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New York Times
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
John Fetterman to Publish an ‘Unapologetic' Memoir This Fall
Senator John Fetterman, who has battled questions about his health and fitness for office following a stroke and his struggles with depression, is releasing a memoir this fall, according to his publisher, Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The memoir, 'Unfettered,' is due out Nov. 11, and was described in a news release as 'raw and visceral' and an 'unapologetic account of his unconventional life.' Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, served as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and became a prominent national political figure after winning a seat in the Senate in 2022. He stood out in Washington with his 6-foot 8-inch frame and his unconventional style of dressing in a black hoodie and shorts. He's also made headlines with his outspokenness and willingness to clash not just with Republicans but with his own party. During the Senate campaign, Fetterman suffered a stroke. In the aftermath, he was weighed down by depression, which he has battled for most of his life. He was hospitalized in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for six weeks to receive mental health treatment. After his discharge, Fetterman was outspoken about his depression and how it nearly ended his life. But his mental and physical health struggles led to frequent absences from the Senate, and criticism from fellow lawmakers. Fetterman has pushed back against questions about his ability to function effectively in his role, and argued that critics are using his openness about his mental health condition against him. In 'Unfettered,' Fetterman will reflect on the dramatic moments in his political career, and the hurdles he's faced following his stroke, including auditory processing issues, which have made communication difficult, and the strain on his family. The memoir will also cover his early life and 13-year career as the mayor of Braddock, a small blue-collar Pennsylvania town that Fetterman worked to revitalize, and his time as lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, when he pushed for marijuana legalization and criminal justice reform. Fetterman is collaborating on the book with Buzz Bissinger, the best-selling author of 'Friday Night Lights,' who has written about Pennsylvania politics before in his book 'A Prayer for the City,' about Philadelphia under Mayor Ed Rendell. He has also written and spoken about his own mental health and addiction issues. In a statement through Crown, Bissinger said he provided a template for the memoir, but that Fetterman delivered the content. 'The book is John's,' he said.
Miami Herald
27-07-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
‘Ahead of his time': Loved ones remember G. Holmes Braddock and his legacy
Garrett Holmes Braddock remembers being both exhilarated and bored when he, as a 7-year-old child, attended University of Miami football games with his grandfather, G. Holmes Braddock. Garrett said he found the games partly boring because he couldn't see well from the stands as a young boy. But he found them exhilarating because he witnessed his grandfather's passion for the Hurricanes. Addressing dozens of mourners from the church's pulpit, Garrett wriggled his body as he shouted UM's 'C-A-N-E-S' chant, which echoed inside the church. 'Growing up in Miami, it was like being related to a superstar,' Braddock's grandson quipped, referencing Braddock's public service. '...His name and his love will always live on in all of our hearts and our memories.' On Sunday afternoon, loved ones and community members honored the life and legacy of Braddock at the church he attended for decades, Kendall United Methodist Church, 7600 SW 104th St. Braddock served on the Miami-Dade County School Board for 38 years and was well-known for his involvement at his alma mater — UM — and for his support of the university's sports programs. READ MORE: 'He shaped the futures of millions of students.' G. Holmes Braddock dies at 100 Braddock died Thursday, just one day after turning 100 years old. During his decades-long tenure on the school board, Braddock championed desegregation efforts, bilingual education in schools and collective bargaining for public school employees. In 1989, the School Board named a high school after him, G. Holmes Braddock Senior High, 3601 SW 147th Ave. He called the designation a career highlight. 'It would have to be having a senior high school named for me. I never expected it,' Braddock told the Herald in 2000. Braddock enrolled at UM in 1946, after serving aboard a medic ship during World War II. He was heavily involved at the university, serving as an assistant to the director of admissions, and held season tickets to Canes football and baseball games since 1946. In 2024, Braddock became one of 11 recipients of UM's President's Distinguished Service Award from UMiami's Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. While beginning the service, the Rev. Ruben Velasco quipped that they were starting 'right on time because that's exactly what [Braddock] would have wanted.' Braddock, Velasco said, planned the service with him, from the quoted scripture to the hymns. 'Like many of you, I am a product of the Miami-Dade County public school system, since kindergarten all the way to high school,' he said. 'And without knowing it, Holmes Braddock has been a major influence in my educational life...' But Velasco said Braddock, too, impacted his life on a personal level. He shared anecdotes of his lunches with Braddock at Chuck Wagon, where the pair talked about sports, public service and faith. Braddock, the reverend said, 'lived out what it means to be a Christian.' 'I am so certain that on the day he... passed away and he went up to be with the Lord, he heard 'Well done, good and faithful servant. Welcome home. I understand you have some questions. Let's talk,'' Velasco said. Turning to the crowd, Braddock's son George Braddock recounted the story of Braddock's life from the beginning. Braddock was raised by a single mother, a school teacher, during the Great Depression. Braddock dedicated his life's work to education. His leadership, most notably in desegregation and bilingual instruction, brought Braddock admirers but also enemies, George said. 'Wow, was he ahead of his time,' he said. Braddock's daughter Rebecca Nimmer, 72, told the Miami Herald she recalled how she and her brothers Bob, George and Jim, would travel across the continuous U.S. in their father's station wagon as he worked as an insurance salesman. One of her most notable memories, she said, was witnessing the horrors of segregation while traveling in the South. 'I didn't realize how much that affected me as a human,' Nimmer said, adding that her father is the reason she values travel and learning about different cultures. Braddock, she said, used his life experiences to serve others. 'Everyone he touched, he left an imprint,' Nimmer said. Daniel Armstrong, 69, grew close with Braddock over the last 35 years during their Sunday morning hangouts at church. Armstrong said their decades-long friendship blossomed over the pair's shared love for ties. Armstrong said he and Braddock would wear different ties and share the stories of how they obtained them. At Christmas time, they held a friendly competition over who had the best holiday-themed tie. Braddock, Armstrong said, was not only a pillar in the community — but at the church. 'He was a gentle, very strong, but a very gentle person,' Armstrong said. 'Compassionate, and very humble.' Braddock's funeral ended with military honors. Uniformed service members folded the American flag that was draped over his casket. They handed the flag to his widow, Virginia 'Ginny' Braddock, as tears streamed down her face. Some of Braddock's eight grandchildren escorted his casket out of the church, as an ode to UM — the university's fight song — played. Braddock was a lifelong supporter of Hurricane athletics, said John Routh and Mark Drobiarz, of the UM Hall of Fame. 'Even in the heat on Sunday, he would go,' Drobiarz told the Herald. 'I'd ask, 'How can you take this?' He would say, 'It's baseball.'' 'He was an icon,' Routh said.
Miami Herald
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
‘He shaped the futures of millions of students.' G. Holmes Braddock dies at 100
G. Holmes Braddock, who chaired the Miami-Dade County School Board for 38 years during some of South Florida's most tumultuous times, died Thursday — one day after turning 100 years old. He missed a planned 'big birthday bash' Saturday that was to be held by his family at the Kendall school that carries his name, G. Holmes Braddock Senior High, his friend Lewis Matusow said. 'A gentleman like you can't believe,' Matusow said. 'You couldn't want to meet a better human.' Braddock served on the School Board from 1962 to 1996. As chair during the 1969-1970 school year, he championed the district's efforts to desegregate schools. Over the decades, Braddock championed bilingual education in schools, collective bargaining for public school employees and promoting the school volunteer program. He championed citizen input into the athletic programs and the inclusion of a student representative on the School Board, according to his namesake school. 'My entire educational career in Miami-Dade was one where Holmes was a sage advisor, a confidant, a friend, a funny character with a memory the likes of which I have never, ever seen since,' said former Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho from his office at the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he is now superintendent. 'Look, he lived a century in service to others, but I really believe his greatest legacy isn't just in the years that he lived. It's in the futures that he shaped,' said Carvalho, who served as Miami-Dade's school superintendent from 2008 to 2022. 'He literally shaped the futures of millions of students who, today, are adults in our community and beyond. He was a champion for education, a champion for equity excellence. He really served in a way that reminded us all that public service is still the highest form of leadership.' Like his beloved alma mater, the University of Miami, where he enrolled in 1946 to seek a journalism degree, fresh out of serving aboard a medic ship during World War II, Braddock and the school both celebrated their centennials in 2025. Braddock held season tickets to Canes football games since 1946 and missed just a handful of games. 'I became a student and formed a lifetime romance with the University of Miami and the Hurricane Football Team,' he told the Herald in 2024, while pumping his fist in the air as he became one of only 11 recipients of UM's President's Distinguished Service Award from the UMiami's Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. This obituary will be updated.
Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Why Gisele Fetterman doesn't want John to make a White House run as she grapples with his sudden political success
Gisele Fetterman said she 'wouldn't be supportive' if her husband, Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, ran for president, admitting in an interview with Meghan McCain that she no longer feels safe on the campaign trail. Fetterman sat down with McCain at her home in Braddock, Pennsylvania as she promoted her new book, Radical Tenderness: The Value of Vulnerability in an Often Unkind World. The Daily Mail obtained early clips of the interview that will air on Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET on 2Way's Citizen McCain program. 'I mean that's a question for him, but I certainly wouldn't be supportive,' Fetterman answered when asked if Sen. Fetterman had White House ambitions. While he's mostly voted the party line, Sen. Fetterman has been willing to take unconventional positions - supporting Israel through the Gaza war, defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid President Donald Trump 's controversial mass deportation plan - even visiting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago before the president's term began. McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain, a Republican who was credited with often having 'maverick' positions, told Fetterman that she liked her husband because he's been 'very interesting in a time of boring cowards.' The Citizen McCain host then asked how Fetterman has survived being a prominent political spouse while at the same time being a sensitive person - the concept Fetterman's book tackles. Fetterman responded that her husband running for U.S. Senate would have never been her idea. 'That's his choice,' she explained. 'I can support him if that's what he wants to do. I wouldn't try to stop someone from wanting to do something. Sure. But I would never say, this is what I think you should do. I think you should run for Senate. That never would've been my, my idea for him.' McCain then asked if Fetterman liked campaigning. 'I have liked campaigning at different times in my life,' she answered. 'I don't think I like it anymore.' 'I don't feel safe in a lot of spaces,' Fetterman added in a clip exclusively shared with the Daily Mail. In her book, Fetterman - a Brazilian-American and former undocumented Dreamer - detailed a scary moment when a woman saw her at a Pittsburgh Aldi grocery store and hurled racist insults in her direction, following her out to the parking lot. 'She was calling me a thief and telling me I "don't belong in this country." She said I had "ruined John's bloodline,"' Fettterman wrote in her book. 'I was frozen, in shock. The hate and darkness in her face was, frankly, terrifying.' Fetterman admitted to McCain, 'I think it's been a while since I really felt safe.' McCain pointed out that Fetterman has received more death threats than her husband, an elected official. Gisele Fetterman argued that the experience wasn't unique to her - and some people have shrugged it off by saying, 'this is what you signed up for ... like this is normal.' 'I still challenge that this isn't normal. This shouldn't be normal,' Fetterman argued. She said that the couple's three kids have found it challenging to navigate their parents becoming public figures, and have shared their frustrations with their mother. 'If we're at the mall, they try to walk ahead, or walk behind. We've learned different ways to cope. We know this is the reality,' she said. In the book, Fetterman wrote about how important it is to be truthful to her three kids, recounting a conversation the Fettermans had with eldest son Karl when he found out a friend's parents were getting a divorce. Karl then asked his parents: 'Would you and Dad ever get divorced?' While the senator said no, Fetterman said 'maybe.' 'John was, understandably, surprised by my response,' Fetterman wrote. 'But I explained that, though I loved him and hoped we'd always be together, I wanted to be realistic and honest with the kids about all of life's possibilities.' During their interview McCain asked Fetterman about divorce rumors that have swirled around the couple, especially in the aftermath of a New York Magazine story that was published in May that suggested they didn't see eye-to-eye on the war in Gaza. 'I try not to read anything,' Fetterman said when McCain alluded to the rumors. 'So I really don't pay attention to the noise. So I don't know what they're writing ... I don't really listen to it. And I think that's the only way to get through it is to not.' McCain said that 'there's been unkind things said about your marriage' and asked Fetterman if she wanted an opportunity to clear anything up about it. 'No, I mean, I feel like Michelle Obama or, you know, Hailey Bieber. Every day it's a different story about them,' Fetterman responded. 'Journalists, just even serious journalists now, are just like going for the click,' she added.
CBS News
03-07-2025
- CBS News
Man out on bond accused of shooting at police officers facing new charges for allegedly hitting officer with vehicle in Braddock
A man facing previous charges for allegedly shooting at police officers in January was arrested Wednesday and is accused of hitting a police officer with his vehicle in Braddock. The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office says Mitchell Johnson, 20, of Braddock, was arrested following the incident that took place at the intersection of Braddock Avenue and 13th Street on Wednesday. The Sheriff's Office says it all started when officers from the Munhall Police Department were looking for a car that was reported stolen and was spotted in Braddock. When officers stopped the car, the driver, who police identified as Johnson, took off, hitting Munhall Police Assistant Chief Jamie Caterino in the process, the Sheriff's Office says. The Sheriff's Office says a police chase ensued before Johnson crashed the car into a fence and two garages and took off on foot. After Johnson left the area, officers from numerous departments and the sheriff's office surrounded Johnson's home and took him into custody when he showed up there around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the Sheriff's Office says. The Sheriff's Office says that after being taken into custody, Johnson apologized to Caterino, who injured his arm and was treated at the scene for his injuries along with another officer who was injured. "In this type of situation, a vehicle is just as dangerous and deadly a weapon as a firearm," said Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus. "I'm relieved that the injuries to Assistant Chief Caterino and the Eastern Regional officer were minor, and I commend the quick thinking by our detectives to be at Johnson's house when he arrived, enabling them to take this dangerous person off the street." Johnson is facing a number of new charges including aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and resisting arrest. The new charges come on top of attempted homicide charges he was already facing from an incident in January where he is accused of exchanging gunfire with police officers in Homestead following an alleged shoplifting incident. Johnson was out on bond from those charges and is set to go to trial in the fall.
