Jeff Yarbro

It’s disturbing to see these targeted attacks on Minnesota legislators in their homes—and our hearts ache for Melissa, John, their families & communities.

Whatever is happening right now in this country must stop. And we have to do everything in our power to stop it.

Trump banner on government building

Kim banner on North Korea govt building

Mussolini banner on government building.

Stalin banner on government building.

Good lord. Can we make America America again?

Trump banner on government building

Kim banner on North Korea govt building

Mussolini banner on government building.

Stalin banner on government building.

Good lord. Can we make America America again?

Sen. Jeff Yarbro: Lee administration enabled lawless ICE deportation sweep in Latino neighborhood NASHVILLE — Sen. Jeff Yarbro denounced a weekend deportation sweep — enabled by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

LAWLESSNESS: Sen. Jeff Yarbro denounced a recent deportation sweep in Nashville, saying state police should not be "taking marching orders from ICE" which is violating court orders across the nation.

"Due process and the rule of law mean something." tnsenatedems.medium.com/sen-jeff-yar...

Obviously we are in this mess partly due to SCOTUS, but also:

How concerned must the Chief Justice be in order to decide to issue this kind of statement? My guess is... VERY.

It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king.

WATCH: Dem Senators @jeffyarbro.bsky.social & Charlane Oliver pushed back on Republican Yager’s bill to raise mortgage rate caps

(He got so befuddled they rolled it to Thursday)

Republicans have 2 bills to let corporations spike rates on Tennesseans. Who are they fighting for?

🎯🎯🎯

anyway, zelensky is a more popular figure than either trump or vance, putin is brutally unpopular, and the public still supports ukraine aid. better than even chance that none of these facts will show up in coverage of the incident.

List of Tennessee congressional reps and their votes on budget bill

One out of every four dollars spent on health care in TN comes from Medicaid. Medicaid covers more than 50% of births and almost 60% of Tennesseans in nursing homes.

Eight of Tennessee’s members of Congress put Medicaid on the chopping block tonight to cut taxes for rich folks.

👇🏽WATCH: TN Dems Sen. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social & Rep. @jrclemmons.bsky.social explain why Trump’s attack on the Dept of Ed will harm students with disabilities

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGI9pL0...

Former Fort Carson Iraq war veteran gives up the fight to stay in the US

Jose Barco, a decorated U.S. Army veteran once based out of Fort Carson who served 2 tours in Iraq, was taken into custody last month by ICE because his citizenship papers, which were supposed to be processed while he was in the Army, were lost.

Read his story:

West Texas measles outbreak doubles to 48 cases | CNN The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases in the last four days, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Friday.

This is fine…RFK Jr. will get right on it www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/h...

Hegseth to Europe: Don’t Look to America for Leadership And to Ukraine: Don’t look to us for help.

"As for deterrence, Hegseth seems to think it’s a line item on a budget rather than an effect created in the mind of an adversary."

Mass layoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency

Musk's minions are *firing people responsible for securing our nation's nuclear arsenal and their panicked bosses are frantically reaching out to them to say actually no please come back oops*

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This sums up a fair bit of their political project. Because their little feelings got hurt by some unelected, lefty, teenager activists, they will burn down the f#%king world.

US becoming ‘a risk to be hedged against,’ Munich Security report warns The report comes ahead of a meeting of world leaders in Munich later this week, with Ukraine and the Middle East on the agenda.

US becoming ‘a risk to be hedged against,’ Munich Security report warns

MAGA morality: Put thousands of federal employees on leave, cut aid that sustains countless lives, demonize your opponents, and then enjoy the suffering of your enemies.

But then - when one DOGE worker is fired for vicious racism -say, "Where's the grace and mercy in this country?"

Opinion | The Populist Cure Is Worse Than the Elite Disease The push-me-pull-you relationship between Trump and his movement has a long history.

Steve Bannon made me laugh.

We don't understand populism? Oh, we certainly do. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

Tweet of Musk replying “yeah” to Sen. Mike Lee characterizing Social Security as a “ripoff” compared to “legitimate retirement investments”

Lots of folks cheering on Trump/Musk illegally blocking federal funds are eventually going to realize that gutting Social Security has always been their endgame.

Sen. @jeffyarbro.bsky.social & @repjasonpowell on Republicans Rep. William Lamberth & Senator Bo Watson trying to keep undocumented children from going to school with a new bill.

Full: www.threads.net/@thetnholler...

US Treasury Department’s weekly threat analysis identifies DOGE accessing payment systems as “single biggest insider threat risk . . . ever faced.”

Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some effective tools at their disposal.

"People need to get over their fears and false hopes and start playing offense when the law is on their side." Flood the zone with lawsuits. That and a lot more from Tom Malinowski: www.thebulwark.com/p/five-thing...

NEW: The New York Times has obtained a copy of a cable written to Sec. of State Marco Rubio from the US ambassador to Mozambique, Peter Vrooman, saying the severe cuts to USAID workers will lead to a "major vulnerability" in Africa. @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

WATCH: Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social reminds us Tennessee’s state budget is heavily reliant on the federal government Musk & Trump are (illegally) ransacking, and our state is already feeling the impact.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFydBOd...

It’s also rank foolishness. How is it possibly in anyone’s interest to create a segment of the population that is an uneducated underclass unfamiliar with our language?

So rather than going after the industries who rely on, profit from, and actually incentivize illegal immigration, the TN GOP wants to punish 6 & 7 year old kids by denying them literacy.

I don’t know where these folks went to Sunday School, but it’s just wrong to punish kids.

Gun thefts in Nashville get off to a fast start in 2025 If thefts continued at that rate, they would eclipse the 2024 total.

Guns are still being stolen out of cars at at an alarming rate in Nashville (850 in 2024) and across Tennessee. This is a problem worth solving and @jeffyarbro.bsky.social and I have legislation to promote safe storage of firearms in cars and help fix this issue. www.axios.com/local/nashvi...

The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is underway.

“When I asked them to describe Musk’s managerial strategy, they borrowed a term of art from SpaceX’s own rocket mishaps: ‘This is a rapid unscheduled disassembly of government services.’”

@cwarzel.bsky.social
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