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Tim Shorrock

@timshorrock.bsky.social

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Journalist, writer, musician, DC since 1982. Living with grief since losing my daughter Roxanne in March 2024. Writing on Korea, Japan, Cold War, Capitalism. Crazy Bob Dylan fan. Author of SPIES FOR HIRE. Now on Substack at EMPIRE BLUES.

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 21d

For those folks posting about South Korea's angry response to Trump's ICE raid on Korean companies in Georgia, this interview & post from me helps explain why: in part, national PTSD from 40 years of military dictatorship. I've covered Korea since 1980. 🌺
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My interview with BBC about Trump's ICE raid on the Hyundai/LG plant in Georgia

I spoke to the Beeb's Business Report this morning about the South Korean response to the raid and the anger ICE has generated. They wanted to emphasize what the Koreans did wrong, but I persevered.

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Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · 11h

1/ Is Chosun Ilbo becoming a MAGA mouthpiece? Today South Korea's biggest conservative paper made its top headline an essay deifying Charlie Kirk, complete with warnings about "radical-left dictatorships", framing the US-ROK alliance through shared Christian faith. t.co/rZFnWXVuzc by Raphael Rashid

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 2h

A great moment!

Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 12h

In advance of the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature, posting the moment when The announcement was made when Bob Dylan won in 2016.

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Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

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Jon Reinsch @jonreinsch.bsky.social · 2d

Killing Article 9 is likely to be a high priority for Takaichi. Without Komeito to restrain LDP, they might get greedy and and insist on more than authorizing SDF—which could work against them. A Komeito out of the coalition might be freer to stand foursquare against militarism.

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Jon Reinsch @jonreinsch.bsky.social · 2d

Thunberg Confirms Abuse by Israeli Abductors, But Urges World to Focus on Gaza Genocide
“I will never, ever comprehend how humans can be so evil that you would deliberately starve millions of people living trapped under an illegal siege”
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Thunberg Confirms Abuse by Israeli Abductors, But Urges World to Focus on Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams

"This genocide and other genocides are being enabled and fueled by our own governments, our institutions, our media, and companies. It is our responsibility to end that complicity."

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 1d

Harvest moon cloud
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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 1d

Harvest Moon Over Occupied DC, October 6.

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 3d

You got it.

Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 3d

Dodger fan, btw. Ohtani is the Babe Ruth of our time. Plus I love LA. My parents are buried there. We're all still around, my sisters and I.

Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 3d

Love paper and pen (and pencil)! Its how i write, how I think.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

George Carlin would never have taken blood money to perform comedy for a Saudi Arabian tyrant.

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 4d

True - but there have been US administrations that admonished the LDP for its visits to Yasukuni Shrine. Abe changed that overnight.

muneo @literaryfish.bsky.social · 4d

Japanese far-right historical revisionism was never a flashpoint for the USA. Americans were the ones that sabotaged the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal because they needed the war criminals and far-right Japan for their hegemonic status in East Asia.

Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 4d

NYT plays down the fascism. Why isn't this a flashpoint for the USA? "Takaichi argues that Japanese atrocities during WWII have been overstated. She regularly visits Yasukuni Shrine, a memorial honoring Japan’s war dead & war criminals & a flashpoint for historical sensitivities in China & Korea."

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Jon Reinsch @jonreinsch.bsky.social · 4d

"Takaichi to become Japan’s first female prime minister"
On the one hand, I'm glad Japan's "glass ceiling" has been broken. On the other, the shift to the hard right we've seen elsewhere has reached Japan. I hope her term in office is short.
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Takaichi to become Japan’s first female prime minister | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Japan is set to have its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi won the leadership election of the Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 4d

This is just fucking horrible. Medicare and the entire US government have been captured by fascists and imbeciles.

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 5d

Genius at the Opry 😂

QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 6d

OTD 1954 Elvis Presley makes his one and only appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, where he sings "Blue Moon Of Kentucky." His Rockabilly version doesn't go over well with the crowd. Elvis remembered the Opry manager advising him to “go back to Memphis and drive a truck.”

Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 5d

I usually don't join bandwagons but I'm jumping on this one. 🔧🎸
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The Original Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

First ever release of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan as it was originally conceived, including four tracks that were withdrawn before the album came out: Rocks And Gravel, Let Me Die in My Footsteps, Ramb...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

GUARD IN MEMPHIS: The TN Supreme Court & a federal court have both ruled it is unconstitutional for TN’s governor to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement.

In 2021, TN’s GOP Attorney General wrote an advisory saying the same. It was so damning, the new AG secretly erased it from record!

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GreggCockrell @greggcockrell.bsky.social · 6d

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An absolutely, unquestionably "Positively 4th Street" by Bob Dylan in Boston, December 9, 1995

YouTube video by Artur Artist presents "The Casper Collection"

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 6d

Good god

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Exclusive: Bari Weiss to be named editor in chief of CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources

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Lori Lou Freshwater @lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 5d

Enjoy what’s left of the freedom of the press while you can.

ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 6d

Don't let anyone tell you that Trump and his Republicans aren't fucking with Medicare. That's a lie.

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 6d

A perfect match for the Hegseth set in DC. JFC.

Jon Reinsch @jonreinsch.bsky.social · 7d

"Japan’s far-right party courts Trump allies, vows not to get ‘wacky’"
Kamiya's excuse for palling around with fascists: “It’s clear that we no longer live in an era where Japan can determine its course alone." No longer?
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Japan’s far-right party courts Trump allies, vows not to get ‘wacky’ | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Japan’s far-right Sanseito party has set up an international arm to court Trump allies such as Steve Bannon and like-minded groups in Europe, betting that global conservative recognition will help it ...

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 6d

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 7d

Unusally good New York Times report on the fascist takeover we are experiencing right now in DC. Please read to see what's coming to your town and state (which we are not!). "A Testing Ground for ICE." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 8d

“War is just wrong." A friend from my youth in Japan sent me this note after she saw my article on the US firebombing of Tokyo. I wish the world had learned never to repeat the devastation of World War II, but the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza shows the exact opposite. substack.com/@timshorrock...