The Ron Show26 Tammi 2024

Vultures, cheese sammies, border BS & why Jerica's still in it

The vultures are circling around Fani Willis - and to hear columnist Jay Bookman put it - maybe she brought it on herself. Then again, maybe there's a way out of this that protects the case against Donald Trump. There'll be plenty more to discuss about all this tomorrow with so many late headlines dropping today.

Locally, some good news after Decatur city schools announced plans to serve kids behind on their lunch tabs cheese sandwiches and milk - the cafeteria version of the "scarlet letter." Well, a corporate donor wiped out the lunch debt of $88,000 for the entire system, and a local entrepreneur fundraised nearly enough to have done that, as well.

In Washington, Republicans aren't even hiding the fact that the "border crisis" they've been pearl-clutching about all this time isn't important enough to deal with now - or at least not more important than saving it for Trump to tackle, should he win. The problem is, THEY tied action on the border to Israel and Ukraine aid - and Ukrainians need it badly; so no what? Hear what Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney and Ted Cruz had to say - with my advance apologies for the nausea that'll induce.

I caught up with 'Jerica Richardson for Congress' senior advisor Andrew Heaton to get an idea how (if at all) adversarial the race for the Democratic nomination for the 6th Congressional district will be. Why'd Richardson decide to stay in once the maps were settled and Rep. Lucy McBath opted to run for the seat, herself? Will there be forums or debates? How'd the state Democratic Party react to Jerica staying in?

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Did SCOTUS signal that the MAGA fever has broken?

The Supreme Court, this week, pulled the reins on the Trump administration's intent to use the United States Postal Service - to curb mail-in voting this cycle. Good!Does this mean we're at the precip...

16 Syys 43min

Will this swing GA House district think 'Cleveland rocks?'

Adam Cleveland, husband, father, UGA alum, handyman-turned-lawyer is now also a politician - the Democratic nominee for state House District 48. He joined me Tuesday to explain why he felt he had to u...

16 Syys 43min

Rick Jackson's Medicaid 'pathway' lacks details; will it also lack expansion?

Ariel Hart, writing for the Georgia Recorder and States' Newsrooms, covered the rollout of GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson's healthcare coverage initiative in a piece Ron reviewed. Details ar...

15 Syys 44min

Assessing "us" 25 years after September 11, 2001

On the 25th anniversary of the horrific three-pronged terror attack on American soil, Ron assesses where the United States is, societally, diplomatically and politically. Are we any less Islamophobic ...

11 Syys 44min

Trump keeps lying (about 9/11) | Islamophobic outrage at NYC mayor shows we've learned little since that day

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...

9 Syys 44min

'Insight' polling - outlier or legit?

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 ...

8 Syys 44min

This NW Georgia cattle farmer - and Congressional candidate - has beef with Trump's tariff policies

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 imp...

1 Syys 44min

Ragsdale's rally rant & the aftermath: intimidating Cobb's teachers

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 ex...

1 Syys 44min