For today, links to a report from Reuters; to commentary from Consortium News; to an interview from Substack via Consortium News; and to commentary from ScheerPost; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names as highlighted. (UKRAINE and ELECTION entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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At least 40 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza, medics say, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  CAIRO — Palestinian health officials and a human rights group said those killed today include two dozen persons inside a residential building in the northern town of Jabalia. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 10  In the U.S., make it Armistice Day again, by Gerry Condon | Veterans for Peace / Consortium News  November 11th, declared Armistice Day at the end of World War I, is celebrated in the U.S. as Veterans Day. Understanding why requires us to recall World War I and its aftermath. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 7  The world according to Trump (w/ Col. Lawrence Wilkerson). Chris Hedges of The Chris Hedges Report talks with Lawrence Wilkerson, retired Marine Corps colonel, Vietnam War veteran and former chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, about “what a Trump presidency may look like outside of the borders of America,” including in Europe and the Middle East. Click HERE to watch, listen, and read introduction and transcript.

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FROM NOV. 9  Notes of a non-voter, by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost  Trump has made his condemnable sympathy for the Israeli cause very plain. So he will change nothing in the matter of material, diplomatic and political support for the Zionist regime. And by changing nothing he will change something of potentially great significance. READ MORE . . .