Salon's executive editor Andrew O'Hehir and senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte break down the first two days of the House Intelligence Committee's public impeachment hearings on President Donald Trump. Check out their top takeaways, from why Marie Yovanovitch's testimony will be tough to discredit to why Republicans are weaponizing nihilism and defending Trump.

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