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On the Cover of New York Magazine: Impeachment Season Begins

Photo: Cover illustration by Joe Darrow

On cover of New York Magazine’s October 14–27, 2019, issue, an account of the early days of the unfolding impeachment saga, with New York national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) on how Nancy Pelosi has handled the past three weeks since she announced she would back an impeachment inquiry into Trump, and what we should expect moving forward; Olivia Nuzzi (@olivianuzzi) inside the Republicans’ bunker; Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) on the full scope of Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors; and Madison Malone Kircher (@4evrmalone) on what diners at New York City Ukrainian diner Veselka think.

In recent weeks, the peach emoji has been doing double duty as the widely accepted shorthand for butts and, well, impeachment. (In fact, since long before Pelosi’s announcement, the peach has been used on Twitter and in protest art alike as shorthand for the president.) As we enter the early days of what is sure to be an ongoing soap opera, one thing is clear: Impeachment season has finally begun.

On the Cover of New York Magazine: Impeachment Season Begins