John Ray Clemmons
@jrclemmons.bsky.social
Proud Dad | State Representative (TN) | Chair, TN House Democratic Caucus | Attorney & Mediator, Clemmons & Clemons, PLLC
For those few remotely shocked by Marsha’s blatant corruption and self-dealing, this was published way back in 2010. You were warned - multiple times. Next she wants to have executive control over state contracts and a $60 billion+ state budget. THIS.CANNOT. HAPPEN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For those few remotely shocked by Marsha’s blatant corruption and self-dealing, this was published way back in 2010. You were warned - multiple times. Next she wants to have executive control over state contracts and a $60 billion+ state budget. THIS.CANNOT. HAPPEN.
Happy Veterans Day, Tennessee! To all those who have served, we are grateful for your sacrifice and appreciate you.🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Happy Veterans Day, Tennessee! To all those who have served, we are grateful for your sacrifice and appreciate you.🇺🇸
Join me TOMORROW at The Branch of Nashville to help our neighbors in need. Donate time, food and/or money!
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join me TOMORROW at The Branch of Nashville to help our neighbors in need. Donate time, food and/or money!
🧵Giving Marsha’s empty gesture oxygen is a waste of ink bc:
1. She voted to cut SNAP benefits by $186 BILLION via BBB;
2. She knows US House won’t convene to pass a bill bc it’d require Spkr Mike Johnson to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva; and...
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1. She voted to cut SNAP benefits by $186 BILLION via BBB;
2. She knows US House won’t convene to pass a bill bc it’d require Spkr Mike Johnson to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva; and...
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Tennessee Sen. Blackburn to support food program funding during shutdown • Tennessee Lookout
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Monday she is backing legislation to keep Supplemental Nutition Assistance Funding from lapsing.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🧵Giving Marsha’s empty gesture oxygen is a waste of ink bc:
1. She voted to cut SNAP benefits by $186 BILLION via BBB;
2. She knows US House won’t convene to pass a bill bc it’d require Spkr Mike Johnson to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva; and...
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/28/t...
1. She voted to cut SNAP benefits by $186 BILLION via BBB;
2. She knows US House won’t convene to pass a bill bc it’d require Spkr Mike Johnson to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva; and...
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/28/t...
We must do right by Tennessee families and fill in the SNAP funding gap. Are we going sit on our hands and do nothing and let 690,000 Tennesseans sit down to an empty table at Thanksgiving? #TeamJRC
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October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We must do right by Tennessee families and fill in the SNAP funding gap. Are we going sit on our hands and do nothing and let 690,000 Tennesseans sit down to an empty table at Thanksgiving? #TeamJRC
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Interesting series by @insightcrime.org on how Trump has merged the war on gangs with his anti-immigration agenda.
My concerns with the TBI Director's fear-mongering and misrepresentations stated during his budget hearing last year are mentioned in the second story.
#TeamJRC #TN55 #immigration
My concerns with the TBI Director's fear-mongering and misrepresentations stated during his budget hearing last year are mentioned in the second story.
#TeamJRC #TN55 #immigration
Trump Has Merged the War on Gangs and Immigration. Tennessee Shows How.
InSight Crime reports from the state of Tennessee, where national conflicts and criminal dynamics are playing out on a local stage.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Interesting series by @insightcrime.org on how Trump has merged the war on gangs with his anti-immigration agenda.
My concerns with the TBI Director's fear-mongering and misrepresentations stated during his budget hearing last year are mentioned in the second story.
#TeamJRC #TN55 #immigration
My concerns with the TBI Director's fear-mongering and misrepresentations stated during his budget hearing last year are mentioned in the second story.
#TeamJRC #TN55 #immigration
“Gun deaths in TN hit a historic high. The latest data, from 2023, shows TN surpasses the national average on nearly every measure of gun deaths among adults and children.”
*Data produced pursuant to law that Sen Campbell and I passed in ‘24. (Pub Ch. 767 (2024))
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*Data produced pursuant to law that Sen Campbell and I passed in ‘24. (Pub Ch. 767 (2024))
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Gun deaths in Tennessee hit a historic high • Tennessee Lookout
In 2023, 1,588 Tennesseans died as a result of a firearm, a historic high, according to newly released data by the state’s Department of Health. The rate of firearm deaths rose in nearly every categ...
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October 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“Gun deaths in TN hit a historic high. The latest data, from 2023, shows TN surpasses the national average on nearly every measure of gun deaths among adults and children.”
*Data produced pursuant to law that Sen Campbell and I passed in ‘24. (Pub Ch. 767 (2024))
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*Data produced pursuant to law that Sen Campbell and I passed in ‘24. (Pub Ch. 767 (2024))
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While health care and other costs are skyrocketing, Republicans are DOUBLING insurance premiums on working families.
p.s. Regarding GOP’s new lies, “illegal” immigrants CANNOT buy insurance via the ACA. ACA eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens, nationals, and lawfully present immigrants.
p.s. Regarding GOP’s new lies, “illegal” immigrants CANNOT buy insurance via the ACA. ACA eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens, nationals, and lawfully present immigrants.
October 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
While health care and other costs are skyrocketing, Republicans are DOUBLING insurance premiums on working families.
p.s. Regarding GOP’s new lies, “illegal” immigrants CANNOT buy insurance via the ACA. ACA eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens, nationals, and lawfully present immigrants.
p.s. Regarding GOP’s new lies, “illegal” immigrants CANNOT buy insurance via the ACA. ACA eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens, nationals, and lawfully present immigrants.
Shana Tova. On this erev Rosh Hashanah, let us all be moved to greater kindness and stronger unity. Wishing all blessings and a sweet and good new year.
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Shana Tova. On this erev Rosh Hashanah, let us all be moved to greater kindness and stronger unity. Wishing all blessings and a sweet and good new year.
The president doesn’t get to silence speech with threats of administrative penalties just because he doesn’t like it. That’s not how our system is supposed to work. Corporate America needs to grow a spine and stop bending the knee.
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The president doesn’t get to silence speech with threats of administrative penalties just because he doesn’t like it. That’s not how our system is supposed to work. Corporate America needs to grow a spine and stop bending the knee.
First, they spread vaccine conspiracies to eliminate vital access. Now they want to end mental health screening for children!? These tinfoil hatters are playing political checkers in a world of chess and the endgame will have devastating impacts on public health and families.
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
First, they spread vaccine conspiracies to eliminate vital access. Now they want to end mental health screening for children!? These tinfoil hatters are playing political checkers in a world of chess and the endgame will have devastating impacts on public health and families.
TN deserves a governor who’ll fight a president who federalizes Guard personnel and sends them to march in our streets. Bootlicking @GovBillLee & Republicans have doubled our state budget yet failed to fund community policing progs & a TBI lab while withholding safety funding.
September 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
TN deserves a governor who’ll fight a president who federalizes Guard personnel and sends them to march in our streets. Bootlicking @GovBillLee & Republicans have doubled our state budget yet failed to fund community policing progs & a TBI lab while withholding safety funding.
🚨🚨ATTENTION🚨🚨:
80,170 Nashville voters were purged from voting rolls earlier this year from 12/1/24-6/1/25.
In advance of upcoming elections, please visit tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/ to make sure you're still registered.
If you were purged, please re-register so you can make your voice heard!
80,170 Nashville voters were purged from voting rolls earlier this year from 12/1/24-6/1/25.
In advance of upcoming elections, please visit tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/ to make sure you're still registered.
If you were purged, please re-register so you can make your voice heard!
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September 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨🚨ATTENTION🚨🚨:
80,170 Nashville voters were purged from voting rolls earlier this year from 12/1/24-6/1/25.
In advance of upcoming elections, please visit tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/ to make sure you're still registered.
If you were purged, please re-register so you can make your voice heard!
80,170 Nashville voters were purged from voting rolls earlier this year from 12/1/24-6/1/25.
In advance of upcoming elections, please visit tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/ to make sure you're still registered.
If you were purged, please re-register so you can make your voice heard!
Reposted by John Ray Clemmons
Hi folks. We've seen this before during the Cold War.
Check out Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" to learn more. 🗃️
And, remember, in Kent v. Dulles (1958), the U.S. Supreme Court held that American citizens have a fundamental right to travel.
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Check out Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" to learn more. 🗃️
And, remember, in Kent v. Dulles (1958), the U.S. Supreme Court held that American citizens have a fundamental right to travel.
supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hi folks. We've seen this before during the Cold War.
Check out Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" to learn more. 🗃️
And, remember, in Kent v. Dulles (1958), the U.S. Supreme Court held that American citizens have a fundamental right to travel.
supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
Check out Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" to learn more. 🗃️
And, remember, in Kent v. Dulles (1958), the U.S. Supreme Court held that American citizens have a fundamental right to travel.
supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
Tariffs = Taxes
Fact: our costs of living are rising because of failed economic policies enacted by the White House.
This president promised to lower prices. Not only has he broken his promise, he has caused prices to increase substantially.
#TeamJRC #tn55 #affordability
Fact: our costs of living are rising because of failed economic policies enacted by the White House.
This president promised to lower prices. Not only has he broken his promise, he has caused prices to increase substantially.
#TeamJRC #tn55 #affordability
September 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tariffs = Taxes
Fact: our costs of living are rising because of failed economic policies enacted by the White House.
This president promised to lower prices. Not only has he broken his promise, he has caused prices to increase substantially.
#TeamJRC #tn55 #affordability
Fact: our costs of living are rising because of failed economic policies enacted by the White House.
This president promised to lower prices. Not only has he broken his promise, he has caused prices to increase substantially.
#TeamJRC #tn55 #affordability
It’s no coincidence that the same people who take our republic for granted and fail to appreciate its inherent fragility are the same people who also take the generational public health benefits of pasteurization, vaccinations, antibiotics, and safe reproductive healthcare for granted.
September 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It’s no coincidence that the same people who take our republic for granted and fail to appreciate its inherent fragility are the same people who also take the generational public health benefits of pasteurization, vaccinations, antibiotics, and safe reproductive healthcare for granted.
While TN's AG files frivolous lawsuits challenging lawful elections, depriving people of rights, etc, he can't be bothered to fight for public health funding for the benefit of TN families. Nashville had to file its own suit with other cities in red states. tennesseelookout.com/2025/09/05/r...
Blue states hold on to public health dollars while red states lose out • Tennessee Lookout
After the Trump administration slashed billions in state and local public health funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year, the eventual impact on states split sharply along political lines.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
While TN's AG files frivolous lawsuits challenging lawful elections, depriving people of rights, etc, he can't be bothered to fight for public health funding for the benefit of TN families. Nashville had to file its own suit with other cities in red states. tennesseelookout.com/2025/09/05/r...
“Walmart, Home Depot, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices.”
Trump is raising prices on TN families. Marsha Blackburn, John Rose, Andy Ogles, Bill Hagerty are all helping Trump make your life more expensive.
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Trump is raising prices on TN families. Marsha Blackburn, John Rose, Andy Ogles, Bill Hagerty are all helping Trump make your life more expensive.
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Adidas, Walmart, Home Depot, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices
Trump's tariffs have companies scrambling as they navigate cost increases. Here are the companies that have talked about hiking prices.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Walmart, Home Depot, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices.”
Trump is raising prices on TN families. Marsha Blackburn, John Rose, Andy Ogles, Bill Hagerty are all helping Trump make your life more expensive.
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Trump is raising prices on TN families. Marsha Blackburn, John Rose, Andy Ogles, Bill Hagerty are all helping Trump make your life more expensive.
www.businessinsider.com/companies-ra...
The same guy who promised major cuts to wasteful spending by the federal govt (actually spent $200B more in first 100 days than during same period last yr) is now spending 100s of millions (billion+?) to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama … just because. 💸💸💸
September 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The same guy who promised major cuts to wasteful spending by the federal govt (actually spent $200B more in first 100 days than during same period last yr) is now spending 100s of millions (billion+?) to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama … just because. 💸💸💸
Our nation’s public health system is now run by anti-science tinfoil hatters. Because Bill Lee and TN Republicans have driven our state to the edge of a fiscal cliff, state resources are insufficient to pick up the slack for current public health needs and when next public health threat surfaces.
September 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Our nation’s public health system is now run by anti-science tinfoil hatters. Because Bill Lee and TN Republicans have driven our state to the edge of a fiscal cliff, state resources are insufficient to pick up the slack for current public health needs and when next public health threat surfaces.
Happy Labor Day, Tennessee!
September 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Happy Labor Day, Tennessee!
24 hours of ⚽️🏈⚾️🏎️ bliss:
▪️9am Spurs v Bournemouth
▪️11am Vols v Syracuse
▪️3:30pm MEM v UTChatt
▪️7:10pm CHC v COL
▪️7:30pm NashvilleSC v ATL Utd
▪️8am Dutch GP
▪️10:30am Dortmund v FC UB
IT’S ALL HAPPENING!! 😃🥳🤗
▪️9am Spurs v Bournemouth
▪️11am Vols v Syracuse
▪️3:30pm MEM v UTChatt
▪️7:10pm CHC v COL
▪️7:30pm NashvilleSC v ATL Utd
▪️8am Dutch GP
▪️10:30am Dortmund v FC UB
IT’S ALL HAPPENING!! 😃🥳🤗
August 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
24 hours of ⚽️🏈⚾️🏎️ bliss:
▪️9am Spurs v Bournemouth
▪️11am Vols v Syracuse
▪️3:30pm MEM v UTChatt
▪️7:10pm CHC v COL
▪️7:30pm NashvilleSC v ATL Utd
▪️8am Dutch GP
▪️10:30am Dortmund v FC UB
IT’S ALL HAPPENING!! 😃🥳🤗
▪️9am Spurs v Bournemouth
▪️11am Vols v Syracuse
▪️3:30pm MEM v UTChatt
▪️7:10pm CHC v COL
▪️7:30pm NashvilleSC v ATL Utd
▪️8am Dutch GP
▪️10:30am Dortmund v FC UB
IT’S ALL HAPPENING!! 😃🥳🤗
Our hearts go out to the families in Minn who are experiencing what no family should ever have to experience.
Also in our thoughts are the many victims of gun violence who are reliving their own trauma upon hearing this news.
At what point do our children become more important than all the BS!?
Also in our thoughts are the many victims of gun violence who are reliving their own trauma upon hearing this news.
At what point do our children become more important than all the BS!?
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our hearts go out to the families in Minn who are experiencing what no family should ever have to experience.
Also in our thoughts are the many victims of gun violence who are reliving their own trauma upon hearing this news.
At what point do our children become more important than all the BS!?
Also in our thoughts are the many victims of gun violence who are reliving their own trauma upon hearing this news.
At what point do our children become more important than all the BS!?
Lee is uprooting Guard personnel from their families and jobs to help distract from Trump’s Epstein sitch.
Tennessee taxpayers should not have to pay for Bill Lee’s bootlicking.
Btw, violent crime in DC decreased 26% this year while overall crime is down 7%.
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Tennessee taxpayers should not have to pay for Bill Lee’s bootlicking.
Btw, violent crime in DC decreased 26% this year while overall crime is down 7%.
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Tennessee National Guard to join D.C. police order • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is dispatching National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., this week to join the president’s law enforcement takeover.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Lee is uprooting Guard personnel from their families and jobs to help distract from Trump’s Epstein sitch.
Tennessee taxpayers should not have to pay for Bill Lee’s bootlicking.
Btw, violent crime in DC decreased 26% this year while overall crime is down 7%.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/19/t...
Tennessee taxpayers should not have to pay for Bill Lee’s bootlicking.
Btw, violent crime in DC decreased 26% this year while overall crime is down 7%.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/19/t...
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