Statehouse, political reporter with State Affairs Tennessee (Tennessee Journal). Email: asher@stateaffairs.com
Joined October 2011
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Jun 14
Meh, this a case of who did it better. My fave: 1932-era Tony Camonte Scarface, who had it right it (they couldn’t use actual name of Capone since he was still alive):
“Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it."
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Apr 19
Little surprise to anyone who read Harlan Ellison’s 1967 sci-fi story, “I Have No Mouth, and I must Scream.” About an AI named “Allied Mastercomputer (AM) that becomes sentient, jealous and quite cross with the flesh-and-blood bipeds who created him washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Legislation to require the automatic closure of poorly performing virtual schools has passed the Senate. #tnleg #tnpol
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Mar 9
My goodness! I’m getting vertical integration, er, vertigo. The Eagleman raking claws over TN XGR Republicans re SB2040, the PBM bill. Charges GOP fixin’ to “STAB President Trump in the back”
🚨BETRAYAL ALERT🚨 @TNGOP @TNHouseGOP @TNSenateGOP claim to be MAGA but are about to STAB President Trump in the back with SB2040.
While Trump fights to lower drug costs with TrumpRx, Tennessee wants to drive prescription prices UP. This is NOT conservative.
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Jan 30
Via @schelzig: Underdog Rep. John Rose (R) wants to make Sen. Marsha Blackburn's vote to certify the 2020 election a dividing line in the TN GOP GOV primary.
Interview comes after Trump passed on endorsing Blackburn earlier this week
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Jan 9
Gene Wilder’s only real clash with Mel Brooks on Young Frankenstein (1974) was over “Puttin’ On The Ritz,” a scene Wilder wrote himself. Brooks’ test was simple: if Wilder fought for it, it stayed. He did. Cinema got one of its funniest moments.
Jan 9
What is the hardest you remember ever laughing at a single scene in a movie?
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Jan 1
Direct from the Court of the Crimson King: Best wishes for 2026
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20 Dec 2025
Hmm, I think Bender, the self-described loveable cigar-smoking, liquor-swilling robot, probably going back to his main punchline: Kill All Humans Now
The future is going to be AMAZING with AI and robots enabling sustainable ABUNDANCE for all!
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11 Dec 2025
An excellent reminder that the Tennessee Legislature reconvenes next month
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10 Dec 2025
Looks like lots of folks gearing up for return of 114th TN General Assembly on Jan. 13
9 Dec 2025
This is the astonishing moment two rival gangs of wild monkeys fought each other.
This usually happens when a group of monkeys normally well fed by visitors meets another group and a feud can take place.
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21 Nov 2025
Demise of Civility, among other things: In the beginning, there was military’s DARPA. But on April 30, 1993, CERN released World Wide Web to the human universe. Best of intentions, but this tech phobe’s take it is they unwittingly opened Pandora’s Box. Expect far worse from AI
20 Nov 2025
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11 Nov 2025
Kansas newspaper raided by police to get $3M apnews.com/article/kansas-ne…
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5 Nov 2025
It is no longer astonishing to just how ignorant Governor Bill Lee actually is. This man could not be leading more contrary to the conservative voter base than he is now and has in the past.
Sir, you cannot vacate your office fast enough.
5 Nov 2025
If you’re a New York business owner who doesn’t like the direction your city is headed, we have a message for you:
Tennessee is open for business.
Strong economy.
Low taxes.
Government won’t get in your way.
TN is the place for people who value opportunity, security & freedom.
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29 Oct 2025
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29 Oct 2025
Absolute BS post. @matt4tn did not run a campaign on school choice. What you did was simply slander his opponent calling him anti-Trump and other lies having nothing to do with school choice.
You’re just a sleezy snake oil salesman with enough money to lie to voters.
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20 Aug 2025
This study investigates the quantum transport properties of fractals, specifically focusing on how electrons and energy move through these networks.
More: nanoappsmedical.com/new-rese…
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15 Aug 2025
🚨: NASA revived the 47-years-old Voyager 1 spacecraft by successfully reactivating its frozen thrusters from 15 billion miles away!
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8 Aug 2025
Grieving the loss of one of my best friends, Jim Lovell. His extraordinary legacy is cemented by many space missions: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13.
Our mutual respect had no limits. The Gemini XII mission we flew together paved the way for the Apollo missions.
Heartfelt condolences to Jim’s family.
Farewell Jim. You will be missed, my friend. Godspeed!
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8 Aug 2025
Gotta ask, is Larry the cat in any way kin to Toonces, the cat that can drive a car?
8 Aug 2025
Most researchers have nothing on Larry Richardson. Racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years, he seemed like a scientific superstar in the making. Except the studies were gibberish—and Larry is a cat.
This “exercise in absurdity” is an eye-opening look at byzantine world of scientific rank, and just how easy it is to manipulate. scim.ag/46HmdMu #InternationalCatDay
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18 Jul 2025
James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe.
Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.
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