SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:53 P.M. ET: 

DOES HE HAVE THIS NAILED DOWN? – FROM BREITBART:  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican California Rep. Darrell Issa said that there is enough evidence to indict Hillary Clinton for mishandling national security information on her private email server.  “There is more than enough for an indictment,” Issa, the former House Oversight Committee chairman, told Breitbart News Saturday on Sirius/XM Patriot Channel 125.  I wonder if that's the main issue, though.  A very well-informed source told me this week that the true focus of the FBI investigation is bribery.  I have no confirming information, but the source is reliable. 

WILL BOLTS GOP – FROM FOX:   Syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor George Will has left the Republican Party due to Donald Trump's presumptive nomination for president.  Will, whose column is published by The Washington Post, told that paper Saturday that he changed his Maryland voter registration from Republican to "unaffiliated" earlier this month after House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said he would vote for the real estate mogul.  The website PJ Media reported that Will discussed his decision during an event Friday for the conservative group the Federalist Society.  "This is not my party," Will said in a speech.  Will has been a persistent critic of Trump and recently wrote a column urging Republican donors to "save their party by not aiding its nominee."  Will is a prominent figure, and clearly this will not help Trump's cause.  On the other hand, Trump had a very good week.  He stayed on message and largely out of trouble.  If numbers start going his way, Will may not have many people joining him at the exit.  But if Trump's numbers continue to fall, there could be a genuine revolt at the GOP convention, which starts July 18th.

IS THIS A KIDS' GAME? – FROM REUTERS:   Just days after voting to leave the European Union, more than 2.5 million Britons and UK residents had signed a petition calling for a second vote, forcing lawmakers to at least consider a debate on the issue.  Parliament has to consider a debate on any petition posted on its website that attracts more than 100,000 signatures.  The proposal, posted before the June 23 referendum, said the government should hold another plebiscite on EU membership if the support for Leave or Remain in a referendum was less than 60 percent in a turnout of under 75 percent of eligible voters.  The result on Thursday saw 52 percent of voters, 17,410,742 people, back a British exit, on a turnout of 72 percent.  Incredible.  Like children.  If you don't win the election, ask for another election.  Isn't that the way the game is played?  And then we go to recess.

June 25,  2016