Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Opinion: A tour of depravity in the Everglades
Unable to resist the political clickbait, President Donald Trump muscled Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier out of the limelight June 30, to celebrate the opening of a Florida first.
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Opinion: Yes, in a democracy, protest ultimately works
For the last several months, I have organized a weekly "Stand-Up for Democracy" rally/protest on the busiest street corner in my hometown.
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Opinion: The ‘deport them all’ playbook doesn’t match public opinion
For more than a decade, President Donald Trump has been scapegoating immigrants, decrying them as criminals and vermin and vowing to deport them by the millions.
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Opinion: RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is turning misinformation into policy
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's dismantling of Americans' trust in -- and ultimately, access to -- vaccines isn't happening with one sweeping policy that grabs the public's attention. It's unfolding quickly and quietly, in bland conference rooms where hand-picked appointees make decisions that will have far-reaching consequences for our health.
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Opinion: Reasons to celebrate July 4th
Every Fourth of July, Erwin Knoll, the late editor of The Progressive magazine, would host a party. He'd grill burgers and brats and tack copies of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights to trees in his backyard in Madison, Wis.
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Opinion: In the halls of Congress and on the canals of Venice, the new Gilded Age has a moment
The juxtaposition at the weekend was apt: one big, ugly bill in Washington and one big, garish wedding in Venice.
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Commentary: Thom Tillis knew what the GOP refused to hear
On Tuesday, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis became one of only three GOP senators to cast a vote against President Donald Trump's budget bill.
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Opinion: A reckless judicial nomination puts the Senate to the test
Republicans in the Senate may be on the verge of their most consequential capitulation to President Donald Trump so far -- and I am not talking about the deficit-busting "big, beautiful bill."
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Opinion: The less-discussed but very important measure in Trump’s terrible bill
Journalist Michael Kinsley once defined a political gaffe as when a politician inadvertently speaks the truth. On Tuesday morning, Vice President JD Vance posted a classic of the form on the social platform X, part of an attempt during an all-night effort to get the Senate, a chamber his party controls by a comfortable margin, to pass President Donald Trump's misbegotten domestic policy agenda.
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Opinion: From ‘obliteration’ to ‘enemies within’ — Trump’s language echoes authoritarianism
When President Donald Trump declared that the U.S. strikes "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program, it wasn't just a policy claim -- it was an exercise in narrative control.