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The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: The KKK isn’t going anywhere, until we fully address our racist roots
To the shock and alarm of many across East Tennessee, more than 2,000 flyers distributed by Ku Klux Klan – ones that grossly encouraged immigrants to "leave now" and "self-deport" – were found in neighborhoods across the region Tuesday, including here in Chattanooga in Highland Park.
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Opinion: Sessoms’ Soapbox – What the GOP’s war on DEI is really all about
Thus far in Donald Trump's second presidency, one that is unbelievably not even two weeks old, every bit of chaos and tragedy has been blamed on diversity initiatives from previous administrations.
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Opinion: Tennessee’s GOP supermajority goes authoritarian on immigration
Anyone paying attention knows that Tennessee's GOP supermajority in the state legislature and Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who pledged weeks ago to use the state National Guard to assist with President Donald Trump's mass deportations, will, at all costs, promote this xenophobic campaign.
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Opinion: A freeze on federal funding would spell catastrophe for us all
Enshrined in the Constitution is the ability of Congress to pass laws that direct the executive branch to disburse funding as the U.S. House and Senate sees fit.
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Opinion: The GOP’s Nazi problem
Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the infamous German concentration camp where some of the horrors of the Holocaust took place.
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Opinion: For the public good, Chattanooga should own our local water utility
As a steadily growing city, it's clear Chattanooga has much to offer new residents.
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Opinion: Sessoms’ Soapbox – Hamilton County’s Trumpy sheriff
In an editorial published on this page this week concerning local enforcement of President Donald Trump's anti-immigration measures, we wrote that there's "good reason to worry" if Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett will be resistant, if the law does not require so, to assist Trump's promised mass deportation of immigrants across the country, including here in Chattanooga.
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Opinion: Gov. Bill Lee and the GOP don’t actually care about spending
We've all heard this argument before.
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Opinion: The fight against Trump’s mass deportations starts locally
Over the next four years, those in opposition to President Donald Trump, as he signs hundreds of seemingly unconstitutional or unauthorized executive orders on immigration, will continuously ask the question, "Can he do that?" But the question we should be asking is: "Will anyone stop him?"
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Opinion: With Trump as president once again, it’s time to abandon all political norms
On Monday, as occurs every four years, the president of the United States was sworn into office. This time, of course, the inauguration was for the self-proclaimed politically persecuted Donald Trump, the former and now 47th U.S. president.
