The Ron Show

Years and decades from now historians and psychoanalysts will dissect the Trump era and Donald's chronic need to lie about his accomplishments and whereabouts - never mind the narcissism and predatory behavior in so many facets of his life. That said, his predilection for perpetrating himself as a military hero (despite avoiding service in the Vietnam era) and now with his post-9/11 behavior b...

PLUS: Rick Jackson's effective ads vs Keisha Lance Bottoms' retail style - which will win? The Rick Jackson campaign has taken a two-pronged approach in the race to be Georgia's next governor: portray him in a softer, more human role with his past foster advocacy while also running those nefarious-toned attack ads against his opponent. My take? It seems to be working, and polls show he...

Shawn Harris , vying to unseat Republican Clay Fuller in Georgia's 14th Congressional district, is also a cattle farmer, and like many in the trade, is suffering mightily under Trump's looming beef import plan. Hear how it's literally impacting his and other farmers' wallets, and how Harris' dogged pursuit to represent the rural northwest Georgia district once held by Marjorie...

At Cobb County's 'Back to School' faculty rally, superintendent (and Trump fan-boy) went off on a 12-plus minutes long political bender that sent dozens of Cobb educators heading for the aisles and exits, prompting scrutiny from the school system. On with me to discuss the event, the tone, the aftermath and the intimidatory effect of the grilling teachers are taking (will there be disc...

Donald Trump's March executive order aiming to curb mail-in voting (except for when he uses it, of course) drew swift legal action from dozens of states and voter rights organizations, and to hear the Supreme Court's conservative majority rationalize it, it's the swiftness to act that drew their rebuke. At issue, though, is a little-known precedent -the Purcell principle. From CNN: &qu...

Marilyn Marks, executive director at the Coalition for Good Governance , has long warned that Georgia's physical set-up for voting at precincts - using illuminated touch screens - violates Georgia Constitutional law by denying one's right to privacy when voting. It turns out, that's not the only way "ne'er do wells" can find out how you voted: she tipped off a Princeton U...

PLUS: Alpharetta's aversion to icky renters & why would a Billy Linville crossover endorsement matter when Rick cant' get Burt on board? Earlier this week, the Democratic Party announced its finalists for the 2028 DNC convention and Atlanta didn't make the shortlist (Denver, Philadelphia and Boston all did); a decision that - on its face - is sort of inexplicable given Georgia'...

Medicaid expansion, predatory lending (to hospitals from the likes of Rick Jackson's Jackson Healthcare), vaccine confusion, gun (and school) safety, and a post-primary vibe check ... all that in Thursday's conversation with Georgia House Rep. Dr. Michelle Au (HD 50).

State Senator Josh McLaurin joined The Ron Show Wednesday to discuss the issues of importance in the 2026 midterm election cycle. He and Ron also pontificate on why winning the Lieutenant Governor's race is of vital importance with or without control of the House and/or Senate and why he's best suited to deliver results.

Freelance journalist Alex Jobin joined me today to discuss his piece chronicling a struggling Montgomery, Alabama hospital and its biggest creditor - Jackson Healthcare - ready to profit off its bankruptcy at the expense of local and state taxpayers. Like Georgia, Alabama refuses to expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act and hospitals throughout that state or scaling back services or shut...

Georgia's elected Democratic Socialist, Georgia House Rep. Gabiel Sanchez (GA 42 ) is up for re-election and seems to be able to work well with the Democratic Party - as a Democrat and Democratic Socialist - winning over African American voters in his district and door-knocking for fellow Democratic House candidates hoping to flip the chamber this November. What gives? We've been told DSA...

Whether Donald Trump uses his Thursday night address to relitigate Georgia's 2020 election was yet to be seen as of the Tuesday prior, but what's apparent aside from that is this: Democrats seem to know how to snatch "defeat" from the jaws of "victory" all too often the last decade-plus. Between the hand-wringing by centrists like James Carville and the "vote is in...

That and was Atlanta the big winner in the FIFA World Cup aftermath ? Those topics and more with Donnell Suggs, from The Atlanta Voice.

Mike Collins' son-in-law is a devout white supremacist , but also ... well, Mike Collins' son-in-law ... who until recently appeared all over Mike's campaign site. On to discuss that, the GOP's complex relationship with Israel, the evidence of antisemitism in our political discourse, and her insights into key 2026 Georgia races is former State House candidate and co-host of Georgia...

Prior to Donald Trump's latest public hissy fit over election security, I (and the AJC's Patricia Murphy ) had a pretty solid idea what would be covered - and that would a) not amount to much and/or b) actually benefit Democrats.

A recent spate of deaths at the hands of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) warrants further scrutiny of all the carnage caused by them in the second Trump presidency. Speaking od "the Donald," TV networks were positioning themselves to decide if (or not to) carry the President's Thursday night election blather. Campaign largesse for Senator Jon Ossoff not only bodes well fo...

PLUS: the Graham "pleasure-givers" start speaking up & the subtleties of KLB's 'black' sales pitch Social media was abuzz last night and into the morning that a planned address to the nation Thursday by the President was going to include salacious allegations that the elections of both Senators Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock were illegitimate.' The White House (s...

As the world wondered where Mitch McConnell was, the grim reaper threw us all a curveball and came for South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham instead. The "decent" thing to do is to pay your respects to someone when they pass even if you disagreed with them ideologically, right? Sorry, but the "open secret" part of who Lindsey Graham was, blended with his rock-solid anti-LGBTQIA...

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Friend of the show, columnist Jay Bookman reminds us (and Rick Jackson) of the "Rick Jackson" Rick recalls himself being as a child: impoverished and in need . As Bookman opines, it's as if Jackson forgot that child version of himself on route to crafting the sort of policies he'd put in place if he were to become Georgia's next governor. - - - Revisiting a conversation I had...