"I can understand the Democratic leadership's caution about impeaching Trump."

[anarch]

10. I also understand the reluctancy--there's no "good" option here

and yes, impeachment is a political process, not a criminal one, etc., so political consequences have to be taken into account...and moreover, I wouldn't expect impeachment to go anywhere in the senate, etc.

but goddammit, it's the right thing to do. Beyond politics. Someone needs to stand up and clearly say, "this is wrong!" and do it in a public forum that will get the attention of the huge segment of our population that can't be bothered to care about their nation's governance; who think politics is "boring" and that "none of this has anything to do with me" and so on.

And yes of course we need to open investigations first, before initiating the actual articles of impeachment, but the word should be out there, as in "we're looking into these very serious matters identified in the report, to determine if impeachment might be merited here" and make the bastard squirm--these fuckers wanted a reality TV president; let's give them "season 3: a monster exposed", and put their malfeasance on display in a way that can't be hidden from the public.