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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
How Senate Judiciary Committee Dems Fucked Up the Kash Patel Nomination Hearing
/30 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Trump 2.0/by emptywheelTrump’s DOJ is involved in a cover-up as we speak, a cover-up designed to hide how the aspiring FBI Director was complicit in Trump’s efforts to retain classified documents in his insecure basement. But Democrats have not done what they need to do to impose a cost for that cover-up.
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.