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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
Oh, THAT Kind of Financial Incentive
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelI asked a while back what the TrooperGate investigator, Stephen Branchflower, might have meant when he said a key witness–whom he believes lied to him in an interview–had a “financial incentive” to do so.
It appears that Murlene Wilkes, who handles the state’s workers comp claims, was pressured by the governor’s office to deny a claim from Trooper Wooten.
Trash Talk: 0-3 Week
/in Trash Talk/by emptywheelI might as well have posted this on Sunday afternoon. After all, the big games of the week are on Sunday night (the scary looking ‘Boys against the new-look Packers) and Monday night (one of the best last two-minute drill quarterbacks ever, Favre, playing a team that has lost two in the last seconds of the game, the Bolts).
No
/in Economics/by emptywheelCR has posted the “bailout plan,” as it currently stands.
Glenn Greenwald has an important response, as does gjohnsit over at DKos.
But here’s all you need to know. Hank Paulson is asking for $700,000,000,000. That’s $2,333 from every man, woman, and child in the United States.
In exchange for that money, Paulson is unwilling to accept any demands to make markets more transparent, limit executive compensation, or assist homeowners fighting foreclosure.
Two Tidbits on TrooperGate
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelThe McPalin team was caught lying today, when proof appeared that Walt Monegan was not going “rogue” when he lobbied to get funds to prosecute rape; Palin’s aide approved his trip. But I’m more interested in learning that Murlene Wilkes, the state contractor who may have lied to investigator Steve Branchflower, testified today.