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

BACK TO REALITY – FROM THE HILL:  Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) warded off a primary challenge on Thursday from political newcomer Kerri Evelyn Harris, throwing cold water on progressives’ hopes for another upset victory over a longtime incumbent.  Carper was projected as the winner by The Associated Press, winning with 64 percent of the vote after 72 percent of precincts had reported.  His triumph came two days after progressive Ayanna Pressley notched a stunning Democratic primary win over 10-term incumbent Rep. Mike Capuano (Mass.) in a Boston-area district.  Delaware ain't Massachusetts.  The "progressives" got a reminder of that tonight.

SHUT UP – FROM CNN:   Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, seizing on an explosive op-ed from an anonymous administration official, said Thursday that it's time to use constitutional powers to remove President Donald Trump office if top officials don't think he can do the job.  "If senior administration officials think the President of the United States is not able to do his job, then they should invoke the 25th Amendment," Warren told CNN. "The Constitution provides for a procedure whenever the Vice President and senior officials think the President can't do his job. It does not provide that senior officials go around the President -- take documents off his desk, write anonymous op-eds ... Everyone of these officials have sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States. It's time for them to do their job."  If Warren thinks Mike Pence is going to recommend removal of President Trump, she's nuts.  The president may be brash, crude and loud, but there is nothing in his leadership to approach 25th Amendment requirements.

FROM THE ROYAL PALACE – FROM THE DAILY STAR:   PRINCE Charles has issued a warning over the rise of robotics – namely the rise of “part human, part machine” hybrids.  The Prince of Wales made the Royal intervention in a GQ magazine interview marking his forthcoming 70th birthday.  Charles said he "utterly" objected to the trend of people somehow becoming "part human, part machine”.  He was presented with the Editor's Lifetime Achievement Award for services to philanthropy at the GQ Men of the Year Awards.  The heir to the throne’s comments come amid the increasing popularity of robotics in every industry – including military, domestic and sex.  Well, those comments will certainly change the course of civilization, won't they?  Wasn't he Diana's husband?

September 6, 2018