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Pennsylvania Deserves Better — And It’s Not Too Late to Demand It

How John Fetterman went from working-class hero to absentee senator — and why voters shouldn’t settle for excuses.

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Kristoffer Ealy
Oct 26, 2025
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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) joins striking UAW workers outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. on Sept. 16, 2023. | Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance

I’ll be honest — I didn’t know a whole lot about John Fetterman before he started running for Senate in Pennsylvania. I’d see him pop up on MSNBC now and then, this towering guy in a hoodie…

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Political science prof & political psych nerd. Writes about groupthink, power, & American nonsense. Sometimes funny on purpose. 📬 professorealy.substack.com 🐦 kmezdoesit.bsky.social
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