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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
Did I Mention Bush Is Preparing His Pardon Pen?
/20 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelJohn McCain has called on Uncle Toobz to resign (ignoring, of course, that he may be guilty of the same crime himself), Mitch McConnell has piled on, and even Sarah Palin has decided it is safe to take on her mentor.
But the Bush Administration? Dana Perino’s no comment sounds remarkably like the “no comment”s we got just before Bush commuted Scooter Libby’s sentence.
BREAKING NEWS: Arizona Officially Within Two Points!
/69 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelWell, the preliminary word is in from Dr. Bruce Merrill, the last word in Arizona polling. Hold onto your hats folks, we got us a neck and neck horserace! The new poll, in it’s entirety, is to be released tonight at 7:00 pm local Arizona time and has McCain up by two little itty bitty points: McCain 46% Obama 44%
Why Barack Obama Needs To Come To Arizona
/107 Comments/in 2008 Presidential Election, emptywheel/by emptywheelSix days left in a campaign that feels like it has been going on for years; why would Barack Obama want to expend any of his fleeting time remaining going to Arizona, his opponent’s home state? Because you play the game to win the game. That is why. And Senator Obama can win Arizona.