Dick Cheney's legacy: paving the way for the Trump Regime
His head’s too big for Vader’s helmet? Source: unknown. There are plenty of victories to celebrate today. Propostion 50 passed in California that will help offset Texas’ gerrymandering to win seats for the Republican Party, Zohan Mamdani is now mayor of New York, Abigail Spanberger is now governor of Virginia, and Mickie Sherrill is now governor of New Jersey. Before I continue, I want to be clear that I am not necessarily dancing in joy that Dick Cheney is dead. His life meant something to the people close to him and certainly, it would be utter troll behavior of me to ignore that. Additionally, one of my teachers, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, cautioned against “negative rejoicing.” That said, we live in an era that is a direct result of Cheney’s actions and policies. We are faced with an unhinged authoritarian that could not have existed had not the behind the scenes machinations, lies, and misdeeds of the former Secretary of Defense and former Vice-President not been successful. Until people...