The Primary Fortune Cookie
🥠 Early primary voting will prove to be the first major test of campaign strength in TN elections · See what contributed to your property tax bill increase · Six fatal overdoses in 24 hours · Much more!
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A Ministerial Task
🏎 Referendum language to ban racing clears hurdle · Armed man fatally shot by security outside Nashville federal courthouse · TN DACA recipients report driver's license renewal denials · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying the wonderful fall weather we've been having lately. Tonight— The Pamphleteer, in collaboration with Meriwether Academy, presents the second night of The Nashville Antichrist Lectures with Peter Thiel. On Tuesday, Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers are
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Missiles & Mudslinging
🚂 Blackburn backs controversial Defense Appropriations Act; Rose votes against House version · DC Blox closes on property near Nashville Zoo · All aboard the Chattanooga Choo Choo · Much more!
Who's Running for What
🗳 Early voting starts tomorrow · Join us for tonight's Pamphleteer event: New American Frontiers · Marsha, Marsha, Marsha · Much more!
Nashville Bus Police
🚌 WeGo is one step closer to getting its own police presence · Still no Riverfront safety upgrades after Riley Strain’s death · TN officials actively recruiting Paramount · Much more!
Running on Vibe$
🚌 CHYM sales tax pays for 20 percent of WeGo rides · NC5 cancels GOP gubernatorial debate after Blackburn then Rose opt out · O’Connell claims attorney-client privilege over nonprofit payments · Much more!
Candidates Trading Shots
🥠 Freddie takes shots at 2027 mayoral opponent CM Styles · Barbs are flying over Blackburn’s political ad depicting her crushing fortune cookies · TN sets new records for business filings · Much more!
Airport Beef
✈️ Mayor O'Connell places Metro Law Director on airport board · Tales from the Westside: Dead Skunk Not in The Middle of The Road · Conservatives plan nationwide protests against AI data centers · Much more!
Dead Skunk Not in The Middle of The Road
The seventh installment in Tales from the Westside
Nashville’s Data Center Fight Strikes a Chord
🎸 Nashville’s data center fight reveals what makes Music City tick · NewsChannel 5 to host TN GOP Gubernatorial Debate on July 20, Blackburn uncommitted · Knox County Commission passes one-year moratorium on data centers · Much more!
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!
Big Data, Big Drama
🎪 Get your tickets to tonight's data center show · New Nashville airport board drops out of lawsuit challenging state takeover · Nashville's 2025-26 TCAP results · Much more!
Young Gun, Old Glory
🇺🇸 Interview with Young Washington screenwriter Tom Provost · Sale of zoo-area site eyed for data center looms · Justin Jones clashes with colleagues over data center · Much more!
Young Washington in the New World
An Interview with Young Washington Screenwriter Tom Provost
Money Behind the Mob
Dark money props up anti-data center hysteria · MNPS activity funds audit · State leaders appoint new members to Nashville Airport Authority board · Much more!
Mayor Throws Monkey Wrench into Zoo Data Center Plan
🐒 Mayor seeks to block proposed data center · Gas prices hit Nashville hardest · Judge tosses challenge to TN immigration law · Much more!