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. HÁ 17 H

    Why would a GA Dem leader endorse Dem v Dem races? Plus, "the Jasons" unite

    Question: why is Rep. Nikema Williams (D) unveiling a slate of endorsements for municipal races in her district when most of the races are Democrat v Democrat? Is this a slate of debts owed for her ascendancy into the Congressional seat when the late Rep. John Lewis passed? Otherwise, what's the sense in this? It's a bad look - particularly for the former Georgia Democratic Party chair. ------ Speaking of endorsements, former state Senator Jason Esteves netted the endorsement of Jason Carter, former Democratic gubernatorial candidate and grandson of the late President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn. Also, I believe (and correct me if I'm wrong) Esteves was the only gubernatorial candidate in the Atlanta Pride parade this past weekend. Uhm ... ------ An Atlanta school board candidate Rep. Nikema WIlliams didn't endorse (okay, his school zone isn't in her district, so there's that) has some refreshing candor when it comes to what we need to be teaching our kids: an accurate representation of our nation's history, warts and all. ------ Why is the city of Atlanta gumming up the process to file for a protest march with this weekend's upcoming 'No Kings' protests? ------ Good on Atlanta Journal Constitution op/ed columnist Patricia Murphy openly wondering how Donald Trump can craft peace in the Middle East (truth is, he didn't; the deal was a year old) but can't unite Congress to end a government shutdown?

    45min

  2. HÁ 1 DIA

    How many hostages, Gazans died so Bibi could meddle in our election?

    It was as I surmised in prior days: Benjamin Netenyahu's vested interest in Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency in 2024 played a large role in why the deal everyone (myself included) is hailing this week wasn't reached more than a year ago. That, according to a key negotiator involved in that 2024 deal. It's not like there aren't breadcrumbs from the election cycle, either. From CBS News: "If we win, it will be very simple. It's all going to work out and very quickly." That's what candidate Donald Trump said then. Prescient, no? ------ With the likes of Joe Rogan and Marjorie Taylor Greene moderating and/or softening on their - get this - immigration rhetoric, how do we approach the likeminded, going forward? I myself wrestle with this. Marjorie, in particular, I've covered a lot in recent weeks. Her appearance over the weekend on the Tim Dillon podcast shows she's (dare I say?) maturing, though still lacking in self-awareness to her complicity in the toxic and divisive tone in American politics.

    44min

  3. HÁ 2 DIAS

    A day we can all take some joy in; how'd current leaders get to it?

    The start of the work week began with the release of the remaining (living) Israeli hostages by Hamas. It's a moment in human history we should all be able to find common joy. The question is this: how did Trump secure a deal that eluded Joe Biden? I believe (rightly so, reporting would reveal) Benjamin Netenyahu had a rooting interest in the 2024 Presidential election here. ------ Before anyone begins thinking I'm softening on the Trump administration over one good news cycle, however, it begs the question: how can the Trump White House orchestrate a deal to end the Israel / Hamas war while still waging war on non-MAGA America? They whacked an entire Education Department unit charged with overseeing special education programs. CEO/Founder at the New Disabled South, Dom Kelly, took to social media to provide a furious, frustrated response. ------ Keeping up with the evolution of Marjorie Taylor Greene from bombastic radical MAGA nutjob to concerned momma bear bucking her party and finding agreement from and with Democrats is quite an experience. Atlanta Journal Constitution op/ed contributor Jamie Dupree is among us (and her) who note that the GOP has had fifteen years to craft an Obamacare alternative and have come up empty. Trump told us - in 2016 - it was coming out in a matter of "weeks." It's been more than 460 weeks since Trump first won the presidency in 2016. How many more "weeks" will we need to continue waiting before that plan comes out? Wouldn't it be something if they suddenly came out with a plan to provide "Medicare for All?"

    44min

  4. HÁ 5 DIAS

    We have peace (we think) | Where's THIS MTG been?

    We awoke to word that a ceasefire agreement had been reached freeing the remaining 20 hostages from Hamas control with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netenyahu's blessing. What remained unclear, at least initially, was if President Donald Trump knew if Gazans would be free to return to Gaza or be temporarily or permanently displaced. The framework of the '20-point plan' is very shaky, and - it turns out - recycled from past plans offered a year ago, but rebuffed by Netenyahu and because so, unpursued by then-President Joe Biden. And there's no guarantee it'll hold. I'll keep reminding anyone paying attention, by the way, that the world only has a Hamas to deal with because Netenyahu propped it up at the expense of looming Palestinian statehood. ------ Are we witnessing the caterpillar-to-butterfly "molting" of Marjorie Tayler Greene into a rational politician? Could she be better-positioned now (than before) to take a stab at statewide office? Atlanta Journal Constitution op/ed writer Patricia Murphy thinks ... maybe. That she's taking to the set at CNN to speak with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown on this is telling, in and of itself. Her potential general election combatant - Democrat Shawn Harris - calls "bullsh*t."

    44min

  5. 9 DE OUT.

    A Pride primer with Georgia Equality + an ATL 'defund' debate

    Noel Heatherland with Georgia Equality was kind enough to join me Thursday morning ahead of Atlanta Pride to provide a bit of a "temp check" on all things Georgia LGBTQIA+ rights. ------ Shame on Marci Collier-Overstreet, one of two Democrats vying to be Atlanta City Council President, for using the groan-worthy "defund the police" quip at a recent Atlanta Press Club debate, in an attempt to take a swipe at her opponent, Rohit Malhotra. Overstreet, it should be noted, voted in favor every time she had the chance, for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center - aka "Cop City."

    44min

  6. 8 DE OUT.

    Is Bottoms on top? Will ATC's land the 'shutdown plane?'

    Early polling shows name recognition is putting former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the drivers' seat for the Democratic Party race for Georgia's governor's office in 2026. Hear why I find this worrisome for the party, and why I have a hunch this comes down to a "Geoff Duncan vs. the field" race inevitably. ------ I wasn't the first to say it, but I have another hunch: that seeing air traffic controllers not being able to fully staff towers may well be what ends the government shutdown. It also doesn't help MAGA that Marjorie Taylor Greene is bringing her kids' plight in having to buy health insurance on their own to social media has her pitted against the White House and House Speaker Mike Johnson's posturing. ------ A Chicago Presbyterian minister being shot in the face by a federal agent with a pepper ball gun isn't quite the same as what Americans saw on live TV in Selma, Alabama, but I happen to think that the more Americans see of ICE and National Guard interactions in America's city streets, the more they'll sour on Trumpism. As Dr. Bernice King, Dr. Martin Luther King's daughter, deftly pointed out, earlier this week, the "riotous city streets" trope isn't new. It's a callback to racist tropes in the 1960s. ------ Speaker Johnson couldn't have sounded more out-of-touch when pegged by a reporter to respond to the NFL tabbing Bad Bunny to perform this season's Super Bowl halftime show. But if he wants a country artist (Lee Greenwood is a pitiful panderous choice, Mike) why not Zach Bryan? Oh, wait.

    45min

  7. 8 DE OUT.

    Is the 'Seven Mountains Mandate' at its peak? Author Matthew Boedy discusses

    "A movement driven by prosperity preachers, extremist politicians, and right-wing power brokers laid the groundwork for Trump’s presidency and is now advancing its agenda under his second administration. This multipronged effort against our national institutions is being led by millennial “kingmaker” Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and the new face of Christian Nationalism." That's the book pitch for "Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy," by Dr. Matthew Boedy, professor of English and rhetoric at the University of North Georgia. This isn't new ground for this show, but it brings into focus the role of Turning Points USA (TPUSA) and its assassinated leader, Charlie Kirk in this 'anything-but-Christian,' white nationalist movement that's been slowly, steadily working its way towards usurping democracy to maintain control by a white evangelical minority even if it means using an unholy man in Donald Trump to achieve their goals. He and I discuss his book along with his own occupational and personal safety in a right wing "cancel culture" fervor. Then, a local progressive minister, Cody Deese, touched on 'Christian nationalism' and its flock either being ignorant or "in line," mentally, with the likes of TPUSA's fallen leader and his intentionally hurtful statements. Deese, saying,  Now you start to see the exterior being a mirror to the interior."

    45min

  8. 7 DE OUT.

    Reading the 'Carter-Lewis' room: Andrew Heaton reviews GA Dems' big night

    Atlanta-based Democratic political strategist Andrew Heaton mixed and mingled with Georgia Democrats at their annual Carter-Lewis Dinner , then joined me Monday to spill the tea. Who was there? Who (notably) wasn't? Who was working the room, who's likely to emerge with campaigns for statewide office that hasn't already? These questions and more are all answered in our post-dinner conversation.

    45min
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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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  • Criado por
    Ron Roberts
  • Anos de atividade
    2022 - 2025
  • Episódios
    612
  • Classificação
    Livre
  • Copyright
    © Ron Roberts
  • Site do podcast
    The Ron Show

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