G Loads
@gloads.bsky.social
Inclusive, Progressive Socialist Democrat yearning to stay free. Spouse, Parent & Grandparent. Photographer (retired). Blue dot in red pocket of rural Oregon and staying anonymous to keep from being shot.
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This morning at the Capitol we laid out the signs of fascism, not as rhetoric, but as a warning bell to those in power. When lawmakers dismiss these signs, democracy is put at risk. The Constitution guarantees us the right to a free and fair democracy, we're here to make sure we keep it.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
This morning at the Capitol we laid out the signs of fascism, not as rhetoric, but as a warning bell to those in power. When lawmakers dismiss these signs, democracy is put at risk. The Constitution guarantees us the right to a free and fair democracy, we're here to make sure we keep it.
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If you haven't preordered THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME yet, Book Riot says you're going to be missing out . . .
Let me also say how thrilling it is to get a book about SPACE-TIME!!!!! on lists of books by people of color 😭
bookriot.com/the-most-ant...
Let me also say how thrilling it is to get a book about SPACE-TIME!!!!! on lists of books by people of color 😭
bookriot.com/the-most-ant...
37 of the Most Anticipated BIPOC Books of 2026
There's Cleopatra's story, the last book in Colson Whitehead's trilogy, a book with weird girl vibes, poetry by Hanif Abdurraqib, and lots more.
bookriot.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
If you haven't preordered THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME yet, Book Riot says you're going to be missing out . . .
Let me also say how thrilling it is to get a book about SPACE-TIME!!!!! on lists of books by people of color 😭
bookriot.com/the-most-ant...
Let me also say how thrilling it is to get a book about SPACE-TIME!!!!! on lists of books by people of color 😭
bookriot.com/the-most-ant...
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ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-all-...
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The epitome of a “Kavanaugh Stop.”
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
The epitome of a “Kavanaugh Stop.”
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
History will remember Brett.
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They’ve lived for decades suckling at the teats of the Scaifes, Adelsons, Kochs, Musks and all the rest they think everyone does the same thing
The fact that right-wingers always think that left-wing protesters are being paid should make you start wondering how much of that is simply projection.
January 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM
They’ve lived for decades suckling at the teats of the Scaifes, Adelsons, Kochs, Musks and all the rest they think everyone does the same thing
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This is so insightful and really the ballgame with the Fed argument later this month. Does Roberts view Trump as a *liability* to the long term Republican project, at least w/r/t the Fed.
The Chief’s every move is predicated on his understanding that Republicans created the Roberts Court to rule our country. When he moves a majority against Trump, that’s not moderation. It’s a recognition that Trump’s become a liability Roberts’s project to perpetuate Republican power.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This is so insightful and really the ballgame with the Fed argument later this month. Does Roberts view Trump as a *liability* to the long term Republican project, at least w/r/t the Fed.
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This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
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This FWIW is a good example of what I am talking about. I don’t think Dan Goldman is ever going to say the words “abolish ICE” and activists should work to replace him with someone who will. But also, Goldman speaking in these terms isn’t a bad thing. It is, like I said, a good start.
Some good suggestions from @brianbeutler.bsky.social. I think Rep Daniel Goldman offers a good start at how Dems might approach this going forward here:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This FWIW is a good example of what I am talking about. I don’t think Dan Goldman is ever going to say the words “abolish ICE” and activists should work to replace him with someone who will. But also, Goldman speaking in these terms isn’t a bad thing. It is, like I said, a good start.
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Dan Goldman uses words like "revamp" instead of "abolish."
We don't need ICE at all. No need to revamp. No need to come up with "new rules, new procedures, new laws."
We already vastly overfunded police departments and federal law enforcement agencies.
Defund ICE and make America safer.
We don't need ICE at all. No need to revamp. No need to come up with "new rules, new procedures, new laws."
We already vastly overfunded police departments and federal law enforcement agencies.
Defund ICE and make America safer.
Some good suggestions from @brianbeutler.bsky.social. I think Rep Daniel Goldman offers a good start at how Dems might approach this going forward here:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Dan Goldman uses words like "revamp" instead of "abolish."
We don't need ICE at all. No need to revamp. No need to come up with "new rules, new procedures, new laws."
We already vastly overfunded police departments and federal law enforcement agencies.
Defund ICE and make America safer.
We don't need ICE at all. No need to revamp. No need to come up with "new rules, new procedures, new laws."
We already vastly overfunded police departments and federal law enforcement agencies.
Defund ICE and make America safer.
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Here's my Rahm Emanuel takedown piece from last year. I'll be posting this in response to DC media trying to push Emanuel for President www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
January 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Here's my Rahm Emanuel takedown piece from last year. I'll be posting this in response to DC media trying to push Emanuel for President www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
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I can't remember any kind of statement like this ever coming out of the Fed. I am over half a century old.
Impeach the president immediately.
Impeach the president immediately.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I can't remember any kind of statement like this ever coming out of the Fed. I am over half a century old.
Impeach the president immediately.
Impeach the president immediately.
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i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
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I never really imagined that my mid life crisis would be fighting fascism.
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I never really imagined that my mid life crisis would be fighting fascism.
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
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This is what I'm talking about. Yes, I will criticize what they're doing. THEY ARE HELPING THE FASCISTS.
January 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This is what I'm talking about. Yes, I will criticize what they're doing. THEY ARE HELPING THE FASCISTS.
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Stop falling for the “untrained” narrative.
NEW: Jonathan Ross is former National Guard and Border Patrol and has been part of ICE's SWAT equivalent, a team leader overseeing FBI, ATF, and IRS agents, and a firearms instructor, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. This is from @hudsongiles.bsky.social and me:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Stop falling for the “untrained” narrative.
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I’m joining Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and will use every lever available to end the terror ICE has unleashed on our communities.
Stay loud.
Stay loud.
January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I’m joining Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and will use every lever available to end the terror ICE has unleashed on our communities.
Stay loud.
Stay loud.
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The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Prosecute Renée Nicole Good’s Murderer
The ICE agent who killed Renée Nicole Good not only can be held accountable for murder—he must be.
www.thenation.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Snubbing Venezuela’s opposition leader was CIA’s idea. "A... CIA assessment produced at the request of the White House warned Pres. Trump of a wider conflict in Venezuela if he were to support the country’s democratic opposition once... Maduro... was deposed..." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
CIA advised Trump against supporting Venezuela's democratic opposition
Trump dismissed the leadership of Venezuela's democratic opposition in favor of Maduro's handpicked vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, now the interim president.
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Snubbing Venezuela’s opposition leader was CIA’s idea. "A... CIA assessment produced at the request of the White House warned Pres. Trump of a wider conflict in Venezuela if he were to support the country’s democratic opposition once... Maduro... was deposed..." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed:
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...
www.cbsnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed:
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...