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

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Tom Perez introduced former President Barack Obama as America’s “real president” at a DNC fundraiser Thursday night.  “Let’s give it up for the real president of the United States,” Perez said at Thursday’s fundraiser, Politico reported.  Obama reportedly then told the crowd of Democratic donors that they are “right to be concerned” about Trump’s presidency.  Perez’s false descriptor for Obama is just the latest instance of prominent Democrats abandoning political norms in order to undermine President Trump.  Soon we'll have a call to make Obama president for life.  Why not go all Third World?  It's so chic.

THE CONTINUING MADNESS – AND IT'S LED BY AUNTIE MAXINE – FROM BREITBART:  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Saturday told demonstrators in Los Angeles protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policies that anyone who shoots at the lawmaker “better shoot straight.”  “No, we have members of Congress trying to intimidate me,” Waters began. “I have no fear. I’m in this fight. I know that there are those who are talking about censuring me, talking about kicking me out of Congress, talking about shooting me, talking about hanging me.”  “All I have to say is this, if you shoot me you better shoot straight, there’s nothing like a wounded animal,” she warned.  Waters claimed on Thursday she was forced to pull out of events in Alabama and Texas after she received death threats.  This is dangerous rhetoric.  I fear for the Trump family and for members of the president's Cabinet.  Where are the responsible black leaders?  Why will they not speak out against this kind of poison?

THE IMPACT OF THE LEFT – FROM FOX:  At least 41 cops have left the Seattle Police Department this year, many of them reportedly citing frustration with the city's politics and a perceived lack of support from local officials.  Though documents showed some officers left the force due to retirement, a source in the department told Q13 FOX some 20 officers left and sought employment at other law enforcement agencies.  The source also said younger officers "don’t feel appreciated" and the number of those leaving who felt “frustrated over city politics is higher than usual.”  “Worker bees on the street, they don't feel appreciated. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” the source told Q13 FOX.  The left doesn't care.  They run Seattle and see cops as the enemy, and criminals simply as protesters against injustice.  If things collapse in Seattle, will the governor send in National Guard units to keep order, or will he express sympathy for socialist politics?  It's becoming a serious question.

June 30, 2018