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- The Trump impeachment hearing starts at 1 p.m. today, here's what to expect.
- The Washington Post Editorial Board published a piece warning that Senate Republicans "were laying the groundwork for a truncated trial of President Trump that would be a perversion of justice" and would "gravely damage the only mechanism the Constitution provides for checking a rogue president."
- Meanwhile in Davos, Trump unloaded about the impeachment hearing, Time Magazine, and other topics.
- Forget it Jake, it's Floridatown: the National Weather Service warned people in South Florida to watch out for falling iguanas today.
- Fiona Apple says her new album is done and will be out "sometime in a few months."
- RIP Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones.
- The Times reports that SmileDirectClub, which sells teeth aligners online, has worked VERY HARD to limit information about customer dissatisfaction.
- This is what it's like when Michael Che, head writer of SNL and host of Weekend Update, becomes fixated with you.
- According to a new CNN poll, Bernie Sanders is surging to the top of the Democratic presidential pack alongside Joe Biden.
- Are senators really allowed to drink milk on the Senate floor during the impeachment hearing?
- A female NYPD lieutenant and a male sergeant were caught in "a drunken, on-the-job sex romp" at a Manhattan police building Saturday night.
- There is tons of great new music to recommend today: Stephen Malkmus has a psychedelic folk album Traditional Techniques coming out in March, listen to first single "Xian Man;" Waxahatchee has new album Saint Cloud also coming that month, listen to "Fire" now; and Pearl Jam released the first single from their upcoming album Gigathon, the Talking Heads-ish "Dance Of The Clairvoyants."
- And finally, playtime can be confusing for some dogs:

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