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In this six-part series, we pull back the curtain on the most quietly consequential political figure of the last half-century. Long before he reshaped America’s post-9/11 world, Dick Cheney mastered Washington from the shadows — studying power under Nixon, weaponizing process under Ford, steering global war strategy at the Pentagon, merging corporate muscle with government reach at Halliburton, and ultimately reinventing the vice presidency into a command center of executive authority. This isn’t a retelling of headlines — it’s a forensic look at the blueprint he built, the systems ...

The first and only vice presidential debate of Campaign 2000, between former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, took place in Danville, Kentucky on October 6. If you missed the debate, or want to hear it again, audible.com provides this program for FREE. Listen now before you vote!

Former Republican Representative Liz Cheney, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, is considering a presidential run while denouncing Trump as "the single most dangerous threat." Cheney has not ruled out a presidential bid but expressed her commitment to supporting candidates who value the Constitution. She also criticized her party's disarray in the House of Representatives, attributing it to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's alliance with Trump and far-right members. The race for a new House Speaker has seen multiple candidates nominated, including Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan....

When Gore Vidal’s New York Times bestseller Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace was published, the Los Angeles Times described Vidal as the last defender of the American republic. In Dreaming War, Vidal continues this defense by confronting the Cheney-Bush junta head-on in a series of devastating essays that demolish the lies American Empire lives by, unveiling a counter-history that traces the origins of America’s current imperial ambitions to the experience of World War Two and the post-war Truman doctrine.