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

OUTRAGEOUS – FROM THE HILL:   Hillary Clinton's Democratic presidential campaign implored debate moderator Lester Holt to hold Donald Trump accountable for untrue statements during Monday's debate, sending reporters 18 pages of debunked claims by the Republican nominee to tar him as a liar.  "Donald Trump has shown a clear pattern of repeating provably false lies hoping nobody will correct him," said Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton's communications director, during a call with reporters on Friday.  "This warrants a particular focus because his level of lying is unprecedented in American politics. He repeatedly and unabashedly fails to tell the truth to voters."  She then called on Holt to pay close attention to Trump's claims during Monday night's debate in New York and not be afraid to push back, arguing that Clinton can't be the only one doing so.  Are they actually suggesting that the moderators take on an active anti-Trump role?  Really?  They'll probably do it anyway, considering who they are, but the suggestion itself is more than nervy.  Besides, people speaking for Hillary Clinton might be better off staying away from the subject of truth. 

PROTECTION – FROM FOX:   Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff Cheryl Mills and two other staffers were granted immunity as part of the now-closed FBI probe into the former secretary of state’s email practices, according to a top House Republican who questioned whether the numerous deals hindered the bureau’s ability to build a case.  "This is beyond explanation,” House oversight committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said in a statement Friday. “The FBI was handing out immunity agreements like candy. I've lost confidence in this investigation and I question the genuine effort in which it was carried out.”  The arrangements detailed by Chaffetz bring the total number of publicly known immunity deals in the Clinton case to five.  Incredible.  The Clintons corrupt everything they touch.  The FBI is being badly hurt by the impression given that special privileges were granted to the Clinton crowd.  Some members of Congress are openly saying that they've lost some respect for the Bureau.

OUTRAGEOUS – FROM FOX:   Instead of parsing participles, a public high school English teacher has been using her classroom to wage an ugly propaganda campaign against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters.  “Basically, the only people who seem to be safe from this guy are white Christian males,” the teacher said in a classroom discussion recorded by a student. “Am I missing anything? Oh, American – white, Christian, male Americans.”  The unidentified teacher at North Carolina’s Cedar Ridge High School even made students watch speeches delivered by Hitler and had them compare them to speeches that Trump had delivered, outraged parents tell me.  I've seen reports of things like this happening in other schools as well.  The left is in control, and apparently parents have little influence in their "public" schools.

September 23,  2016