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 4: Living and Reliving the U.S. Invasion of Iraq with Rasha Al Aqeedi - This Is Hell! - Air Date 4-10-23

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

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

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

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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