The Morning Dispatch: The Impeachment Trial Begins

Plus, an exclusive look at Trump administration in-fighting over nuclear program funding.

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Happy Tuesday! For better or worse, this newsletter is going to feature a decent amount of impeachment news over the next several weeks. We’ve tried to shield you from as much meaningless partisan bickering as we could, but the Senate is finally getting to the meat and potatoes of the thing. Don’t worry, we’ll continue to supplement with plenty of other interesting stories.

Just the third impeachment trial the country has ever witnessed—we’re living through history!

Quick Hits: What You Need to Know

  • President Trump’s impeachment trial begins today.

    • Mitch McConnell laid out the proposed ground rules for the Senate trial in a four-page resolution last night. Impeachment managers and President Trump’s legal defense team will each have 24 hours split over two days to make their respective cases, and the Senate will have to vote to admit evidence from the House’s investigation.

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    Stephen M.

    Maybe you could devote a few words to the Wuhan Virus tomorrow...?

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      Declan Garvey staff-badge Staff

      It'll be in there!

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    Dave IL

    “Who (or what) is someone (or something) that is controversial and divisive today, but will be universally beloved in a generation or two?”
    Jonah and Steve, of course.

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      Declan Garvey staff-badge Staff

      This is the answer we were going for, of course

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    Cthocas

    "Who (or what) is someone (or something) that is controversial and divisive today, but will be universally beloved in a generation or two?"

    It will, unfortunately, be Our Lord and Savior Donald Trump, whose widely-mocked Space Force initiative will be the only thing which stands between Earth and annihilation by a bloodthirsty band of extraterrestrial space marauders.

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      Jenny

      If the aliens are coming for us, rather than President Trump, it's really Giorgio A. Tsoukalos--AKA The Ancient Aliens Guy--we are going to need to reevaluate. He's been trying to tell us for years!

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    Kevin Durant?

    “Who (or what) is someone (or something) that is controversial and divisive today, but will be universally beloved in a generation or two?”
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    Nancy Pelosi. I’m already working on my vendor response to the inevitable RFP for a statue of her mocking the President during SOTU.

    My proposal is for an animatronic version that breathes fire and crushes cars like ‘Megasaurus’, that giant mechanical dinosaur at monster truck rallies.

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