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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.
What did I miss?
📰 Allegra Dru Milisitz talks Greg Gutfeld's new show · Against the property tax increase · WeGo ridership falls · Underperforming green energy · Film rundown · Much more!
A Game Show for Trump 2.0
Allegra Dru Milisitz has been in isolation since Inauguration Day for Greg Gutfeld’s What Did I Miss? Now, she’s ready to enter an entirely different world.
Laced with good intentions...
👃 Naloxone vending machine goes live · Public safety concerns · Great Grant Thawing · Trans IDs ACLU suit · David Mamet's new movie · Much more!
Review: Henry Johnson (2025)
The last time David Mamet directed a movie, Barack Obama was still wrapping up the primary season for his first stint in the White House. Me