Links to commentary from Indian Punchline, ScheerPost, and nader.org, and to a report from National Public Radio; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and.HERE, and a MEDIA entry is HERE.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 8  Russia, China figure out Trump’s landslide victory, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  The heart of the matter is Trump 2.0 remains an enigma. Importantly, he is being presidential after a four-year internship in DC from 2016 to 2020. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 6  It should come as no great surprise, by Bernie Sanders | Bernie / ScheerPost  It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. First, it was the white working class, and now it is . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 1  Weakened by its past cowardliness, the Democratic Party still can adopt winning agendas, by Ralph Nader | nader.org  Over the years, the Democratic Party’s blunders, arrogance and dependence on commercial campaign money and corporate-conflicted political/media consultants have put the two-party duopoly races  . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 6  The impact of the election for Congress. Reported by Claudia Grisales and Ari Shapiro | NPR  The GOP has won back control of the White House and the Senate, and they’re within striking distance of taking the House. It will all make for a dramatic shakeup in Congress for the next two years. Click HERE to listen and read.