for Georgia's governor's race is the best soap opera. In the latest gasp-inducing move, Lt. Governor Burt Jones - once a beneficiary of Rick

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