The Ron Show

Ron Roberts
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Welcome to the Ron Show - Atlanta's only progressive audio platform airing five days a week on Georgia Now, M-F 4-6pm (replaying 8-10am the next weekday). Host Ron Roberts covers Atlanta, metro Atlanta, Georgia and national politics from a pretty unique lens ... he's just your run-of-the-mill Georgia-born gay progressive cat-dad realtor & talk show host. Dime a dozen, right?

  1. 1h ago

    Trump, the Supremes and Rick Jackson all work to suppress the vote

    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: "If federal courts attempt to shut down Trump’s executive order closer to November, they are likely to run headlong into a wonky judicial doctrine known as the “Purcell principle.” Rooted in a 2006 Supreme Court decision, the principle warns federal courts at all levels against making last-minute changes to voting rules. If the litigation drags out, the Justice Department is almost certain to argue that it’s too late for courts to intervene to stop the administration before this year’s midterm." In other words, 'damned if you do, damned if you wait.' Well, here's a "not so fast," for ya ... there's lots more to happen back in lower court action to potentially / likely derail Donald's dastardly voter suppression deed - and that's chiefly due to a pesky little document known as the "US Constitution," but time (maybe not much of it, really) will tell. That said, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson seems comfortable in some previously unspoken knowledge that his buddy Governor Brian Kemp will utilize the National Guard to lord over voting precincts. He literally told a supporter that near a live mic (or recording mobile device). All this to say: "stay woke," y'all.

  2. 1d ago

    Are you aware how easy it is to find out how you voted in Georgia?

    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 University researcher that she could use Chat GPT to find out how a handful of Heard County voters voted, and he experimented with the process and took it a step further. There's just one Georgia Election Board member - MAGA-rific Salleigh Grubbs - who's even remotely concerned about this, and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger nor his director of special projects for the secretary’s office, aren't at all. Are you? Marilyn joined me today to discuss the very real dangers for many voters fearful their employer, their spouse, their pastor, their students' parents (for example) can know (and potentially weaponize) how they voted, and offers some solutions to secure a voter's privacy in time for November's midterm elections.

  3. 4d ago

    Dickens is correct but also wrong in his DNC snub letter

    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's teetering on the brink of flipping blue with a good solid nudge or two and that the aforementioned finalists have all hosted the convention in recent years. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens released a letter of exasperation - not wrong to disagree with the decision to snub Atlanta i n2028 - but he included enough ammunition for the GOP to use in a 2026 midterm cycle that's beyond-necessary for the party he's a member of to claw back some power in Congress and in his own state. Hear why I likened his letter to a post-grounding tantrum from a teenager. A plan to develop Alpharetta's North Point Mall is getting pushback because the developer wants to include - ick! - apartments instead of buyable condominiums and townhomes. That north Fulton County enclave already has some NIMBY-istic laws on the books limiting the number of leasable homes in its city limits, but I can't help but wonder where they think a new sports arena's concessions, ticket booth and usher employees are going to live since jobs like those don't pay well enough for anyone to live IN Alpharetta? Who TF is Billy Linville - aside from a guy who dresses a lot like Rick Jcakson? Well, he's some moderate Democrat mover-n-shaker in Georgia politics (I guess?) who's endorsing 'slick Rick.' Meanwhile, prominent Georgia Republican (and current lieutenant governor) Burt Jones still hasn't warmed to supporting - let alone voting for - Rick Jackson.

  4. 5d ago

    Au delivers painful truth on GOP's Medicaid expansion stubbornness

    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).

  5. 6d ago

    Josh McLaurin works to win the statewide race GA Dems really need

    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.

  6. Aug 18

    Rick Jackson benefit$ from states not expanding access to healthcare

    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 shuttering altogether. Fear not, though, Rick Jackson's company profits through it all, meaning - he and his company can prey on the healthcare industry when healthcare access to the poor and working poor is limited.

  7. Aug 12

    Dispelling DSA tropes: my conversation with Ga Rep. Gabriel Sanchez

    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 candidates were "disruptive" to the party? Hmm. Maybe that's all BS? PLUS: fundraising lags for prominent Georgia Democrats, Trump tries brokering a peace deal - between Rick Jackson & Burt Jones, who can't even say he'd vote for the GOP nominee. Also, Mexican factory workers brought to the US for high-paying, high-skills jobs got shafted by their employers.

  8. Jul 22

    Talarico actually IS doing the work with Texas' black voters

    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 play" tease Bill Maher to "sour grapes" supporters of Rep. Jasmine Crockett in Texas, there are factions forgetting their own mantra: "vote blue, no matter who" when a progressive wins a primary. Well James Talarico isn't apologizing for defeating Crockett (nor should he), but he Is "doing the work" to show black voters in Texas his message should appeal to them.

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Welcome to the Ron Show - Atlanta's only progressive audio platform airing five days a week on Georgia Now, M-F 4-6pm (replaying 8-10am the next weekday). Host Ron Roberts covers Atlanta, metro Atlanta, Georgia and national politics from a pretty unique lens ... he's just your run-of-the-mill Georgia-born gay progressive cat-dad realtor & talk show host. Dime a dozen, right?

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  • Creator
    Ron Roberts
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    784
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Ron Roberts
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