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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
More Whines from AIG
/17 Comments/in automobiles, Economics/by emptywheelFunny. I never heard any UAW employees whine like this when they were falsely accused of ruining the domestic manufacturing industry because they demanded a completely fictional $75/hour.
One A.I.G. executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he feared the consequences of identifying himself, said many workers felt demonized and betrayed.
Geithner Still Pushing the “Lawsuit” Myth
/153 Comments/in Economics/by emptywheelApparently, Tim Geithner is about to go on CNN and admit he was the one who put through the bonus loophole in the stimulus bill. But he’s still telling the “afraid of lawsuit” story that Larry Summers already spun.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told CNN Thursday his department asked Sen. Chris Dodd to include a loophole in the stimulus bill that allowed bailed-out insurance giant American International Group to keep its bonuses.In
emptywheel at University of Michigan College Dems Event
/32 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelFor those of you who are local (to me, I mean), I’ll be speaking at a U Michigan College Dems event tonight. And there will be the requisite socialization at Arbor Brewing Company afterwards. I’d love to see some of you there.
Details:
The College Democrats at the University of Michigan will be hosting a Statewide Blogging Convention to talk about the role of blogs, politics, and new media today.
Wah! Wah! Wah! And More Semtex from AIGFP
/82 Comments/in Economics/by emptywheelThe WaPo is out with a story about how the remaining people at AIGFP are being unfairly lumped in with the banksters who broke the world economy. But then, toward the end of the article, someone reissues the same kinds of threats we saw in the white paper demanding bonuses: give me my bonus or I’ll wreck the world economy.
March Madness Bracket Trash Talk
/99 Comments/in emptywheel, Trash Talk/by emptywheelBack by popular demand: It’s teh Wheelhouse March Madness Road to the Final Four Bracket Extravaganza! I gotta tell you, this is a great year to argue for your favorite team, because with the exception of a few small conference champion entrants, there is a lot of parity in the field, some key injuries here and there and some intriguing matchups.