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

JUST WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED – FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES:    Santa Claus will be depicted in a forthcoming children’s book as a gay black man in an interracial relationship, its publisher confirmed.  Harper Design said the picture book, “Santa’s Husband,” will go on sale Oct. 10 just in time for Christmas, Time reported Tuesday.  The book will tell “the true story of a Black Santa and his White husband (who often fills in for him at malls),” according to a preview shared on Twitter this week by its author, Daniel Kibblesmith.  Another cultural advance.  Look, I've got a suggestion:  Why don't these social justice warriors leave traditional stories and characters alone, showing respect for others, and develop their own?  Huh?

NUTS – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Newly elected Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez campaigned for Democrats in Newark, New Jersey Friday by telling a crowd the Republican Party doesn’t “give a ****” about them.  Perez, speaking at a rally hosted by the New Jersey Working Families Alliance, first congratulated protesters on showing up in droves to Washington, DC on January 21, the day after President Trump’s inauguration.  Perez claimed those people gathered and proclaimed, “Donald Trump, you don’t stand for our values… Donald Trump you didn’t win the election.”  Later in his speech, President Obama’s secretary of labor added that he doesn’t “care” if people take issue with his speech, just like how “Republicans don’t give a **** about people.”  Very nice, very classy.  The new Democratic leadership.  I'm so grateful to learn that Trump didn't win the election.  As Rick says in "Casablanca," I was misinformed.

YOU MEAN THIS HAPPENS? – FROM THE DAILY WIRE:   Authorities in New Hampshire are investigating hundreds of potential voting fraud cases based on data showing that at least 458 people may have lied about their residency when casting their vote in the 2016 presidential election.  On election day last year, a total 5,903 people voted in New Hampshire using an ID from other states, which is permitted by state law. However, that law requires those without a New Hampshire ID to produce evidence of domicile in the state, notes NH1.  Following up on the votes cast with proof of out-of-state IDs, the NH Secretary of State sent out "6,033 letters to voters with no proof of domicile and so far 458 of the letters have bounced back as undeliverable – a clear sign those who filled them out lied," suggests the American Mirror.  I cannot believe there is voter fraud.  Can you?  It's just a Trump fantasy?  That's right, isn't it?  Well, uh, maybe a few votes here and there.

March 31,  2017