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Boring Company Reports Major Construction Progress on Nashville’s Music City Loop

Boring Company Reports Major Construction Progress on Nashville’s Music City Loop

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 9, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

The Boring Company said construction of its Music City Loop project in Nashville is accelerating, with two tunnel boring machines now operating simultaneously and two more expected to join before the end of the year. In an October 1 blog post, the company said...
Boring Company Continues Tunneling for Music City Loop in Nashville

Boring Company Continues Tunneling for Music City Loop in Nashville

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 14, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

The Boring Company is continuing tunneling operations for its Music City Loop transportation project in Nashville, with the company reporting that its second tunnel boring machine is now working through the city’s limestone. In a Friday post on X, The Boring Company...
The Boring Company’s Music City Loop Second Tunnel Machine Nears Launch

The Boring Company’s Music City Loop Second Tunnel Machine Nears Launch

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 2, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

The Boring Company said construction of its Music City Loop transit system continues to accelerate, with the project’s first tunnel boring machine actively excavating beneath Nashville and a second machine scheduled to begin tunneling later this month. In the...
Elon Musk’s xAI Donates 500 Generators to Assist with Ongoing Outages in Nashville

Elon Musk’s xAI Donates 500 Generators to Assist with Ongoing Outages in Nashville

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...

Senator Marsha Blackburn’s Resolution Condemning Violence Against Electric Vehicles Blocked by Democrats

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...

‘Misguided and Misinformed’: Counter Protester Describes Scene at ‘Tesla Takedown’ Event in Tennessee

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...

Roger Simon: ‘Absolutely Insane People’ Behind Attacks on Tesla

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...

EJ Haust Points Out Hypocrisy Behind Tesla Protests

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...

Vancouver International Auto Show Will Not Feature Tesla Models at 2025 Event, Citing ‘Safety’ Concerns

by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 19, 2025 | National, News, Tennessee, World

Tesla vehicles will not be on display at the Vancouver International Auto Show this year due to “safety” concerns, the event’s executive director announced Tuesday. “The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed Tesla as a participant in this week’s event, after...

Elon Musk Says Cyberattack on X Originated from ‘Ukraine Area’

by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 10, 2025 | National, News, Tech Media, Tennessee

Billionaire Elon Musk revealed that a massive cyberattack on the social media platform X was found to have come from IP addresses originating “in the Ukraine area.” Outages across X were widely reported beginning Monday. Musk, who acquired the platform in...

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