Jeff Yarbro
@jeffyarbro.bsky.social
Tennessee State Senator, Lawyer, Preds Fan, Insomniac, Husband & Dad.
Hope for the future and naive optimism ain’t the same thing.
https://linktr.ee/yarbro
Hope for the future and naive optimism ain’t the same thing.
https://linktr.ee/yarbro
First measles case in Nashville in two decades.
we live in the dumbest timeline
we live in the dumbest timeline
Metro Health confirms a measles case in Nashville — believed to be the first since 2005. The person wasn’t vaccinated.
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
First measles case in Nashville in two decades.
we live in the dumbest timeline
we live in the dumbest timeline
Turns out Americans voting for change in 2024 really did want lower prices and a stronger economy. They didn’t sign up for a radical overhaul of American government.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Turns out Americans voting for change in 2024 really did want lower prices and a stronger economy. They didn’t sign up for a radical overhaul of American government.
Government shut down; air traffic controllers not getting paid; health care costs soaring. And this guy is directing the government to give him a quarter of a billion dollars.
The corruption knows no bounds.
The corruption knows no bounds.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Government shut down; air traffic controllers not getting paid; health care costs soaring. And this guy is directing the government to give him a quarter of a billion dollars.
The corruption knows no bounds.
The corruption knows no bounds.
How can Sen. Hagerty act so shocked? The January Report disclosed retrieving toll records for calls from WH to a handful of senators on night of J6. And it was public that he was in that handful. It’d be crazy for a prosecutor not to have those records when the calls were a big part of indictment.
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
How can Sen. Hagerty act so shocked? The January Report disclosed retrieving toll records for calls from WH to a handful of senators on night of J6. And it was public that he was in that handful. It’d be crazy for a prosecutor not to have those records when the calls were a big part of indictment.
-282 former DOJ officials sound alarm on compromised integrity & abuse of power.
-6 former Surgeons General warn RFK endangering nation’s health.
-Amid government shutdown, White House threatens to withhold back pay.
-Two US cities challenging illegal troop deployments.
That’s just today.
-6 former Surgeons General warn RFK endangering nation’s health.
-Amid government shutdown, White House threatens to withhold back pay.
-Two US cities challenging illegal troop deployments.
That’s just today.
October 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
-282 former DOJ officials sound alarm on compromised integrity & abuse of power.
-6 former Surgeons General warn RFK endangering nation’s health.
-Amid government shutdown, White House threatens to withhold back pay.
-Two US cities challenging illegal troop deployments.
That’s just today.
-6 former Surgeons General warn RFK endangering nation’s health.
-Amid government shutdown, White House threatens to withhold back pay.
-Two US cities challenging illegal troop deployments.
That’s just today.
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wild @MarshaBlackburn & Hagerty are making a big deal of this. calls from WH/Giuliani to Senators after 1/6 to halt certification is described in the Trump indictment
By all means let’s see every doc/grand jury testimony mentioning them to confirm if phone records were relevant!
By all means let’s see every doc/grand jury testimony mentioning them to confirm if phone records were relevant!
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
wild @MarshaBlackburn & Hagerty are making a big deal of this. calls from WH/Giuliani to Senators after 1/6 to halt certification is described in the Trump indictment
By all means let’s see every doc/grand jury testimony mentioning them to confirm if phone records were relevant!
By all means let’s see every doc/grand jury testimony mentioning them to confirm if phone records were relevant!
Today’s Election Day to pick the nominees for the special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, which includes lots of Nashville. If you’re not sure, there’s a handy tool posted below.
Polls open now and until 7pm. Go vote.
Polls open now and until 7pm. Go vote.
It’s Election Day for voters who live in U.S. House District 7! Go to your assigned poll place from 7am – 7pm and vote for the candidate of your choice. This is a primary, so you must choose a Republican or Democratic ballot. View the sample ballot here: bit.ly/4mWC5j1
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today’s Election Day to pick the nominees for the special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, which includes lots of Nashville. If you’re not sure, there’s a handy tool posted below.
Polls open now and until 7pm. Go vote.
Polls open now and until 7pm. Go vote.
We’re missing basic civics here. It’s Congress—not the President—that has the constitutional power to call out the Guard. Congress’s laws let presidents deploy under narrow, specific circumstances. For nearly 250 years, courts have enforced those limits to prevent abuse of power.
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We’re missing basic civics here. It’s Congress—not the President—that has the constitutional power to call out the Guard. Congress’s laws let presidents deploy under narrow, specific circumstances. For nearly 250 years, courts have enforced those limits to prevent abuse of power.
“Evenly divided” here means half of the private school vouchers go to families making less than the ~$170,000 limit, which is 95% of Tennessee families and half go to families making even more, which is the wealthiest 5% of Tennesseans.
October 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Evenly divided” here means half of the private school vouchers go to families making less than the ~$170,000 limit, which is 95% of Tennessee families and half go to families making even more, which is the wealthiest 5% of Tennesseans.
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DOJ: CA NG is already federalized
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
DOJ: CA NG is already federalized
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?
DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker
Judge: You're a lawyer
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If any other president said something like this in a speech to a military academy, it would be a massive scandal. Instead, it isn’t among the ten most dangerous things he’s done this week.
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If any other president said something like this in a speech to a military academy, it would be a massive scandal. Instead, it isn’t among the ten most dangerous things he’s done this week.
Good God, this is dangerous. And just an outright rejection of basic principles of constitutional government in the United States.
UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Good God, this is dangerous. And just an outright rejection of basic principles of constitutional government in the United States.
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In light of Judge Immergut's ruling, there's a lot of noise today coming from the President's advisers and supporters about courts not having the power to provide prospective relief against domestic uses of the military.
Via "One First," me on the rather significant early precedent to the contrary:
Via "One First," me on the rather significant early precedent to the contrary:
181. Courts and Domestic Use of the Military
In response to adverse judicial rulings, the President's advisers and supporters are claiming courts lack the power to halt domestic use of the military. A critical early precedent is to the contrary.
www.stevevladeck.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In light of Judge Immergut's ruling, there's a lot of noise today coming from the President's advisers and supporters about courts not having the power to provide prospective relief against domestic uses of the military.
Via "One First," me on the rather significant early precedent to the contrary:
Via "One First," me on the rather significant early precedent to the contrary:
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"An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a 'perp walk' of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month..."
FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a "perp walk" of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally ch...
www.yahoo.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a 'perp walk' of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month..."
Got so tired of complaining about voter fraud without proof that he just went out and did voter fraud. Now that’s commitment to a cause.
MAGA star Jack Posobiec says voter fraud is a serious issue—yet he has voted for years in Pennsylvania, despite clearly living in Maryland. slate.com/news-and-pol...
MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Got so tired of complaining about voter fraud without proof that he just went out and did voter fraud. Now that’s commitment to a cause.
George Washington won the Revolution, presided at Constitutional Convention, and was our first President. When Senate proposed his face for US coins, he rejected it as anti-republican and signed a law barring any actual person’s image on coins, which held until Lincoln was put on the penny in 1909.
October 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
George Washington won the Revolution, presided at Constitutional Convention, and was our first President. When Senate proposed his face for US coins, he rejected it as anti-republican and signed a law barring any actual person’s image on coins, which held until Lincoln was put on the penny in 1909.
During 2024 campaign, Trump lied and disowned Project 2025. CNN and others in media actually fact-checked Democrats for deceiving & misleading voters by linking it to Trump.
But it’s been the operational blueprint for his presidency from the jump.
But it’s been the operational blueprint for his presidency from the jump.
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
During 2024 campaign, Trump lied and disowned Project 2025. CNN and others in media actually fact-checked Democrats for deceiving & misleading voters by linking it to Trump.
But it’s been the operational blueprint for his presidency from the jump.
But it’s been the operational blueprint for his presidency from the jump.
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The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
October 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
Using drones, helicopters & flashbang grenades to storm an entire residential apartment building in the middle of the night and then hauling off zip tied children in rented vans.
The country’s entering a moral black hole here.
The country’s entering a moral black hole here.
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Using drones, helicopters & flashbang grenades to storm an entire residential apartment building in the middle of the night and then hauling off zip tied children in rented vans.
The country’s entering a moral black hole here.
The country’s entering a moral black hole here.
Having a Dr. Evil style meeting on how your detailed plans are finally falling into place seems a questionable strategy.
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Having a Dr. Evil style meeting on how your detailed plans are finally falling into place seems a questionable strategy.
Historically bad decision for Gov. Bill Lee to voluntarily sign up for whatever in hell this is.
Stephen Miller tells law enforcement in MEMPHIS: “You are unleashed”
October 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Historically bad decision for Gov. Bill Lee to voluntarily sign up for whatever in hell this is.
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In one historic speech, Trump eviscerated decades of civil-military restraint and proclaimed the U.S. armed forces as his weapon of choice against domestic "enemies."
Trump's MAGA-fied military prepares for "war from within"
In one historic speech, Trump eviscerated decades of civil-military restraint.
www.axios.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In one historic speech, Trump eviscerated decades of civil-military restraint and proclaimed the U.S. armed forces as his weapon of choice against domestic "enemies."
🧵 The people in the rest of the world understand what’s happening in America. Do we?
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🧵 The people in the rest of the world understand what’s happening in America. Do we?
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
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Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social (an attorney): “Deploying military units to take part in policing Tennessee citizens violates the Tennessee Constitution… We either have the rule of law or we don’t.” @govbilllee
open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...
open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social (an attorney): “Deploying military units to take part in policing Tennessee citizens violates the Tennessee Constitution… We either have the rule of law or we don’t.” @govbilllee
open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...
open.substack.com/pub/tnsenate...