Bruce Barry

Moving bills aimed at cramming Christianity down everyone’s throats remains a robust growth industry down at the Tennessee state legislature. My new column this week for @TNLookout. tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/23/the…

Is the Tennessee state legislature basically just an exercise in organized Christian nationalism? My latest column up today at @TNLookout. tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/23/the…

"Silence is not neutrality; it is permission." Scalding argument in WaPo op-ed last week calling out appeasement masquerading as institutional neutrality by univ leaders like @DanielDiermeier at @VanderbiltU. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

State campaign finance disclosure filed last week shows Dem @Jerri_M_Green in her gub bid raised $125K spent $91K and has a paltry $34K on hand. Green deserves kudos for stepping into the arena when no one else has but c'mon @tndp this won't cut it.

TN-7 Congressman Chucklehead @repvanepps is "proud to announce" that his choice of district office locations willfully ignores the county with the largest number of constituents - because why even bother pretending you rep Nashville or give the slightest shit about it?

All's right with the world. Today, anyway.

The @NashvilleDOT residential storm-related debris collection op hit our street this morning and it is impressive in scale. Well done NDOT and thanks.

Enjoyed being on the panel on @WPLN's @ThisIsNashville with @flakebarmer Thursday to talk all things post-ice storm. wpln.org/post/episodes/…

icymi My take on @NESpower ice storm response in latest column at @TNLookout. tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/04/the…

To what extent should we fault @NESpower for ice storm recovery mayhem? My latest column for @TNLookout up today. tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/04/the…

Dispatch from the Dept. of Some Things Never Change.

@ebarker110 @USWeatherExpert @NESpower Nothing doctored, accurate at time of screen capture. They corrected it.

@brucebarry @USWeatherExpert @NESpower That is a doctored screen capture. They do not have it misspelled on their homepage. They are idiots but not Minnesota idiots.

There's a chart at @NESpower homepage showing when power is expected back by zip code. Doesn't say when use of spellchecker will be back.

This will strike many as an astonishingly tone deaf bit of corporate communications on NES's part. It reads as "we could have more workers but ... nah ..."

@NESpower you texted me to say power is back on when it is not. If I text the word"out" again it replies that my "session is dropped." Doesn't show me on outage map but still out. Help.

It's curious that @aftynbehn4tn's announcement today that she won't run again in TN-7 tells of plans for the "less than $200K in remaining funds" when her FEC disclosure earlier this month showed her campaign account with $465K cash on hand and zero debts or obligations left.

Takeaways for 2026 from that December special election in the 5th Congressional District: my latest column up today at @TNLookout. tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/12/whi…

Bobby.

@ThomasSBateman @Tennessean Wouldn't be the first time.

@brucebarry @Tennessean I’d bet there’s a lot you don’t know

It's old hat to call the @Tennessean feckless but they have outdone themselves with a story two months ahead that it's "almost time" to move clocks ahead.