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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
Kids Grow Up Fast These Days; 8 Yr. Old Boy Charged As Adult With Murder
/60 Comments/in Culture, emptywheel, Law, Misc/by emptywheelAn eight year old boy in Arizona is suspected of killing his father and another man renting a room in their home. In a sign of the emotional and legal complexities of the case, the police are pushing to have the boy tried as an adult even as they investigate possible abuse. The boy almost certainly should not be tried as an adult. Here is why.
Trash Talk – Raider Nation Edition
/112 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelNo silly, not those Raiders, Al Davis died years ago, he just forgot to advise his still ambulatory carcass. I’m talking about the Texas Tech Red Raiders baby! Yes, Mrs. Randiego’s team is playing another huge game today, this week against Freep’s Boomer Sooners: Tech will get its first test as a top team with the Cowboys not far behind in statistics ad personnel.
More on Joementum
/39 Comments/in Bingo/by emptywheelTwo interesting details in this Politico story.
“Sen. Lieberman’s preference is to stay in the caucus, but he’s going to keep all his options open,” a Lieberman aide said. “McConnell has reached out to him, and at this stage, his position is he wants to remain in the caucus but losing the chairmanship is unacceptable.”
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Lieberman’s aide told Politico on Friday morning that “essentially what transpired is that Sen.