by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 5, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
Three cities in Tennessee have been selected as finalists in The Boring Company’s Tunnel Vision Challenge, a competition that will award one proposal the construction of a free tunnel project up to one mile long, aimed at improving transportation or infrastructure...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 4, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
The Metro Nashville Council approved a resolution on Tuesday opposing the Music City Loop project, a 13-mile route. Council members passed the resolution by a 20-15 vote, with two people abstaining. In February, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 3, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
A resolution set to be considered at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Metro Nashville Council opposing The Boring Company’s Music City Loop project has drawn scrutiny from the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, which warns that such heavy opposition to the project...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 2, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
Elon Musk, CEO of the artificial intelligence company xAI and electric vehicle company Tesla, has donated 500 generators to the Nashville area as tens of thousands of households remain without power following last week’s Winter Storm Fern. The generator donations are...
by Zachery Schmidt | Dec 10, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
A Metro Council member filed a resolution on Tuesday that opposes the Music City Loop, which Elon Musk’s Boring Company is building in Nashville. Council Member Delishia Porterfield (At-Large) said she filed this resolution after talking with a constituent last month....
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 11, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is pushing back against false claims about the Trump administration and Republicans’ efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse within Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. On Friday, Blackburn’s office released a fact sheet titled...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 27, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
Democratic members blocked Thursday a resolution sponsored by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) condemning violence against electric vehicles. Blackburn’s two-page resolution, filed as S.Res.146, would have put senators on record of whether or not they condemn “the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 24, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Eric Loes, a Tennessean and recovering insurance agent, attended last week’s demonstration at the Tesla showroom in Franklin, a suburb of Nashville, as a counter-protester and described the scene as “misguided and misinformed.” Over the weekend, the leftist...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 24, 2025 | Culture, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
Roger Simon, the co-founder of PJ Media and author of the Substack “American Refugees,” said the individuals behind the violent attacks on Tesla vehicles and showrooms across the country are “absolutely insane” who refuse to act in a rational manner. Tesla vehicles...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 23, 2025 | Culture, National, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show
EJ Haust, official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show and self-described political refugee from Minnesota, pointed out the hypocrisy behind the protests and vandalism targeted at Tesla vehicles across the country as the left demonstrates its outrage over...
