Author Archive for: emptywheel
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
Say Her Name: The Story of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss’ Vindication
/82 Comments/in 2020 Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelIn her statement after an enormous jury verdict yesterday, Shaye Moss described the stakes: “We hope no one ever has to fight so hard just to get your name back.” Yet the heroism of that fight: of two Black women, Ruby Freeman and Moss, refusing to be bullied, wasn’t the focus of the coverage.
Garanimals in a SCIF: David Weiss’ Attempt to Sheep Dip Bill Barr’s Hunter Biden Prosecution
/33 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelHunter Biden’s argument that he couldn’t be charged with gun crimes because the diversion agreement remains, or remained, binding is his best shot for avoiding that prosecution. It also provides reason to believe that David Weiss used Bill Barr’s laundered Russian dirt to reopen the Hunter Biden investigation.