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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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00:44:31

'The Boss' and the audit that destroyed a right wing...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/25

Seeing Bruce Springsteen perform is something I've wanted to do since "Born in the USA" was blaring on the radio when I was a kid - or from my cassette player. Well, I missed him on his mini-tour with VP Kamala Harris yesterday in Clarkston, but I got to listen to it on the drive back from South Carolina, so it'll have to do. I have some of his music & statements to review.So it turns out the right wing trope about "illegal voters" is much ado about nearly nothing. Or 9 total, in Georgia, and

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00:44:31

"... the general definition of 'fascist,' for sure"

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/25

Former Trump chief-of-staff John Kelly was finally triggered to go "on the record" after the former President crossed one of two red lines with Kelly - the "enemy within" quips weaving in use of military force. In speaking with the New York Times, Kelly surprised no one with what he said; that he said it, on record, while being recorded willingly, is historic.

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00:44:29

Music & Mal: on the road with a grassroots southern...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/23

I'm spending a few days in coastal South Carolina where my friend Mal Hyman is working overtime on the "retail political trail" - having to get out to shake hands and meet people on-one-on as opposed to taking PAC money to flood TV and radio airwaves. It's a noble endeavor, but because of the size of his district, a gargantuan task that could be better alleviated by eliminating gerrymandering and uncapping The House, which he and I discuss a bit. Today, though, we mostly just get a sense of his

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00:44:31

Vote-flip flap, a new poll, Palmer's putter & "The...

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2024/10/23

You better believe the litigious folks at Dominion Voting are watching and listening to everything 2020 election-deniers like Marjorie Taylor Greene are saying. She just can't help herself. New AJC/UGA polling data's out, and along with what we're seeing from GeorgiaVotes.com, there's an emerging story about who the new voters are: young and likely Hispanic and/or Asian. How weird is it that right wing radio host Charlie Sykes emceed a Kamala Harris rally Monday? You know, the one with Liz Cheney,

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00:44:31

Kammie's ATL weekend & the 'critical race' convo at...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/21

After doing (what I presume may be my daily) review of GeorgiaVotes.com early voting data, I connected with Donnell Suggs, editor-in-chief at The Atlanta Voice. He had wall-to-wall coverage of VP Kamala Harris' visit to metro Atlanta this weekend. We discuss her events, the "black men leaving the party for Trump" trope, highlight his latest piece "It's late October; do you know where your polling place is?" and a few other touchy subjects (not including his Mets' being bounced last night). I'm a

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00:44:32

Thank immigrants for 'fraud' & Kamala's billionaire...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/20

First, a look at a nifty website - GeorgiaVotes.com - giving us up-to-date early voter data by various demographics and comparing to 2020 data, too. JD Vance has been mouthing off about Social Sbyecurity and Medicare fraud by "illegal immigrants," but the fact is, they're just contributing to both entitlement programs while rarely ever getting anything from it. We should be thanking those 'illegal' immigrants. Donald Trump has (super-weird) Elon Musk. Kamala Harris has Mark Cuban. When it comes to

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00:47:29

The Trump guardrail is gone; so are those nutty...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/17

Back-to-back "bad days" in courtrooms for Georgia's MAGA-led state election board this week, with another superior court judge wiping out the board's "eleventh hour" rules-a-palooza onslaught. Fair High Action CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo joined me today to give reaction to that and the many and varied ways Republicans - the pro-Trump ilk and even just the 'good old fashioned voter suppression' kind - have sewn so much calamity around Georgia's process all on their own.Meanwhile, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance

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00:45:01

White women are bailing and "the Veep" meets 'tha God'

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2024/10/17

I've a theory: yes, abortion rights are definitely "on the ballot" and energizing women voters, but white women broke for Donald Trump 55% to 45% in 2020 - after he'd stocked the Supreme Court with anti-abortion perjurers Then came 'Dobbs,' but also his ramped up divisive rhetoric. Surely you've noticed he labels anyone not "pro-Trump" as the "enemy within," right? That he's more than intimating the use of military force on political opponents. At a Republican-stocked suburban Atlanta "town hall"

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00:44:28

John Oliver had Georgia on his mind (and throughout...

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2024/10/16

Today, Georgia's early voting window opened (more than 200,000 folks participated, shattering a previous record) while the state's election board got smote by a superior court judge. The Coalition for Good Governance seeks compromise, but fat chance that happening at this late hour.As if that wasn't enough to pore over, John Oliver's most recent episode of 'Last Week Tonight" had "Georgia on his mind" throughout. He, too, doused on the election board antics, plus immense voter challenges from just

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00:44:31

Barry, Julia & Kamala working the rally, phones &town...

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2024/10/12

Listen in as former President Barak Obama gives a scorching speech - at a Harris/Walz rally - in an effort to make sense of the senseless (in another former President Donald Trump), Julia Roberts phone banking (so effectively!) and Kamala Harris flexing her compassion and empathy at her Univision town hall.

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00:44:27

Electoral college just telling "bad guys where to...

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2024/10/10

Julia Roberts making the rounds in metro Atlanta yesterday and today, along with Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams, something she said in Canton last night stood out. "It is the UNITED States of America, and we've been lacking in the 'united' part for so long." The right usually responds with a dismissive "Hollywood elite liberal" swipe - but COUSIN Julia (who says we might not be related?) is also from Georgia. MOST of Hollywood isn't from Hollywood. They're from Georgia or Iowa, Texas,

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00:44:30

Irrefutable: the multi-state plot to overturn...

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2024/10/10

Tina Peters is going to prison for trying to have a hand in overturning election results. Tuesday afternoon, two organizations - Free Speech for People and the Coalition for Good Governance - held a virtual press briefing where they and experts like Georgia Tech's Dr. Rich DeMillo and Cal-Berkley's Dr. Richard Stark made the irrefutable case that there was (and still is!) a multi-state plot to overturn the 2020 election for Donald Trump - and with stolen voting system software, may succeed in doing

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00:45:00

Reality v fiction: 'Helene' efforts and which...

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2024/10/09

House Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-NC) - who's running for the state's attorney general's office - has taken to social media to clear up much of the disinformation surrounding the damage done to western North Carolina and the coordinated federal, state and local response. Oh, and sadly, he had to rebuke Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who asserts that government controls the weather to target hurricanes at MAGA hotbeds. '60 Minutes' interviewing both presidential candidates is a near-half century tradition

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00:44:30

Hindering 'Helene' efforts: the storm surge of...

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2024/10/07

Georgia Recorder columnist Jay Bookman reminded readers the many and varied ways Donald Trump injected pettiness into federal disaster response efforts while President. The headline: "Trump’s lie that Biden didn’t offer Georgia storm relief a disastrous pattern." Because it's so difficult to keep up with the sheer volume of things we ought remember about his presidency, it was a necessary reminder. Also "all accusations are confessions" with him. These lies - and this cultural phenomenon of

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00:44:33

After 'Helene,' sharpening "The Language of Climate...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/04

President Joe Biden visited South Georgia yesterday, addressing locals and the media on a farm outside Valdosta. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump will be stumping with (awkkkkkkwarrrrrd) Governor Brian Kemp - who had to set the record straight after Trump insinuated he and Biden hadn't spoke (they had, and continue to). With that in the backdrop, my guest today was Dr. Genevieve Guenther, climate activist and author of the book "The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and

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00:44:31

Kamala descends on Augusta and Jack Smith comes down...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/04

Atlanta Voice editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs checked in to recap VP Kamala Harris' visit to Augusta. We eavesdrop on her drop-ins, too.As Harris dropped in on Augusta, Jack Smith lowered the boom on Donald Trump with a 'January 6' evidentiary dump that included some jaw-dropping testimony. The thing is, the Trump/GOP judicial gum-up means WE'RE the seated jury who'll decide if he faves any consequences. Lastly, of course conservatives are concocting narratives about federal disaster response delays

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00:44:30

A 'civil' debate that "January 6" derailed; also,...

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2024/10/02

Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, moderated by CBS, doesn't seem to have moved the needle much with voters. "Do no harm" seems to be the clear winner - which, on the surface should benefit J.D. Vance more. I happen to think the soundbites leave more "meat on the bone" for Harris/Walz to make use of for "leftovers," though. Joining me to discuss is local Democratic consultant Andrew Heaton. Also, if you don't know who "Mencious Moldbug " is yet, get to know his creepy influence on J.D

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00:44:31

Georgia ban banned, Jimmy's 100th & (cough cough)...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/02

Judge Robert McBurney put abortion back on the minds of Georgia voters, parking the state's six-week ban yesterday. Georgia WIN List executive director Melita Easters joined me to explain what that means (for now) for women seeking reproductive care, and the ramifications on Election Day and the 2025 legislative session too. She also spent a few minutes commemorating the 100th birthday of President Jimmy Carter with some wistful memories from his era in and after politics. The Conyers chlorine

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00:44:31

"We just weren't prepared" - Augusta reeling from...

The Ron Show ·

2024/10/01

It's far worse a scene in the western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee region, no doubt, and Asheville, NC has been ravaged by the tropical storm forces of Helene last week, but I wanted to start my discussion this week with my good friend, an old radio buddy of mine, and the guy who essentially provided me the tools and know-how to even launch this show and podcast: Robb Smith - "aka 'Big Robb' of the "Chewing the Fat" podcast. Long story short: "we just weren't prepared," he said. Robb gives

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00:44:30

Lawfare's Anna Bower: no legal loophole to aid a...

The Ron Show ·

2024/09/27

Unsure if Hurricane Helene was going to trounce Atlanta and render me unavailable this morning, I caught up with Lawfare's newest senior editor, Anna Bower, to discuss her latest piece: Will Georgia's New Election Rules Allow Trump to Steal The Presidency? Quite the headline, no? I won't spoil it for you and blurt out the answer but ... eh. Enjoy the conversation between me and my pedestrian non-judicious brain and Anna's brilliance.

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