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Jagged Little Pill
💊 Election recap · TN's first female governor · Nashville vet fraud · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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Kirk's Legacy Already at Work
🎓 Middle TN is ground zero for academic reform · Voter rolls purged · National Guard goes to Memphis · Bussing on gameday · Much more!
Turning Point, USA
🎗️ Honoring Charlie Kirk · MTSU dean fired for comments · More Boring stuff · Casada/Cothren update · Much more!
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!