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Betsy Phillips
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A loud-mouth on the internet.
Also, he spent one Fall trying to convince me that all the historians at TSU looked down their noses at me because I don’t have a PhD. Which they should! For that reason. But no one over there has ever made me feel like I wasn’t a real historian.
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
February 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Imagine doing so many misdeeds for so long that the embarrassing take-down of you in the Banner doesn’t even touch on your role in destroying Metro Arts.
February 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Will this lead any lawyers to fact check the shit they let him write for them? We shall fucking see.
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
“I’ve been asked for years, [by] people who know me really well, and they don’t understand how he was still able to be on the news to have reporters writing articles about him,” Fort said.

Me, too. Me, too.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Oh, it’s one of those days when you’re just sitting by the river and your enemy’s body floats by. Nice.
February 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Man, my dad will talk some shit about Bill Gaither.
February 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Boyd is over on Facebook trying to claim that this ISN'T happening in his district, but is, in fact, happening in Pennsylvania. Interestingly, his post seems to be a relief to his followers, which suggests that even Republicans aren't thrilled about having a concentration camp near their homes.
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Reposted by Betsy Phillips
In emails with @tennesseelookout.com, a spokesperson for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Agency specifically confirmed the detention facility will be in Lebanon, Tennessee.
ICE to open second Tennessee immigrant detention center in Lebanon • Tennessee Lookout
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has purchased a facility in Lebanon to house detained immigrants, an agency spokesperson said Friday.
tennesseelookout.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by Betsy Phillips
🔔 INBOX — WILSON COUNTY: Tuesday 7PM is a county commission meeting where folks will have a chance to speak out against the planned ICE DETENTION CENTER

Betsy Phillips: “Hell is here.”

More: www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This is a very niche observation, but sweet, doofy lefty guys who become cool invariably break up with the girlfriends who made them cool.
February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
My "scholarly book that decided to behave like a trade book for no discernible reason and now behaves like no book I've ever seen" boyfriend sold over 200 copies yesterday. It is four years old.
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Betsy Phillips
Writes @betsyphillips.bsky.social: ICE is reportedly putting a detention facility in Lebanon. Why are we inviting these facilities into our state?
ICE Is Opening a Detention Center in Lebanon
What kind of monster do you have to be to invite detention facilities into our state?
www.nashvillescene.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I need @bradengall.bsky.social to explain the haunted hockey player to me. Is he cursed? Is he a ghost? Why does he look like every moment of not playing hockey fills him with existential dread?
February 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I’m calling it The Cameron Sexton Concentration Camp.

www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
ICE Is Opening a Detention Center in Lebanon
What kind of monster do you have to be to invite detention facilities into our state?
www.nashvillescene.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Listening to the Metro Historian and Ms. Serina Gilbert talk about out Promise Land.
February 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
My nephew is running around Nashville in his “ICE can gargle my balls” t-shirt and I am so damn proud. Scared and proud.
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The student newspaper here is not naming which former chancellor is in the Epstein files, as if there could be any other former chancellor than the one that immediately springs to mind.
February 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Wait. Wait. Wait. Kid Rock’s real defense from claims of lip-syncing is that he wasn’t even singing some of the time?! He’s legit on the internet showing how he passes off singing duties to his DJ?! Is this performance art?!
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Betsy Phillips
In this week's episode of The Aunt B Radio Hour, presented by the Scene and 440 Media: @betsyphillips.bsky.social and @bradengall.bsky.social rave about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show and laugh at Kid Rock. Now available wherever you get your podcasts.
The Aunt B Radio Hour
Nashville culture, music, news, history and hilarity with Betsy Phillips and Braden Gall
www.nashvillescene.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Reposted by Betsy Phillips
How many #Marshas of hypocrisy does the TPUSA halftime show get?

@betsyphillips.bsky.social has her answer on this week’s RADIO HOUR.

🍎: tinyurl.com/33wpesyc

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February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Braden and I continue our efforts to shout out everyone in Nashville one person at a time. This week it’s @theblondemule.bsky.social and the Tennessee State Museum.
February 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
My dad claims not to know who Bad Bunny is, but he just spent ten minutes telling me why he's called Bad Bunny.
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I think Andy Ogles is over on Twitter complaining about watching gay porn during halftime yesterday? He knows he can choose the porn he watches, right?
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM