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All of it, 11-1-26

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Links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press and to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s GAZA, IRAN and UKRAINE, and down for ALL OF IT 10-31-26.) — MCM

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White House maps path to govern without Congress if Democrats win, by Nandita Bose and Tim Reid | Reuters  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s White House has spent months preparing for a possible Democratic takeover of Congress, developing plans to keep advancing major parts of his agenda through executive power while bracing for investigations of . . . READ MORE . . .

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French protest violence eases while scattered riots hit Germany ahead of school return, by Angela Charlton and Kirsten Grieshaber | AP  PARIS — French authorities expressed relief today after mass protests over rising living costs resulted in less violence than previous weekends. But police expect new demonstrations as high schools at the heart of the movement reopen Monday after their autumn break. Germany faced . . . Click HERE for report with video and photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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The World This Week — Is the Trump era over? Joe Lauria of CN, retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer (and former U.N. weapons inspector) Scott Ritter on * prospects for ending the Iran and Ukraine wars, * related autumn 2026 diplomacy, * post-election maneuvering in Israel, * post-midterms possibilities in the United States, * street protests in France and Germany, * “Russiagate” in Europe, * tourism last week in Paris, and * dockworkers’ work stoppages in dozens of countries over Gaza. Click HERE for video of talk.

Ukraine, 10-5-26

For now, links to two reports from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s SYRIA, YEMEN, GAZA, IRAN and ALL OF IT so far, and down for UKRAINE 9-28-26.) — MCM

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Russian attacks kill 6 in Ukraine and damage Kyiv’s Northern Bridge. From AP. KYIV — Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people and damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the Ukrainian capital. Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Germany’s Merz announces new military aid to Ukraine, by Susie Blann, Stefanie Dazio and Elise Morton | AP  KYIV — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) during a visit to Kyiv on Sunday, as Russia escalated its attacks on Ukrainian cities. Click HERE for report including eight photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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TO BE CONTINUED

All of it, 9-28-26

A message from x-ma911truthwalk.com. (Scroll up for today’s UKRAINE, LEBANON, GAZA, WEST BANK, YEMEN and IRAN so far, and down for ALL OF IT 9-26-26.) Block out about an hour and three quarters, click on consortiumnews.com/2026/09/26/watch-twtw-shameless, and get up to date. — MCM

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Hello Joe Lauria, Ray McGovern and Rick Wolff,

I thought last week’s “The World This Week” (HERE, or scroll down) was one of the best, but yesterday morning’s was at least as enlightening — I would say entertaining as well, except that in some languages that could mean distracting, and this was an antidote to distraction.

Your latest (HERE, including introduction, subtitles, and so far thirteen comments) is in competition for best of the year. You might consider adding a transcript.

Good for the title Shameless, except that it doesn’t nearly reflect the nightmare years that may have only begun or the reality that Presidents Trump and Netanyahu for all their — and their governments’ — gross criminalities are only a part of, as it is a continuation of less obvious criminalities since the two were in short pants or before.

Good for President Lula of Brazil, the emir of Qatar, and King Abdullah of Jordan for at least their words in the General Assembly.

Good for the former assistant professor of economics at CCNY for recalling his only personal encounter with a onetime Israeli ambassador to the United Nations and reliving it for witnesses decades later.

Good for Haaretz and the New York Times for their reports of detailed Israeli foreknowledge (at least) of the Oct. 7 attack.

I hadn’t noticed this month’s regional elections in Germany despite AP’s and Reuters’ reports HERE and HERE, or anything about the prospects for Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his France Unbowed party next door, although Reuters did have THIS.

The idea that the “far left” and the “far right” in Germany and France have increased their prospects because of popular revulsion with “centrists” like Chancellor Merz and President Macron and their foreign policies does seem accurate.

Thank you for this and more.

Keep it up.

Mark Miller

P.S.  A word about wordy, windy, incoherent commenters. They dishonor you and other commenters, I think maliciously, while pretending to applaud what you have put together. Don’t fall for it.

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