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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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00:44:30

A 'political sucker punch'

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/31

What Donald Trump and JD Vance are saying on the campaign trail or in TV interviews doesn't match what Vance, at least, is telling donors about the state of the race now that Kamala Harris is atop the Democratic Party ticket. The Washington Post obtained audio of JD telling donors they got sucker punched. Trump's complained on Truth Social the Republican Party should get reimbursed - get this - for "fraud." The gall. Prior to Kamala Harris' Atlanta rally, polls were already

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00:44:31

From the weirdos ... to the Walz

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/30

What's trending suddenly is the theme Democrats are hammering - that Donald Trump and JD Vance are, in a word "weird." Goodness knows they cough up all the examples to bolster the argument - and you know I've a few to share just from the weekend. New polling and favorability data is out and, to be sure, Vice President Kamala Harris has momentum - startlingly so given her prior disapproval numbers. Turns out even President Joe Biden benefits from his stepping aside this campaign

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00:45:01

Georgia school superintendent backtracks, but it...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/26

Earlier this week, Georgia's state schools superintendent Richard Woods put his foot in his mouth when he announced the state would no longer be funding AP African American Studies. Folks were outraged. Folks (the Republican governor included) wanted to know why he made that decision. Well, he reversed course (somewhat) but activists were still outraged, so I reached out to Atlanta-based public education policy advocate Mikayla Arciaga so she could explain why Woods' about-face isn't

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00:45:00

Grading the Biden address & the 'root' of Kamala's...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/26

President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office last night, with his family literally alongside him out of camera shot, to explain why he chose to exit the 2024 Presidential race. The speech? Flawless. The execution? Nearly so, minus one thing I'd have personally enjoyed seeing from POTUS. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris has hit the ground running with pitch-perfect campaign rhetoric and her first video commercial, too, while the right seeks to pin her to woes at the

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00:44:29

Delta's woes, Dunwoody's "oh no," Kamala's rollout &...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/25

Atlanta-based Delta Airlines is having a harder time than most overcoming the 'Crowdstrike' update glitch, and now the Department of Transportation wants answers after some intense passenger struggles this past week. All this has me exasperated as to why we (you and I) let ourselves get to this point. Folks are sleeping on Atlanta's airport floors - in a travel "hub" with no real meaningful rail options to speak of. Which brings me to the Georgia Department of Transportation

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00:44:29

Delegate anxieties, curriculum realities & a shady...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/24

What must it have been like for a Democratic Party delegate to keep a brave face outwardly while stressing the "known unknowns" internally? I spoke with Seth Taylor, a Georgia DNC delegate - proudly, he'll tell you, a delegate on the spectrum - who took the rollercoaster ride of uncertainty the past month. Hear how he weathered the debate debacle, its aftermath and the inevitable transition from "Joe" to "Kamala." Georgia NAACP chapter President Gerald Griggs also

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00:44:33

Joe taps out; Kammie's tapping in

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/23

With Sunday afternoon's jaw-dropping announcement by President Joe Biden that he'd be bowing out of the presidential race, reporters, cable news shows and pundits (along with us podcast hosts) were scrambling for details and folks to discuss the ramifications. I had two of the best today - Melita Easters with the Georgia WIN List and Andrew Heaton of Sagamore Hill Political Consulting. Hear Melita and I discuss this important moment in women's and minority women's history, then

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00:44:30

'Remarkably long and remarkably dishonest' acceptance...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/20

When the fact-checkers use the words "remarkably long and remarkably dishonest" to describe a speech, it's not hard to figure out who gave the speech these days.We spent a week bemoaning "inflammatory rhetoric" - despite mounting evidence the 20-year would-be assassin wasn't motivated by the term "existential threat to democracy" (or anything like it) ... only to continue hearing the word "invasion" when we did have evidence such rhetoric drove a nut

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00:44:31

Vance and his misplaced grievances get fact-checked

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/19

The GOP has its vice presidential nominee in JD Vance, he of the "Hillbilly Elegy" memoir and Netflix movie. It is really quizzical to note his grievances borne out in that book and film when coupled with the political party he chose to align with. I'll dive in on that, but there's a LOT of fact-checking to do, too. Chris Hayes and Lawrence O'Donnell did their part, too. Meanwhile, the number of calls for President Biden to drop out keeps growing, as does the volume of

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00:44:31

Cringey hip-hop & 5-6 black mayors = the RNC appeal...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/18

Tuesday's RNC highlights included a small (I mean SMALL) gathering of a handful of black GOP mayors comprising the near-entirety of the Black Republican Mayors Association and an ultra-cringey hip-hop video to a mostly-white arena of convention-goers. On to discuss his covering of both - and the GOP's convention in general is Atlanta Voice editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs. Then - hear me out - what if Trump's shooter was motivated by Alex Jones? I mean, it's not like Alex hasn't

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00:44:30

Vance & Cannon stake their claim to Trump-endorsed...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/17

The selection of JD Vance to be Donald Trump's second running mate (why won't the first one do?) is a curious one. First, the obvious: Vance didn't care much for Trump before the insurrection and multiple indictments and convictions (but now all's well!), and said so publicly and privately on numerous occasions. I have a 'Game of Thrones' theory about this, though.Then there's the Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon - who frankly ought to have recused herself (but who

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00:44:30

Not rhetorical: Trump is an existential threat to...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/15

In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there's a push to "dial down" the rhetoric, with many on the right (falsely) pointing to the labeling of Trump as an "existential threat to democracy" as inflamed rhetoric.I call BS on that. It's a stated, verified (by action and history) fact, and any attempt to dislodge that statement from the conversation is an attempt to take away a valid and crucial point in a contentious race

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00:44:29

Grading the "big boy" presser: Biden passes

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/13

So if Joe Biden's going to stay in the race, everything he does and says is going to be huper-scrutinized (not unusual, I suppose) on a level no President or presidential candidate has. The unfair part is that his opponent routinely gets away with saying the most jarring, often stupid or flat-out incoherent nonsense and we shrug because we're used to it.That's on our journalists, frankly; and if they're not going to do it, then it's on us. Anyhow, President Biden's command

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00:44:30

THIS is how you file to impeach, Marge & contrasting...

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/12

Rep. Alexandria Ocasi-Cortez submitted articles to impeach Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito - and instead of coming in with word salad in lieu of evidence, AOC brought a strong, cogent, and fact-laden missive. Take a listen. Jay Bookman joined me to discuss his latest column where he throws his full support behind Kamala Harris ascending to the top of the Democratic Party ticket in November. Stacey Abrams penned one, as well, but she's still ridin' with Biden

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00:44:30

Where ya been, Jon? Plus KJP =\= "DEI," bigots

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/11

Here's the thing about hiatuses in the modern American political era we're in ... if you're a "daily show" that centers its discussion around politics and you take a week off here or there, you're going to potentially miss some big story. Jon Stewart & 'The Daily Show' crew took last week off, and all they missed was the building anti-Joe-mentum right, center and left, so when Stewart & company returned this past Monday, their "top of the ropes"

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00:44:30

'No Country for Old Men' - or will it be?

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/09

The Sunday talk circuit seemed to indicate not many skeptical Democrats were convinced not to be by President Biden's Friday sit-down with George Stephanopoulos, but Senator Bernie Sanders seemed to have the right tone - focusing on (get this!) issues. Also, how does Bernie sound two decades younger than Joe? Yeesh.As for Joe's sit down with George, I happen to believe he missed an opportunity silence his skeptics AND put pressure on Trump by having (I believe) the wrong "prepared

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00:44:30

Cracks in the dam

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/04

If I were a betting man (I'm not; I'm too poor), I'd wager that President Joe Biden won't be the Democratic party's nominee for President come November. Now how that happens is beyond me, but my gut tells me there's too much noise and momentum working against his steadfast resolve to stay in the race. His latest rationale - extensive early June travel and that he nearly fell asleep on the dais - doesn't help.There's also dreadful polling for him, along with voices in

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00:44:31

"I dissent"

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/03

Monday's jarring Supreme Court decision granting former President Donald Trump (and going forward, any U.S. President) was met with condemnation far and wide, and left me wondering how Republicans will sell voters on a second Trump presidency that'll see him more restrained when A. they didn't restrain him the first time and B. now he can do as he wishes with almost no repercussions to worry about, judicially. It's not like he isn't teetering on the borderline of "violent

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00:44:33

How Trump is 'astroturfing' the African-American vote

The Ron Show ·

2024/07/02

Last week, GOP operatives set up shop in a Buckhead barber shop whose owner now insists he was unaware was for a Donald Trump photo-op (though Trump could only manage a call in to). Donnell Suggs, editor in chief at the Atlanta Voice, was there and says the owner's lying. He joins me to discuss that astroturfed event and the many and varied ways the Trump campaign is insulting black voters in their effort to woo them. Plus, he gives me a sense where black voters are in their support of Joe

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00:44:30

Well that was awful; but so were the MAGA lies

The Ron Show ·

2024/06/29

The anticipated Presidential debate became - unfortunately - what everyone expected. President Joe Biden looked and acted his age and Donald Trump lied his ass off, and CNN's moderators were useless for fact-checking.Democratic operatives are panicked. Hell, I am, too. Alright, we'll review voter reaction, a combative Kamala Harris on CNN, a frank Claire McCaskill, the breathless reviews and the abundance of fact checks - because, well, Donald Trump was on the dais, too. --- Send in a

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