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SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:56 P.M.  ET: 

SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate former attorney general Loretta Lynch instructing James Comey to mislead the public about the Clinton email investigation.  Comey testified on Thursday that Lynch instructed him, without explanation, to call the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use a private email server as secretary of a state a “matter” instead of an investigation. Lynch’s request, Comey said, made him feel “queasy” as it appeared she was “looking to align the way we talked about our work with the way the political campaign was describing the same activity, which was inaccurate.”  Feinstein is to be praised for her call, which goes against the interests of her own party.  Now the Republicans must follow up.  Of course this needs to be investigated!

SOME GOOD DECISIONS – FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:  Delta Airlines and Bank of America pulled out of their sponsorship of New York’s Public Theater on Sunday over a production of “Julius Caesar” that reimagines the main character as President Trump.  Shortly after Delta, who was a four-year sponsor, made its announcement, Bank of America yanked its support as well.  The Shakespeare in the Park play tells the story of the leader assassinated by Roman senators over the fear that he’s becoming too tyrannical, but rather than the original setting, the production stages Caesar (Gregg Henry) and his wife, Calpurnia, (Tina Benko) with Donald and Melania Trump lookalikes.  Henry, who already played a Trump stand-in on “Scandal” last year, models his Caesar almost perfectly after the man in the Oval Office. He meets his end after being stabbed to death by women and minorities on stage.   This is the legendary "Free Shakespeare in the Park" series.  Was it necessary to sully even this to prove loyalty to the political left?  I look forward to other sponsors pulling out. 

I'M JUST SO EXCITED – FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:  Political watchers in the Hamptons are finding themselves nostalgic about Camelot amid today’s reality show White House.
“All everybody can talk about is Caroline Kennedy having her eye on another (congressional) run,” says one prominent Hamptons-goer, freshly back from a long weekend out east — and about to embark on another.
According to that source — a Republican who knows President Trump personally and is in good standing with both the Clinton and Bush families — the Democratic Kennedy’s possible candidacy for a 2018 congressional seat is being regarded among some circles as part of a larger push for power by blue-blood elites out east.  “She’s the family matriarch now,” says our insider. “Even her son Jack, who’s 24, is the focus of talk about fulfilling the legacy.”  Will someone write Caroline a note and tell her we don't do dynasties?  Even the Roosevelts have faded, and Jeb Bush was handed the message last year. 

June 11, 2017