The Ron Show

There are ⁠SO many moments⁠ easy to recount all the ways Donald Trump has used violent rhetoric that it's mystifying to me why mainstream media and the Biden/Harris re-election team have sought to frame ⁠Trump's rambling auto industry diatribe⁠ as a continued incitement of political violence. It's not, and we need to instead focus on substantive stories that should be garnering far more of our att...

Georgia Republicans have been hell-bent on diverting taxpayer funds to give money to private school students' parents, and they're ⁠as close as ever before to getting their way⁠. It's impossible to see how this is anything more than a subsidy for households who can already afford the tuition or how it benefits students from poor households or those with exceptional needs. We've seen how this goes...

Superior court judge Scott McAfee did what teachers used to do to students who didn't show their work; ⁠he returned six indictments against Donald Trump & some of his co-conspirators⁠ because the Fulton County district attorney's office didn't specify what Georgia or US Constitutional statutes the defendants allegedly violated. Unforced error or a willful attempt to be vague to make defense's work...

We review ⁠primary voter data⁠ to see which of the two presidential candidates is most vulnerable for losing Georgia because of a disgruntled electorate within their party. Governor Brian Kemp - no fan of Donald Trump - who could be the flashlight guiding Republicans through the Trump darkness - instead ⁠confessed to voting and throwing his support behind the nominee.⁠ Trump. Sad. Atlanta's gettin...

Leading up to today's presidential primary in Georgia, I offer up Dr. Jill and President Joe Biden's visit to Pullman Yards last weekend (just wonderful for Atlanta United home match day traffic, I tell ya ...). Anyhow, for the most part, that's today's show. Also I've been super-swamped with work away from the show so forgive me the slack-off. :)

Sen. Raphael Warnock had time (before church, I suppose?) for the Sunday talk circuit and at one check-in - on Meet the Press - he was pressed by Kristen Welker about Georgia's support for incumbent President Joe Biden, former Lt. Governor ⁠Geoff Duncan's prospects as a potential third party candidate⁠, plus Fani Willis' fate (he passed on commenting). Hear his optimistic spin on what appears to b...

Admit it; you watched the State of the Union address last night to see if President Joe Biden could still fog a mirror, and if so, for what percentage of the speech. Or maybe you tuned in just to see what Marjorie Taylor Greene would wear and do. Well, Biden was as sharp and energetic as we've been told he was behind closed doors, and Marge was ... Marge. Hear me go over the highs and lows of last...

Atlanta loses a council member, and with K⁠eisha Sean Waites' departure⁠, "Stop Cop City" loses an ally; but does a looming special election to replace her give them the ballot referendum they were looking for? We caught up with ⁠Mableton, Georgia⁠'s first-ever mayor, Michael Owens, to discuss the aftermath of last weekend's "near Six Flags" shooting, how the city aims to help address safety conce...

Nikki' Haley's out, so what's next for her & where do her voters go? Who even are they? A primaried-out Georgia Democrat opines as to why Biden (and the party) has almost no chance in Georgia in 2024 & Elon's "Community Notes" don't seem to apply to his own Tweets.

Teens & Ghost Guns, Maddow vs The Golden Girls & Rep. Mike Collins the unabashed Antisemite?

If you miss out on ⁠"The Georgia Gang"⁠ - airing Sunday mornings, locally on WAGA-TV (Fox 5/Atlanta) - you may have no concept how comedic this Sunday political talk program can be sometimes. No disrespect to its moderator, Lori Geary, or the staff who puts the show together. I'm not even going to blanket-scald all right wing pundits; I have immense respect, for example, for Martha Zoller, who app...

Thursday concluded 'crossover day' in the Georgia General Assembly, so I spent a little time ⁠reviewing what did and didn't float from one chamber to the other⁠, & eavesdrop on some 'night of' interviews from ⁠GPB's "Lawmakers" ⁠for some insights from lawmakers beneath the gold dome. While listening in, it sounds like there's a realization from Georgia Senate Republicans that their new-fangled sub...

I'm admittedly a dope when it comes to knowing all that in vitro fertilization (IVF) entails - and was almost as clueless about the ramifications after Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are human beings (basically). That's I called on my reliable point-of-reference, Melita Easters, executive director at the ⁠Georgia WIN List ⁠to help me understand better how another "dog catches ca...

Georgia Republican legislators are ⁠falling all over themselves⁠ racing to enact legislation that's likely illegal (but we won't call them "illegals") ... aiming to criminalize local law enforcement's handling of undocumented arrestees while providing no additional resources obviously needed. Also, the University of Georgia plans to ⁠spend $7.3 million for security upgrades⁠ that don't seem to add...

When tragedy occurs (allegedly) at the hands of an undocumented immigrant, the phrase "now's not the time" is non-existent to conservatives, unlike when a mass shooting occurs. ⁠Governor Brian Kemp⁠ and Georgia Republicans wasted little time politicizing the murder of a UGA college student over the weekend and into this week, ignoring ⁠their own party's role⁠ in how we're where we are on the subje...

The ⁠murder of a 22-year old UGA nursing student⁠ by an undocumented immigrant has political ideologues racing to their foxholes to turn this into a linchpin incident to discuss immigration policy and enforcement. The right wants to put blood on Pres. Biden's hands, but naturally leaves out key details - including Donald ⁠Trump's action the last full day he was in office⁠, how Trump (like Biden no...

Marisa Pyle is a registered lobbyist, advocating for several grassroots organizations, as well as a political organizer and formerly with Fair Fight Action. She's been diligently reporting from inside the bowels of the Georgia State Capitol's various chambers and subcommittee rooms on social media to keep all who dare to follow abreast of the bills being bantied about as well as much of the public...

⁠Nice outage this morning⁠, eh? Seriously, just months after we loved or hated the Obamas-produced ⁠"Leave the World Behind," ⁠we got a hint of a taste of the premise. Had to be a nightmare for rideshare-reliant commuters or those arriving at airports needing an Uber or Lyft. Speaking of our reliance on cars, the Georgia Department of Transportation's social media is not only tone-deaf; it's roast...

Tuesday's Georgia Senate education & youth subcommittee meeting got ⁠slightly bonkers⁠ when a bill - almost verbatim lifted from Heritage Foundation "Project 2025" guidance - felt "off" for some on the panel. Sen. Clint Dixon - when challenged to explain just three lines in the bill - couldn't really define it's meaning. Perhaps it's because he didn't write it? Hear the subtleties & nuance in tryi...

Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens ⁠told the AJC editorial board last Friday he's running for re-election⁠ - while insinuating the Biden administration might be eyeing him for something else (but the job he has is the one he's always wanted, he says). He also notes his importance to aiding Democrats in Georgia in 2024 while dismissing the impact his actions pursuing the public safety training facility ha...

Fani Willis shocked the US political world when she charged into Judge Scott McAfee's fifth floor courtroom yesterday to take the stand While she came in fire-hot and had more than half the country cringing, fearful she'd blow her office's work up by being too emotional, the embattled Fulton D.A. availed herself and gave us all a glimpse into what it's like to BE Fani Willis. She also gave key det...

Even after today's wild courtroom antics, I maintain Fani Willis erred in hiring (or continuing to work with) someone she was having a romantic relationship with, and I've been saying for days now her and her office's work thus far on the Trump election interference case is best served from she and Nathan Wade taking that "leave of absence" Georgia State University professor Clark Cunningham sugge...

Not long after passing a(nother) useless measure to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a one-vote margin, ⁠Democrats picked up George Santos' old House seat⁠ in New York. Naturally, that loss, too, is Ronna McDaniel's fault and not the man atop the party since the 2016 GOP convention. Carry on. Been a minute since we caught up with shenanigans in Cobb County's School system, and wouldn't...

Georgia Republicans continue flinging useless 'red meat" legislation on the grill, the latest being an empty proclamation condemning President Joe Biden's immigration policies, while of course leaving out the part where the former President coordinated with the current Speaker of the House to derail an historic bipartisan immigration bill Biden supported. Because of course. Hey, good news - a gray...

Still buzzing from the very "A-Town" Super Bowl halftime performance by Usher and cast, it was good to catch up with Donnell Suggs, editor in chief at the Atlanta Voice to about the big game, the halftime theatrics, and all things Atlanta/Fulton county politics & even a little football. :) The flexing between "Stop Cop City" activists and ⁠city hall (and Atlanta PD)⁠ seems to be ramping up - with...