The Ron Show

Ron opens Thursday’s show fired up after Wall Street Journal reporting confirms a theory he raised earlier this week about Georgia native / Morehouse graduate Admiral Alvin Holsey’s abrupt retirement . It seems SECDOW Pete Hegseth didn't much care for Holsey's persistent pushback on (potentially) illegal orders given in the Caribbean. Ron lined it up earlier this week: the Holsey surprise...

Might this be the last of the special elections in Georgia this year? No, there's another on the 9th ( ranked choice would eliminate this silliness ). Still, a tight Tennessee Congressional special election could signal shifting political winds. Nick Alex, a Democrat running in Georgia’s gerrymandered 9th District , joined the show today. What happens in Tennessee today could be a bellwether f...

A fast-moving story surrounding 19-year-old former Georgia GOP assistant secretary Ja'Quon Stembridge, whose sudden resignation made headlines after a vigilante sting video swept across social media. Ron spoke directly with "Angelus" of Street Sweepers TV, who explains how his group’s decoy operation unfolded and why the encounter escalated the way it did. Later, Ron brings on Eric f...

Today (something of a "Friday news dump" going into Thanksgiving) we learned the special prosecutor who'd inherited the Fulton County District Attorney's RICO case against Donald Trump and more than a dozen co-conspirators sought (and was granted) a dismissal . On with Ron to discuss is CBS News legal analyst, author & professor Thane Rosenbaum .

The Pentagon’s extraordinary move to potentially court-martial Sen. Mark Kelly had Ron bring on CBS News military analyst Jeff McCausland for context about military law, illegal orders, and the political tension surrounding the case. This is not normal. Back at home, Ron unpacks new Public Service Commission staff warnings that Georgia Power’s proposed expansion could spike residential bills by $2...

Ron dives in after a whirlwind weekend where Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned Georgia politicos with her early resignation. What does this mean for GA-14, and who’s actually ready for the chaos? Democratic candidate Shawn Harris joins to share that he and his campaign actually anticipated MTG’s departure and how it might actually give him the opportunity to wrest a seat from the Republicans and give...

A lot of ground covered today ... Ron opens with the political jolt in Sandy Springs, where Democratic State Rep. Esther Panitch crossed party lines to endorse former Georgia GOP chair and incumbent mayor Rusty Paul. Ron speaks directly with mayoral candidate Dontaye Carter , who outlines why the endorsement misrepresents his record, inflames racial dog whistles, and reflects deeper issues of elit...

PLUS: is Esther Panitch a DINO? How can we trust what we see from Georgia's leaders & will data centers leave us in a wintry darkness? Today, Rons threads together several major developments shaping Georgia and the nation. The hour opens with Fulton County’s proposed tax increase to meet federal consent-decree obligations for the county jail—an issue Ron argues reflects a broader philosoph...

Ron walks listeners through a fast-developing national story: the remarkably swift and nearly unanimous congressional vote to release the long-sealed Jeffrey Epstein files. After months of hesitation from Republican leaders, both the House and Senate reversed course and advanced the bill with overwhelming support. Ron explores what led to this sudden change, why observers across the political spec...

PLUS: Georgia (nearly) stand alone in its embrace of touchscreen voting technology that runs afoul of its own law Georgia Republicans are racing toward a Florida- and Tennessee-style dream: wiping out the state income tax and pitching it as an overnight “5% raise” for struggling families. Ron digs into what the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says really happens if lawmakers eliminate the 5.19...

PLUS: John Williams aims to slide into Georgia's open state Senate seat tomorrow w/a locally focused platform Ron breaks down ⁠the growing rift between former President Donald Trump and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene⁠ —a split that has quickly shifted from quiet tension to ⁠an open political break⁠ . ⁠Their disagreement⁠ over releasing the Epstein files has triggered new divisions inside...

This episode of The Ron Show centers on one of the most consequential developments in Georgia politics: the appointment of Pete Skandalakis as the new prosecutor overseeing the Fulton County election interference case involving Donald Trump and multiple co-defendants . Ron and Georgia NOW News Director Alexis Young walk through what his appointment means , why so many prosecutors reportedly turned...

The release of long-suppressed Epstein investigation files threatens to reshape national politics while Georgia prepares for critical 2026 races, but locally, two key Democratics Barry Wolfert , running for Georgia’s 11th Congressional District to challenge Rep. Barry Loudermilk, and Scott Sanders , the lone Democrat in the House District 23 special election, hop on calls to introduce themselves....

Ron Roberts breaks down the AJC/Politically Georgia forum and a new survey of 1,000 likely Democratic primary voters: Keisha Lance Bottoms holds 40% , Michael Thurman 11% , Jeff Duncan 5% , Jason Estevez 3% , Derek Jackson and Rua Roman 1% , with a massive 40% still undecided . Duncan courts skeptics with a $1.4B “Jumpstart Fund,” vows to expand Medicaid , overhaul QBE , and sign a Day One order a...

A rare Georgia storyline: Democrats flipped both Public Service Commission seats—and they did it on kitchen-table economics, not party labels. Host Ron Roberts and strategist Andrew Heaton (manager for Dr. Alicia Johnson ) detail how frustration over Georgia Power rate hikes built an unlikely coalition of Democrats, independents, and crossover Republicans, flipping even longtime red counties. With...

In one of the most politically charged episodes yet, The Ron Show dives into the aftermath of a historic government shutdown, a pivotal Supreme Court decision, and a growing divide inside the Democratic Party. Host Ron Roberts brings together national and local voices to unpack the political earthquakes shaking Georgia and the nation. CBS News correspondent Olivia Rinaldi joins live from Washingto...

On this special Veterans Day episode of The Ron Show , host Ron Roberts delivers a raw, urgent, and fact-driven commentary on a troubling political contradiction: Why are so many U.S. veterans continuing to support Donald Trump and the GOP—despite policies that appear to directly harm them? Drawing from deeply personal experience as the nephew and grandson of Army officers, and growing up in a mil...

CBS News Washington correspondent Aaron Navarro joins The Ron Show to unpack the newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails that may undercut Donald Trump’s long-time claims that he barely knew what Epstein was doing. Navarro explains what CBS found in a 20,000-document trove, why Democrats say the emails show Trump knew “more than he let on,” and how the Trump White House and Press Secretary Carolyn L...

Atlanta’s Friday gridlock collides with FAA-ordered flight reductions as The Ron Show asks a bigger question: why does the U.S. still rely on one fragile travel mode? Ron makes the case for high-speed rail to cut short-haul flights, ease congestion, and protect families and business when aviation stalls. Locally, we examine BeltLine rail, MARTA expansion, and the leadership test for Mayor Andre Di...

Marjorie Taylor Greene has gone from "butt of Bill Maher jokes" to "guest on Bill Maher's show," in a span of five-ish years, but the pace with which it occurred just within the year 2025 is what's so breathtaking. It's almost as if the MAGA stalwart is coming to grips with "buyer's remorse" right before our eyes and ears. Make no mistake: she still ad...

Senator John Fetterman likens the Democratic posture to "playing chicken" with the food security of 42 million Americans. I happen to think the analogy is wrong. What's actually occurring is the GOP holding those 42 million Americans in a headlock with a knife to their throat insisting Democrats put their one weapon down "or else." Undeterred, Georgia Democrats are taking t...

First, a good chuckle from The Lincoln Project: The Epstein Memorial Ballroom . Brilliant! ------ President Donald Trump challenging Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to take the same cognitive test given to patients under physicians' scrutiny for dementia or Alzheimer's Disease isn't the "own" he thinks it is, but it begs the question: why's a guy who's had two MRIs in s...

Donald Trump seems to think he's playing a verbal game of "poker," claiming he's only targeting "Democrat programs" ... and Democrats are calling his bluff. They know (but does he?) that benefits cuts to programs like SNAP bring bipartisan pains . But it isn't just SNAP benefits: special education and the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institu...

It was three years ago this month that I launched this show and my first guest then was Melita Easters, executive director at the Georgia WIN List. She rejoined me today to discuss the legacy of Rosalynn Carter setting up office in the now-bulldozed East Wing of the White House . We bemoaned that destruction, together, before wandering into topics of the day like " what will Stacey do "...

A Cartersville man "off his meds" drove all the way to Hartsfield-Jackson International AIrport in Atlanta after going on social media to tell his followers he was going there to 'shoot it up.' It was only a call from a family member to law enforcement that prevented this from happening - not stricter gun laws. Fortunately, that tip and swift action from airport and Atlanta law e...