Joe Flood
@joeflood
Writer, photographer, web person in DC. Also known as Red Bike Guy.
Some closer-in photos of the Reflecting Pool. The blue liner is still there but it's covered in dirt and debris. There's a lot of glare from some angles. Note the fence and security cameras
Sunrise at the Reflecting Pool, which is being slowly drained. It will be cleaned, repainted, refilled, try again? Like the War on Iran, it never ends
These columns used to hold up the Capitol. Now they've found a home in the National Arboretum
Big crowd this morning for David Hearn, who got arraigned for felony destruction of Reflecting Pool property. He was released on his own recognizance. It's a bullshit case and the court knows it - if there's a trial, it won't be until February
If you like abstract art with lots of interesting textures and materials, check out Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Just added a coffee shop too!
Freedom Plaza has reopened, now "improved" by Trump with statues of dubious historical accuracy. Locals are calling it, "The Chessboard."
Cleanup of the fireworks mess at the Reflecting Pool continues this morning
FreedDC and other orgs protested Pete Hegseth's photo op with the National Guard this morning in Meridian Hill/Malcom X Park
they surrounded the Reflecting Pool with fences and cameras but the algae returned
The Trump State Fair is not worth going to but if, for some reason you end up there, check out the new and old Metro trains
yesterday at the Reflecting Pool boondoggle. Rothko-esque colors, algae vacuuming and loose paint
today at the Reflecting Pool debacle: we have always been at war with algae
It’s a coverup! Trump doesn’t want the public to see his name removed from the Kennedy Center so he hid his shame with a curtain. No work is happening this morning
Lincoln Memorial, brought to you by Carl's Jr, I mean, the UFC and other sponsors. They're doing weigh-ins here for Trump's fight club (we've gone full Idiocracy timeline)
The Trump-Epstein Reading Room is open in DC. 3,437 volumes of horror. General visitors can't open the volumes but the exhibit gives you an idea of the vast scale of the crimes and the lack of accountability