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In case you didn't know, my FDL colleague Marcy Wheeler managed to scoop the entire world on the torture memos. This is a good cause. ...
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Eschaton —
Marcy Wheeler represents the best of the left blogosphere; from the Plame investigation, the Scooter Libby trial, to the current torture memo stuff, she's gone into the weeds and come back with treasure the insider media would rather ignore. Hell, just a few days ago she scooped the New York Times on the waterboarding memos. She's earned our support. So go support her. ...
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Rising Hegemon —
... to believe, Firedoglake is not financially propped up by my posting at 1:30 a.m. pacific every weekday. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that Marcy Wheeler's Emptywheel has been one of the best interpretive and investigative blogs on the internets. From the days of "Scooter & Valerie Plame" to making the world take note of the number of waterboardings the Bush Administration inflicted on detainees just this weekend. A pretty good cause to donate to and you can do it here. ...
Clearing the Cache: The Hard Work of Tapping Social Networks for Cash
techPresident —
... "Students will acquire the tools needed to make their tweets glimmer with a complete lack of forethought." (Thanks Erica Sagrans)
With TechRepublican winning a Golden Dot award, David All looks forward and back. And tiny Wolf Blizter looks on in approval.
The inmates are running the asylum up there in Albany, a.k.a. the Albany Project's lead blogger gets a job in the New York state senate.
Raising cash for Firedoglake's Marcy Wheeler.
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Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
... Dear Steny If members of Congress don't have anything to hide, then they don't have anything to worry about. For a crowd that didn't give a shit when regular Americans were getting illegally wiretapped, they suddenly seem to care quite a bit when it's them getting targeted. I supposed that's a good thing, if it leads to increased scrutiny of those programs. I gave $25/month recurring donation so that Marcy Wheeler can focus on investigative reporting full-time. Conservatives are fighting tooth and nail for ...
Funding Journalism That Won't Self-Censor
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... One of the key analysts of the torture memos, Marcy Wheeler aka emptywheel, broke the story that Bush ordered the waterboarding of two terror suspects 266 times. She is not a professional reporter and needs support. There's a new tip-jar for her. Do the world a favor and if you have a few bucks, give them. ...
Marcy Wheeler Makes the World Better
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Daily Kos —
... . Another way you can help grow the influence of the netroots and nurture more great analysis and reporting is to go over to firedoglake, where they're trying to raise money to hire Marcy, another blogger and a researcher under her guidance, and turn the team loose. The goal is to raise $150,000, which frankly, to cover the expenses of Marcy and two others is a bargain. ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
Don't forget to go support Marcy Wheeler if you can. Hillary Clinton made her first trip to Iraq as Secretary of State. On Thursday, New Hampshire's state government hesitated to take a needed step forward when a State Senate committee voted against marriage equality and rights for transgendered people. The full Senate could still do the right thing, and Blue Hampshire has been on fire pressing the issue. Don't miss former New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Kathy Sullivan's take on Politics of (marriage) ...
Jane Hamsher: Online News is Not Arianna Huffington's Dastardly Plot to Destroy the Newspaper Industry And Other Reality-Based Observations
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As someone actively working to develop a viable financial model for gathering online news, what I really need in life is to be lectured by a guy who hasn't worked as a journalist since 1995 and has never had any experience in online news. This whole "bloggers are just parasites" meme is a tedious, unsubstantiated fantasy. Someone go tell Marcy Wheeler. ...
