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John Karl Fetterman ( FEH-tər-mən; born August 15, 1969) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, from 2006 to 2019 and as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 2019 to 2023. Although he has since renounced the label, Fetterman was once described as a progressive and advocates healthcare as a right, criminal justice reform, abolishing capital punishment, raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, and legalizing cannabis. Fetterman studied finance at Albright College and earned an MBA from the University of Connecticut before beginning a professional career in the insurance industry. He went on to join AmeriCorps and earned a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University. Fetterman's service with AmeriCorps led him to Braddock, where he moved in 2004 and was elected mayor the following year. As mayor, Fetterman sought to revitalize the former steel town through art and youth programs. Fetterman ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016, finishing third in the Democratic primary. He ran for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 2018, defeating a field of candidates that included incumbent Mike Stack in the Democratic primary and winning the election with incumbent governor Tom Wolf. During his tenure, Fetterman received national attention for his efforts to legalize cannabis statewide and opposition to President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud in Pennsylvania. In 2021, Fetterman announced his candidacy in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. He won the Democratic nomination with 59% of the vote and defeated Republican nominee Mehmet Oz in the general election. Fetterman resigned as lieutenant governor upon being sworn into the Senate on January 3, 2023. Early life and education Fetterman was born at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania, to Karl and Susan Fetterman, both of whom were 19 years old. Eventually they moved to York, Pennsylvania, where Fetterman grew up and his father became a partner at an insurance firm. He grew up in an affluent suburb of York, and his parents were conservative Republicans. Fetterman had a self-described privileged upbringing; he said he "sleepwalked" as a young adult while playing four years of football in college, intending eventually to take over ownership of his father's business. In 1991, Fetterman graduated from Albright College, also his father's alma mater, with a bachelor's in finance. He also received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Connecticut (UConn) in 1993. For two years Fetterman worked in Pittsburgh as a risk-management underwriter for Chubb. While Fetterman was studying at UConn, his best friend died in a car accident; this impacted Fetterman's life and career. After his friend's death, Fetterman joined Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, pairing with an eight-year-old boy in New Haven, Connecticut, whose father had died from AIDS and whose mother was slowly dying from the disease. During his time as a Big Brother, Fetterman says he became "preoccupied with the concept of the random lottery of birth", and promised the boy's mother he would continue to look out for her son after she was gone. In 1995, Fetterman joined the recently founded AmeriCorps, and was sent to teach Pittsburgh students pursuing their GEDs. He later attended Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, graduating in 1999 with a Master of Public Policy degree. Fetterman began his corporate career working at an insurance firm. He came to Braddock in 2001 to start an Out-of-School-Youth Program, helping local youth to earn their GEDs. He moved to Braddock in 2004. Mayor of Braddock (2006–2019) Elections Fetterman ran for mayor of Braddock against the incumbent, Pauline Abdullah, in 2005. With backing from the town's young residents, he won the Democratic primary by a single vote. Fetterman won the general election; he did not face a Republican opponent. In the 2009 Democratic primary for mayor of Braddock, Fetterman faced Jayme Cox. During the campaign, Cox attacked him for failing to build consensus with the town council. Cox also criticized Fetterman for abuse of power after Fetterman released non-public records that showed Cox was arrested in 2004. Braddock Solicitor Lawrence Shields agreed that Fetterman's conduct constituted "an abuse of his mayoral authority" and violated the Pennsylvania Criminal History Record Information Act. Fetterman defeated Cox in the primary by a vote of 294 to 103 and was unopposed in the general election. Fetterman handily won the Democratic primaries in 2013 and 2017, and was unopposed in the general elections. Tenure Fetterman served as the part-time mayor of Braddock and the full-time director of the city's youth program. He also founded a nonprofit organization, Braddock Redux, which he used to acquire and save properties in Braddock. Fetterman's father helped subsidize Fetterman financially because the position of mayor paid only $150 per month. He received payments of $54,000 from his father in 2015. Fetterman has several tattoos related to the Braddock community. On his left arm are the numbers 15104—Braddock's ZIP Code—and on the right are the dates of nine murders that occurred in the town while he was mayor. After his first election, one of Fetterman's first acts was to set up a website for Braddock showing the town's mostly neglected and destroyed buildings. As mayor, Fetterman initiated youth and art programs and worked to develop the town's abandoned buildings and improve the poor economy. With family money, he purchased the town's First Presbyterian Church for $50,000 and lived in its basement for several months. The church was later turned into the town's community center. Fetterman later purchased an adjacent warehouse for $2,000, placed two shipping containers on the roof for extra living space, and moved in. He worked to convert vacant lots into parks and gardens, build the town's first public basketball court, and establish a two-acre organic urban farm, worked by teenagers of the Braddock Youth Project. To help fund programs, Fetterman established relationships with local nonprofit organizations, Allegheny County's economic development program, and then-county executive Dan Onorato. For example, Fetterman helped secure a $400,000 grant from the Heinz Foundation toward the building of a green roof, which provided 100 summer construction jobs for local youth. Fetterman pitched Braddock to people around the country as a place to move due to the town's low real estate prices. The town has attracted people from cities such as Chicago and Portland, Oregon, drawn by the potential for growth. Inspired by Fetterman's call, a group of Brooklyn residents moved to Braddock and transformed an abandoned church into an art center. But Braddock's redevelopment raised concerns about .... Discover the John Karl popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Karl books.
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Utopia
Thomas More & Dominic Baker-Smith'It remains astonishingly radical ... one of Utopia's most striking aspects is its contemporaniety' Terry EagletonIn Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newlydi...
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Providence and Personalism
Darren M. KennedyKarl Barth of fered ‘Church Dogmatics ’III.3 as a 'radical correction' of Reformed Orthodoxy's doctrine of providence. This book assesses this claim and argues that III.3 represent...
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Berlin
Rory MacleanWhy are we drawn to certain cities? Perhaps because of a story read in childhood. Or a chance teenage meeting. Or maybe simply because the place touches us, embodying in its tribes...
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Karl John becomes a manager
Christian MungerKarl is now 85 years old; from his memory, pictures of the past appear. Here you can read firsthand about his life. The memories recorded here contain a wealth of experience. What ...
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A Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics
James M. RussellThis very readable brief guide examines a wide range of spiritual writing that can be read for enjoyment or inspiration, including some books that come from beyond any religious tr...
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The Big Three In Economics
Mark SkousenEconomic history and the history of economics come alive in this spirited account of the times and ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, the ...
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill
John Stuart MillThis carefully edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Stuart Mill (18061873) was an English philosopher, political e...
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Captain Cook
Vanessa CollingridgeA uniquely woven story encompassing three separate centuries and three different lives. Captain Cook, best known for his heroic voyages through the Pacific Ocean, is brought to lif...
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Contending Economic Theories
Richard D. Wolff & Stephen A. ResnickA systematic comparison of the 3 major economic theoriesneoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxianshowing how they differ and why these differences matter in shaping economic theory and ...
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Dead Certain
Robert DraperIn this ambitious work of political narrative, Robert Draper takes us inside the Bush White House and delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered adminis...
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The End Of An Era
Tony BennTony Benn's final instalment of diaries centres on a decade which saw the disintegration of Eastern Europe, an unprecedented assault on the labour movement at home, the fall of...
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My son, my son
Douglas GalbraithWhat do you do when your wife abducts your children? This was the question facing Douglas Galbraith when, in 2003, he returned home to Scotland from a few days' work in London. The...
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Ameritopia
Mark R. LevinIn his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller, Mark R. Levin explores the psychology, motivations, and history of the utopian movement, its architectsthe Founding Fathers, and its ...
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The Collected Works of Karl Marx
Karl Marxeartnow presents to you this meticulously edited Karl Marx collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Introducti...
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume & Martin BellIn the posthumously published Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, the Enlightenment philosopher David Hume attacked many of the traditional arguments for the existence of God, e...
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The Metaphysics
AristotleThe Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hardheaded view that all proces...
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Theories of Justice
Stephanie Mar BrettmannWhat is justice? How do we know justice? How is justice cultivated in society? These are the three questions that guide this critical dialogue with two representatives of the Catho...
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The Pirate
Walter ScottThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Pirate: Historical Novel Based on the Life of Notorious Pirate John Gow" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed tab...
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The Essential Karl Marx
Karl Marx, Florence Kelley & N.I. StoneThis carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Political Works Manifesto of the Communist Party Theses on Feuerbach ...
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The Truth about Neo-Marxism, Cultural Maoism, and Anarchy
Jerome R. CorsiThis book exposes the dark, evil ideology that has descended over America. The arch of the Hegelian dialectic culminates only in negation, with millions annihilated in the nightmar...
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The Malcontenta
Barry MaitlandFollowing Barry Maitland's first mystery, The Marx Sisters, Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla and Detective Chief Inspector David Brock of Scotland Yard return in The Malcontenta, whi...
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Karl John wird Manager
Christian MungerKarl John ist jetzt 86 und hellwach, aus seinem Gedächtnis steigen Bilder auf. Hier lesen Sie über sein Leben. Die hier aufgezeichneten Erinnerungen enthalten einen großen Erfahrun...
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Blowback
Miles TaylorINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe author behind the “eyepopping” (CNN) #1 New York Times bestseller A Warning presents an urgent look at how our deeply divided nation is setting...
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The Verge Practice
Barry MaitlandIn The Verge Practice, Kathy Kolla and David Brock, Scotland Yard’s superlative detective duo, take on a puzzling case in the posh world of bigname international architecture, and ...
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The Classical School
Callum WilliamsA fascinating chronicle of the lives of twenty economists who played major roles in the evolution of global economic thought.What was Adam Smith really talking about when he mentio...
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Frieda Karl and John Karl v. David Ritter
Third District. District Court of Appeal of FloridaPer Curiam. The plaintiffs appeal a final judgment for the defendants in an action for personal injury. The appellants urge first that the trial judge erred in refusing two of thei...
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Tales from a Financial Hot Mess
Frances CookAre you stymied by debt? Clueless about where your paychecks go? Journalist, podcaster and reformed money mess Frances Cook is here for you. Tales from a Financial Hot Mess is...
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Cosmic Powers
John Joseph AdamsA collection of original, epic science fiction stories by some of today’s best writersfor fans who want a little less science and a lot more actionand edited by twotime Hugo Award ...
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KARL MARX Ultimate Collection
Karl MarxMusaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Karl Marx collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability ...
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Twilight of the Money Gods
John RapleyImagine one day you went to a cashmachine and found your money was gone. You rushed to your branch, where a teller said that overnight people had stopped believing in money, and it...
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Profiles in Ignorance
Andy BorowitzNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly “chron...
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The Greatest Works of Karl Marx
Karl MarxMusaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Karl Marx collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability ...
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The Gold
Neil Forsyth & Thomas TurnerThe real story that inspired the BBC drama, The GoldOn Saturday, 26 November 1983, an armed gang stole gold bullion worth almost £26 million from the Brink'sMat security depot near...
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The Political Pope
George NeumayrThe untold story of the left's efforts to politicize the Vatican and the battle to stop itbefore the Catholic Church as we know it is destroyed. Pope Francis is the most liberal po...
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A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand RussellSince its first publication in 1945? Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding onevolume work on the subject unparalleled in...
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New Ideas from Dead Economists
Todd G. Buchholz"If you read only one economics book this year, read this one.”Larry Summers, Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton, Director of the National Economic Council for Preside...
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People State New York Ex Rel. Karl M. Kotasek v. John M. Perhach
Supreme Court of New YorkThe petitioner appeals from a judgment denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. It seems to be agreed that the sole question presented is whether or not a County Court ...
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Philosophy Hacks
Robert Arp & Martin CohenDiscover the simple way to understand and remember the most groundbreaking concepts in 3,000 years of philosophical thought. Each idea is broken down into three stages: 1/ The heli...
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The Theological Notion of the Human Person
Gregory BrettIn a careful study of the writings of Karl Rahner and John Macmurray, this book presents a renewed understanding of the theological notion of the human person. This understanding o...