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

ON TARGET, WE HOPE – From Fox:  "The U.S. military launched an airstrike that targeted and 'likely' killed the Al Qaeda leader behind the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed 35 hostages, including three Americans, a senior defense official told Fox News Sunday.  Libyan government and U.S. officials say warplanes targeted Mokhtar BelMokhtar and several others in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. The U.S. filed terrorism charges against BelMokhtar last year in connection with the Algeria attack. Officials have said they believe he remained a threat to U.S. and Western interests."  It's always good to get news of a success.  The other kind of news has been too common recently.

SHE HAS AN OPINION? – From The New York Times:  "DES MOINES – Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged President Obama to listen to congressional Democrats – particular the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi – and make changes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that reflect their concerns about protecting American jobs and wages.  In her first detailed comments on the trade deal since the House of Representatives refused on Friday to allow Mr. Obama to negotiate it freely, Mrs. Clinton laid out a far more calibrated position on the deal than many Democrats and Republicans have taken. She declined to take sides on the Friday vote itself but instead allied herself with Democratic critics of the deal — without actually opposing it."  Typical Hillary Clinton.  Doesn't actually take sides, and expresses an opinion only after the House Dems voted against the deal.  Real leadership.  Right.  A real Joan of Arc.

WHOSE SIDE IS BILL CLINTON ON? – Is Bill really trying to torpedo his wife's chances?  From CNN:  "New York (CNN) Bill Clinton said in an interview set to air Sunday on CNN's 'State of the Union' that he is impressed by many of the Republicans considering a presidential run in 2016, offering praise for a group that has made attacking his wife a badge of honor.  'They've got a lot of youth, they've got a lot of energy, they've got some significant diversity and they're no dummies' the former president said during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper at the annual Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in Denver.  'And they believe what they believe,' Clinton continued, teasing them."  Hmm.  They have youth.  They have energy.  And they believe what they believe.  No one ever said that about Hillary.  I wonder which Republican Bill will be voting for.

June 14, 2015