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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. everyone’s a critic
    Dick Cheney Is Not a Fan of Christian Bale’s Portrayal of Him in ViceSorry to this man.
    By Bethy Squires
  6. 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
  7. sorry to this man
    Sorry to Keke Palmer, Who Now Knows Who Dick Cheney IsAfter she went viral for very charmingly not knowing who the former VP was.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  8. 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
  9. deleted scenes
    Watch the Song-and-Dance Number Cut From Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney Biopic ViceGive ‘em the ol’ razzle-dazzle.
    By Halle Kiefer
  10. movie review
    Vice Is Gimmicky, But Christian Bale’s Dick Cheney Impersonation Is Spot-onAdam McKay has devised a rollicking comic style for what amounts to an anti-hagiography, a scabrous portrait of Dick Cheney the Unholy One.
    By David Edelstein
  11. 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
  12. vulture lists
    Who Has the Most Damning Appearance in Who Is America Episode 2?Obviously, it’s this guy.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk and Megh Wright
  13. what is america?
    You Can Now Purchase the Waterboard Kit Signed by Dick Cheney on Who Is America?Proceeds will go to Amnesty International when you buy it, if that makes you feel any better about being an unmitigated weirdo.
    By Halle Kiefer
  14. who is america?
    Dick Cheney Signs Waterboard Kit in New Sacha Baron Cohen Showtime TeaserSacha Baron Cohen’s Showtime show premieres this Sunday.
    By Halle Kiefer
  15. Cheney Endorses Haspel and a Return to TortureOnce again, Dick Cheney fires on a friend.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. transformations
    Christian Bale and Amy Adams Are Unrecognizable As Dick and Lynne CheneyIt’s for Adam McKay’s upcoming biopic.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. casting couch
    Christian Bale and Amy Adams May Hustle America Anew With Dick Cheney BiopicWith Steve Carell as a potential Donald Rumsfeld.
    By Karen Brill
  20. the industry
    The Big Short’s Adam McKay Is Directing a Drama About Dick CheneyPlan B and Gary Sanchez to produce.
    By Halle Kiefer
  21. the dark side
    Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Admires Darth Vader, Satan“That’s power.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  22. 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
  23. busted
    Immortal Dick Cheney Replica Now Lives at the CapitolHis bust was unveiled in the Senate wing of the Capitol.
    By Ben Ellman
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. the national interest
    Dick Cheney’s 6-Step Torture DenialA detailed breakdown of how the Dark Lord defends the indefensible.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. the national interest
    Cheney, Cruz, and the New 9/11 Neocon Freak-OutISIS is the new Saddam.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. 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
  34. dick cheney
    Dick Cheney Says an Attack ‘Far Deadlier’ Than 9/11 Is LikelyAnd describes one terrifying scenario.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. oh republicans!
    Dick Cheney Blasts ‘Isolationist’ Rand Paul Over Iraq CriticismAfter the senator said said he was wrong on Iraq.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. 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
  37. the national interest
    Dick Cheney Not Completely Sure If Obama Is a TraitorAnother paranoid missive from the Cheney bunker.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. the cheneys
    Dick and Liz Cheney Troll Us With Scathing Iraq Op-edCan you handle Cheneyism in its most concentrated form?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. the national interest
    Paul’s GOP Hostile Takeover Gets More HostileAn audacious, heretofore successful plot meets its first resistance.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. politics
    Dick Cheney Bashes Obama on NSA, IsraelA secret recording from the former vice-president’s speech for Sheldon Adelson.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. disturbing things
    George W. Bush Is Painting Animal Skulls These DaysDark!
    By Adam Martin
  42. family feuds
    Dick Cheney Suprised Daughter Was ‘Attacked’ Just for Dissing Sister’s MarriageHe doesn’t care if Liz started it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. gay marriage
    Dick and Lynne Cheney Basically Take Liz’s Side in Gay-Marriage DisputeAwkward family dispute gets more awkward. 
    By Dan Amira
  44. Liz Cheney Still Doesn’t Believe in Gay MarriageSo Mary called her out on Facebook.
    By Caroline Bankoff and Margaret Hartmann
  45. early and awkward
    Fishing Experts Side With Dick Cheney in ‘Fishing Buddies’ DisputeWhat is a fishing buddy, exactly?
    By Dan Amira
  46. early and awkward
    Dick Cheney Picks a Fly-Fishing Fight in the Wyoming Senate RacePolitical rancor over a pastoral hobby.
    By Adam Martin
  47. behind the music
    The Dick Cheney Roast Featured a Surreal ‘Behind the Music’ VideoCheney as Dylan?
    By Adam Martin
  48. 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
  49. torture
    Even Cheney Fans Think It’s Too Soon to Laugh About WaterboardingA roast of the former VP got pretty dark.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. equal rites
    The Cheney Sisters Are Having a Disagreement Mary Cheney says Liz is “dead wrong” on gay marriage.
    By Delia Paunescu
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