Air Date 12/10/2025
Dick Cheney used to be thought of as Darth Vader but did he have an end-of-life conversion back to the light side of the force? No, he was bad all along and only thought Trump was worse.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Dick Cheney Invades Hell - Colonial Outcasts - Air Date 11-4-25
KP 2: Weapons of Mass Distraction with Chris Toensing - This Is Hell! - Air Date - 3-23-23
KP 3: Obama Admin: Torture Not Illegal, Just A "Disagreement" - The Young Turks - Aired 3-27-10
KP 5: Shock Corridor with Naomi Klein - Blowback - Air Date 8-19-20
KP 6: Never Forget: Lessons of the Post-9/11 Warpath - Empire Files - Air Date 10-1-21
(00:48:24) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the legacies of Dick Cheney and Darth Vader
DEEPER DIVES
(01:00:59) SECTION A: LEGACY
(01:54:23) SECTION B: IRAQ
(02:11:15) SECTION C: USING 9/11 FOR POWER & PROFIT
(02:31:51) SECTION D: NO ACCOUNTABILITY
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Description: Sidewalk graffiti stencil of Dick Cheney's face and the word "Terrorist" underneath
Credit: "Terrorist" by David Drexler, Flickr | CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Slightly cropped
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