On the eve of Trump’s impeachment trial, there’s a pile of new evidence. Lev Parnas, a man who looks like he stepped off the set of The Sopranos, is dropping dimes on former Mafia prosecutor Rudy Giuliani. What does it all mean? Also, do you ever wonder how reasonable people become snarling radicals? Let’s sort out the very human way in which people lose perspective. Today’s French Press:

1. New impeachment evidence reaffirms everything we already suspected.

2. How public apathy feeds political polarization.

New evidence chips away at Trump’s already-weak factual defense.