Chicken Soup for When You’ve Sold Your Soul (three years is really enough)

“During Thursday’s arguments, House Democrats stuck to the basics, such as: what is crime? Congressman Jerry Nadler, for example, introduced the ABCs of high crimes and misdemeanors: ‘Abuse of power; betrayal of the nation, particularly through foreign entanglements; and corruption, particularly corruption of elections.’ It’s catchy, but here’s my spin: The impeachment one, two threes: Trump never won the popular vote, he’s too corrupt to have the job and three years is really enough.” —Stephen Colbert

“By law, senators are supposed to sit quietly and pay attention, but today, according to reporters in the gallery, Senator Burr has a fidget spinner, Rand Paul has quite the sketch of the Capitol going, and Marsha Blackburn is reading a book. That book? ‘Chicken Soup for When You’ve Sold Your Soul.’” —Stephen Colbert

“The trial did not end until almost 10 p.m. last night, but Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein walked out of the Senate chamber at 8:45. She said good night to two reporters standing nearby and left the Capitol. Well, that’s a bold new take on the Democrats’ battle cry: When they go low, we go home.” —Stephen Colbert

“But you know, if senators are looking for things to do without their phones, we’ve created an activity book they can play, called ‘101 Fun Things to Do in the Senate Other Than Pay Attention to Impeachment.’ It’s loaded with puzzles, like ‘Getting money to Ukraine through the maze of corruption,’ ‘Spot six differences between these two impeachments,’ and if those two are too hard, ‘Connect-one-dot.’” —Stephen Colbert

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