SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:58 P.M. ET: 

INCREDIBLE – FROM BREITBART:   Leftists are attacking President Donald J. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, for daring to sit behind the president’s desk in a photo taken in the Oval Office with President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.  The photo of the trio taken during the Canadian leader’s visit to Washington D.C. on February 13, features Ivanka sitting at the famed Resolute Desk in the Oval Office flanked by her father, President Trump, to her right and PM Trudeau to her left.  Ivanka later Tweeted out the photo saying, “A great discussion with two world leaders about the importance of women having a seat at the table!”   Clearly the photo was staged in order to show a woman literally “having a seat at the table” with two world leaders.  But as soon as the photo was released to the public, Ivanka came under attack. Some complained that the photo was evidence of “nepotism,” while others called it “inappropriate” and “disrespectful.” Others even attacked her for sitting at the desk reserved only for presidents.  Some of the comments were vile.  Ivanka could have spent her life going to parties, but instead devotes herself to building a company and empowering women.  And it is not a sin to sit at the president's desk, if asked by the president. 

AND MORE CLASS – FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:   Tiffany Trump was given the cold shoulder at New York Fashion Week.  The first daughter was spotted sitting front-row at the Philipp Plein show Monday night — her first official appearance since her father Donald Trump took office — but apparently her presence wasn't all that welcomed.  Several fashion editors took to Twitter revealing that people were scrambling to move their seats because they didn't want to be near the 23-year-old.  "Seating s---show at Philipp Plein because no editors want to sit near Tiffany Trump," tweeted Alyssa Vingan Klein, editor-in-chief of Fashionista.com. "SHOCKER."  Nikki Ogunnaike, senior fashion editor at Elle, responded to Alyssa's post writing that she and other editors decided to relocate because of the first daughter.  I'm sure these little children are very proud of themselves.  Tiffany carried herself with style.

HOW CUTE – FROM COLLEGE FIX:   Students at Elizabethtown College this month are wearing white pins in the shape of puzzle pieces to remind them of their white privilege.  The campaign was launched over the weekend by the Elizabethtown College Democrats, who say it aims to make students at the small and private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania more introspective about issues of race, especially in their predominantly white region of Lancaster County.  “Discussions about race are often perceived as being only open to people of color, but I think it is just as important for white people to partake in conversations about race,” Aileen Ida, president of the College Democrats, told The College Fix via email.  Ida said white people are continually allowing for a societal system of oppression to occur unless they work against it. The white puzzle piece pin represents racial struggles of all sorts.  I'm so moved.  Have any of these snowflakes ever considered taking time out to mentor some minority children in physics, chemistry, math, or engineering?  Or is that too much trouble?

February 14, 2017