Nancy Pelosi just made one of the most colossal blunders in modern American politics, by Matthew Walther.

Trump has made an end run around the Democrats by announcing that he will release a transcript of his phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday morning.

If there is nothing in the text that justifies the perfervid speculation of his liberal enemies — and it is impossible to imagine his agreeing to its release if there were — it will not be possible to retreat from the opening of impeachment proceedings without embarrassment.

Why did she take such a risk, given that she knows impeachment would be unpopular and having resisted it for so long? Well, because of crazies like this. Colbert’s audience  broke out into an extended ovation, then rose to their feet, cheering for 40 seconds: