SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:56 P.M. ET: 

IMPRESSIVE AND HONEST – FROM CNN:  Washington (CNN) Education Secretary Betsy DeVos uses her own private plane for work trips and pays for it herself, her office said Thursday.  Her office told CNN she has never requested the use of any government aircraft. The Associated Press first reported the arrangement.  DeVos is extremely wealthy; Forbes has estimated her worth at upwards of $1 billion.  Rich lady contributes financially to government, and does a great job.  The establishment hates her.

EMBARRASSMENT – FROM CNSNEWS.COM:  (CNSNews.com) - Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who previously has called for the impeachment of Donald Trump, on Thursday told a Congressional Black Caucus Town Hall on Civil Rights that she expects other members of the black community to back her up:  “Don't come here and tell me, ‘Maxine, you keep on doing what you do.’ But when you gonna give me some support?” she asked. “How many of you in your organizations have said, 'Impeach 45' ?”  The fact that this nutcase is taken seriously shows how low the Democratic Party has sunk. 

PRESS FREEDOM AT PRINCETON – FROM COLLEGE FIX:  Leaders of the student newspaper at Princeton University have disbanded the publication’s independent editorial board, a move that comes after the group put forth a string of right-leaning opinions, including denouncing the women’s center for its radical feminist agenda and arguing in favor of due process.  “The top editors of the Prince have no involvement in what we write,” said Jack Whelan, a member of the dissolved editorial board, in an interview with The College Fix. “The reason why were we were destroyed is the opinions we published on a regular basis were more conservative than the opinions published on a daily basis in the Princetonian as a whole.”  Only certain opinions are allowed.  Once a great university.

September 21,  2017