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Jess Bravin

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Supreme Court correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. Author, "The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay"; "Squeaky: The Life & Times of Lynette Alice Fromme." Founder: Raymond Chandler Square, L.A. City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 597.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 5

50 Years Ago Today: Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed a loaded .45 at President Ford; my book, "Squeaky," tells the incredible story of a life gone wrong: www.amazon.com/Squeaky-Time...

Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme

Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme - Kindle edition by Bravin, Jess. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 3d

War Resister: @WSJ Stylebook conscientiously objects to bellicose rebranding of DoD. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Vol. 38, No. 8: Department of War

In the latest Wall Street Journal stylebook bulletin, a note on the revival of an old name for what is still officially the Defense Department.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois officials sued to stop Trump from deploying National Guard forces to Chicago wsj.com/us-news/illi...
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Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s National Guard Deployment

The lawsuit, filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, comes as the administration’s confrontation with Democratic-led states escalated nationwide.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 10d

Mendocino journalist @mattlafever.bsky.social draws on my first book, SQUEAKY, to reconstruct the Manson Family's failed plot to expand to Northern California. www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a... @sfgate.com

Manson Family's plot to expand to Northern Calif. may have ended in murder

Northern California's fog and forests still carry Manson's shadow.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 11d

LISTEN: Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal? I join Vera Bergengruen and host Caitlin McCabe WSJ's What's News podcast to discuss the president's militarization of a criminal law problem. www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...

Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal? - What’s News - WSJ Podcasts

In the past month, the Trump administration has ordered a trio of military attacks against boats suspected to be transporting drugs from South America to the U.S. However, little information has been ...

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 13d

Comey Case Explained: The Trump administration charged the former FBI director with making a false statement and obstruction when he testified in 2020 about testimony he gave in 2017 regarding a @WSJ story published in October 2016. A closer look: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

What to Know About the Criminal Case Against James Comey

Prosecutors allege the former FBI director lied to Congress, but legal experts say there are significant hurdles to overcome.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 14d

The Free State's leading newspaper, where H.L. Mencken once held forth:

Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 16d

Farewell to a great writer and even better human being whose columns helped so many.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 17d

Jonathan Clements, a longtime WSJ columnist who penned more than 1,000 personal-finance columns and was a favorite of readers, has died. He was 62.

🔗: on.wsj.com/4mzzDy1

Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 16d

The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission @america250.bsky.social has been in disarray for years, as @wsj.com has reported down the line. For instance: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Planners Battle Over Marking U.S. 250th Anniversary

The federal effort to commemorate 2026, mired in dissension, faces allegations of impropriety.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 16d

Disarray continues at the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission @America250, which fired its exec director, a 25-year-old ex-Fox News producer the White House had recommended, for a slew of alleged improper actions www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

Exclusive | Group Organizing America’s 250th Birthday Fires Executive Director

A bipartisan commission terminated Ariel Abergel after an Instagram post related to Charlie Kirk, he said.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 18d

Supreme Court to reconsider limits Congress has imposed on the president’s power to fire top officials www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@WheelerLydia

Supreme Court to Reconsider Limits on President’s Power to Fire Top Officials

The justices for now have allowed Trump to remove the FTC’s last remaining Democratic commissioner.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 18d

Listen 🎧: President Trump says he’s ready to order more National Guard troops to American cities. Natalie Andrews and I discuss the nation’s mixed reactions and possible legal and political futures on @wsj.com's What's News podcast: on.wsj.com/3o375VH

WSJ What’s News

What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step...

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 22d

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it remove Fed governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board while a lawsuit challenging the president’s effort to fire her proceeds www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook

The emergency request comes after a lower court rejected the administration’s bid to lift an order stopping the president from removing Lisa Cook from her post.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 23d

In 2007, I attended the DC premiere for perhaps Redford's worst movie, "Lions for Lambs." But I did get this shot!

Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 23d

In 2007, I attended the DC premier for perhaps Redford's worst movie, "Lions for Lambs." But I did get this shot!

Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 24d

Farewell, Condor: youtu.be/FVfELXJZpXQ?...

Three Days of the Condor (1975) - World Trade Center Scene

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · 26d

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A year ago, Sadie Gurman and I wrote about the increasing expectation of violence in America's political climate: www.wsj.com/politics/ele... via @wsj.com

Essay | American Politics Takes a Violent Turn

A second assassination attempt against Trump is part of a rising tide of threats and harassment against public officials across the political spectrum

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 11

On Tuesday, I spoke with KCRW-FM's Elise Hu about an earlier era of political violence: www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...

50 years ago in CA, a US president was almost assassinated 2 different times

As the trial for an alleged assassin of President Trump begins this week, KCRW looks back on September 1975, when two different women planned to kill President Gerald Ford.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 10

No Question: Santa Barbara County Courthouse

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 10

Dissenters Call It Racial Profiling: The U.S. Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to remove restrictions on immigration raids in Los Angeles while litigation continues www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com

Supreme Court Lifts Limits on Immigration Raids in Los Angeles

The order lets the Trump administration proceed with patrols that earlier targeted largely Latino areas.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says that when it comes to executive power cases, she imagines she's ruling on President Biden or Bush, not the actual president, Donald Trump. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com

Justice Barrett Declares Her Independence Ahead of Trump-Dominated Term

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is on tour promoting her new book before the Supreme Court reconvenes in October.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sad news today regarding one of Lynette Fromme's high school classmates, Mark Volman of the rock group the Turtles. As 'Squeaky' recounts, Lynette Fromme crossed paths with a surprising number of entertainment industry greats. variety.com/2025/music/n...

Mark Volman, Turtles and Flo & Eddie Co-Founder and Singer on ‘Happy Together,’ Dies at 78

Mark Volman, a founding member of the 1960s rock band the Turtles and singer known as "Flo" of Flo & Eddie, died in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday.

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Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 5

KCRA-TV kindly made their archives available to me when I was researching SQUEAKY.

Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you, Dear Reader!

Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social · Sep 5

A watershed event for Sacramento. At @sfgate.com, Helen Harlan unpacks Squeaky's legacy for California's capital city. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

50 years ago, a would-be presidential assassin struck in Sacramento

"She was just kind of an oddball."