If you were not moved by the testimony of Marie Ivanovitch today, you don't have a pulse.

The impeachment hearings mesmerize at times.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Carfield.

Before you start thinking that a shift in public opinion might shake Republicans' faith, remember...

Donald Trump has set down loyalty test after loyalty test, and Republicans again and again have

proven their loyalty, and in many ways, impeachment is the final exam.

And a lot of billionaires seem to have an opinion on this election cycle.

Why should we listen?

These monopolists are autocrats who accumulate large amounts of power and money and then use that to enforce a social vision on society.

It's all coming up after this. From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

Well, it's happening, and though a few of the early reviews were disappointing,

since it lacked the partisan stunts and hijinks of other televised proceedings, it still drew a crowd.

We are people who repeatedly uproot our lives, who risk and sometimes give our lives for this country.

That was former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch,

describing the role of American diplomats in her opening statement on Friday,

day two of the impeachment hearings.

We are the dozens of Americans stationed at our embassy in Cuba and consulates in China

who mysteriously and dangeriously were injured and attacked

from unknown sources. And we are Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Patrick Smith,

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