Tim Shorrock

JUST IN: Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as US Atty for DC, 50-45

When the US military takes, it takes forever. "Today, 35 percent of Iejima is still a U.S. military base."

Asahi: Remembering what happened to Japan in August 1945 (on a tiny island in the Okinawa chain). www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

"Ishiba has chosen not to rankle conservative elements in the party that would take umbrage at a fresh interpretation of Japan’s role in the war."
Not courage, but its opposite.
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My review 🧵 of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN on the Christmas Day of its opening was also the story of how Pete Seeger connected me to Bob Dylan in Japan. I felt like part of the movie. 🔧🎸🪕😎

The Predator State is protecting her.

Outrageous.

Welcome to the Monkey House - Korean Quarterly Researcher and award-winning reporter Tim Shorrock describes the ugly legacy of U.S.military camptown prostitution in South Korea.

Five years ago, one of the best things I ever did. "Welcome to the Monkey House: Confronting the ugly legacy of military prostitution in South Korea." www.koreanquarterly.org/features/wel...

In right-wing "exclusive," Trump allies warn Seoul over "unfair treatment" of disgraced president Yoon Suk-yeol It may be the MAGA right making the warning, but its repellent views are shared by the liberal imperialists from the Biden administration. Korean War scholar Bruce Cumings gets the last word.

If you're interested in what the US is really doing in Japan and Korea, I hope you will read and subscribe to EMPIRE BLUES. In my latest, I explain what's behind these imperial grins.

In right-wing "exclusive," Trump allies warn Seoul over "unfair treatment" of disgraced president Yoon Suk-yeol.

Because the pro-American LDP has been in power in Japan since 1955 (with big help from the CIA), this kind of protective law has never passed. Maybe it will, 80 years later.

"Editorial: Japan must pass relief bill for WWII civilian air raid victims on 80th anniv." mainichi.jp/english/arti...

[Q&A] What’s the big deal if the US reduces troop numbers in Korea? The drawdown of US forces in Korea is inevitable in the long run, which means that South Korea must be prepared

An excellent primer from Hankyoreh on how Trump, following in Biden's footsteps, is trying to change the US-ROK alliance into a battering ram against China - at the cost of South Korea's sovereignty. "What’s the big deal if the US reduces troop numbers in Korea?" english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

RIP: Kim Fellner, Who Left Behind a Community Land Trust in Pittsburgh While Kim died this week, the legacy of affordable housing that she left behind in Pittsburgh will benefit many families for many years to come. In 2022, Kim wrote about why she decided to sell her pr...

Nice tribute to Kim Fellner, organizer extraordinaire, from labor reporter Mike Elk in Pittsburgh. "RIP: Kim Fellner, Who Left Behind a Community Land Trust in Pittsburgh." paydayreport.com/rip-kim-fell...

Dylan being a super Dylan fan except it was Elvis.

This is the pathetic little fascist that Trump's MAGA boys are trying to protect from prosecution.

HE'S GONE NUTS!

Virginia Giuffre’s brother: I think we were shocked by it—especially the use of the term “stolen.” Because she’s not an object. She’s a person. Someone who was recruited at Mar-a-Lago—his property… it just kind of makes us wonder… how much he knew

Sankofa Is Trying to Ensure It Remains A D.C. Fixture Plans are underway to expand the business and transform the bookstore into a worker-community-owned cooperative.

Haile Gerima & family’s Sankofa Books on Ga Ave in DC to transition to becoming worker & community owned book store cooperative, & to expand physical space

51st.news/sankofa-work... Sankofa Is Trying to Ensure It Remains A D.C. Fixture

Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”

Badge of Honor!

good question.

Jilani is a liar. He's a fake leftist. He's always "leaned" far right. Of course he would go to the Post to pander to his MAGA buds. 👇

Victor Cha of CSIS, LOL!

US lowers tariffs on Korea to 15% in return for $350 bil. in investments - The Korea Times Korea and the United States agreed to lower the latter's planned blanket duties on Korean products from 25 percent to 15 percent, Thursday, in return for a $350 billion investment in American industri...

This is not a "deal." This is extortion. "US lowers tariffs on Korea to 15% in return for $350 bil. in investments." www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

Caught with his pants down.

Largest Canadian Union Denounces IDF Beating Chris Smalls While US Unions Stay Silent - Trump Exempts 634 Brazilian Products from Tariffs Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, where local PBS TV station WQED announced that they intended to lay off 19 employees.  WQED to Lay Off 19 Employees  WQED was the 1st public television station in ...

The largest Canadian union has denounced the IDF beating Amazon union leader Chris Smalls, while most US union stay silent.

His own union leader, Teamsters President Sean O'Brien instead went on Tucker Carlson.

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The utter hypocrisy of South Korea's slavishly pro-American, pro-Trump conservatives so beloved by their masters in Washington. 👇👇👇

3,996 steps was all I could do in 95 friggin degrees, thank you. Down in the Flood watch coming tonight. 🌺

A Pro-Israel Nonprofit is Funneling News Content Through Bari Weiss’s "Free Press" As Weiss’s news organization explores a deal to sell to CBS, much of its content on the Middle East is produced by a shadowy think tank tied to pro-Israel advocacy.

Bari Weiss is another scourge on the fascist landscape of Trump's America.

A Pro-Israel Nonprofit is Funneling News Content Through Bari Weiss’s "Free Press." www.dropsitenews.com/p/the-free-p...

Interim U.S attorney in D.C. mandates immigration checks on all defendants Interim U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro intensifies cooperation with ICE in nation’s capital as Trump administration presses deportation campaign in big cities

Another step in Trump's takeover of DC - giving ICE free reign in an already warped "justice" system. "Interim U.S attorney in D.C. (and MAGA crazy) Jeanine Pirro mandates immigration checks on all defendants." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Tsunami alerts issued for U.S. West Coast and Japan after 8.7-magnitude quake The strongest earthquake of the year erupted off Russia’s Kamchatka region, triggering tsunami warnings for Alaska, Guam, Japan, Russia and the U.S. West Coast.

Breaking news: A tsunami watch is in place for the entire U.S. West Coast, with warnings in Hawaii and Japan, where waves as high as 10 feet have been forecast, after magnitude-8.7 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka region.

YouTube video by Universal Documentaries KEROUAC’S ROAD: THE BEAT OF A NATION – OFFICIAL TRAILER | Universal Documentaries

Coming Soon: "Kerouac's Road: The Beat Of A Nation" explores Jack Kerouac’s legacy through stories of modern “on-the-roaders” and those who knew or were inspired by him, it reveals a rarely seen side of Kerouac and offers a fresh take on On the Road and its lasting impact on America