Wes
@wescontreras.com
Psychology, politics, philosophy, technology, larp, psychedelics, ADHD.
Portland, OR.
Portland, OR.
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Scenes of protest at the #ICEOutforGood happening in Portland
January 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Scenes of protest at the #ICEOutforGood happening in Portland
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I broke the story yesterday that masked ICE agents (not DOJ) were removing items including a personal computer from the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Good. I have yet to see a single news outlet cover this or an elected official even acknowledge it.
NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I broke the story yesterday that masked ICE agents (not DOJ) were removing items including a personal computer from the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Good. I have yet to see a single news outlet cover this or an elected official even acknowledge it.
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Overheard in the crowd, a mother explaining to her young child who is holding a cymbal: "Do you remember? This is the same road we marched on for George Floyd. Another man who was killed."
January 10, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Overheard in the crowd, a mother explaining to her young child who is holding a cymbal: "Do you remember? This is the same road we marched on for George Floyd. Another man who was killed."
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NEW: Meanwhile, remarkable scenes right now close to the site where Renee Nicole Good was murdered by ICE.
Around 10,000 have gathered in the Minneapolis neighborhood in protest.
Around 10,000 have gathered in the Minneapolis neighborhood in protest.
January 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
NEW: Meanwhile, remarkable scenes right now close to the site where Renee Nicole Good was murdered by ICE.
Around 10,000 have gathered in the Minneapolis neighborhood in protest.
Around 10,000 have gathered in the Minneapolis neighborhood in protest.
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
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This is Minneapolis:
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This is Minneapolis:
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
-drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents
-go to brunch with your wife
-get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt
-get groceries as helicopters roar overhead
-deliver food & this vehicle passes you
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They aren't bright, but they do understand provocation.
They watched Jan 6 and they know what these misfits will do when they think they have a pardon lined up.
They don't WANT them competently managing protest and crowds.
They want Boston Massacre.
They watched Jan 6 and they know what these misfits will do when they think they have a pardon lined up.
They don't WANT them competently managing protest and crowds.
They want Boston Massacre.
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
They aren't bright, but they do understand provocation.
They watched Jan 6 and they know what these misfits will do when they think they have a pardon lined up.
They don't WANT them competently managing protest and crowds.
They want Boston Massacre.
They watched Jan 6 and they know what these misfits will do when they think they have a pardon lined up.
They don't WANT them competently managing protest and crowds.
They want Boston Massacre.
“If AI were already replacing labour at scale, productivity growth should be accelerating. Generally, it isn’t.”
January 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
“If AI were already replacing labour at scale, productivity growth should be accelerating. Generally, it isn’t.”
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They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
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that’s why they say “all cops” and not “some cops”
The Minneapolis Police Department has declared tonight’s protest outside a downtown hotel an unlawful assembly, calling it a public nuisance, and ordered the crowd to disperse. bit.ly/3Yu1KW3
January 10, 2026 at 5:25 AM
that’s why they say “all cops” and not “some cops”
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Posted by @liminalwarmth.bsky.social:
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Posted by @liminalwarmth.bsky.social:
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
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it would be good if we had a political party in america that was at least as concerned with what is morally right as it is with what will make its donors and advisors happy
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
it would be good if we had a political party in america that was at least as concerned with what is morally right as it is with what will make its donors and advisors happy
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That‘s why it matters @defector.com is running a sad pic of @klobuchar.senate.gov atop an article blaming Dem leaders for “hiding behind polls.”
The game is up. Dem leaders have nowhere to hide any longer.
The choice for them now is to fight or lose their political careers.
The game is up. Dem leaders have nowhere to hide any longer.
The choice for them now is to fight or lose their political careers.
I think we have successfully moved the Overton window on top Dems’ leadership failures. I can’t turn around without finding an article criticizing them and talking about how they hide behind polling.
Why does the mainstream Democratic response to authoritarian violence always have to be abstracted like this? defector.com/how-hard-is-...
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
That‘s why it matters @defector.com is running a sad pic of @klobuchar.senate.gov atop an article blaming Dem leaders for “hiding behind polls.”
The game is up. Dem leaders have nowhere to hide any longer.
The choice for them now is to fight or lose their political careers.
The game is up. Dem leaders have nowhere to hide any longer.
The choice for them now is to fight or lose their political careers.
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Watch all of it.
And notice at the end that Greg Bovino is right there.
It's not a rogue patrol, this is the operation as conducted under the direct supervision of senior DHS officials.
And notice at the end that Greg Bovino is right there.
It's not a rogue patrol, this is the operation as conducted under the direct supervision of senior DHS officials.
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Watch all of it.
And notice at the end that Greg Bovino is right there.
It's not a rogue patrol, this is the operation as conducted under the direct supervision of senior DHS officials.
And notice at the end that Greg Bovino is right there.
It's not a rogue patrol, this is the operation as conducted under the direct supervision of senior DHS officials.
They will continue to escalate.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
They will continue to escalate.
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I’d like to think of I were a tough guy fascist I wouldn’t even think executing a lady in her car was a cool kill but then I remember how many Palestinian toddlers they assassinate because they threw a rock somewhere near a tank.
January 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I’d like to think of I were a tough guy fascist I wouldn’t even think executing a lady in her car was a cool kill but then I remember how many Palestinian toddlers they assassinate because they threw a rock somewhere near a tank.
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“Simply be opposed, out loud, to the murder of innocent people. A political leader who can't clear that bar until public opinion polling builds them a trampoline is no leader at all.”
From the sports site.
Everyone now knows what’s happening with Dem leaders. It’s not just bluesky
From the sports site.
Everyone now knows what’s happening with Dem leaders. It’s not just bluesky
January 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Simply be opposed, out loud, to the murder of innocent people. A political leader who can't clear that bar until public opinion polling builds them a trampoline is no leader at all.”
From the sports site.
Everyone now knows what’s happening with Dem leaders. It’s not just bluesky
From the sports site.
Everyone now knows what’s happening with Dem leaders. It’s not just bluesky
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Do you identify with a white, male, violence-wielding agent of the state or the unarmed, queer women who refused to show him proper deference?
When he shot the "f*ing b*tch" who dishonored him, was he not restoring the proper social order? Was he not defending not only his honor, but yours as well?
When he shot the "f*ing b*tch" who dishonored him, was he not restoring the proper social order? Was he not defending not only his honor, but yours as well?
January 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Do you identify with a white, male, violence-wielding agent of the state or the unarmed, queer women who refused to show him proper deference?
When he shot the "f*ing b*tch" who dishonored him, was he not restoring the proper social order? Was he not defending not only his honor, but yours as well?
When he shot the "f*ing b*tch" who dishonored him, was he not restoring the proper social order? Was he not defending not only his honor, but yours as well?
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This is great to see from @lujan.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov, but it rings hollow because all three of you are still using Twitter. How can you hope for anyone to take this seriously if you won't even stop propping up Elon's platform? #TeslaTakedown
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images reut.rs/3NcxAUO
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images
Three Democratic U.S. senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove X and its built-in artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from their app stores, citing the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on the platform.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This is great to see from @lujan.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov, but it rings hollow because all three of you are still using Twitter. How can you hope for anyone to take this seriously if you won't even stop propping up Elon's platform? #TeslaTakedown
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Now both the state AG AND the local DA are investigating the shooting together.
Noem’s effort to bluff the FBI into being able to cover this up on its own has failed miserably.
Federalism as a sword against the Redeemers.
Noem’s effort to bluff the FBI into being able to cover this up on its own has failed miserably.
Federalism as a sword against the Redeemers.
January 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Now both the state AG AND the local DA are investigating the shooting together.
Noem’s effort to bluff the FBI into being able to cover this up on its own has failed miserably.
Federalism as a sword against the Redeemers.
Noem’s effort to bluff the FBI into being able to cover this up on its own has failed miserably.
Federalism as a sword against the Redeemers.
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Here’s how Democratic leaders can drive media coverage and change the narrative.
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Here’s how Democratic leaders can drive media coverage and change the narrative.
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Minneapolis is completely unsafe right now. ICE has been in 6 different Targets in the last 24 hours. They are setting up checkpoints on highways pulling all the brown people over. I scared away unmarked ICE from the market by our house after dropping kids off. #AbolishICE #Minneapolis
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Minneapolis is completely unsafe right now. ICE has been in 6 different Targets in the last 24 hours. They are setting up checkpoints on highways pulling all the brown people over. I scared away unmarked ICE from the market by our house after dropping kids off. #AbolishICE #Minneapolis
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Congress must address Kristi Noem's failed leadership, up to and including impeachment. But that alone is insufficient.
The entire chain of command who have enabled a culture of murder must face justice.
The entire chain of command who have enabled a culture of murder must face justice.
January 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Congress must address Kristi Noem's failed leadership, up to and including impeachment. But that alone is insufficient.
The entire chain of command who have enabled a culture of murder must face justice.
The entire chain of command who have enabled a culture of murder must face justice.