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

THE OFFER – The story apparently floated by the Clinton camp – we noted it this morning – that Hillary might want to keep Loretta Lynch on as attorney general, has gone viral, even on July 4th.  There is a general revulsion expressed on conservative sites, but I haven't seen any comment from liberals.  This is sordid stuff, essentially a bribe offer made public.  In our post this morning we urged Loretta Lynch to announce that she will not serve a new administration, removing any possibility that she could be asked to continue as a reward for taking care of Hillary's FBI problem.  No such announcement has been made.  Let's see if any reporters decide to ask the attorney general about it.

THE DEMS USED TO BE PRO-LABOR – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:   Hillary Clinton’s campaign had even its lowliest staffers working on Independence Day, according to sources.  A Hamptons insider told us that one of Clinton’s summer interns was overheard grousing over the weekend in the Hamptons that, “Clinton was ‘not giving anyone the day off on July Fourth,’ so the girl had to head back to work on Monday.”  The source added that the intern “was saying that she and some of her co-workers were unhappy about it.”  A rep for Clinton didn’t get back to us.  It's quite possible that Hillary Clinton doesn't recognize our Independence Day as a legitimate holiday.  It's a left-wing thing.  We'll never understand.

AND AGAIN – FROM FOX:   At least four security officers were killed and five injured in a suicide bombing Monday outside an Islamic holy site in Medina, according to the Saudi Interior Ministry.  The Monday evening attack took place just as thousands of worshippers were about to hold sunset prayers in the mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in Medina.  The mosque is visited by millions of Muslims from around the world annually performing pilgrimage in Mecca.  The ministry statement, carried Monday on the state-run al-Ekhbariya news channel, said the attacker set off the bomb after security officers raised suspicions about him. The attack took place in a parking lot outside the sprawling mosque complex.  The bombing happened the same day that two suicide bombers struck different cities in Saudi Arabia, one of them near a U.S. consulate. No group has yet claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.  There had been calls from some terror groups to increase attacks during the month of Ramadan.  Ramadan ends tomorrow.  We'll see if there's any reduction.  But since last September the pace of attacks has been relentless, including attacks in Paris, Brussels, San Berdardino, Orlando, and Bangladesh. 

July 4, 2016