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.
We’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?
In 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.