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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
Time to Ask if Stephen Miller Has Authorized Assault and Murder of Peaceful ICE Observers
/119 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelGiven how consistently Greg Bovino is at the scene of unjustified violence against ICE observers, including today’s shooting, and given Bovino’s refusal to answer whether Stephen Miller has given him instructions about violence against protestors, it’s time to ask whether Miller has ordered this violence.