DEMOCRATS FLOUNDER ON OPENING DAY OF IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AFTER THEIR AMENDMENTS ALL FAIL; SCHIFF MISCHARACTERIZES PARNAS INFORMATION; TRUMP’S POLLS AT RECORD HIGH

TODAY’S TOP TEN

DESPERATE DEMOCRATIC AMENDMENTS GOING NOWHERE in Senate on first day of impeachment trial. CBS News.

• Trump approval at highest level of presidency, Gallup says. Washington Examiner.
• Liberal publication says Schiff may have mischaracterized Parnas evidence. Politico.
• Senate Democrats mulling Biden for Bolton trade? Washington Post.

HILLARY CLINTON RIPS SANDERS: “NOBODY LIKES HIM, nobody wants to work with him.” Free Beacon.

SVETLANA LOKHOVA: MONEY TRAIL OF FBI SPY will expose Russia hoax origins. Sara Carter.

MICHIGAN SENATOR GARY PETERS BASHES Citizens United ruling despite benefitting from outside group’s $1.4 million in TV ads. National Review.

ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS ADMIT “MISTAKE” ALLOWED non-citizens to vote in 2018. Daily Wire.

THE LIBERAL MEDIA’S SHAMEFUL DEPICTION of pro-Second Amendment protests in Virginia. Daily Signal.

CNN LAUGHINGLY LABELS CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN Adam Schiff as a “moderate” Democrat. NewsBusters.

AFTER WHINING ABOUT THE PHRASE “LIBERAL HACKS,” CNN hires one of Washington’s most notorious liberal hack reporters. Shelby Talcott.

AMERICAN JOURNALIST GLENN GREENWALD CHARGED with “cybercrime” by Brazilian government. National Review.

APPLE REPORTEDLY CAVED TWO YEARS AGO on a plan to encrypt messages after FBI complained. Daily Caller.

COMMENTARY WORTH READING

Can Michigan’s Gary Peters dare vote in favor of removal? Tori Sachs.

Dems still don’t know why Trump won in 2016. David Catron.

House impeachment report an exercise in tortured language. Eric Felten.

VIDEOS WORTH WATCHING 

WH Counsel Cipollone: “They’re not here to steal one election, they’re here to steal two elections.” Real Clear Politics.

Rudy Giuliani’s response to Lev Parnas accusations. Last Refuge.

Ratcliffe: The coverup is on the Democratic side. Media Research Center.

OFFBEAT BEAT

St. Louis couple married for nearly 65 years die on same day next to each other. CBS News.

TWEETS OF NOTE

(@thebradfordfile) Everything Democrats have accused Trump of doing, Hillary actually did (and then some). Tweet.

(@GovMikeHuckabee) Watching smug, arrogant Adam (the pile of) Schiff lecture the Senate about “fairness” after his disgusting abuse of House rules to ramrod IMPEACHMENT! is like having Jeffrey Dahmer lecture about nutrition and healthy eating. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

HOW FIVE MEMBERS OF JOE BIDEN’S FAMILY got rich through his connections. New York Post.

DRUDGE LEAD AT TIME OF EMAIL 

WITNESS SWAP: BIDEN FOR BOLTON? Drudge.