A Tale of Two Pennsylvania Lawsuits
Donald Trump is squawking about a fairly minor problem in Bucks County, PA, but not a more significant one in Erie.
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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
Proud Boy Closure or John Roberts’ Get Out of Jail Free Card?
/11 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelSome developments in the Proud Boys cases make me wonder whether John Roberts’ revision of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) made it difficult if not impossible to hold accountable key players that tie the January 6 crime scene and the Willard together.
On the Legacy of Bill Barr’s Luzerne County Intervention
/14 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelIn any year, DOJ would not be providing much comment on investigations into election-related crime like Elon Musk’s suspected illegal payments or the arson targeting dropboxes in Washington and Oregon. But that’s all the more true because of a scathing Inspector General Report from July laying out Bill Barr and a Trump US Attorney’s efforts to publicize an instance of ballot tampering.
At Least Four Trump Supporters Arrested for Cheating
/88 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelThus far, at least four Trump supporters have been arrested for cheating. And the Supreme Court seems poised to help Trump cheat.
Secret Documents! The Ten Month Privilege Fight Whingers Claim Didn’t Happen
/53 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelDocuments liberated by Politico confirm the privilege fights over testimony of Trump aides in the January 6 investigation lasted from June 15, 2022 through April 27, 2023.
Jeff Bezos’ Manifesto of Impotence
/134 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelReality is in fact on the ballot this year, the race remains neck and neck, and you, Jeff Bezos, decided to go down without a fight.
Jack Smith’s Delicate Treatment of BadgerPundit Kenneth Chesebro
/38 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelJack Smith appears to have interviewed Kenneth Chesebro. But that doesn’t mean his testimony is all that reliable.
The Media Started Capitulating to Trump with Russia Russia Russia
/90 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelThe media’s capitulation to Donald Trump is not new. They started down this path when they allowed Trump to claim that the very productive Russian investigation was just a big hoax, and on that manufactured grievance build a fascist movement.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
/80 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelDespair is not an option.
If Putin Is Running Musk, Trump Should Be Terrified
/139 Comments/in 2024 Election, Russian hacks/by emptywheelElon Musk’s reported ties to Vladimir Putin and other top Russians are more of a concern because of Musk’s willingness to use Xitter to stoke violence and JD Vance’s centrality in Musk’s role on Trump’s campaign.