Rahm's Contacts
Why are Rahm and Blago fighting so intensely over what contacts Rahm had with Blago’s team?
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.
Why are Rahm and Blago fighting so intensely over what contacts Rahm had with Blago’s team?
The Legislative impeachment committee would like to hear from Roland Burris on Wednesday.
Both Harry Reid and Rahm Emanuel claim Blagojevich has distorted the lists of names they gave him regarding potential senate candidates.
I present to you Senator Al Franken.
The anthrax case continues to get stinkier and stinkier. In this installment, we learn that one of the FBI’s most dubious theories about the case came from the person who first pitched Ivins as a suspect.
Maybe the most appropriate way to deal with the Burris appointment is to refuse to seat him on any committees.
Just poking my head in to wish you all a Happy New Year!
Thanks to bmaz for holding down the fort today–though I guess the shellacking USC gave another Big Ten team today made it all worth it for him…
I’ll be driving back to MI all day tomorrow (unless the weather gets bad).
I’m looking forward to Vicki Iseman’s defamation suit against the NYT, if only because we’re bound to see an argument over whether or not Iseman asked McCain to share a blankie with her.
Just a few hours ago Marcy hypothesized on Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s next move. Well, he has made the move. In a pleading just filed, Fitz asks for a 90 day extension. The curious part is that the motion is unopposed by both defendants.
Well, it looks like Blagojevich is intent on playing governor for a little while longer.