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

GOOD MAN, WITH SOME BAGGAGE – FROM FOX:  Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News, will take on a senior communications role for President Trump, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.  Shine's specific title is unclear, but it likely will be a deputy chief of staff-level position. Shine met with Trump to discuss the job Wednesday morning.  Sources tell Fox News that Shine has discussed a White House position with Trump on two other occasions, but both times the potential appointment fell through.  He's a very gifted man, and one of the major builders of Fox News.  However, the Dems will try to link him to the sexual harassment incidents at Fox, and indeed he was named in several lawsuits.  I believe he was seen as someone who looked the other way, rather than as a participant.  The Trump White House may feel that whatever blowback occurs as a result of Shine's appointment would come from people who'd never support Mr. Trump anyway.

TAKE THIS WARNING SERIOUSLY – FROM WND:   A writer for the popular progressive news website Splinter is warning supporters of President Trump that if they have a problem with the heckling of administration officials in public places, they haven’t seen anything yet.  “Do you think that being asked to leave a restaurant, or having your meal interrupted, or being called by the public is bad? My fascism-enabling friends, this is only the beginning,” writes Splinter senior writer Hamilton Nolan.  Pointing to history, he writes that the U.S. “had thousands of domestic bombings per year in the early 1970s.”  “This is what happens when citizens decide en masse that their political system is corrupt, racist, and unresponsive,” says Nolan.  “The people out of power have only just begun to flex their dissatisfaction. The day will come, sooner that you all think, when Trump administration officials will look back fondly on the time when all they had to worry about was getting hollered at at a Mexican restaurant.”   That's pretty chilling, but I wouldn't be surprised if part of the anti-Trump movement turns violent.  These people believe that democracy only exists when they win.

June 27, 2018