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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
Trash Talk – Recession/Depression Era Edition
/116 Comments/in emptywheel, Football, Trash Talk/by emptywheelThe economic crisis is starting to really intertwine with the sports world in many ways. And, worst of all, talk about yer depression, today we have to deal with those damn dirt thieves, Freepatriot’s Boomer Sooners. Speaking of dirt, lets get down to the nitty gritty.
Auto Hearings, House Version
/54 Comments/in automobiles/by emptywheelTwo and a Half and their UAW dude are back on the Hill. Here’s a link. Spencer Bachus has already deemed that, because UAW workers make more than other American citizens, the Big 2.5 can’t get a bailout.
He neglected to explain, of course, why he had given a bailout to all the people making billions on Wall Street.
Did Bob Corker Just Cause GM to Lose 10% of Its Value on Inaccurate Information?
/79 Comments/in automobiles/by emptywheelBob Corker mouths off, falsely insinuating that the Big 2.5 weren’t going to get DOE money they’re counting on because they’re not viable companies. And GM loses 10% of its stock value. I thought it was considered bad form to make a company lose 10% of its stock value just to prove an ideological point.