PBC News & Comment: DOA: Boxer’s Bill to Abolish Electoral College and Trump’s Term Limits Proposal

Highlighting obvious flaws in our system, Sen. Boxer aims to kill Electoral College, Trump wants Congressional term limits; both are DOA…--despite lots of evidence of disarray, Trump says transition is going “so smoothly”
--Donald’s son-in-law Jared Kushner positions to be key player
--GOP House members disguise discord, keep Paul Ryan as Speaker
--Dems promote Schumer in Senate, Pelosi is determined to remain top Dem in House
--in strong op-ed in NY Times, Naomi Klein dismisses sexism as the cause of Clinton’s loss
--secret back door in some Android and burner phones in US sends all your text messages to China
--mobile phones and other distractions are blamed for 10% jump in traffic deaths
--new study shows that many innocent people plead guilty under pressure, plea bargaining and overcharging are partly to blame
--Bob Dylan is too busy to go to Stockholm to accept his Nobel prize
--Mose Allison, a witty songwriter who mixed jazz and blues, has died at 89; here's one of my favorite Mose tunes, "Your Mind is On Vacation"
--San Francisco standup comic and political satirist Will Durst looks for a silver lining in the ascension of Trump