Ben Sessoms
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Times Opinion: In Tennessee and beyond, let the Democratic Party change | Chattanooga Times Free Press (opens the original)
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Politically paralyzed by a Republican Party rejuvenated by its right-wing MAGA arm — two of three elections lost to President Donald Trump — the Democratic Party faces an uncertain future. What should the Democratic Party do to build a coalition capable of overtaking the rising authoritarianism within the GOP? Which Democrats should take the reins of leadership and shape the identity of the party: the old-guard establishment or the insurgent progressive wing?
Times Opinion: To repudiate Centerstone decision, put Democrats on the Hamilton County school board | Chattanooga Times Free Press (opens the original)
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As the right wing continues to dominate politics both federally and in Tennessee, there are numerous victims of the policies put forth by the Republican Party. Perhaps the greatest harm, above all other groups, is imposed on the most vulnerable: schoolchildren. Soon, the public will have the opportunity to redirect local public education policy away from the ignorant whims of the GOP — in the upcoming Aug. 6 elections for the Hamilton County Board of Education. In recent years, the greatest sin
Times Opinion: Starting with the Hamilton County Commission, we must abandon the Republican Party | Chattanooga Times Free Press (opens the original)
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Often, especially amid Donald Trump's chaotic second presidential administration, we like to separate the local GOP, seemingly focused on limited taxes and a fiscally conservative platform, from the authoritarian and racially exclusive aims of the national party. With this approach, it is sensible for certain voters, who tend to be wary of tax increases but are also reticent to support the GOP's Trumpian arm, to cast ballots for local Republicans while sitting out national contests — or even per
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