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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
Rudy Giuliani Launched a Lynch Mob over a Ginger Mint
/172 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelThe shocking and emotional part of the January 6 Committee hearing on Trump’s pressure on states was the stories that targets of Trump’s bullying told, including Shaye Moss’ description of how Rudy Giuliani claimed a ginger mint her mom had handed her was instead a thumb drive used to steal the election. But the details in the hearing go a long way to substantiating a conspiracy to obstruct the vote certification.
Maybe Merrick Garland Already Made Some of the Decisions Everyone Thinks Are Pending?
/125 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelThe January 6 Committee hearings have renewed debates about what it would take to criminally charge Donald Trump, raising questions about what decision-making process Merrick Garland might use before approving such a prosecution. But he may already have taken steps to make such decisions easier.