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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
After Yesterday’s DOJ Purge, Pam Bondi Cannot Fulfill Promises Made at Her Confirmation Hearing
/22 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Trump 2.0/by emptywheelWhen Dick Durbin asked Pam Bondi what she would do if matters pertaining to Qater or GEO — both lobbying clients of hers — came before DOJ, she twice said she would consult with the career ethics officials at DOJ.
But DOJ just removed that guy, making the promise impossible to keep.
Kash Patel Thinks Assault Defendants Should Be Able to Grab for Guns When Probation Officers Arrive
/16 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelAmong the people aspiring FBI Director Kash Patel has claimed, in promoting the Jan6 Choir, proves that Jan6ers were subjected to a two-tier system of justice is Barton Shively, a guy who wasn’t detained for assaulting two cops until he allegedly grabbed a gun when his probation officers showed up.