The Ron Show

Georgia's 10th district Congressional representative, "MTG with a mullet" Mike Collins has thrown his trucker hat into the ring to seek the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 2026. He hopes, of course, to unseat Senator Jon Ossoff, and cast the Democrat (along with Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock) as working for "California crazies or New York nut jobs." He stepped in not longer Governor Brian Kem...

Americans have not only become so hyper-partisan that they distrust the concept of "government" on the whole, they also distrust "the news," or "the media." Except for the "media" or "news" choices they make, of course. Since media consolidation and profit margins have weighed in so heavily on decisions made in news rooms with dwindling numbers of...

So we now know what AG Pam Bondi has long known and then relayed to Donald Trump : he's on "the list." Democrats in the House are eager to have that information coughed up so Speaker Mike Johnson shut the House down for five weeks. The White House kitchen is going to need more ketchup. Meanwhile, the first WSJ bombshell on this was that Trump allegedly drew a "bawdy" birthd...

You almost knew when you heard the name "First Liberty" that the people running said business were aiming for a specific kind of client. It turns out that clientele was "easily duped conservative," as we learned last week that a Newnan, Georgia-based lender was hawking "patriot notes" to help fuel a movement of "America First patriots." You just know it'...

With a 'jungle primary' in late August on the docket for Georgia's 21st state Senate district voters, the lone Democrat on the ballot - Debra Shigley - is not only imminently qualified for the job, she's also putting in the sweat equity in hopes that she can surprise in this red-leaning district. The special election, necessitated by Brandon Beach taking a Trump cabinet role, is an...

Dom Kelly, co-founder, President and CEO at New Disabled South , penned a social media post days ago that caught my attention. In it, he connected the dots between recent Trump administration statements and policy changes that bear out this truism: if you're disabled, you'll *have* to work to receive Medicaid if you're "able-bodied," and they'll let your employer pay you...

Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones finally made it public: he's running to be the state's next governor, and did so with a well-produce, trope-riddle campaign video that checked off all the rudimentary Republican campaign ad must-haves: a truck, driving from a lovely exurban home, through the wandering highways of rural-esque Georgia, walking the grounds with the entire family in tow,...

Georgia state House Rep. Ruwa Romman has been a busy little bee of late, speaking in Philadelphia at a massive "No Kings Day" protest and going door-to-door campaigning the Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdni in that city's primary election season. I caught up with her for a full show conversation about her ascendant profile, along with the intra-party tug-of-war between establishment a...

I had to laugh when NBC News' Ryan Nobles' relayed Senator Rand Paul's reaction to Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski's caving directly to her face. Why? Well, for one, she had that "raccoon when the light comes on" look; for another, sh elicited a response so on-brand with "America First," MAGA and the kind of voter the GOP corrals on the regular ... the "I got...

Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor, former Republican, Geoff Duncan, appeared on the Atlanta Journal Constitution's "Politically Georgia" podcast earlier this week to hawk his centrist overtures (again) to Democrats, only this time, he's hinted at receiving calls from 'folks across the state' (sure, dude) to run for governor - as a Democrat. "I've heard the rumor...

Sorry I'm late to posting this week; I'd actually planned to take the four-day week into the three-day holiday weekend off, but "one big beautiful" legislative disaster has spawned this internal need to stay at it, this week. As did Thom Tillis' floor speech over the weekend, followed by his announcement he'd not seek re-election in 2026. Suddenly, Democrats have an oppor...

Bernie Sanders idd what former VP Kamala Harris didn't - he went (back) on Joe Rogan's podcast last week, and it was illuminating to listen to the host - a prior Sanders supporter in 2016 - agree with the progressive Senator on a range of issues - most notably the ridiculousness of a still-$7.25 per hour minimum wage. Now, it wasn't all coziness; Rogan doesn't see an issue with unf...

From elation to concern to outright hyperbolic right wing smear, reaction to Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary is all over the spectrum. Naturally, progressives are elated and believe the result portends a progressive-led blue wave for 2026 and beyond; establishment Democrats seem a little angst-riddled , fearful an ascendent democratic socialist ( eek! That...

On this, the third anniversary of the Trump-packed Supreme Court's 'Dobbs' decision overturning 'Roe v Wade,' it's notable that abortion rates are actually up in states with and without abortion bans on the books, according to a recent study . Still, pro-choice activists and Georgia Democrats made their case throughout the day that women deserve the right to bodily autonomy...

Retired Coker University sociology professor, author , historian and South Carolina Democratic Congressional candidate Mal Hyman joined me today for a deep-dive conversation on all the potential ramifications for the weekend's big headline: The U.S. bombed nuclear sites in Iran . Iran, today, fired missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar, by the way. Mal's been to the Middle East multiple times a...

Jim Kessler, executive vice president for policy with Third Way Democrats, had given a data-laden presentation at the 2025 Ideas Summit in Atlanta last spring. His data? Strong. His takeaways? Ehh. Naturally this progressive has some different perspectives, but I reached out to Jim to come on the show and he graciously did so. Jim believes Democrats have to avoid trying to 'ace' special in...

Brian Recker , a former Marine, former evangelical pastor, current theologian, speaker and writer, has developed a healthy social media following and solid presence on Substack . His focus? Deconstructing his faith to find a more inclusive spirituality - which often runs afoul of today's right-wing aligned American evangelical movement. He's just the kind of guest to discuss the 'Ted C...

Maura Keller , a former Army lieutenant colonel with 26 years in service, is another Georgia Democrat (the third I've talked to on this show this month) who's taking another run at MAGA representation in Congress. Like Shawn Harris and Lexy Doherty, she, too, has a prodigious gap to close at the ballot box in her district (Georgia's 3rd). Wednesday, we discussed the ways to do that, th...

In 2024, Lexy Doherty stepped up to walk into the MAGA buzzsaw and lost to Rep. Mike Collins by more than 26%. Undeterred, she's making another go of it in 2025, getting an early jump on fundraising and campaigning. Lexy joined me today to share her insights on how things can work in her favor in seventeen months. ------ Lost in all the antics from Saturday was this: there's a trend, local...

So much to unwrap from Saturday, what with the thousands of 'No Kings Day' protests across the country - dozens just in Georgia - along with the Trump-coveted military parade and the shocking double-homicide in Minnesota. In Atlanta, estimates of 8,000 - 10,000 protestors descended on Liberty Square near the state capitol where activists listened to impassioned speeches and brought their &...

Thousands of protests (not protestors; protests, themselves) are planned across the United States and even in Europe, Saturday, with dozens just in the state of Georgia . The ACLU has 'protest ready' resources aplenty for demonstrators to be prepared for multiple contingencies - not the least of which include addressing interlopers who wish to escalate the situation for ill-intent. It'...

With thousands of National Guardsmen and Marines descending on Los Angeles because (checks notes) someone set a car on fire, the narrative from the right is predictable in the face of growing public resentment to them: send in the hammers all in riot gear with tear gas canisters, flash bombs and dressed in riot gear and foment chaos to create a spectacle for their base. It's a trope as old (ol...

Quentin Pullen - aka "Coach Q" - has made a run at politics but currently hails as a fitness coach & movement therapist. I sense serving constituents isn't off the table for him, though, and he's spent a lot of time as an activist and organizer with the Georgia 50501 chapter. He joined me today to provide his perspective - as a former Marine and Californian - on all that'...

Marjorie Taylor Greene's revelation that s he voted for something she's dead-set against is just another in a long line of self-inflicted face-plants by MAGA. The Trump-backed 'One Big Beautiful Bill' wouldn't have passed out ot the House were it not for her vote, so now she and other Republicans and Democrats against a ten-year moratorium on state A.I. regulations are scrambli...

I remember telling myself in the lead-up and the aftermath of the 2024 November elections that it was apparent way too many American voters had forgotten about the first Donald Trump presidency, wrought with chaos, unrest, division, tensions, protests and 'tough talk' and bluster from the White House in the face of it, complete with threats of military use on domestic streets to respond. T...