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

GREAT MOMENTS IN EDUCATION – FROM FOX:    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. –  Boos, catcalls and the turning of backs welcomed the commencement speaker at Wednesday’s Bethune-Cookman University graduation ceremony.  For 20 minutes, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s most opposed cabinet secretary nominee during confirmation hearings, endured jeers from the graduates and interruptions from the university president to calm down the crowd.  At one point, President Edison Jackson even threatened to “send your diplomas in the mail” if the noise didn’t stop.  Betsy DeVos is a wealthy woman who could have spent her life going to liberal cocktail parties in Manhattan and Beverly Hills.  Instead, she devotes herself to education.  This is the thanks she gets.

MADNESS – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  A new NYPD directive forbids cops from entering a residence in response to a noise complaint — unless they’re given permission.  The directive, a copy of which has been obtained by The Post, means loud partiers can simply tell the cops who come to their door to just go away.  The bizarre constraint is the result of costly, successful lawsuits against the city by homeowners who complained that cops barged onto their properties without a warrant, multiple sources told The Post.  A week after it was issued, the directive had already outraged brass and rank-and-file cops alike, who warned Wednesday that neighborhoods will suffer from sleepless nights and trash, and that the NYPD will lose the vital ability to police out-of-control parties by known or suspected gang members.  Another victory for degeneracy and chaos.  But the intellectual classes will be pleased.  After all, loud parties never happen in their neighborhoods, so why should they worry?

WHO CARES ABOUT TERRORISM? – FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER:  Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, announced Wednesday that he intends to block President Trump's nominee for the top post monitoring terrorism financing at the Treasury until the department releases documents relating to Trump and his dealings with Russia.  "I have stated repeatedly that we have to follow the money if we are going to get to the bottom of how Russia has attacked our democracy," the Oregon Democrat said in a statement Thursday afternoon announcing the "hold" on the nomination of Sigal Mandelker to be undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.  Wyden said the hold would remain in place until the requested documents were provided to the Finance and Intelligence committees. On Wednesday, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner, told reporters that he had requested documents from the Treasury showing any ties between Trump or his campaign associates and outside entities, including Russia.   I mean, who cares about monitoring terrorism?  If you're a Democrat, and a follower of Hussein Obama, terrorism is defined as a "manmade disaster."  It can wait. 

May 10, 2017