the House of Representatives is the body whose job it would be to impeach.

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body levels charges against a government official. It does not mean removal from office; it is only a statement of charges, akin to an indictment in criminal law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment

The Senate holds a trial in which the Senators decide to convict and remove from office. The Chief Justice of the SCOTUS presides over the trial.

the critical part. Before yesterday I shared the pessimism that a vote to remove would ever take place given the current makeup. Now I'm given to hope.

Like I say overly optimistic maybe. But it's Friday.

carpet bombing to take place from today on but especially after Sunday. We're not talkin' shoes anymore, it's bombs and so many that, well...

I have my poncho on and lots of popcorn ready.

I will believe it about two months after it happens.

but then again I already thought that...this should make it crystal clear to anybody that may have been "on the fence" or just couldn't believe it was possible for this nation to get to a point where we have a Russian-controlled asset in the WH, and the whole thing just seems too hard to swallow, like it should be impossible for someone with such a criminal history to be in this position--they may have thought it was exaggerated for "political" purposes or whatever...but if this story is corroborated and there is clear evidence of such obvious crimes, I don't see how Congress actually has any choice in the matter.

If impeachment doesn't proceed in short order, the American people need to literally march in the streets until it starts. This is not fucking right.

Think of it as a jet engine slowly spooling.