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

ANOTHER DEM POWERHOUSE EMBARRASSED – FROM BLOOMBERG:   The Service Employees International Union, the second-largest labor union in the U.S., has fired a senior staff member and accepted the resignation of another following allegations of workplace harassment at the organization.  “These personnel actions are the culmination of this stage of the investigation which brought to light the serious problems related to abusive behavior towards staff, predominantly female staff,” an SEIU spokeswoman said in an email.   Kendall Fells, one of the top national leaders of SEIU’s "Fight For 15" campaign, has resigned, according to a person familiar with the actions. Fells declined to comment. Detroit leader Mark Raleigh was fired, the person said.   One of the most powerful forces in the Democratic Party.  LIke 'ol man river, the hypocrisy keeps rolling along.

A SMALL VICTORY – FROM COLLEGE FIX:  Bowing to criticism from the Bruin Republicans and a legal threat from the Alliance Defending Freedom, UCLA has withdrawn its demand that the student organization pay unspecified security fees for its Nov. 13 event with conservative pundit and alum Ben Shapiro.  The dispute was an unwelcome distraction for the University of California System right as it announced plans to open the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement at its internship center in Washington, D.C.  UCLA had warned the BRs that if students, faculty and staff didn’t make up at least 70 percent of the 600-person audience, the club would have to pay security fees. The BRs claim the 70-percent clause has been used four times in eight years – twice against its events.  Remember the old notion that the power to tax is the power to destroy?  On college campuses the power to impose security fees is that same power to destroy.    

OH, GO AWAY – FROM FOX:   Former first lady Michelle Obama explained Wednesday at a summit in Chicago that she believes men are “entitled,” and that women protect them too much.  Speaking at the first Obama Foundation international summit, Obama -- one of the event’s headliners -- said that men are essentially babied and protected by women, while women are raised to be “strong.”  “It’s like the problem in the world today is we love our boys, and we raise our girls,” Obama said. “We raise them to be strong, and sometimes we take care not to hurt men -- and I think we pay for that a little bit.”  She might take a walk through Arlington sometime and meet all the protected men.  They no longer need protection.

November 2, 2017