A warning. This isn’t the most upbeat newsletter I’ve ever written. It’s been a bleak week in many respects. The evidence is accumulating against the president, leading constitutional conservatives are actively misleading Americans about the Constitution to protect Trump, and the Russian bear might be more militarily dangerous than we realize.

Ahhh well, at least we have an exciting young Memphis Grizzlies team to give America hope. The lineup:

1. A cell phone call builds the case against Trump.

2. Esteemed conservatives are making America constitutionally illiterate.