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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
Axelrod: Obama Wouldn’t Even TALK to that Corrupt Guy
/54 Comments/in Obama Administration/by emptywheelLast month, David Axelrod told reporters that Obama had talked to Blago about his replacement in the Senate.
The transition team just sent out a statement saying that is incorrect.
I was mistaken when I told an interviewer last month that the President-elect has spoken directly to Governor Blagojevich about the Senate vacancy.
Did Tribune Employees Tip Zell about the Wiretaps?
/6 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelIn addition to attempting to put Obama’s senate seat on e-bay, Governor Blagojovich has also allegedly been trying to leverage assistance for the sale of the Chicago Cubs for better coverage in the Chicago Tribune.
Sam Zell was apparently trying to stave off putting the Tribune Company in bankruptcy by selling Wrigley Field.