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Dick Cheney

  1. 9/11: 20 years later
    The 9/11 Museum and Its DiscontentsA new documentary goes inside the battles that have riven the institution and shaped the historical legacy of the attack.
    By David Klion
  2. kamala harris
    Is Kamala Harris’s Popularity Level a Problem for Democrats?Much of the claim that Harris is deeply and increasingly unpopular doesn’t bear scrutiny, particularly coming from fans of less popular Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. veep
    President Biden Isn’t Making Life Easy for Kamala HarrisThe vice-president is the presumed front-runner to someday succeed Biden. He might want to start giving her less impossible assignments.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. past is prologue
    Remembering the Reagan-Ford ‘Co-Presidency’ That Could Have BeenIf you find Biden’s veep selection process boring, look back 40 years to a wild ride at the Republican convention where Reagan eventually picked Bush.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. vision 2020
    For Presidents and Candidates, Heart Disease Is Not So UncommonBernie Sanders’s mild heart trouble is of concern, but it’s not like candidates and presidents with worse tickers and lifestyles haven’t preceded him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. the master of disguise
    How Sacha Baron Cohen Tricked Dick Cheney Into His Cringey Interview“How am I going to convince one of the most cynical, suspicious, brilliant minds that I’m real?”
    By Devon Ivie
  7. 2020 presidential election
    7 House Members Are Eyeing a ’20 Presidential Bid. History Says It’s a Long ShotIt’s been a long time — 140 years, to be exact — since someone has gone from the House to the White House.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. Cheney Endorses Haspel and a Return to TortureOnce again, Dick Cheney fires on a friend.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Trump Is Pardoning Scooter LibbyNobody quite knows why, but Dick Cheney’s chief of staff is finally getting the pardon his boss unsuccessfully begged George W. Bush to supply.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Does Bolton Represent an Unhinged ‘Cheney/Trump Wing’ of the GOP?Maybe Bolton — like Cheney and Trump — doesn’t represent any school of foreign-policy “thinking,” but instead pure bellicose action.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Colin Powell’s Personal Emails Are Like a D.C. Burn BookThe former secretary of State was hacked, and now everyone knows he hates them.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  12. busted
    Immortal Dick Cheney Replica Now Lives at the CapitolHis bust was unveiled in the Senate wing of the Capitol.
    By Ben Ellman
  13. the bushes
    George H.W. Bush Bashes Cheney, and W. for Putting Him in PowerHe didn’t have nice things to say about Rumsfeld, either — and the former Defense Secretary returned the favor.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Jaime Fuller
  14. the national interest
    Cheney’s Iran Ideas As Sophisticated As ExpectedThe man who did more to enable Iran’s rise to power than anybody in history speaks out.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. things that make dick cheney’s heart machine skip a beat
    Cheney Sure Likes the Idea of a Biden Presidential Campaign“Well, go for it, Joe.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  16. the national interest
    Dick Cheney Boasts of 7 1/2-Year Record of Preventing TerrorismThe Bush administration was in office for seven and a half years, right?
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. the national interest
    Dick Cheney’s Ongoing Descent Into Insanity Accidentally Clarifies Iran DebateThank God this crazy man never had the chance to actually implement his ideas. Oh, wait.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. the national interest
    Dick Cheney’s 6-Step Torture DenialA detailed breakdown of how the Dark Lord defends the indefensible.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. politics
    Dick Cheney Simply Does Not Care That the CIA Tortured Innocent People“I have no problem as long as we achieve our objective.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  20. the national interest
    Why Do Republicans Defend Torture? The allegation that the Bush administration used torture had gone from outrageous smear to tired news without ever having passed through the stage of acceptable topic of discussion.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. the national interest
    Cheney, Cruz, and the New 9/11 Neocon Freak-OutISIS is the new Saddam.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. the cheneys
    Dick Cheney Is Turning on the Charm So Republicans Will Like Him AgainThe “fence-mending” is mostly for his favorite daughter’s sake.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  23. dick cheney
    Dick Cheney Says an Attack ‘Far Deadlier’ Than 9/11 Is LikelyAnd describes one terrifying scenario.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. oh republicans!
    Dick Cheney Blasts ‘Isolationist’ Rand Paul Over Iraq CriticismAfter the senator said said he was wrong on Iraq.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. the cheneys
    Megyn Kelly Grills Dick Cheney, Says ‘History Has Proven’ Him Wrong on IraqThe former VP was caught sending subliminal messages to Fox News viewers.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. the national interest
    Dick Cheney Not Completely Sure If Obama Is a TraitorAnother paranoid missive from the Cheney bunker.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. the cheneys
    Dick and Liz Cheney Troll Us With Scathing Iraq Op-edCan you handle Cheneyism in its most concentrated form?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. the national interest
    Paul’s GOP Hostile Takeover Gets More HostileAn audacious, heretofore successful plot meets its first resistance.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. politics
    Dick Cheney Bashes Obama on NSA, IsraelA secret recording from the former vice-president’s speech for Sheldon Adelson.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. disturbing things
    George W. Bush Is Painting Animal Skulls These DaysDark!
    By Adam Martin
  31. family feuds
    Dick Cheney Suprised Daughter Was ‘Attacked’ Just for Dissing Sister’s MarriageHe doesn’t care if Liz started it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. gay marriage
    Dick and Lynne Cheney Basically Take Liz’s Side in Gay-Marriage DisputeAwkward family dispute gets more awkward. 
    By Dan Amira
  33. Liz Cheney Still Doesn’t Believe in Gay MarriageSo Mary called her out on Facebook.
    By Caroline Bankoff and Margaret Hartmann
  34. early and awkward
    Fishing Experts Side With Dick Cheney in ‘Fishing Buddies’ DisputeWhat is a fishing buddy, exactly?
    By Dan Amira
  35. early and awkward
    Dick Cheney Picks a Fly-Fishing Fight in the Wyoming Senate RacePolitical rancor over a pastoral hobby.
    By Adam Martin
  36. behind the music
    The Dick Cheney Roast Featured a Surreal ‘Behind the Music’ VideoCheney as Dylan?
    By Adam Martin
  37. dick cheney
    Dick Cheney Knows Homeland Is More Like Real Life Than You ThinkAnd that’s why he had the wireless function on his defibrillator disabled.
    By Delia Paunescu
  38. torture
    Even Cheney Fans Think It’s Too Soon to Laugh About WaterboardingA roast of the former VP got pretty dark.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. equal rites
    The Cheney Sisters Are Having a Disagreement Mary Cheney says Liz is “dead wrong” on gay marriage.
    By Delia Paunescu
  40. equal rites
    Liz Cheney Doesn’t Think Her Sister Should Be Allowed to Get MarriedThat’s cold. 
    By Dan Amira
  41. early and awkward
    Liz Cheney Running for Senate in Wyoming, Is Not a Good FriendThis is going to be a fun race. 
    By Dan Amira
  42. bush legacy
    Obama: I’m Not Dick Cheney, and Syria Isn’t IraqThe president defends his policies on Charlie Rose.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. spy games
    Dick Cheney Says Maybe Edward Snowden Is a Chinese SpyThe Snowden saga continues.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. equal rites
    Dick Cheney, Laura Bush Star in Ad Supporting Gay MarriageThis is probably news to them.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. the bush years
    Dick Cheney: The World’s Most Perfect PersonHe can’t name his biggest fault because he never thinks about it.
    By Dan Amira
  46. early and awkward
    Condi Rice Hit This Lady in the Face With a Golf Ball(She’s okay.)
    By Dan Amira
  47. books
    Dick Cheney Is Writing a Book About His Heart ProblemsIt will be completely “non-political.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. mistakes
    Cheney Meant to Criticize McCain, Not PalinIt’s really all the same thing.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  49. america’s sweetheart
    Sarah Palin’s Weak Comeback to Dick CheneyAw.
    By Dan Amira
  50. veepstakes
    Dick Cheney States the Obvious Apparently Sarah Palin was “a mistake.” 
    By Caroline Bankoff
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