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

MAJOR HILLARY WORSHIP NEWS –  FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER:  Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Thursday his family's pet chicken named Hillary died right before the election. McAuliffe, a Democrat and a top Clinton ally, was asked about his four chickens in an interview with the Atlantic.  "I hate to say this, one chicken died," he said. "About a month before the election, Hillary died."  "We've got Hillary, Jr. now," he added. "She is bright and fluffy and making a lot of noise and healthy as an ox."  Ah, the change of generations.  How moving and spiritual.

HILLARY FINDS ANOTHER REASON WHY SHE LOST – FROM THE HILL:    Hillary Clinton on Thursday decried the spread of fake news online, calling it an “epidemic” that Congress should take action against.  “The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year — it’s now clear the so-called fake news can have real-world consequences,” Clinton said during a speech on Capitol Hill.  Some Democrats have argued the spread of anti-Clinton fake news online contributed to her electoral loss to Donald Trump.  The issue has received renewed attention this week after a gunman entered a pizzeria in Washington that was at the center of a false viral conspiracy theory that alleged it was home to a pedophilia ring operated by Clinton and her inner circle.  “This isn’t about politics or partisanship,” Clinton continued during her speech Thursday at a ceremony honoring retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).  Fake news has been going on since before this Republic was founded.  It's gone under many labels, including yellow journalism.  So far, Clinton has blamed everyone but herself for her loss.  Watch – she'll blame a girlfriend of Bill's that we don't even know about.

OUTRAGEOUS – FROM COLLEGE FIX:   The Ohio State University student who allegedly ran over several students and stabbed others to defend Islam should not have been shot by police before he could hurt more people.  That’s the explicit message coming from the OSU Coalition for Black Liberation, which added Abdul Razak Ali Artan’s name to a list of every person of color that has been killed by police since October, The Lantern reports.  The group periodically reads from the list in public, and it gave a “eulogy” for each name and held a moment of silence on Wednesday.  These people are sick.  Nothing more need be said.

December 8,  2016