Here's the archive link, forgot to use it for the post
https://archive.ph/aNoMk
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Beyond being another hateful iteration of the conservative assault on trans people’s rights, the bill could have the state of Tennessee losing buckets of money as the legislation would contradict federal guidelines. If it passes the bill, Tennessee could lose $1.2 billion worth of federal education funding, and another $750,000 of federal grants dedicated towards supporting women and children. Other state and local government entities could be impacted as well.
Even with that potentially astronomical loss of funding, the bill passed the Senate 27-6, exhibiting the relentless urge Republicans have to target trans people at any cost.
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I think the "string of pearls" prediction is still the most salient, you have "islands" of entrenched political power and capital heavily policed and protected from the rapidly deteriorating social conditions of the "peripheries" around between. Rural / ex-burban areas largely defined by a patchwork of overlapping local authorities and jurisdictions like some kind of new-millenium HRE.