SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:57 P.M. ET: 

PRIMARY RESULTS – Results are still coming in, especially from California, but we can safely predict that Gavin Newsom will be the Dem nominee for governor.  In California's "jungle primary" system, the top two vote getters face each other in November, even if they're from the same party.  But John Cox, a Republican, easily won the second slot, so Californians will actually have a real two-party election.  This could be exciting.  Cox has surged following President Trump's endorsement.  There's much discontent in the sunshine state.  Even though California has been deep blue in recent years, an upset is possible.

CALIFORNIA U.S. SENATE – This one has been watched closely.  There was a primary on the Dem side, featuring ancient incumbent Dianne Feinstein, seen as a centrist liberal, challenged by leftist firebrand Kevin de León, who represents the burgeoning radical wing of the party.  The Democratic Party is now so far left that its state convention refused to endorse Feinstein for re-election.  However, it appears that she's swamping de León, and that the threat from the left was exaggerated.  I mean, how many Marxists are there on the beach?

MAJOR DIPLOMATIC NEWS – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:   NBA star turned Kim Jong Un soulmate Dennis Rodman will be in Singapore during President Trump’s summit with the North Korean dictator next week, The Post has learned.  “No matter what you might think about his presence, one thing’s for sure, the ratings will be huge,” a source said. “A lot of times in situations that involve complex diplomacy, countries like to identify ambassadors of goodwill and whether you agree with it or not Dennis Rodman fits the bill.”  The zany, 6-foot-7 ex-basketballer — who has struck up an unlikely bromance with the pint-sized, 5-foot-7 Kim, and has visited the rogue regime five times in the past — took some of the credit for getting the two leaders together.  In an April interview with TMZ, Rodman said that Kim didn’t understand the president until he gave the North Korean strongman a copy of Trump’s ghost-written book, “The Art of the Deal,” for his birthday in 2017.  Whatever works.

June 5, 2018