Turning Point, USA
🎗️ Honoring Charlie Kirk · MTSU dean fired for comments · More Boring stuff · Casada/Cothren update · Much more!
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Did Anyone Read the Manual?
🧊 Did Metro follow its own emergency plan during the ice storm? · MNPS teachers claim they were told to change grades · CM Kimbrough ordered to pay $91K · Much more!
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Bored to Tears
🚇 The Boring Co. does what it wants · A plot to destroy the grid · New zoning bills go county-wide · Much more!
Closing the Loop
🚘 Boring Co. answers the questions · Armed park guards · Throwing money at the homeless · Infrastructure and parking · Much more!
Despite Rhetoric, Mayor Confronts Crime
🚨 Pressure on O'Connell about crime works · Ascend gets an upgrade · Downtown bollards · Dispatch from D7 debate · Much more!
District 7 Debate Roundup
A dispatch from Friday's District 7 debate put on by AFP and SuperTalk 99.7
War of Words
📰 A novel PR campaign · O'Connell claps back at Ogles · New D5 candidate · Traffic stops increase · Much more!
Is Big Pharma Loading The Gun?
💊 The role drugs play in school shootings · The TVA Nuclearizes · Pride comes before the fall · Tennessee's election security · Joyride Aficionado of the Day · Much more!
Feinting Across the Aisle
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Humble back on the hunt · Did Freddie lie · Legal loophole of the day · Much more!
Off-Broadway Mayhem
🌉 Brandishing guns on the pedestrian bridge · YIMBY on the docket · Metro resignations · Governor's endorsements · Much more!
The De-Southernification of Cracker Barrel
🥞 Uncle Hershel's Shell Game · How the mayor controlled transit conversation · Analyzing D7 · Much more!
Uncle Herschel’s Shell Game
Cracker Barrel was the South. Now it’s just another victim of the coastal expert class.
Missing the Missing Middle
🏚️ Council whiffing on housing · Kimbrough employs mafia tactics · Mayor buries Boring · Cracker Barrel changes course · Week in culture · Much more!
The Week in Culture (August 28th)
### Watch Hot Ticket: Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky returns after the Oscar-winning The Whale with an adaptation of the acerbic Charlie
An Authority with Authority
💸 Bob Mendes' pricey "seat at the table" · Election update · General Robertson's founding of Nashville · Illegal offender of the day · Much more!
The Advanced Guard of Civilization
General Robertson and the founding of Nashville