The Ron Show

Another In a Long Line of "Not Good" Days for Donald Truthfully, if it weren't for all the enabling done by the vast majority of Republicans lacking in spine and/or stones, the number of "not good" days Donald would have had would have been a lot fewer, but here we are. Today, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney CLOWNED on the former President's last-ditch effort to upend the probe....

Of course it's hot; this is the summer, after all, but we're experiencing record-shattering heat across the northern hemisphere and the costs to human lives, wildlife, agriculture and. yes, the economy are mounting. Here, again, we see the vast difference between a party that's working to tackle an issue, head-on, vs a party preferring to pretend a problem doesn't exist because to do otherwise is...

HUGE legal win for the "Stop Cop City" movement, and on to discuss the implications is former state & federal prosecutor, local attorney & "Cop City Vote" volunteer Alex Joseph. Then, this should be a BIGGER bombshell than the news media is giving it the attention needed: a "freedom of information act" (FOIA) request from a fake journalist for a fake news organization that's actually a right wing...

I've said it before, now Morgan Stanley has come to agree: "Bidenomics" has been good for the American economy - and we agree it'll be good in its future, too. Hear their (and my) revelation on that. Today, I spoke with Morrow, Ga., councilwoman Van Tran, a Vietnamese American who sees a need in her diverse city for ballot instructions in multiple languages. She should know, just from experience,...

Another win for organized labor (and the economy) as Teamsters and UPS come to an agreement. Let's point out the benefits OF unions, shall we? Wasn't a drag queen, gay or trans person arrested after a nearly half-century cold case was solved with a metro Atlanta arrest; it was an 83- year old former protestant pastor. There won't be a mad rush by lawmakers to address that scourge, though. Also, a...

"Small Town" Talk & "Cop City" Slickery" After a week off to re-charge the batteries a bit, I'm back to dive in on all he things you were already bickering with others about. Jason Aldean's quite mediocre (but #1) song & controversial music video, to UGA v the AJC, the city of Atlanta and sate attorney general teaming up to bully the "Stop Cop City" referendum, and a very-rude Morrow City Councilp...

*Eric Erickson is clueless* Yesterday in his third hour, syndicated conservative talk show host Erick Erickson - from his Macon studio to outlets across the eastern US - lobbed insults galore at Atlanta and railed on (pardon the pun) the Atlanta streetcar extension project tying to the Beltline (as it was designed to do, all along ...) By all means, hear 13 minutes and 40 seconds of absolute insan...

**Another death behind bars & Leo & I talk vouchers & Mesha** As the Department of Justice announces their intent to investigate the Fulton County Jail after a September 2022 death of a mentally ill man in its custody, we learn earlier this week a 19-year old woman held on misdemeanor (you read that right) charges since late May died in custody and under Fulton Sheriff's Department watch. In other...

Deflating Inflation: Joe "Deals With It" June inflationary data (and months before it) suggest all that hand-wringing from the right about "government spending" and a looming recession were nonsense - something I said all along. The Braves showed out at the All Star Game last night, but what's up with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred backtracking on his 2021 All Star Game stance? Jeff Graham is my gue...

Rep. Mesha Mainor switches parties, but as much as she insists it's because the party left her and not the other way around. I've some of her past statements that tell me she's not exactly going to be a fit in the GOP, either but hey ... good luck. Trump wants to delay fending off the federal indictments until after the 2024 election because he's the leading GOP nominee currently. As awful and wro...

In Hartwell, a rural Georgia lake community, pastor Grant Myerholtz convenes a growing "Baptist" congregation in an unusual way (for a baptist church, anyway): he chooses inclusivity. In an era where churches big and small are seeing declines in attendance, his Mt Hebron Baptist Church has grown from a dozen to more than a hundred. Featured over the weekend in a Washington Post piece, Grant joined...

Sort of a one-off, today: "How To Fix America." I had sort of just scribbled some notes on a steno pad earlier this week with some ideas to improve how our political process better serves "we, he people," and today's 44 minutes just flowed right out of my mouth. Hear some ideas I have on "how to Fix America."

It was July 5th, 1852 and festival organizers asked Frederick Douglass to speak at their Independence Day festivities. Oh, did he. Nearly thirteen years before the end of the Civil War, and slavery in the United States, Douglass let the nation have it. Thought this might be a timely share, given the rebound in suppression of rights & equality in today's political climate. Hear actor Ossie Davis' o...

I leave for one-half a day and the Supreme Court divides the nation in nearly irreparable ways, eh? :) Let's DO discuss affirmative action, citing Clarence Thomas in 1983 and note that "legacy admissions" are the ULTIMATE "affirmative action" for the privileged (and white). Also, I'm no lawyer, but when I watch a judicial drama on TV, when a case has false evidence, the case is thrown out; so why...

As we all hit the open road or airports, the heat intensifies ... from under our collars and inside our skulls as the delays and re-routes, delays and re-schedules stack up. Hear me out: we did this to ourselves and what we, as a nation need to invest in, going forward, isn't more airports and highways and lanes. It's rail. On the final day of Pride month, we're still seeing idiotic defacing of pr...

"Affirmative action" is effectively no more when it comes to college and university admissions in the United States, thanks to a party-line 6-3 Supreme Court decision. Joining me with reaction is Atlanta NAACP chapter president Richard Rose. The passing of MLK's older sister - Christine King Fannin - today is an intriguing irony, of sorts, but her last known speech a decade ago is worthy of a list...

President Joe Biden gave a 37-minute economic address in Chicago today, touting his record on the US economy; in fact embracing the term "Bidenomics." You'll recall President Barack Obama used the same tactic, embracing the right wing shorthand for the Affordable Care Act - "Obamacare" - to affix his name to a solidly functioning program he pioneered. Will it work for Joe? Well, with barely more t...

Another metro Atlanta church met with hate - this time the defacing of it's inclusive message on a sign. I spoke with Rev. Mimi Walker from The Church on Ponce at Highland. Speaking of hate, Governor Kemp hates anyone getting credit for green energy jobs in Georgia unless it's him, and yet ... Yes, Donald's audio is dumb, and we'll review that together, but so is Florida Senator Rick Scott's video...

Another round of despicable antisemitic, Swastika-emblazened targeted intimidation took place over the weekend in Macon and nearby Cobb County, but fortunate for those Nazis they weren't trying to defend a forest or cops might've had some rubber bullets (or worse) for 'em. Anyhow, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, Eytan Davidson joined me today to share the ADL's reaction and some a...

A Cobb County elementary teacher has been on administrative leave since March for reading an innocuous book (hear it at RonShowATL.com) to her 5th grade honor students - a book one of those students bought at a book fair and a book the students voted on for her to read. So why's she in trouble? An "anti-woke" "divisive concepts" law hastened through the General Assembly and signed into law by Gove...

Got your Titan submarine update for ya; years after a whistleblower on the OceanGate payroll tried to warn the company and its anti-safety CEO of his concerns, what do ya know? The contraption wasn't safe and cost lives. Oh and tens of millions in taxpayer dollars in the ensuing search. Marge and Lauren - two feral MAGA Congresswomen - are a-fightin' and I have the dramatic interpretation for how...

We have a(n approved) petition for the 'Stop Cop City' folks to be hitting the streets with. Finally. We've a supermarket in Summerhill. Finally. We've a Tim Scott Town Hall. Err; I won't be diving into it as much as the noteworthiness of the very white Sean Hannity sneering that Joy Reid and Barack Obama having issues with Scott on issues facing people of color. Then there's the - get this - movi...

An update of sorts on the 'Political Rewind' / GPB front and an amazing and thorough Twitter thread that sort of catches us all up on how the AJC has fingerprints on the matter. As Governor Kemp makes inroads with - get this - green energy folks, is this a tipping point where Democrats may be ceding ground only because now green energy is good for the economy? Oh, and hear what comedian Trae Crowd...

Author, historian, activist Donald Gilliard and I caught up on a call today to discuss his and my varying perspectives on 'Juneteenth' and how we we were both introduced to it way too late in life. Then, a treat: actor & activist Ossie Davis recited Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 speech where Douglass dressed down a nation with millions enslaved by pointing out the nation's day of independence c...

"'Rewind' Erased & Nitpicked Petitions" Melita Easters from the Georgia WIN List joins me to start the show, sort of eulogizing & speculating as to the cause for the end of a public broadcasting staple: "Political Rewind" and host Bill Nigut will no longer air on Georgia Public Broadcasting after Jun 30th. A real loss for civil discourse on Georgia's radio airwaves. Melita and I also note the year...