Today for the first time in American history, the House of Representatives will debate, and presumably pass, Articles of Impeachment against a President for the second time.

Today's procedures will first include a debate and vote on the rules, and then a debate and vote on the issue directly, whether President Donald Trump should be impeached for inciting the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Watch the debates and votes live here.

The members will be protected by the National Guard as they debate and vote.

When you've lost Mitch

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is reportedly peachy keen on Trump getting impeached, and after a day of several media outlets reporting that he isn't going to fight it he notably has not taken any steps to contradict those reports. Remember, unlike Trump, McConnell still has his Twitter account. 

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has already said she's going to vote to impeach. 

She's not the only Republican voting to impeach. 

Pence passes

Pence isn't going to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump. No worries for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who's chugging ahead with the impeachment vote Wednesday.

Meow

Trump reportedly told Vice President Mike Pence he would go down in history as a "p*ssy" if he didn't overturn the election results for him (which, again, is not something he actually had the power to do).

CNN's Don Lemon had a must-watch reaction to the story. 

AYFKM?

Now that the violent rhetoric has turned to violent action, a number of Trump critics are pointing out the hypocrisy in his attempted defenses. 

Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway ripped apart the argument that Trump shouldn't be impeached for fomenting violence because it might foment violence. 

MSNBC's Morning Joe aired a damning montage of Republicans claiming Trump "had learned his lesson" when he apparently really has not. 

Well yeah

Even Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy said that Republicans would definitely impeach a Democratic president who acted like Trump has. 

Another Fox News commentator, Brit Hume, called Trump "radioactive" for feeding "utter balderdash" to his base about the election results. 

You keep saying unconstitutional. I do not think that word means what you think it means.

After the Capitol was literally invaded by an angry mob that committed acts of vandalism, built a gallows and chanted "Hang Mike Pence!", and left five people, including a Capitol Police officer, dead and many others injured, the Capitol Police have installed metal detectors outside the House Chamber.

Some Republicans have made the absurd argument that this is unconstitutional. And they've resorted to some stunts to protest the metal detectors, which, again, were literally installed to make it harder for people to murder them. 

Planned and Plotted

Perhaps some of the most troubling reporting about the Capitol riots relates to the planning and plotting that happened beforehand. Many commentators have criticized the law enforcement response for not taking into consideration the many examples of organizers posting on social media calls for violent action.

A new video has emerged of the rioters discussing their plans to move through the Capitol building, discussing the floor plan and various entrances. 

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) has also said that she saw other members of Congress leading people through the Capitol on January 5, the day before the deadly riots, as what appeared to be "reconnaissance for the next day."

It's a troubling accusation, and one that should be thoroughly investigated.