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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
Trump Invites Reporters to Start Demanding His Medical Records
/200 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelIn a bid to discredit Chris Wray, Donald Trump has invited journalists to (finally) start demanding the medical records from his post-shooting hospital visit.
Ronny Jackson Memory Holes His Nephew’s Injury
/102 Comments/in 2024 Election/by emptywheelRonny Jackson, who described his nephew being hit by something in the Trump shooting, now claims that the only thing that could have struck Trump is a bullet.
DOJ IG Finds Bill Barr’s Personal Intervention in Roger Stone Sentencing “Highly Unusual” But Not Illegal
/30 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelBill Barr’s personal intervention in the Roger Stone sentencing was highly unusual, but not illegal, DOJ IG concluded.
Speaker Mike Johnson Demands Better Treatment for Israel’s Prime Minister Than Given the President of the United States
/136 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelMike Johnson has demanded greater decorum for Bibi Netanyahu’s speech than Marjorie Taylor Greene gave to President Biden at the State of the Union.
Now that Joe Biden Stepped Down for the Good of the Country, Joe Kahn Must Join Him
/96 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelIn its serial demands on Joe Biden and other Democrats “for the good of the country,” the NYT keeps demanding that politicians do its job in holding Trump accountable, even while failing to do its part. If Joe Kahn’s NYT won’t meet NYT’s own standards for reporting on Trump, he must step down.
Fraudulent Failson Judgement: JD Vance “Ain’t From Here”
/237 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelAmid all the gossip that convicted felon Hunter Biden has participated in family decisions like he always has, the press has ignored the significance of the fact that convicted felon Donald Trump has been relying on the famously poor judgement of his fellow fraudster son, Don Jr.
The Kennedy Injection
/38 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheelThe presumptive RFK Jr ratfuck to draw votes away from the former Democratic candidate seems to be blowing back on the Trump campaign now.
Biden’s Timing: Undercutting Bibi
/124 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Gaza/by emptywheelThe timing of Bibi Netanyahu’s business, coming at a time when everyone expects Kamala Harris to be focused on acquiring the endorsements she needs to win the nomination, gives her cause to remain distanced from whatever Bibi plans to pull in DC this week.