IMPEACH: Everything you need to know about the Philippine Vice President's Impeachment Trial

Late one night in November 2024, the vice president of the Philippines went on a livestream and said that if she were killed, she had already arranged for the president to be killed too. "No joke. No joke." Twenty months later, that video is Exhibit A in the biggest political trial the Philippines has seen in decades. This week's word: IMPEACH. From the Latin impedicare, to shackle, built on pes, the foot. To impeach someone is, literally, to catch them by the foot. Kloe traces the word from Roman snares to the Manila courtroom, then walks you through everything you need to know: how running mates from two political dynasties became enemies, how the first impeachment slipped the snare on a Supreme Court technicality, what actually happened in week one of the trial, and why a senator-judge got fact-checked for litigating the evidence on Facebook. No prior knowledge of Philippine politics required. Sixteen votes decide whether the front-runner for the 2028 presidency stays on the ballot.