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Joe Flood

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Writer, photographer, web person in DC. Also known as Red Bike Guy.

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · Nov 15

HOW I BECAME RED BIKE GUY is about how I got my 15 minutes of fame, and other adventures in Washington, DC

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

I can't stress enough how young staffers working for Republicans are basically all groyper Nazis now. The leaked texts yesterday saying "I love Hitler" and now swastikas on congressional offices.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · 9h

Buc-cee’s is now in Virginia! Just south of Harrisonburg. Probably the cleanest bathrooms you’ll find in I-81.

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be there!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "These guys are playing to the most radical, small, and violent base in the country. You'll see them on Saturday on the Mall. They just do not love this country."

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Gold leaves in western NC

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The Blue Ridge Mountains from the Lake Junaluska Overlook off the Parkway

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Foggy morning in Waynesville, NC

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Fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Does he know the story of the birth of Jesus or nah?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 7d

noem: girlfriend of founder arrested in Portland!

poso: antifa founded during the Weimar Republic

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 7d

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · 7d

I took this photo of Wilson B (aka Biketifa), who is creating an independent media channel for Arlington. He promises that Trump will never be mentioned! www.arlnow.com/2025/10/08/l...

Local artist plans new Arlington-focused Roku channel following AIM’s collapse | ARLnow.com

An Arlington artist with a growing involvement in civic life is planning a new project in the aftermath of Arlington Independent Media's demise. Wilson Bender — the Penrose-based satirist behind numer...

www.arlnow.com

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 8d

I cannot stress enough that the #1 rule of firearm training is you do not point your weapon at anything you do not fully intend to shoot.

These untrained fools need to be prosecuted when this is all done

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 9d

I think the Dem governors and mayors can and should do more, legally and nonviolently. some ideas off the top of my head
- order DOT to close roads near ICE facilities
- conduct routine power and water maintenance to facilities
- mire them in endless legal knots
- refuse any support whatsoever

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George Dubya @itisgeorge.bsky.social · 8d

(Gritting my teeth so hard I'm gonna need to see the dentist) Theo Von, welcome to the resistance

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 9d

Literally been asking myself this question.

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 10d

At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · 9d

We rise again. No Kings 10.18.25

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CB @carlyleblackwell.bsky.social · 10d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

www.theguardian.com

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 11d

Granting a cease fire in The War On Cars while they're used to chase ICE out of our cities. 🫡

Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 12d

Just witnessed Chicagoans following this undercover ICE vehicle (Black pick-up truck) heading south on Ashland honking their horns incessantly and alerting everyone that ICE was coming.

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump-Epstein statue is back! joeflood.com/2025/10/04/t...

Trump-Epstein Statue Returns to the National Mall

Washington's hottest tourist destination is the Trump-Epstein Statue, which celebrates their friendship. See it before the regime bans it again!

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12d

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.

“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

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Erikson Young @eriksonyoung.bsky.social · 12d

NEW UPDATED: “Our museums, research centers, and the National Zoo are open today, and will remain open through Saturday, October 11.

If the government shutdown continues past October 11, the Smithsonian will then close to the public.” www.si.edu

Smithsonian Institution | Home

Plan your visit or explore online the world's largest museum, research, and education complex.

www.si.edu

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Joe Flood @joeflood.bsky.social · 12d

This way to pay bribes —> Seen by the White House this morning

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 12d

It’s either the most “bike-y” thing Melissa has ever done, or a perimenopause coping tactic, but today she killed extra time at the airport by going for a cycle ride along the nearby Aalsmeerderdijk.

Bonus, it meant cycling under the runway, a feature at Schipol that has always blown our mind!

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 13d

We can all see Trump's cognitive decline is getting worse by the day. That is why JD Vance is in the media more. Trump's handlers are grooming him to take over. But who is really running the government right now?! It's likely Stephen Miller.

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