As a second attempt at the impeachment of Donald Trump leads off, we look at opening arguments and new information about January's siege on the Capitol.

A recent perusal of the top ten most-searched words at the website of popular online dictionary Merriam Webster revealed a lot about what's on people's minds. At the top of the list at number one was "fascism," followed by "racism," "happy," "pandemic," "love," "beautiful," "coronavirus," "culture," i.e.," and lastly, "socialism." We can't say we're surprised by this list, but as we consider what it reveals about people and what's on their minds, we look at other changes in American politics that indicate how people are feeling right now about the current political climate.

Then turning our attention to the renewed attempt at the impeachment of former President Donald Trump, as opening remarks were made recently on Capitol Hill, some were confused after Trump's defense team spent most of the time of their opening remarks decrying the siege on the U.S. Capitol Building in January. This might have confused some, but we look at the reasons for their response, which likely had to do with a new 14-minute "master cut" of the violence as it ensued back in January following a rally where then-president Trump appeared to have encouraged the crowd in attendance to take action... which had disastrous consequences.

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SHOW NOTES

• YANG: Yang holds commanding lead in mayor’s race: new poll
• LIMBAUGH LEGACY: Rush Limbaugh is ailing. And so is the conservative talk-radio industry.
• THE HORROR: Trump's lawyers say he was immediately 'horrified' by the Capitol attack. Here's what his allies and aides said really happened that day.
• AUDIO: ‘Terrible’ Trump impeachment defense left Senate Republicans ‘stunned’ and ‘perplexed’
• FOURTEEN MINUTES: Watch 14-minute video Democrats say proves Trump should be convicted
• CRIMINAL: Georgia Prosecutors Open Criminal Investigation of Donald's Call
• CROOK: Trump's own impeachment lawyer 'called him a f***ing crook'
• McCONSCIENCE: McConnell Signals Trump Conviction Is a GOP Conscience Vote
• NOTHING LEFT FOR THE RIGHT: ‘There’s Nothing Left’: Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party
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