The Ron Show10 Jun 2025

Tensions boiling, more protests looming. It was this way last time, too.

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.

That was all before the pandemic, which only made his and his administration's performances in their role more jaw-droppingly amateurish.

Well, here we are again. Los Angeles - like many American cities - has seen protestors taking to its streets in response to mask-donning ICE agents storming into homes and communities, shirking due process. In L.A., the anger has boiled over.

Closer to home, these illegal ICE raids are occurring in Marietta and in nearby Canton, whose Latino-populated Sunnyside neighborhood was stormed by masked ICE raiders. The Cherokee County Democratic Party released a statement with what little information was available (almost none from CBP or local law enforcement, by the way) in response, and party chair Nate Rich joined me to review those details along with touting two ICE protests his party and Indivisible: Woodstock will be leading in the coming weekends.

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Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is flirting with a gubernatorial bid, and says she's not impressed with the GOP field already in place. She doesn't stand a chance at winning a statewide race, but that isn't stopping some allies from seeing to it the field is less crowded, anyway, looking to do all they can to keep Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from running.

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Back on ICE and the MAGA lesson of 'unintended consequences,' you'll hear the story of 'Carol' (actual name Ming Li Hui) and the rural Missouri community - overwhelmingly pro-Trump - that rallied to keep her in the U.S. anyway.

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