Rudy Giuliani, who now is reported to be under consideration for Secretary of State, is under fire for accepting payments on behalf of a designated terror group in Iran, before they got taken off the designated terror list.

I'm pretty sure Rudy's been asking foreign leaders to support him getting the position. Look at this article about the President of Colombia calling Donald Trump (or was it Rudy he talked to?) Was it really necessary for Colombia's president to mention at least three times during the interview that Rudy Giuliani arranged the call and was a special friend of Colombia? I'd bet Rudy asked him say that. (Use Google Translate)

Why would Rudy want to be Secretary of State at his age? All that time on a plane can't be healthy. Maybe he's unhappy at home and it's a cheap way to get a de facto divorce from Wife No. 4. In any event, better Secretary of State than Attorney General. As Radley Balko writes, the likely damage he would inflict is terrifying even to contemplate. If Rudy doesn't get the AG's job, who will? Ted Cruz's name is now being floated at Reuters. (I don't think Jeff Sessions would want the job -- too much work, compared to being a Senator. Which is a good thing, because judging from my memory of his tenure as U.S. Attorney in Mobile, he'd be terrible in that position for the country.)

Barbara Boxer introduced a bill to eliminate the Electoral College. (No links due to auto-play video on every site I checked.) That will never happen. It requires a constitutional amendment, a 2/3 vote of the House and Senate, and approval by 3/4 of the state legislators. And it won't protect us from Trump, Giuliani, Gingrich and the Bush-era Neo-cons, Paul Ryan who is intent on privatizing Medicare, or any of the other deplorables who are headed our way.

Wouldn't it be easier for Congress to pass a bill now, invoking the Supremacy Clause, and declaring that no elector who votes for the candidate who wins the national popular vote, rather than the candidate who won the most votes in his or her state, shall be subjected to any federal or state civil or criminal penalty? It doesn't legalize it or contravene the Constitution, it just foregoes any punishment. I'm sure there's a million reasons why such a law would be overturned eventually, but for now, it would keep Trump out of the White House and put Hillary in, where she belongs. Given the Republicans' present fury at Trump, the bill would probably get bipartisan support and pass before the electoral college meets to vote in December. The Change.Org. petition to that effect already has 4 million signatures. I doubt the more than 60 million people who voted against Trump would object. As for those that didn't vote, tough. You snooze, you lose. If you didn't vote, you have no right to complain about anything.

Hillary is now ahead in the popular vote count by more than 1 million votes. Trump's claiming a "mandate" is simply untrue. If he has any mandate, I think it is only with the under-informed, mostly rural, radical right fringe who call themselves Christians. There is nothing religious about them. They are nothing more than dangerous right wing radicals.

Donald Trump is now in fantasy land claiming today he would have won the popular vote if he campaigned in New York, Florida and California. Donald Trump couldn't even carry California's uber-right Orange County -- John Wayne would be appalled. San Francisco voters chose him by a whopping 85%. If he had shown up more in California, he'd probably have gotten even fewer votes. And he campaigned he as* off in Florida, and Manhattan (where he chose to ride down, rather than up, the escalator as he made his presidential announcement. He even ate pizza with Sarah Palin in New York, with a fork.) As for Florida, he couldn't even win Palm Beach County, home to his Mar a Lago. Hillary beat him there by more than 100,000 votes.

I don't doubt Jared Kushner plans to go to Washington with Trump, but I don't think he's any more ready for prime-time than Trump. Like Trump, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and got his start from a rich father with big real estate holdings. The paper he bought a few years ago, the New York Observer, last week changed its name to "The Observer" and announced it is ceasing its print edition immediately and will only publish online in the future. Could it be Jared doesn't trust his employees to run the paper when he exits for Washington?

Looking at the stories on the paper's front page this week, it seems to have morphed into the Enquirer -- every political headline about the election has an anti-Hillary, unjournalistic slant. One news article (not commentary) refers to Hillary's "totalitarian support for the Democratic party."

Ivanka Trump is already trying to profit off her father's win. After her 60 Minutes appearance Sunday, a staffer at her jewelry company sent out a "style alert" telling journalists where they could buy the bracelet she wore on the show. She did the same with her dress at the RNC.

In the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department: Ivanka Trump is moving her shoe operation from China to Africa where wages are even cheaper.

100,000 pairs of shoes bearing his daughter Ivanka's name have been made in Dongguan, China The Huajian company is now moving production to Africa because labor there is even cheaper. It can employ five Ethiopians at its factory near Addis Ababa for the price of one Chinese worker

One of the two appointments Trump has announced so far has generated huge opposition. Steve Bannon may or may not share the beliefs of the objectionable groups that support him, but he attracts them like magnets. (Again, I have no idea what Stephen Bannon personally believes, so no name-calling here. Comments calling him names will be deleted as potentially libelous.)

President Obama spoke out today against the creeping rise in nationalism here and in Europe. It's a serious problem. And these people supported only one U.S. candidate for President: Trump.

Does it really matter who Trump appoints? Anyone he appoints is likely to land us in World War III, at home and abroad. He will certainly drag the image of the U.S. into the mud. Can you think of a more vulgar, tasteless performance than this?

When Trump brings back water-boarding, I won't be surprised if he asks to do the deed himself.

I believe Donald Trump will do more damage to this country than any President in history. His administration will be like a ship barreling through the rough seas with no captain to steer it. From what I can see, he doesn't know how, he doesn't have the attention span and he's lacking in human compassion and decency. But that's just my opinion.

I could care less why Trump won. Crying over spilled milk and the blame game get us nowhere. There's nothing to do now but take a lot of showers and wait for the worst. Don't kid yourself, it's coming. Trying to make nice and beat it back is a waste of time.

Trump's infighting reminds of the line from Leonard Cohen's Democracy:

"It's the homicidal bitching that goes down in every kitchen to determine who will serve and who will eat."

No unity shtick here.