SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

WHAT WE'RE BECOMING – FROM CNN:   Washington (CNN) Amid the furor over the policy that resulted in thousands of families separated at the border, Department of Homeland Security employees have been warned about threats to their personal safety, according to a department-wide email obtained by CNN.  In the message from Claire M. Grady, the acting deputy secretary of homeland security, on Saturday afternoon, DHS employees were given information about the security resources available to them and were provided with tips for security, like not wearing their badges in public and being on guard for risks in public and online.  "In recent days, DHS has determined there may be a heightened threat against DHS employees in response to U.S. Government actions surrounding immigration," Grady wrote.  "This assessment is based on specific and credible threats that have been levied against certain DHS employees and a sharp increase in the overall number of general threats against DHS employees -- although the veracity of each threat varies. In addition, over the last few days, thousands of employees have had their personally identifiable information publicly (sic) released on social media."  Real great guys, those ultra-liberals.  If they'd been living in Germany in the 1930s, they'd have had their right arms up, like everyone else.

CONGRATS BERNIE; HOW ABOUT A MERCEDES? – FROM DAILYWIRE:  For the second year in a row, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has reportedly raked in more than a million dollars, putting him solidly in the one percent of American income earners.  Though he's still well behind his colleague-in-arms, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA, estimated personal wealth, $18.5 million), a financial disclosure form filed just last month shows the Vermont Senator and former progressive Presidential candidate, did very well in 2016 and 2017, raking in more than a million each year from book deals, cash payments, and royalty fees, according to VT Digger.  Much of that money, the Vermont-centric investigative reporters say, came from his book, "Our Revolution," which earned him around $888,000. The book, which was critically panned, sold around half a million copies in its first week and the audio book even earned Sanders a Grammy nomination.  Just another man of the people.  I'm sure he feels our pain.

LAW AND ORDER – FROM AFP:   Mexico City (AFP) - The whole police force in a Mexican town of Ocampo where a mayoral candidate was slain this week has been detained for an internal investigation, authorities said Sunday.  "All of them are being interviewed to proceed as due under law in the event anyone has taken part in acts that violate the town's codes," said the security secretariat in Michoacan state, where the town of about 20,000 people is located.  It did not give the exact number of police detained.  Mayoral candidate Fernando Angeles was shot dead last Thursday when he was preparing for campaign events.  No wonder they all want to come here. 

June 24, 2018