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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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A foul smell from the Coffee rot & Andre's 11-page...

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/26

Why's the resignation of a rural Georgia county's elections board chairman a bigger deal than you might think? Well, it's Coffee County, and the "rot" is at least two people deep in just that one county, and yet there's no appetite at the Georgia Secretary of State's office to find out if the rot's even deeper (or in other counties). There's also no appetite for insulating the state's 2024 election results against the possible use of breached data to change

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Andre crossed Keisha & Keisha responded

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/25

A back-n-forth text snit between Mayor Andre Dickens & Councilmember Keisha Sean Waites via a group text involving them and all of city council got leaked today, and for feedback, Councilmember Waites joined me. The mayor took umbrage with a statement she gave last week via the Saporta Report. Or maybe it was Capital B. Or both? A major city mayor announced he's a Republican over the weekend. Says cities need Republicans. I agree. Hear why. Oh, and watch how easy it is for me to say a

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Ossoff threads a needle, "y'all" are losing it &...

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/22

Ya know how ya feel when you're playing miniature golf and you manage to slip the ball between the two blades of the spinning windmill? Yeah, Jon Ossoff did that when he announced his support for "a" public training facility for the city of Atlanta, but not necessarily "the" proposed facility in unincorporated south Dekalb County. His presumed 2026 opponent, governor Brian "Brine" Kemp was hemming and hawwing about politicians not speaking "for" or

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Did Mayor Dickens fib? Dr. Jackie says 'yes.' Then,...

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/21

Dr. Jackie Echols, president of the South River Watershed Alliance, joined me today to clear up any misconceptions given by Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens (on 'Politically Georgia' last week) that the city's answered environmental concerns when it comes to "Cop City." Spoiler alert: he wasn't being honest about that. She and I discuss that and review the many environment issues surrounding construction of the proposed public safety training facility. Nancy Harris, mayor of

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Georgia shortchanged an HBCU (to no one's surprise)

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/20

Well, knock me over with a feather: Georgia is one of sixteen (almost all of them, southern) states that failed to equitably fund their HBCU land grant school(s) as they did their other(s). Well, the Department of Education (the one the right wants to abolish, of course) is awaiting word how Governor Brian Kemp will address that $603 million gulf. I've some ideas. Remember "tan suit-gate?" Oh the outrage over the shade of suit President Obama wore nine years ago. Whelp; conservatives

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'The Upside Down:' I'm agreeing with Erick Erickson &...

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/19

Are we in "the upside down?" When I'm agreeing with Erick Erickson and Karl Rove on the same episode, you might think so. In this narrative I get to tie in the Lauren Boebert silliness, Trump's 'Meet The Press' disaster and mock 'fiscal conservatism' in a nice tidy two-segment arc. But I gotta get back to 'Cop City' a bit. Governor Brian Kemp appeared on a local radio show to parrot his recent tweet on the matter and I've some thoughts. Oh and facts

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With all due respect, Mr. Mayor ...

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/19

Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens' appearance on the Atlanta Journal Constitution's "Politically Georgia" podcast raised eyebrows - both for what he said and for the subtle refutations from those he name-dropped, such as Stacey Abrams and Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock. Hear as I spend some time going over about half of his Q&A with AJC reporters along with former "Political Rewind" host Bill Nigut. There's also the matter of Atlanta's police & fire chiefs

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00:44:07

Cobb Gone Wild & Jerica's Coming for Congress

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/16

Freelance journalist Becky Gaunt gave me the blow-by-blow (almost literally) from this week’s Cobb County School Board meeting. Then a little “hockey” (arena) talk before catching up with Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson, who announced her bid for Congress vs Rep. Rich McCormick. Then I want to introduce you to “Politics Girl,” if you haven’t discovered her yet.

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'Bidenomics' vs. the villainous billionaire

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/15

Pres. Joe Biden spoke at a Maryland community college earlier today, again taking ownership of the term "Bidenomics" and contrasting it against "MAGAnomics." You'll get the entire speech on today's show with some notes from yours truly. Then, when someone says "the quiet part out loud" they're telling you their intentions. Australian real estate mogul / billionaire Tim Gurner did a bit of that. Take a listen.

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Kemp's gas gimmick comes with a lot of 'hot air'

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/14

Governor Brian Kemp's gas tax break is both a nice "little" break at the pump and also nothing more than a political stunt. I see it for what it is, and you should, too. A federal judge lashed out at the city of Atlanta for being the cause of the all the "Cop City Vote" confusion, but c'mon ... we know this is by design. A planned development along the Atlanta Beltline at the former Amsterdam Walk is going to bring a LOT of people to a nine-acre plot with one - maybe

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Kevin & Marge = zeros; Carl & Mark = heroes.

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/13

I began today by dissecting Kevin McCarthy's mealy-mouthed presser, and Marjorie Taylor Green's many "tells" too. Then - I know I've been worrying about grassroots blowback - it's real and it's being spoken into existence. WIth local and state Democrats thumbing their noses at the Cop City Vote movement, there may be some real resentment brewing from activists towards the party that's going to need them in 2024. Lastly, a tip of the cap to Carl Nassib and paying

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Twenty-two years later, less united; even in Atlanta

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/12

Where I was & what I was doing on 9/1 1 - TWENTY TWO years ago. Time flies, but how fleeting that "united" feeling was, too, no? Meanwhile, the city of Atlanta continues to lose "the narrative" on the Cop City Vote initiative, with another eyeroll-inducing legal stunt as petitioners turn in 116,000+ signatures - about TWICE the number needed. Speaking of 9/11, we didn't discuss this much a month ago, but did y'all know GOP rising star Vivek Ramasawamy was something

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Can Andrew talk me off a ledge before I meet Blake...

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/08

Okay, I KNOW I should be diving into the "woulda coulda shoulda" indictments against more than THREE DOZEN people - including two former Georgia Senators and Sen. Lindsay Graham - from that infamous-now Fulton County Grand Jury, or Elon Musk sabotaging a Ukrainian military operation, but ... I had a couple of really good conversations I wanted to share going into the weekend instead. First, Sagamore Hill Consulting principal and founder Andrew Heaton to converse as to why so many elected

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Why am I just now learning about the "Original 33?"

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/08

Fulton Sheriff Pat Labat may have some explaining to do ... like why he hired his wife's now defunct companies to consult his political campaigns to the tune of $83k plus the last six years. Smacks of impropriety - no different than Jared & Ivanka making MILLIONS while dad's in office and, if guilty, Hunter while "pop" was VP. A Buckhead murder last weekend has just stuck in my craw since word broke of it; when will there be "that" one (or more) senseless loss that

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Is Carr criminalizing activism?

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/07

For some legal perspective and internal insights from the 'Cop City Vote' vote movement, frequent guest, former state & federal prosecutor Alex Joseph, took my call today to weigh in on Chris Carr's RICO indictments. Her volunteering with the referendum initiative allowed me to ask if these indictment are having an intimidatory effect on volunteers. News broke today of yet another Fulton County Jail death, too, and with a looming $1.6b to $2 billion price tag for a replacement

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00:43:59

Same grand jury, vastly different RICO

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/05

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr dropped 61 RICO indictments against #CopCity activists today so I'm leading with audio from that press conference and some follow-up questions from journalists covering it. From there, pre-rage rage showing up on the right over potential (?) use of the 14th Amendment, so let's learn a little about that amendment and its historical significance and why it may well be appropriate - AND land before the Trump-packed Supreme Court to invalidate his

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Labor Day Replays

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/04

Took Labor Day off (sort of) and opted to share some prior conversations today, with newly-minted American citizen (and my close friend) Ludwig, my friend & co-founder/president of American Haircuts (and SAG-AFTRA actor) David Alexander, Alabama NAACP s state chapter chair Bernard Simelton and inclusive baptist minister Grant Myerholtz.

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What now, with Covid? Plus, "her emails" and the...

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/02

Covid's rearing its nefarious head again, so I figured I'd ask: what are you going to do when a new booster rolls out later this month? Are you prone to wearing a mask in close quarters? CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta has some "common sense" advice on how we handle it, if we feel symptoms. The antivax folks got me to thinking about that scene in "Avenue 5" where a big contingent of passenger on the space cruise believed they were being fooled by visual effects right down to

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An 'enabled' New Disabled South ... on the rise

The Ron Show ·

2023/09/01

Governor Brian Kemp spent more time dousing the hardly-flickering embers of Sen. Colton Moore's efforts to have Fulton DA Fani WIllis removed and/or "defunded" than he did talking hurricane aftermath at a press conference pretty much called for news about the state's post-Idalia efforts. Hear what he had to say (and what I had to say about what he had to say). I'd called on Rep. Nikema WIlliams, and Senators Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to speak up in the face of Atlanta

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00:43:59

On Rudy, the Atlanta Mag walkout, Mitch & hidden...

The Ron Show ·

2023/08/31

Rudy G got popped in federal court today, and will have to shell out (a minimum) of $13k to Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss - the twu Fulton County elections workers he targeted with false accusations of wrongdoing on election night, November 2020. Hear how the judge dressed him and his attorney down. Oh but there IS evidence of voter fraud in Alabama. Guess which side is guilty? There's a brewing revolt (and walkout) at the iconic Atlanta Magazine, as anti-woke corporate pin-heads in Michigan

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