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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
LaMonica McIver and Schrödinger’s Baraka
/33 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelIt is highly likely that Alina Habba’s Special Prosecutions AUSA only succeeded in getting an indictment targeting LaMonica McIver by keeping crucial details — such as who owns Delaney Hall or that McIver actually did inspect the facility, after she allegedly assaulted the guys who let her in to do that inspection — from the grand jury.
How Can Pete Hegseth Invade California without a Babysitter?
/135 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelWe’re getting closer to the moment when the White House will have to admit that Pete Hegseth is manifestly unfit for his job. At the moment, the White House is struggling to find him any aides who might help compensate for his lack of relevant experience. And that’s the guy that Trump just put in charge of leading an invasion of Los Angeles?
Stone Cold Liar: Trump Incited Riot after Threatening to Cancel Funding for CA
/40 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelIn describing how Trump pivoted every time he tried to discuss Los Angeles in a conversation late Friday night, Gavin Newsom made clear, “there’s no working with the President. There’s only working for him. And I will never work for Donald Trump.” And then Trump sent in armed forces.