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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
Governor-Appointed Panel Clears Governor of Wrong-Doing
/74 Comments/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelThe Personnel investigation into the firing of Walt Monegan–the one conducted by three governor appointees–has cleared Sarah Palin of any wrong-doing.
Since it’s almost certainly too little too late to help the McCain-Palin ticket, I’ll review the reports sometime after we elect a new president. But this ought to explain how the Personnel board came to the contradictory conclusion as Stephen Branchflower did:
These findings differ from those of the Branchflower Report because
McCain Was The Most Reprehensible Of The Keating Five And He Hasn’t Changed
/67 Comments/in 2008 Presidential Election, Elections--Historical, emptywheel/by emptywheelJohn McCain survived the Keating Five Scandal because he is a sociopath who can tell a lie with the most sincere, straight face. He is especially adept at that. McCain sought out a master criminal like Keating and became his friend. After helping Charlie Keating plunder billions in life savings, much of it from senior citizens, McCain discarded Keating and sold out and backstabbed his Senatorial accomplices. John McCain, clearly the guiltiest, most culpable and reprehensible of the Keating Five. John McCain, clearly the guiltiest, most culpable and reprehensible of the Keating Five. That is the kind of man John McCain was, always has been, and, to this date, still is.
Getting Out the Democratic Vote–at the Birthplace of the Republican Party
/72 Comments/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelAs I worked to GOTV in Jackson, MI, today, I thought of two things. First, how an Obama victory on Tuesday would be the culmination of the work that those who founded the Republican party started. And, how shameful that party has become, with its attempts to use race to divide this country.
Ronald Reagan Endorses Obama, McCain Still Fraudulently Glomming Off Of Goldwater
/55 Comments/in 2008 Presidential Election, emptywheel/by emptywheelRuh roh, Ronald Reagan has formally endorsed Barack Obama for president! Okay, it is the non-zombie Reagan, Ron Jr., but still, coming on the heels of President Reagan’s Chief of Staff, Ken Duberstein, endorsing Obama, it has to hurt. In other news, John McCain continues his dishonorable, fraudulent and shameless claim on Barry Goldwater’s legacy.