For today, a link to a report from National Public Radio and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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How do people in war zones feel as Trump takes office? Reported by Joanna Kakissis, Charles Maynes and Greg Myre | NPR  President-elect Trump has promised to end two foreign conflicts. NPR correspondents in Israel, Russia and Ukraine asked people about their hopes and fears as Trump takes office. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM JAN. 17  Biden and Blinken bow out as embodiments of a genocidal status quo, by Oscar Rickett | Middle East Eye  In May last year, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to the stage at a bar in Kyiv to play guitar on a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” Like Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” . . . READ MORE . . .