The State of Protest
🪧 MAGA is putting protestors out of jobs · Honoring Frank Niceley · O'Connell hands over the papers · Visions of Nashville past · Film rundown · Much more!
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245 People Walk Into a Council Meeting…
🦞 The zoo data center debate reaches its apex · Metro produces no documents justifying origin or current need for $1.5M in grants to pro-illegal alien nonprofits · Internal Rose poll suggests late-campaign gain on Blackburn · Much more!
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Protest as Performance Evaluation
No Kings wasn't an altruistic groundswell. It was an act of self-preservation that brought the Left into an era of Capitalist Magical Realism.
The Locomotive of Progress
🚨 Who commits the crimes · Bar Hours · Free speech ruling in Franklin · AG's lawsuit upheld · Orcale rising · Phoenician Scheme · Much more!
Review: The Phonecian Scheme (2025)
With 2023’s Asteroid City, Wes Anderson fully waded into political terrain for the first time in his thirty-year career, offering up a COVID
This Balloon Runs on Hot Air and Higher Taxes
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · A new Metro office · Ban on transing kids · MNPD expands its slush fund · Much more!
"My tourist attractions runneth over..."
🕶️ Anti-tourism sentiments swell globally · Jillian Ludwig's killer on trial · Alternative budgets on tap · Illegal offender all-star · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (June 17th)
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A weekend of rallies
🕺 Tons of protests happened over the weekend · Airport secrets · Budget season drawing down · Downtown library update · State park proposals · Much more!
The youth is gonna be alright
😷 The COVID War Kids · Dispatch from a protest · Substitute budget on offer · TN cheap to raise kids · Film rundown · Much more!
The COVID War Kids
The pandemic wrecked Gen Z. Now, they’re upending the arts and culture status quo.
Ancient Nashville
🇺🇸 Gallivanting amongst the ruins · AG sues DOE · The race is on in D7 · New BNA roads · No race-based art grants · The Unholy Trinity · Much more!
The Unholy Trinity and The Western’s Global Frontiers
We talk with director Richard Gray about his new Western set in Montana in the wake of the Civil War
It's Pride Month?
🌈 Local media plays the patsy · MNPS rejects charters · No tax cut proposal · TN congressional races · Most wanted illegal · Much more!
Off for the week
🏝️ O'Connell checks out of Nashville · Green steps down · Doxxing bill · Library garage destroyed · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (June 10th)
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