It won't return any results without an ID or a slug... is there something other than taxonomy to lay out here?

filter-out-taxonomy.php

<?php
// Unhook Genesis Loop and use custom loop
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop');
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'not_issues_loop');
function not_issues_loop() {
	global $wp_query;

	$args = array(
			'posts_per_page'        => 20,
			'post_type'             => 'post',
			'tax_query'             => array(
				array(
					'taxonomy'         => 'issue-date',
					'operator'         => 'NOT IN'
				),
			)
		);

	$query = new WP_Query( $args );

	return $query;
}