SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:52 P.M. ET: 

MAJOR FASHION NEWS – From the New Zealand Herald:  "Bruce Jenner will model for Vanity Fair as a woman.  The former athlete is currently transitioning to a female and is set to undertake a photoshoot with world famous photographer Annie Leibovitz this summer to show off his new image.  The news - confirmed by gossip website TMZ - comes after it was revealed the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star has undergone surgery to make his face more feminine.  According to Radar Online, the 65-year-old star has had surgery 'to give Bruce's jawline and chin a softer look.'"  I'm so excited.  Much more important than the Iran nuclear talks.

MODERATE DEM IN REVOLT – From The Hill:  "Rep. John Delaney (Md.), a centrist House Democrat, on Friday warned that voices on the left have 'hijacked' his party’s message.  'With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the tea party,' Delaney wrote in a Washington Post op-ed published online Thursday evening. 'But I am worried about where some of the loudest voices in the room could take the Democratic Party.'  He said Democrats' 'party microphone has been hijacked by people more interested in scoring points than in solving problems.'"  Good to see Delaney speaking out.  Of course, this may end any plans he has for higher office.  The liberals insist on ideological conformity.

POOR HILLARY – From The New York Times:  "WASHINGTON — Over the last few months, Harold M. Ickes, a longtime ally of Hillary Rodham Clinton, has helped organize private meetings around the country with union leaders, Clinton backers and Democratic strategists. The pressing topic: Who will step up to be the Democrats’ megadonors in the 2016 presidential race?  Republican contenders have already secured hundreds of millions of dollars in commitments from a stable of billionaires, including a Wall Street hedge fund executive, a Las Vegas casino magnate, a Florida auto dealer, a Wyoming investor and, of course, the Kansas-born billionaires David H. and Charles G. Koch. But none of the biggest Democratic donors from past elections — for example, the Chicago investor Fred Eychaner, the climate-change activist Tom Steyer and the entertainment mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg — have committed to supporting Mrs. Clinton on nearly the same scale.  'No one has stepped forward as the savior,' said Matt Bennett, a longtime Democratic consultant in Washington."  Hillary might have to spend some of her own money. 

May 30, 2015