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Tim Shorrock
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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 · 26d
NEW: My original 2019 story on the history of US military prostitution in South Korea, in print finally with photographs from Dongducheon that were never used. A tragic and ongoing saga of remembrance we could help end. One of my best pieces ever. Last of a series. 🌺
The Dark History of The Monkey House
My final story as it appeared in The New Republic on December 2, 2019. Despite the difficulties of getting it into print, it still stands as one of my best pieces ever, enhanced by new, unseen photos.
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DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS: U.S. was reassured amid 1994 crisis with North Korea that Japan would never go nuclear. (Asahi). www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS: U.S. reassured amid 1994 crisis that Japan would never go nuclear | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
During the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis, Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata sought to dispel concerns over a nuclear-armed Japan during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, a newly decl...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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"Rapacity" - you can bet the US media will never use that term. Look at the closeted Senator Graham staring lovingly as his Nazi man-hero tames the lap dog White House press.

"Trump’s rapacity could target Colombia, Greenland next." english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
Trump’s rapacity could target Colombia, Greenland next
After a shocking operation to seize the leader of Venezuela, the US president hinted at interventionist ambitions elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere
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January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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I'm one of the few journalists to interview both of these outstanding leaders. Former President Moon and PM Hatoyama represent what South Korea and Japan could be without permanent US occupation and control.
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Moon Jae-in renews call for end-of-war declaration, peace treaty on Korean Peninsula
The former president of South Korea sat down with former Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama for a conversation about ties between their two countries and ways to establish peace in the region
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December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?

Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Chevron is the largest private oil producer in Venezuela. I just found that one of its directors is CEO of Inter-Con Security, which holds massive contracts with the US Marshals Service & provides most of the Marshals who guard US federal courts - including the one holding Maduro today. #Spies4Hire
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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LOL
ericumansky.bsky.social Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 2d
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.

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Although Machado ultimately said she was dedicating the award to Trump, her acceptance of the prize was an “ultimate sin,” said one of the people. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” this person said.
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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alexandergruchala.bsky.social
Fucking goddamn stenographers.
HEY HEY, LOOK WHO IT IS. THE "PRESS."
January 4, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..

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January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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"China strongly condemns U.S. use of force against Venezuela." (Xinhua) english.news.cn/20260103/b8d...
China strongly condemns U.S. use of force against Venezuela
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January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Former Politico reporter Rachael Bade is the poster child for the DC media disconnect. Grinning with a mimosa in her avatar while treating politics like a game.
Rachael Bade ~ @rachaelmbade X.com Agree or disagree with the merits of the operation, you can't help but be in awe of the US military might described by Gen Caine. Pres Trump threatened Maduro for months -- loudly and publicly. And yet US forces caught him and his cronies entirely OFF GUARD and took a sovereign leader from his own country. Damn. 11:24 AM • 1/3/26 • 1.7K Views Rachael Bade
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Not a single Seymour Hersh or Helen Thomas in this pathetic White House press corps. This is the Mar-A-Lago Nazi Regime.
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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AKA regime change.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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lorifreshwater.bsky.social
We are now dependent on the installed Pentagon propaganda arm to tell us about American casualties and troop numbers and movements and we know with certainty we will be lied to.
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d
Are there US forces still on the ground in Venezuela? Usually they say something about that.
January 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
timshorrock.bsky.social
This beautiful, haunting song by Phil Ochs expressed our collective despair at the US invasion of the Dominican Republic back in 1965. I played it over & over when Reagan invaded Grenada in 1983. Please listen today as we watch another brutal act of war in Venezuela. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d6n...
Santo Domingo (Live)
YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic
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January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Liberals be liberals.
smtuffy.bsky.social Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 4d
What’s going on is very bad but please avoid the temptation to make Maduro the hero of this story
January 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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The Nazi Speaks.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.

This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Next - BLOWBACK, big time, for the Mar-A-Lago Nazi Regime.
January 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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JUST IN—Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuela's Minster of Foreign Affairs, posted an official statement to Telegram. t.me/YvanGilPinto...

"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."

Full translation:
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current Government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and population in the civilian and military areas of the city of Caracas, the capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira. This act constitutes a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, especially Articles 1 and 2, which enshrine respect for sovereignty, the legal equality of States, and the prohibition of the use of force. Such aggression threatens international peace and stability, specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean, and places the lives of millions of people at grave risk. The objective of this attack is none other than to seize Venezuela's strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals, attempting to forcibly break the nation's political independence. They will not succeed. After more than two hundred years of independence, the people and their legitimate government remain firm in defending their sovereignty and the inalienable right to determine their own destiny. The attempt to impose a colonial war to destroy the republican form of government and force a "regime change," in alliance with the fascist oligarchy, will fail, as all previous attempts have failed. Since 1811, Venezuela has faced and defeated empires. When in 1902 foreign powers bombed our coasts, President Cipriano Castro proclaimed: "The insolent foot of the foreigner has profaned the sacred soil of the Homeland." Today, with the spirit of Bolívar, Miranda, and our liberators, the Venezuelan people rise again to defend their independence against imperial aggression. People to the streets! The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack. President Nicolás Maduro has ordered all national defense plans to be implemented at the appropriate time and under the appropriate circumstances, in strict accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Organic Law on States of Exception, and the Organic Law on National Security. In this regard, President Nicolás Maduro has signed and ordered the implementation of the Decree declaring a state of external commotion throughout the national territory, to protect the rights of the population, the full functioning of republican institutions, and to immediately engage in armed struggle. The entire country must be activated to defeat this imperialist aggression. He has also ordered the immediate deployment of the Command for the Comprehensive Defense of the Nation and the Steering Bodies for Comprehensive Defense in all states and municipalities of the country. In strict adherence to Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, Venezuela reserves the right to exercise legitimate self-defense to protect its people, its territory, and its independence. We call upon the peoples and governments of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the world to mobilize in active solidarity against this imperialist aggression. As Supreme Commander Hugo Chávez Frías stated, “in the face of any new difficulties, no matter how great, the response of all patriots...is unity, struggle, battle, and victory.” Caracas, January 3, 2026
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
timshorrock.bsky.social
Looks like war. NYT just now (1:45 AM EST). 3 days into 2026 and the "antiwar" and "peace" president is bombing Venezuela. Trump is a fascist monster.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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As someone who lost his daughter to fentanyl poisoning, the attempt by Trump & his gang to force us to accept extra-judicial murder as revenge is sickening. The real enemy (& cause) of the fentanyl crisis lies with the Sackler Family. I thank @emmavigeland.bsky.social for making that clear on CNN. 🙏
December 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The Mar-A-Lago Nazi Regime and its 4 armies.
asharangappa.bsky.social Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9d
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:

*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)

All pardonable
fedbillbot.bsky.social Congressional Bill Bot @fedbillbot.bsky.social · 16d
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December 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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No point obscuring that this clip is about the very real possibility that Epstein did not kill himself.

@jkbjournalist.bsky.social talks the Epstein files and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Podcast:
December 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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jasonleopold.bsky.social Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 8d
2025 FOIA Files Recap: It's been a devastating year for the #FOIA. Agencies gutted or eviscerated their FOIA offices & fired staff. But thanks to the incredibly hard work of FOIA officers across the govt I managed to pry loose some important docs. Here are the highlights. Thank you FOIA officers!
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December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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“‘The [country’s] rise in executions was driven primarily by the state of Florida, which carried out 19 executions, 40% of the year’s total’ of 47.”

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/30/f...
A big year for executions? Only in Florida
Florida had 19 executions in 2025. Texas is the only other state that has ever exceeded 18 exe­cu­tions in a year’s span, doing so back in 2009, according to a new report.
www.orlandosentinel.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM