The Ron Show

Caught '60 Minutes' last night as they spent 13-plus minutes detailing all the many and varied ways states like Georgia have exhaustively responded to election denialism. The consensus: it's nearly impossible to steal a Presidential election. Well, duh. Still, over the weekend, a handful of Georgia counties opened their doors to let absentee ballot-holders hand in those ballots - what with Louis D...

There's reason for optimism the outcome on Tuesday night (we hope that early) may swing in Kamala Harris' favor if polling that's now including "early voted" responses are any indication. In that subset, Harris leads Trump by 19-29 points depending on the poll, and in all but one swing state by solid or even gaudy margins, too. Remember, too, that MAGA voters have come to embrace early voting more...

After the toxic spew that spouted from the podium Sunday at Madison Square Garden, of COURSE MAGA is going to clutch their pearls over a mis-interpretation of Joe Biden's characterization. To the point that Donald waddled (what's with his right leg?) up into a garbage truck for a photo op. There was the mainstream media to both lap it up and equivocate (falsely) of course. Spare me, and thanks to...

The location and backdrop were perfect. The speech was spot-on, too. Today I review VP Kamala Harris' "closing argument" speech at the Ellipse between the White House and Washington Monument - the same park her opponent stirred up an angry mob on January 6, 2021.

Tim Onion, CEO at "The Onion," tweeted "the October surprise is an advent calendar of racism." Pretty well sums up the final few days of the month, no? To close out the month we had the breathtaking parade of white nationalism and "bro-tastic" (not my term; that came from hyper-partisan Megyn Kelly ) speeches from Madison Square Garden. The response from Puerto Rican voices was loud, swift and sev...

There was a LOT of "quiet part out loud" fodder served up at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally yesterday - a not-so-subtle homage to the 1939 Nazi rally at the venue's predecessor in New York City. Many are honing in on the racist swipes made by a previously little-known comedian - so awful even the Trump campaign seeks to distance itself from them (did they review when loading his notes...

Seeing Bruce Springsteen perform is something I've wanted to do since "Born in the USA" was blaring on the radio when I was a kid - or from my cassette player. Well, I missed him on his mini-tour with VP Kamala Harris yesterday in Clarkston , but I got to listen to it on the drive back from South Carolina, so it'll have to do. I have some of his music & statements to review. So it turns out th...

Former Trump chief-of-staff John Kelly was finally triggered to go "on the record" after the former President crossed one of two red lines with Kelly - the "enemy within" quips weaving in use of military force. In speaking with the New York Times , Kelly surprised no one with what he said; that he said it, on record, while being recorded willingly, is historic.

I'm spending a few days in coastal South Carolina where my friend Mal Hyman is working overtime on the "retail political trail" - having to get out to shake hands and meet people on-one-on as opposed to taking PAC money to flood TV and radio airwaves. It's a noble endeavor, but because of the size of his district, a gargantuan task that could be better alleviated by eliminating gerrymandering and...

You better believe the litigious folks at Dominion Voting are watching and listening to everything 2020 election-deniers like Marjorie Taylor Greene are saying. She just can't help herself . New AJC/UGA polling data's out, and along with what we're seeing from GeorgiaVotes.com , there's an emerging story about who the new voters are: young and likely Hispanic and/or Asian. How weird is it that rig...

After doing (what I presume may be my daily) review of GeorgiaVotes.com early voting data, I connected with Donnell Suggs, editor-in-chief at The Atlanta Voice. He had wall-to-wall coverage of VP Kamala Harris' visit to metro Atlanta this weekend. We discuss her events, the "black men leaving the party for Trump" trope, highlight his latest piece "It's late October; do you know where your polling...

First, a look at a nifty website - GeorgiaVotes.com - giving us up-to-date early voter data by various demographics and comparing to 2020 data, too. JD Vance has been mouthing off about Social Sbyecurity and Medicare fraud by "illegal immigrants," but the fact is, they're just contributing to both entitlement programs while rarely ever getting anything from it . We should be thanking those 'illega...

Back-to-back "bad days" in courtrooms for Georgia's MAGA-led state election board this week, with another superior court judge wiping out the board's "eleventh hour" rules-a-palooza onslaught. Fair High Action CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo joined me today to give reaction to that and the many and varied ways Republicans - the pro-Trump ilk and even just the 'good old fashioned voter suppression' kind - ha...

I've a theory: yes, abortion rights are definitely "on the ballot" and energizing women voters, but white women broke for Donald Trump 55% to 45% in 2020 - after he'd stocked the Supreme Court with anti-abortion perjurers Then came 'Dobbs,' but also his ramped up divisive rhetoric. Surely you've noticed he labels anyone not "pro-Trump" as the "enemy within," right? That he's more than intimating t...

Today, Georgia's early voting window opened (more than 200,000 folks participated, shattering a previous record) while the state's election board got smote by a superior court judge. The Coalition for Good Governance seeks compromise , but fat chance that happening at this late hour. As if that wasn't enough to pore over, John Oliver's most recent episode of 'Last Week Tonight" had "Georgia on his...

Listen in as former President Barak Obama gives a scorching speech - at a Harris/Walz rally - in an effort to make sense of the senseless (in another former President Donald Trump), Julia Roberts phone banking (so effectively!) and Kamala Harris flexing her compassion and empathy at her Univision town hal l.

Julia Roberts making the rounds in metro Atlanta yesterday and today, along with Sen. Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams, something she said in Canton last night stood out. "It is the UNITED States of America, and we've been lacking in the 'united' part for so long." The right usually responds with a dismissive "Hollywood elite liberal" swipe - but COUSIN Julia (who says we might not be related?) i...

Tina Peters is going to prison for trying to have a hand in overturning election results. Tuesday afternoon, two organizations - Free Speech for People and the Coalition for Good Governance - held a virtual press briefing where they and experts like Georgia Tech's Dr. Rich DeMillo and Cal-Berkley's Dr. Richard Stark made the irrefutable case that there was (and still is!) a multi-state plot to ove...

House Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-NC) - who's running for the state's attorney general's office - has taken to social media to clear up much of the disinformation surrounding the damage done to western North Carolina and the coordinated federal, state and local response. Oh, and sadly, he had to rebuke Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who asserts that government controls the weather to target hurricanes at M...

Georgia Recorder columnist Jay Bookman reminded readers the many and varied ways Donald Trump injected pettiness into federal disaster response efforts while President. The headline: "Trump’s lie that Biden didn’t offer Georgia storm relief a disastrous pattern." Because it's so difficult to keep up with the sheer volume of things we ought remember about his presidency, it was a necessary reminder...

President Joe Biden visited South Georgia yesterday , addressing locals and the media on a farm outside Valdosta. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump will be stumping with (awkkkkkkwarrrrrd) Governor Brian Kemp - who had to set the record straight after Trump insinuated he and Biden hadn't spoke (they had, and continue to). With that in the backdrop, my guest today was Dr. Genevieve Guenther,...

Atlanta Voice editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs checked in to recap VP Kamala Harris' visit to Augusta. We eavesdrop on her drop-ins , too. As Harris dropped in on Augusta, Jack Smith lowered the boom on Donald Trump with a 'January 6' evidentiary dump that included some jaw-dropping testimony. The thing is, the Trump/GOP judicial gum-up means WE'RE the seated jury who'll decide if he faves any conseq...

Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, moderated by CBS, doesn't seem to have moved the needle much with voters. "Do no harm" seems to be the clear winner - which, on the surface should benefit J.D. Vance more. I happen to think the soundbites leave more "meat on the bone" for Harris/Walz to make use of for "leftovers," though. Joining me to discuss is local Democratic consultant Andrew Heaton....

Judge Robert McBurney put abortion back on the minds of Georgia voters, parking the state's six-week ban yesterday. Georgia WIN List executive director Melita Easters joined me to explain what that means (for now) for women seeking reproductive care, and the ramifications on Election Day and the 2025 legislative session too. She also spent a few minutes commemorating the 100th birthday of Presiden...

It's far worse a scene in the western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee region, no doubt, and Asheville, NC has been ravaged by the tropical storm forces of Helene last week, but I wanted to start my discussion this week with my good friend, an old radio buddy of mine, and the guy who essentially provided me the tools and know-how to even launch this show and podcast: Robb Smith - "aka 'Big Rob...