The Ron Show

Waiting on the "Good Lord" and "Mother Nature" to solve our climate crisis is ACTUALLY how we got here. This year's peach crop is going to suck - and we only have ourselves to thank for that. MARTA broke ground (sorta) on it's not "transit" line - a bus rapid line that's actually better than nothing and could (I'd think) lead to expanded streetcars at some point. With all the corporate backpeddlin...

Why is the idea of exploiting child labor abhorrent ... except in the agricultural industry - and why is the right protecting the industry's ability to use 12 to 14 year olds in unsafe conditions? Hint: it's the same reason they're routinely xenophobic about immigration, but less so about illegal employers' hiring practices. I've a beef with Target: it's Pride Month and you caved. What happens whe...

"Arraigned & Arrested" While Donald Trump (again) makes history, being figuratively "arrested" and arraigned on 37 charges in Miami today, his (newest of two) attorneys is on the sidewalk giving the media the "whatabout" rhetoric we've gotten from LIndsey Graham, but now also by Senator Marco Rubio - who when chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, opined (we have the audio) about mishandling...

Eavesdrop with me on the Georgia GOP convention from over the weekend with Kari "she lost" Lake and Donald "he lost" Trump continuing to live in the past. New polling suggests that Americans are MORE convinced of seeriousness by the latest batch of indictments and yet somehow less convinced there should be repercussions. Wild. Lastly, now that Chris Licht is gone from CNN, I believe I have the sol...

Trump indictment, round two, and the right wing reactions do NOT disappoint! Also, did Marjorie Taylor Greene flap a document on cable news television that could incriminate HER? Hear why I think you should download Grindr if you're in Columbus, Georgia this weekend or New Orleans early next week. Lastly, I'm joined today by 'Media Matters for America' Senior Climate and Energy Writer Evlondo Coop...

Gridlock ... pollution ...historic cancellations and closures ... so when do we reach a consensus that the dystopian future long predicted is at our doorstep? Let's ... remember ... Pat Robertson. Then let's review the Mike Pence CNN town hall - while also calling him out for his many hypocricies. Lastly, a surprise Supreme Court decision on Alabama's Congressional lines may well have repercussion...

So what does Chris Christie entering the race do for the GOP presidential primary hierarchy? And why do his attacks on Trump sound like those the Biden/Harris campaign should be writing down? Then, there's the breaking news: Tia Mitchell at the AJC revealed that a Homeland Security designation used to bolster arrest warrants for the three Atlanta Solidarity Fund volunteers was essentially "made up...

A tip of the cap to the independent local journalists doing a more thorough job covering the #copcity conversation. I start today's show checking in with Donnell Suggs, editor-in-chief at The Atlanta Voice to get a sense of their coverage from yesterday-last night-this morning's city hall showdown between activists and the 11-4 council vote that came to be. There's more to cover than *just* "cop c...

Public comments abound - most of it (again) against the proposed public safety training facility. You wouldn't know that by following the official city of Atlanta Twitter account - which shared two pro-facility comments before removing those video shares. Anyhow, you'll hear from Dr. Jackie Echols of the South River Watershed Alliance, along with representation from the NAACP and a passionate push...

More amazing economic news that OUGHT to be making the case for a Biden/Harris 2024 landslide - so WHY do polls not show that? I've some ideas. Atlanta Solidarity Fund volunteers had their bond hearing today - and the way the judge reacted to the charges is quite telling. Big updates coming to AmericaOne Radio's app and website, and that got me to waxing grateful. Lastly, this being Pride month, a...

Atlanta resident, former state & federal prosecutor Alex Joseph is on to explain the charges against three Atlanta Solidarity Fund volunteers. Ooh, and HAPPY PRIDE! I'm also joined by Ari Drennan, LGBTQIA+ program director at Media Matters for America to discuss the disparate coverage Fox News has given Target's pride merch vs MORE Catholic sexual abuse allegations coming forward. Who, exactly, is...

Whoa; a SWAT raid of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund "Teardown House" netted three arrests for ... "money laundering?" While the price tag for "Cop City" has doubled, this is latest salvo? Interesting. Local activist & writer Micah Herskind joins us to discuss. Also joining me today, Jeff Graham, executive director at Georgia Equality. Pride month begins tomorrow, but there's a lot of wound-locking go...

"Dark Brandon" strikes again; staving off a debt default, you can TELL he won the poker match by hearing all the HOWLING from the right. Did Kevin McCarthy mislead the GOP base with these results? Was this the last bullet in the GOP chamber to try and "off" the Biden re-election bid? Local tidbits about Ed Sheeran in local bars/clubs, a not-so-random Buckhead shooting, more than 15 dead on Georgia...

On this Memorial Day, I share with you audio from ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, with remarks from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley, and President Joe Biden.

Mocking the disastrous DeSantis rollout is too easy, so I won't. What I will hone in on, however, is this dangerous "anti-woke" pushback targeting (pardon the pun) Target, Anheuser-Busch, Disney, et al; a WaPo op-ed (with some commentary additions from yours truly) gets us going today. Been a minute since we've had an MTG update, but we've a doozie today. This 'un had the gall to call for decorum...

Well, we know Ronnie D's running (even if Twitter's audio feed wasn't); it's the support that he and Trump combined get that's so troubling. For a group of self-professed patriots and lovers of country, it's just odd they go with "dividers" instead of uniters. Also odd that Elon "free speech" Musk aligns in any way with Governor Ron "Book Ban This," eh? Even Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb" is...

Ron's running, and I have the details how he'll roll out his campaign will launch. Dare I say - Lauren Boebert acted like a mature adult at a recent hearing, but also sounded like an 'Obamacare' proponent in the process? Oops. Eric Erickson got conned into yelping "SATANISM AT TARGET!" and ... it's pretty hilarious. Oh, and about "trans regret;" it's statistically lower than "cosmetic surgery regr...

Surely you see the GOP's debt ceiling endgame, right? They're giving two options and both can and likely will derail the economy, which surely tanks a Biden re-election; but they ran on FIXING the economy in '22. So who are they punishing: us for not giving them their "red wave," or Biden for simply not being one of them? Speaking of cuts, Kemp's budget cuts don't jibe with right wing pro-gun refl...

New polling reveals who likely Georgia GOP presidential primary voters would vote for right now, and - while the big guy still leads all other options - there's a lot to decipher from the data. A new addition to the Braves' jerseys has me grousing a bit like an old timer "traditionalist." Go figure. A recent Gallup poll reveals rising anxiety and depression in American adults; my guest today - aut...

"Fulton County election integrity" as a concept dodged a bullet. Even the GOP "fox" nominated to count the eggs in the henhouse saw how awful the optics were and essentially withdrew himself after IMMENSE backlash. On that note, an op/ed at Slate.com today (rightfully) asks why the DOJ isn't investigating Trump being implicated in a vote machine theft. One of the co-authors of that op/ed - Susan G...

"The 300" It was "the 300" (or more) mostly Atlanta citizens vs. their city council yesterday in a seven-plus hour long public comment hearing. Every person who came to speak about the proposed Atlanta police training facility spoke in opposition. Every. Single. One. I share a couple standout moments, and give this warning to Democrats: ignore this backlash locally at your party's peril, nationall...

Who lets foxes guard hen houses? So why is Fulton Commission chair Rob Pitts nominating a Republican to chair the county election board - giving it a 3-2 GOP majority in a solidly "blue" county? Given all that occurred since 2020 ... this just cannot happen. Matt Gertz joined the show from Media Matters for America to discuss Fox News' upfront pitch to advertisers this week & what impact the exit...

About that town hall ... also, about Governor Brian Kemp snuffing out any notion of a special session to address gun violence. He claims Democrats were "posturing." The guy who aired a campaign ad sitting next to a teenage boy while holding a shotgun in his lap had the audacity to claim someone else was "posturing."

Wasn't a good day of news coverage if you're a Georgia Bulldogs' fan; the father of Devin Willock, killed in the auto accident stemming from street racing after the national championship celebration in Athens, is coming for a big sum of money - and may file to get more from the university. Plus, the athletic department can't get on the same page with The White House about a championship visit, so...

In the grand scheme of things, $5 million is chump-change for THE chump - found liable for sexual battery & defamation today. Does it affect his base of support? Pfft. Will it give GOP voters reason to pause? Ehh. Will the party elite wash their hands of him? C'mon. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in town over the weekend; the highlight being his commencement speech at Georgia Tech's undergr...