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💸 Who funds the Southern Movement Committee · How Metro assesses local NGOs · Invasion is Nigh · Blackburn against doxxing · Government Gangsters · Much more!
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Council Cage Match
💥 Council recap: the budget hearing special · Mayor vs. state: airport board takeover · Nashville expands property tax relief · Much more!
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Review: Kash Patel’s Government Gangsters
For years, Kash Pramod Patel has fantasized about remaking the F.B.I. “in his own image.” At least that’s what The New York Times’s Adam Gol
The Activist Community Speaks
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Council shrinkage · Will Schwinn Get Confirmed? · O’Connell Burning Bridges · Egyptomania in Old Nashville · Much more!
Strickland's Church
Egyptian Revival in Music City
O'Connell's gangplank walk
🚨 A timeline of the city's response to ICE operation · Old Tent City Closes · Alternative budgets · Bridgestone closes factory · Airport rideshare drop-off changes · Week in streaming · Much more!
The Probe Into Freddie O’Connell
A timeline of events leading up to the investigation into Nashville’s mayor.
This Week in Streaming (June 3rd)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
A little derring-do
🧠 Taking risks makes you human · Will Freddie Get Indicted By The Feddie? · Blackburn Polled Well, O’Connell Didn’t · The Dragon · Repeat offender all-star · The Code review · Much more!
The Year of Reckoning Gets a Reckoning of Its Own
With The Code, filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko obliterates the sentiments that defined the age of COVID
An Instant Classic!
📚 The summer's most anticipated release · O'Connell acts unfazed by DHS probe · A look at housing policy · Repeat offender all-star · Film rundown · Much more!
The Only True Invasion
🗺️ Immigrant Caucus sounds off · Penny Schwinn cleans up for federal post · Dueling DEI boycotts · Bussing and Biking on the East Bank · The Unbreakable Boy· Much more!
The Unbreakable Boy Makes Good
Filmmaker Jon Gunn has remained a fixture of Franklin’s Kingdom Story Company and its efforts to challenge the reputation of faith-based movies. His latest project does the same for disability on screen.
Areas of Concourse and Rendezvous
🌆 What HG Wells said about cities · Pardon me · Getting ahead of AI · Divvying up property tax · Repeat offender all-star · Much more!
MNPS asks for even more money
🏫 Director Battle defends her budget proposal · MNPD asks for more money too · CMs scrutinize mayor's budget · O'Connell in the big leagues · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (May 27th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.