The Ron Show

Tuesday's RNC highlights included a small (I mean SMALL) gathering of a handful of black GOP mayors comprising the near-entirety of the Black Republican Mayors Association and an ultra- cringey hip-hop video to a mostly-white arena of convention-goers. On to discuss his covering of both - and the GOP's convention in general is Atlanta Voice editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs. Then - hear me out...

The selection of JD Vance to be Donald Trump's second running mate (why won't the first one do?) is a curious one. First, the obvious: Vance didn't care much for Trump before the insurrection and multiple indictments and convictions (but now all's well!), and said so publicly and privately on numerous occasions. I have a 'Game of Thrones' theory about this, though. Then the...

In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there's a push to "dial down" the rhetoric, with many on the right (falsely) pointing to the labeling of Trump as an "existential threat to democracy" as inflamed rhetoric. I call BS on that. It's a stated, verified (by action and history) fact, and any attempt to dislodge that statement f...

So if Joe Biden's going to stay in the race, everything he does and says is going to be huper-scrutinized (not unusual, I suppose) on a level no President or presidential candidate has. The unfair part is that his opponent routinely gets away with saying the most jarring, often stupid or flat-out incoherent nonsense and we shrug because we're used to it. That's on our journalists, fran...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasi-Cortez submitted articles to impeach Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito - and instead of coming in with word salad in lieu of evidence, AOC brought a strong, cogent, and fact-laden missive. Take a listen. Jay Bookman joined me to discuss his latest column where he throws his full support behind Kamala Harris ascending to the top of the Democratic Party ti...

Here's the thing about hiatuses in the modern American political era we're in ... if you're a "daily show" that centers its discussion around politics and you take a week off here or there, you're going to potentially miss some big story. Jon Stewart & 'The Daily Show' crew took last week off, and all they missed was the building anti-Joe-mentum right, center...

The Sunday talk circuit seemed to indicate not many skeptical Democrats were convinced not to be by President Biden's Friday sit-down with George Stephanopoulos , but Senator Bernie Sanders seemed to have the right tone - focusing on (get this!) issues. Also, how does Bernie sound two decades younger than Joe? Yeesh. As for Joe's sit down with George, I happen to believe he missed an oppor...

If I were a betting man (I'm not; I'm too poor), I'd wager that President Joe Biden won't be the Democratic party's nominee for President come November. Now how that happens is beyond me, but my gut tells me there's too much noise and momentum working against his steadfast resolve to stay in the race. His latest rationale - extensive early June travel and that he nearly fel...

Monday's jarring Supreme Court decision granting former President Donald Trump (and going forward, any U.S. President) was met with condemnation far and wide, and left me wondering how Republicans will sell voters on a second Trump presidency that'll see him more restrained when A. they didn't restrain him the first time and B. now he can do as he wishes with almost no repercussions to...

Last week, GOP operatives set up shop in a Buckhead barber shop whose owner now insists he was unaware was for a Donald Trump photo-op (though Trump could only manage a call in to). Donnell Suggs , editor in chief at the Atlanta Voice, was there and says the owner's lying. He joins me to discuss that astroturfed event and the many and varied ways the Trump campaign is insulting black voters in...

The anticipated Presidential debate became - unfortunately - what everyone expected. President Joe Biden looked and acted his age and Donald Trump lied his ass off, and CNN's moderators were useless for fact-checking. Democratic operatives are panicked. Hell, I am, too. Alright, we'll review voter reaction , a combative Kamala Harris on CNN , a frank Claire McCaskill , the breathless revie...

Dekalb County's CEO-elect, Lorraine Cochran-Johnson , defied - if not the odds - the endorsements of some high-caliber Democrats to win the job she'll assume in January. She and I spent the entire show airing today covering a gamut of issues she's both charged with tackling, but seem well-prepared to.

I said the day after he claimed the Libertarian Party's Presidential nomination that Chase Oliver is going to create a problem (another problem) for Biden/Harris in Georgia. He's from Georgia, he's pro-choice, vocal "Stop Cop City" ally, opposes the Israel war in Gaza, is for marijuana legalization ... need I say more? Don't get it twisted, though; he's very much &quo...

From the department of "we completely expected that" comes medical data that shows T exas' draconian abortion ban is caused a spike in infant deaths . Not exactly "pro-life" a result, is it? Even worse, it's endangering the physical and mental health of pregnant women , but then that's no shock, either. New AJC/UGA presidential election polling shows a tightening of...

Josh Levs, host of the 'They Stand Corrected' podcast, penned an op/ed for the AJC bemoaning what presidential debates have become as well as their worthlessness anymore to the American voter. Thought I'd take a spin through his piece and offer some thoughts. On the second anniversary of the Trump-packed Supreme Court overturning 'Roe v Wade' with the 'Dobbs' decision,...

Nathan Wade's still percolating his image , despite being dropped from the Fulton County v Trump election interference case, and in two particular appearances , including a stunningly stupid segment on 'The Daily Show,' the results were cringe-worthy. Why? Why is he doing this? Experts weigh in ; I did, too. An historic win for y oung climate activists in Hawaii (joining now those in M...

Coming off my little 2 1/2 day camping trip, I jumped back into the studio chair to remind myself I ought to stay off social media while I'm on vacation. Why? As a realtor, I'm always eyeing stories that impact that industry, and a WSB-TV piece by financial guru Clark Howard kinda rankled me. In it, he's sour on the latest crop of "no/low down payment" mortgage options, citin...

Today's Georgia's primary runoff date, with a smattering of races dotting metro Atlanta and the state ; but one Congressional runoff caught my attention - the one to determine who'll take on Marjorie Taylor Greene in GA-14. Having already spoken with Shawn Harris months ago , I caught up just recently with his runoff opponent, Clarence Blalock. Blalock, to the surprise of many, finishe...

Here in Georgia and in Washington, too , Republicans are openly stating their willingness to take a "Big Brother" / "big government" approach (to hell with states' rights, but just this once) to disassembling our justice system at the local, state and federal level - all at the behest of one convicted felon. Can you guess who that felon is? He has a lot of sway. Any guesses...

Atlanta went through a wild news cycle Tuesday, with a mass shooting downtown and a deadly bus hijacking (by a man who was on the scene at the downtown mass shooting, no less) and Atlanta PD chief Darin Schierbaum deftly pointed out the downtown shooter should never have had a gun - because he's a convicted felon . Unrelated, but now-convicted felon Donald Trump will also have to forfeit any g...

If Sean Hannity's floating "trial balloon" theories with the words "some people are saying ..." you can best believe where there's smoke, there's fire. All the more reason to believe Donald Trump's trying to waffle on the agreed upon June 27th debate here in Atlanta. Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, incidentally, went 'scorched earth" on Trump's...

It's been more than a week since a wide swath of the city of Atlanta lacked adequate (if any) water service, but the pundits on local FOX-TV affiliate's "The Georgia Gang" weighed in on their most recent record episode after the calamity. Cathy Woodard being a former city council president made for some clarity (and more questions, too) but conservative pundit Brian Robinson made...

The Dr. Phil (and obviously filtered and edited ) interview of a convicted felon, the former President, Donald Trump, was predictably awful. Imagine 50-plus minutes of a man clearly in need of a psychologist, spewing lie after lie, laced with hyperbole and other half-truths, while the 'doctor" fails diagnose the chronically lying narcissist. You just come away convinced they're both f...

Whelp; a three-judge Georgia appeals court panel has put the brakes on the Georgia v. Trump election interference case until October, essentially cementing that the most evidence-laden and damning case against the already-convicted felon won't be tried this calendar year. Sure it'd be easy to berate Fani Willis & Nathan Wade some more, but I've done that plenty. Instead, let's...

We hold our breath now and keep our fingers crossed the last of the "Atlanta water crisis" leaks have been addressed and there aren't more major breaks to come. The thing is, when we're replacing pipe laid in 1883 , it's likely only a matter of time. We've put a lot of heat on Mayor Andre "in Memphis" Dickens , but why on earth has Georgia's governor said no...