VP Harris’ Haley Play
If Kamala Harris’ concerted efforts to convert Nikki Haley voters works, it could make the difference in a close election.
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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
Bill Barr, “So Far as We Knew”
/33 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelIn their book, Aaron Zebley et al describe that Bill Barr had no insight onto Mueller’s work before he wrote his memo attacking Mueller’s approach to the obstruction issue, “so far as we knew.” That claim looks somewhat different when you consider Lev Parnas’ recent claim that Victoria Toensing had a role in Barr’s hiring.
Eric Adams Indicted
/89 Comments/in Foreign Influence/by emptywheelAlthough the indictment of Eric Adams is 50-pages long, it only lays out one of the schemes known to be under investigation and does not (yet) include a FARA component.
Reid Epstein’s Economic Polling Anxiety
/77 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelReid Epstein is so upset that Kamala Harris didn’t address a question about how to change her polling on the economy that he missed that she is changing her polling on the economy.
Scott Schools Got the [Trump Subpoena] Memo — Then Left DOJ
/34 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelWhen Robert Mueller first told DOJ officials he wanted to subpoena Donald Trump, the then senior-most career official at DOJ asked for a memo justifying it. Then he left DOJ three days later.
Don’t Make the Same Mistake with Iran that Denialists Made with Russia
/60 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelLefties are doing with the Iranian targeting of Trump what MAGAts have done with the Russian investigation: doubt that a hostile country would target the US by targeting a US presidential candidate.
The Trained [Un]Seal that Performed for Trump’s Lawyers
/96 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelThe response Trump’s lawyers filed to Jack Smith’s request to file what they (rightly) call a mini Special Counsel report lays the groundwork for louder squealing as soon as anyone moves to unseal this.
The Habitual Lies on Which Trump Has Built His Attack on Rule of Law
/21 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelTrump has used invented grievance to teach his followers to hate rule of law. To invent that grievance, Trump has created lie after lie, and built them together into a caricature of the Deep State.
Trump Didn’t Call the FBI Because He Refused to Meet the Standard to Which He Held Hillary Clinton
/6 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelDonald Trump’s campaign delayed calling the FBI about Iran’s hacking efforts because he refused to adhere to the standard he has demanded of Hillary Clinton for eight years.
Ryan Routh’s Eleven Phones and Two Iran Mentions
/69 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelThe detention memo for Ryan Routh includes two mentions of sympathy for Iran and eleven different phones, at least some using different carriers.