One of the most bizarre moments in a bizarre day in politics yesterday came when Donald Trump tweeted a video detailing a conspiracy theory about Hunter and Joe Biden that contained a Nickelback song. Nickelback immediately began trending on Twitter. It was a brief moment of joy in a chaotic day.

Alas, Nickelback giveth, and Nickelback taketh away.

omg omg omg Nickelback had Twitter take down Trump's Photograph tweet for copyright violation omg omg omg pic.twitter.com/q3Ztlfex6C

— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 3, 2019

Not even Nickelback wants to be associated with Donald Trump, which is bad when you consider that Nickelback doesn't mind being associated with Nickelback's songs!

Meanwhile, again, when you are the paper of record, you have to be careful how you word your headlines. This headline launched a thousand Republican conspiracy theories yesterday, brought Megan Kelly out of the woodwork, and gave the Trump administration some ammunition, even though the article itself contains very good reporting about a whistelblower process that was vigilantly on the up-and-up, not that Republicans read the article itself.

Breaking News: The whistle-blower gave an early account of allegations against President Trump to a House aide who outlined it to Rep. Adam Schiff, who is now leading the impeachment inquiry https://t.co/9PxtBDXQYp

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 2, 2019

And yet, we're gonna hear sh*t like this from the likes of Devin Nunes for weeks.

My statement on the latest fiasco https://t.co/B2lNf6Bb60

— Devin Nunes (@DevinNunes) October 2, 2019

And it continues this morning.

This, young journalists, is an excellent example of normalizing. "Stormy mood" doesn't come close to capturing in the batshit crazy presser that the President held. Words matter, and while I'm not sure why the @nytimes frequently struggles to get things right--aim to do better. https://t.co/EQQVIbLocy

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) October 3, 2019

No one is asking the NYTimes to report with a liberal slant, we're just asking them to characterize the situation correctly. "Stormy"? This is not "stormy." This is "unhinged," which is a charitable characterization of Trump's behavior yesterday.

President Trump lashed out at @Reuters reporter @jeffmason1, who asked him what he wanted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to do when Trump brought up the business ties to Ukraine of Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden https://t.co/3aiSLeOfBL pic.twitter.com/AQF3dpkChs

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 2, 2019

Note that Mike Pence is up to his eyeballs in this scandal, too. And some people are saying that, if Trump is impeached, he wants to take Pence down with him, because a President Pelosi better suits Trump's victim narrative. On the other hand, Pelosi won't pardon Trump of any crimes, while Pence likely would.

Pence is distancing himself from Trump on Ukraine. Rush is turning on Fox News. Rudy is throwing the State Department under the bus. And Trump is lashing out in all directions at once. This kind of thing happens when a scandal begins to consume a presidency. It'll get worse.

— Peter Wehner (@Peter_Wehner) October 3, 2019

Kellyanne's husband, George Conway, went deep this morning, writing 11,000 words (or half a Lord Castleton article) on how Trump's mental instability makes him unfit for office. It's a good piece, but the kicker is that Conway believes that psychologists and psychiatrists should testify as experts at Trump's impeachment hearing.

Congress should make extensive use of experts--psychologists and psychiatrists. Is Trump so narcissistic that he can't help but use his office for his own personal ends? Is he so sociopathic that he can't be trusted to follow, let alone faithfully execute, the law?

Finally -- for the moment -- I leave you with another poll, which shows more people want Trump impeached -- and removed from office -- than not.

Americans by a 45%-38% plurality now support a vote by the House to impeach Trump, a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds.

By a similar margin, 44%-35%, those surveyed say the Senate should convict Trump and remove him from office.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 3, 2019

Note, too, that Kurt Volker -- the special U.S. envoy to Ukraine -- is expected to meet privately with the House Intelligence Committee today.