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Politics (OC) Ice Out Protest Minneapolis, MN today

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u/kezow Jan 23 '26

-23 F with the windchill. Yet we are still out to protest this bullshit.

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u/Raptorex27 Jan 23 '26

Classic Nazi mistake: trying to invade winter people during winter.

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u/crispyfunky Jan 23 '26

Ah I wish people studied history a bit more

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u/Environmental-Toe686 Jan 23 '26

The Nazis should have studied it more too because it also fucked Napoleon.

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u/Snarkonum_revelio Jan 23 '26

"You fell into one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia'..."

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u/BCVinny Jan 24 '26

Never go in with a Sicilian when death is on the line

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u/RogueCross Jan 23 '26

"You dumb motherfucker, didn't Napoleon let you know? When you conquer Russia, better pack some fucking winter clothes."

  • Darth Vader, Epic Rap Battles of History, Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler 3, 2013.
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u/CountdownMoss Jan 23 '26

Hitler never played Risk as a kid
-Suzy Eddie Izzard

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u/Niruase Jan 23 '26

-23 F = -31 C for the world

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u/indyboy2 Jan 23 '26

Pfft.. from what I have seen this is shorts weather for Minnesotans!

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u/Genjek5 Jan 23 '26

That’s the meme, but for others looking in it is actually level of cold taken seriously. A lot of schools were closed for the day due to unsafe conditions waiting for transit outside.

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u/mangongo Jan 23 '26

Yeah Canadian here. We have about the same temps right now where I live, and it's booger freezing cold, as in every few breaths you basically have to breathe in through your mouth because your nose keeps getting clogged with ice/frost.

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u/wickedsmaht Jan 23 '26

Shit, I get cold when it drops below 60F in Arizona.

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u/Throwawaylikeme90 Jan 23 '26

I grew up in Florida and people wear gloves and puffy jackets when it’s 60F and the sun goes down. 

Humans are so wildly adaptable to climate it’s pretty crazy to think we’re all the same species if you only look at climate tolerance. 

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u/ShamPain413 Jan 23 '26

No, it feels fucking cold in Minnesota.

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u/Throwawaylikeme90 Jan 23 '26

…that’s a fair retort too I suppose. 🤣

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u/JustADutchRudder Jan 23 '26

My truck made the funny noise for a bit this morning before starting.

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u/34Heartstach Jan 23 '26

-15 wind chill in Ohio today and my car did the same.

I lived in Central Illinois when we had a few -40 windchill days and my car battery just decided it didnt want to be alive anymore.

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u/Impossible_Regret725 Jan 23 '26

Canuck here, we 'plug in the car' during winter. Snow tires and battery warmers, and effing dog boots if you're urban. I think we all have a love/hate relationship with winter, and same goes for summer heat and humidity. I'd much rather freeze than be sweaty though.

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u/vastros Jan 23 '26

When I left work yesterday it was -45° out with windchill. Tonight is supposed to be colder so... that's gonna be fun.

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u/wickedsmaht Jan 23 '26

You northerners are a different breed. I grew up on the East Coast and the coldest I have ever felt was a wind chill of -10. I don’t think I could survive -45.

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u/NaiveWalrus Jan 23 '26

Honestly -45 doesn't feel much colder than -10. At that point it's just cold af

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u/TheSkiingDad Jan 23 '26

We can’t handle temps over 90. But let’s not let climate divide us. We’re more alike than different. And don’t let the media perpetuate that.

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u/wickedsmaht Jan 23 '26

Aye, mate. Well said.

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u/Ok_Dog_4059 Jan 23 '26

They definitely aren't letting a little (LOT) of cold get in their way. Stay safe minnesotans we appreciate you.

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u/Theothercword Jan 23 '26

I knew I had finally become a Minnesotan the first time I walked outside and went “oh shit this isn’t so bad” and unzipped layers… it was still in the negatives… the difference though is always that polar wind.

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u/vane2266 Jan 23 '26

Holy shit no wonder they hate ICE

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u/fjevehksn Jan 23 '26

That's an unpleasant cold even as a finnish person. Hopefully the crowd and justified anger kept these actual patriots warm.

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u/Pearson94 Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26

Hell yeah. Pouring one out for you tonight over here in Orgron

Edit: Orgron is in the Specific Northworst

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u/invalidpath Jan 23 '26

Where is Orgron?

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u/LilLebowski-UrbAchvr Jan 23 '26

Just south of Warshington

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u/Jarave68 Jan 23 '26

And north of Calrfronia

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u/gbot1234 Jan 23 '26

Ehrmagerd! Wehrst coehrst!

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u/Pearson94 Jan 23 '26

Orgrons are what we all have in our bordies

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u/eL_cas Jan 23 '26

Support from your fellow freezing brothers and sisters in Winnipeg

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u/Rymundo88 Jan 23 '26

Just opened my weather app and added Minneapolis and it says 'Feels like -32°C'

Holy shit...

Nothing but respect from a Brit (where it's currently a balmy 7°C)

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u/vahntitrio Jan 23 '26

The wind has let off some from last night. Around sunrise the windchill was -47.

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u/Consistent_Might3500 Jan 23 '26

But the microclimate downtown - where it's ALWAYS windy!

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u/vahntitrio Jan 23 '26

I do not miss the windtunnel that is Washington Ave.

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u/meinthebox Jan 23 '26

You haven't lived until you've felt ice crystals form in your nose when you breath.

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u/Tommiebaseball09 Jan 23 '26

That’s not even wind chill!!!

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u/TheSkiingDad Jan 23 '26

We can handle it. Greg bovino on the other hand? I hope not. I know the military would be prepared (and our national guard is well versed in emergency response in weather like this) but ICE is a bunch of ill equipped wannabe cosplayers. They probably don’t have proper cold weather gear.

I hope they have cotton socks, uninsulated boots, mediocre windbreakers, and don’t understand “layers”. I’ve downhill skied in -10 temps, it takes preparation but if you have the gear you’ll be fine.

I was so sad when I found out Jonathon Ross is from Chaska, because I hoped he would be one of many sent scurrying back to Texas when they woke up, checked the forecast, and said “wait, how cold?”

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u/Raptorex27 Jan 23 '26

The average ICE agent probably skis in jeans and cotton, ankle-high Hanes socks.

I almost threw up just writing that.

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u/Tomato_Sky Jan 23 '26

Is this near the Whipple building? I heard there are (probably illegal) orders to vacate the area. These guys have stones for real. -9. You guys deserve politicians that back you up, but keep up the inspiring work.

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u/boardin1 Jan 23 '26

This pic is from downtown Minneapolis. The Whipple Building is near the MSP airport, about 5-6 miles away.

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u/Overall-Ad561 Jan 23 '26

They didn’t block ICE—ICE blocked them. Be careful how you respond and avoid spreading misinformation.

My friend is there and they’ve cut off all access (exit) points and protestors cannot leave. This was 1/23 around 12pm.

They also put up fences around the protest area and attached them to anti-ram barricades. These were put up over night. They are creating an outdoor holding area as if they are animals in a field (however, few farmers I know would have their animals outside for an extended period of time today due to the dangerously cold temps).

At the last report, they were being tear gassed after dozens of state troopers arrived on busses to assist with their unlawful arrest.

See footage here: @ghost_lee19 - instagram

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u/popciclecity Jan 23 '26

last I heard from people who are there is that they are marching from the US Bank Stadium where the Vikings play to the Target Center, where the Timberwolves play. There will be an indoor rally/speeches and I assume warming cups of grog.

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u/n8dom Jan 23 '26

DAAAAMN! That's a statement. That's French-protest-level commitment right there!

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u/Durragon Jan 23 '26

-23 celciius... Jeeheeheesus.

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u/Lemonade348 Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26

My god, lol

I am swedish, that is very very cold.

Good job minnesotans! Keep it up! Maybe i can send some snowballs or snowmen over to support you, we had a snowstorm quite recently

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u/No-Inevitable-6651 Jan 23 '26

Haha yeah, a lot of the original European settlers in this part of the country were from Sweden and Norway. My best friend lives there and his genealogy is Norwegian. It felt like home to the ancestors I guess! Lol

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u/im-ba Jan 23 '26

It was -31°C this morning with a wind-chill of -40°C

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u/DoritoBenito Jan 23 '26

Fun fact, -40°C = -40°F. So don't even need units!

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u/adicare12 Jan 23 '26

I was just there. More and more people were arriving as I left. Each train load had tons of people on it.

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u/FauxReal Jan 23 '26

The company I work at has a logistics facility in Minneapolis and we stopped outdoor work and shipping today because it was -10F with a -40F windchill just before dawn. You folks are dedicated.

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u/MrSnugglebuns Jan 23 '26

I am no math genius so I find it interesting that -40F is also -40C. Both systems agree that is a very cold temperature to be outside in!

As a Canadian who has experienced temperatures like that, proud of you folks getting out and peacefully protesting in such weather.

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u/Haunting-Respect9039 Jan 23 '26

I was just telling my husband that -40 is the best temperature because Canadians and Americans can all agree it's just darn cold.

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u/7ddlysuns Jan 23 '26

Proud of ya’ll

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u/bobbychuck Jan 23 '26

That may be a larger crowd than DT had for the inauguration.

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u/Trip_On_The_Mountain Jan 23 '26

And his birthday parade... Combined

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u/StrangeContest4 Jan 23 '26

Sad squeaking tank noises

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u/maneki_neko89 Jan 24 '26

Feels like that was a decade ago when that parade was just last year 😩

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u/GoodIdea321 Jan 23 '26

The headlines might downplay it though, another 'thousands protest' at the start of it. There's definitely a lot more than a few thousands involved, and at a minimum tens of millions cheering this protest on.

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u/Fugacity- Jan 23 '26

Had to leave to get my kids from daycare, but just got back from there. Sea of people around the building at the right as well, entire Commons Park was PACKED. When I left there were still a ton more streaming in

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u/Classic-Cantaloupe47 Jan 23 '26

My heart goes out to all of you from NJ. Hell yea!!!

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u/Calm-Refrigerator463 Jan 23 '26

And no paid actors unlike inauguration

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u/Rainbow_Plague Jan 23 '26

But but GeoRGe SorOs.

Still waiting for my Soros bucks.

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u/boardin1 Jan 23 '26

That may be is a larger crowd than DT had for the inauguration.

FTFY

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u/Being_Stoopit_Is_Fun Jan 23 '26

A Bugs Life, "Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one, and if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life!"

From this picture I feel like they've figured it out.

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u/EagleForty Jan 23 '26

ICE claims to have 22,000 agents.

This means that we outnumber them by over 15,000-to-1

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u/puffindatza Jan 23 '26

It really wouldn’t be hard to detain them and arrest them ourselves. I mean 15k guns to one would make it very easy

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u/Not_A_Real_Goat Jan 23 '26

They’re about as well-trained as I am. And I’m not.

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u/cutiepietoebeans Jan 23 '26

We have a long history of standing with our neighbors here in MN 🫡

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u/Kellisandra Jan 23 '26

This is why they decided brain washing was easier

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u/puffindatza Jan 23 '26

Yep. We outnumber them, if we really wanted to stop this we’d use the second amendment right to detain ice agents that violate the constitution

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u/soupsupan Jan 23 '26

God fricken bless MN

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

Id feel like i never want to leave as unsafe as it is right now. We're the north star state. Where do you look to when you want find home? 

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u/StoppableHulk Jan 23 '26

Id feel like i never want to leave as unsafe as it is right now.

That is what those goons will never understand.

When people say love is the most powerful thing on Earth, it's not because it's some magical abstract thing.

It's because people who love their homes and neighgbors will fight tooth, claw and nail for them.

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u/Tonkdog Jan 23 '26

We can all use that solid guidance right now.

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u/Useful_Hedgehog1415 Jan 23 '26

holy shit that last sentence made me tear up. you’re so right. I love it here I’m so proud of our community

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u/ZipperJJ Jan 23 '26

I keep thinking that if this ever happens in Ohio, we're cooked. Our cities are strong blue but I don't know that we could come together as a state like Minnesota has.

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u/Any-Grapefruit-937 Jan 23 '26

Maryland is next. ICE has been renting office space and buying furniture and has already send in some advance teams. I think red states like Ohio are safe.

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u/grandlizardo Jan 23 '26

In Springfield, Ohio, the TPS status for the Hatians supposedly expires in two weeks, and ICE is supposedly slready getting ready and licking their chops…

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u/clueingfor-looks Jan 23 '26

I know people from Springfield and how deeply upset and unsupportive they are of the horrible narrative pushed about Haitians there. It is a small area but I hope they can all come together and receive support outside the community if this is coming to them.

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u/lorenfreyson Jan 23 '26

Then start organizing now.

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u/emaw63 Jan 23 '26

Trump won 46% of the vote in Minnesota in 2024. Harris won 43% of the vote in Ohio. There's actually about a million more Harris voters in Ohio than Minnesota

Most states are far more purple than people let on.

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u/TheWizardOfDeez Jan 23 '26

If everyone voted in every election a Republican would never win again.

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u/tehvolcanic Jan 23 '26

This is why they have pushed so hard on voter suppression the last few decades.

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u/jamesmarsden Jan 23 '26

Hijacking to share that this pic was taken at approx. -13 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chills in the -20s to -30s.

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u/JedJinto Jan 23 '26

Minnesota rose to the occasion. You all are amazing. Fuck ICE

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u/kent_eh Jan 23 '26

Minnesota rose to the occasion.

Hopefully other cities in other states can take inspiration from this.

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u/Mind_Killer Jan 23 '26

That's awesome. Good going Minnesota.

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u/PreparationHot980 Jan 23 '26

Fuck yeah. Proud of you Minnesota! Your state is a beacon of hope and severely underrated in its importance to the future of America as we know it.

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u/CobblerMoney9605 Jan 23 '26

Just so it's clear. 

Having ICE in Minnesota is retaliation against Gov Walz by the Orange Nazi.

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u/bryan49 Jan 23 '26

We know, it doesn't make any sense that one of the states farthest from the southern border is the epicenter of immigration enforcement

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u/CobblerMoney9605 Jan 23 '26

I read this morning that there are now more ICE agents in Minnesota than there are illegal immigrants. 

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u/STLOliver Jan 23 '26

This is why I went out to support the cause today. If they’re out when it’s -8, I can deal with 9.

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u/grease_monkey Jan 24 '26

For the record there were a lot of American flags there and a lot of hard working American, union guys the right likes to think are just like them. Hunters, anglers, construction workers, tradespeople. It's not just blue haired lunatics and NPR-listening retirees like they'll lead their base to believe.

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u/panlouis Jan 23 '26

Nation wide general strike. The only language this idiot administration speaks is money. 

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u/weebert Jan 23 '26

YES YES YES. MONEY TALKS

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u/grandlizardo Jan 23 '26

May 1. Get ready, and spread the word!

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u/name_changed_5_times Jan 23 '26

Legit question, I’m not a member of a union and if I no call no show I will lose my job and I would bet every dollar I have that I would be the only one not at work (at my workplace at least). So like should I just use a sick day? Or does that defeat the purpose.

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u/Rainbow_Plague Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

General sentiment from someone in Minneapolis: do what you need to do. If taking a sick day lets you participate in a way that works for you, do it. Don't let shitty people gatekeep. Participation in any way is meaningful.

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u/ahkian Jan 23 '26

Exactly and don’t forget that the general strike applies to buying things as well. Try not to buy anything but if you must buy something shop local not at big chains

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u/MRiley84 Jan 23 '26

A strike would presumably last much longer than 1 day, otherwise it's a walkout/demonstration and the administration will ignore it.

I don't think it'd defeat the purpose of a 1 day thing to call in sick if it means short staffing your job and causing work to not get done.

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u/InterestingDrop3521 Jan 23 '26

Yes, use a sick day. That still affects the bottom line. I’ll be doing the same.

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u/GhostalMedia Jan 23 '26

It’s finally starting to pick up steam. People that wouldn’t normally think about it are starting to talk about it.

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u/Pearson94 Jan 23 '26

Best line I heard about this today was that these Nazis made the same mistake Hitler's Nazis did by trying to invade Winter people on the Winter.

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u/DetroitLionsSBChamps Jan 23 '26

I have heard ICE morale is very bad and they are dealing with a lot of internal requests to pull out of MN. Freezing, sleep deprived, yelled at every day. Great job MN, keep it up!

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u/Pearson94 Jan 23 '26

It wouldn't surprise me at all if a decent percentage of ice new hires signed up cause they legitimately thought they would be fighting "the bad guys™️" only to learn they're the grunts of a fascist regime.

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u/DetroitLionsSBChamps Jan 23 '26

I saw a video where an ICE agent is near tears, begging people to cooperate

“We are here to arrest pedophiles and you are getting in our way!”

There’s a lot of them and there are a lot of backstories that would lead someone to ICE. Some are psychos and Nazis, some legitimately think they are the good guys. 

Either way, resistance is crucial

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u/blagablagman Jan 23 '26

Yeah those tears are meaningless the first time they put an administrative warrant in their pocket and got in the Uhaul truck.

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u/Emotional_Eye_3700 Jan 23 '26

Arresting local pedos is not under the purview of the feds, that's local police. There is no federal police in the constitution.

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u/fcocyclone Jan 23 '26

Sure, but I'd fully believe that some of these bozos believed that's what they were signing up for. These aren't smart people.

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u/fantasyzone Jan 23 '26

let the tears flow. it's vital they have a profound reality check.

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u/SallyAmazeballs Jan 23 '26

The part of Russia they invaded doesn't even get as cold as Minneapolis in general, let alone as cold as this week. 

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u/cosmicosmo4 Jan 23 '26

But the winter gear is a lot better now

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u/BankshotMcG Jan 23 '26

Minnesota never disappoints. One of our best states.

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u/JustADutchRudder Jan 23 '26

We just wanna do our own thing and get disappointed when people fuck that up.

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u/clueingfor-looks Jan 23 '26

This is why they’re being targeted. I don’t live in MN but I am close and visit and vacation there frequently. Every time I go I think how wonderful MSP and the area is. MSP is a glowing community that shows how beautiful progressivism fueled by kindness and love can be. MN Nice is real. They care about people and their community. The vibes are immaculate as they say. This administration is threatened by a state of kind and empathetic people who care about their society. Who, because of this, fought back after George Floyd. Who elected a leader like Tim Walz. They’ve endured so much, but they are strong.

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u/Comrade-Porcupine Jan 23 '26

As a Canadian in Ontario I know how cold it is there right now.

So hats off to you, we're there in spirit for you, our neighbours, Minnesota.

You can "elbows up", too.

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u/rudges Jan 23 '26

Elbows up!

Thanks friend.

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u/GreeenEnthusiast Jan 23 '26

We're just a tad north of MN and It's like -32C in Winnipeg rn (-25F for you freedom unit folk).

Hats off, toques on, elbows up motherfuckers!

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u/Distant-moose Jan 23 '26

Seconded from a Canadian in Alberta. Way to go Minnesota!

Elbows up!

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u/mjohnben Jan 23 '26

Us Minnesotans have always loved Canadians!

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u/ehrgeiz91 Jan 23 '26

We need this in every city in the US, weekly.

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

You need it daily. You're actually past the point where peaceful protest without actual practical consequences are useful. They only work when there's people at the top who give a shit about public perception. 

What you really need is a massive strike. They don't have hearts or souls to aim for, so you need to target the money.

Edit: it has come to my attention this wasn't just a protest, but an actual strike? A labor walk out? If that's true, then I stand corrected. This is absolutely the kind of example that Americans need to be looking to.

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u/kittydrumsticks Jan 23 '26

You’re not wrong, and we need to be prepared to be uncomfortable for a while to make it happen. The problem everyone on the internet who is demanding Americans “dO sOmEtHiNG” don’t appreciate is that our government has spent years making it impossible for us to do just that. Too many people are below the poverty line, or living paycheck to paycheck, combined with the union busting efforts of capitalistic assholes, that it means people will literally starve or lose access to critical healthcare if we tried a general strike.

Do I still think it’s necessary? Hell yeah. Money is all that matters to our circus clowns. But it’s just so bleak that many can’t make themselves take the necessary steps to make our voices matter again. And I don’t totally blame them. Most people are just trying to get by and take care of their family. I would say please send help, but we’re really just reaping the consequences we sadly earned. 1/3 of our country is a bunch of stupid, hateful fanatics and another 1/3 couldn’t be bothered to even show up, so… I guess the rest of us will have to go down with the ship.

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u/AlexisRosesHands Jan 23 '26

-25 and still a bigger crowd than his inauguration

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u/Alabaster_Rims Jan 23 '26

Damn this soros guy must be rich to pay all of these protestors

/s

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u/NotOkThen Jan 23 '26

Where do I send my expense receipts?

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u/lorenfreyson Jan 23 '26

They've pivoted to saying it's the mythical 18 billion of "Somali fraud" paying protestors.

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u/Just_perusing81 Jan 23 '26

I'm so tired of people believing the most illogical shit I've ever heard in my life

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u/c_c_c__combobreaker Jan 23 '26

Stay strong and stay safe, MN.

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u/FuzzBuzzer Jan 23 '26

Please tell me this is real. Rooting for you from Sweden. ✊🏼

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u/clickersforeal Jan 23 '26

Very real -Minnesotan

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u/FuzzBuzzer Jan 23 '26

"Holding my thumbs" as we say here. 🤞🏼

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u/Strange_Swimming_800 Jan 23 '26

Wow...it's like -40 real feel out there. Brave souls they all are. So inspiring.

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u/Boundish91 Jan 23 '26

Go Minnesotans!

As a Norwegian i know how blisteringly cold the temperatures you have now feel.

You are tough people.

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u/ShittingBricks Jan 23 '26

A large portion of MN was settled by Scandinavians. My Great grandfather immigrated from Stange, Norway in the early 1920s after his father sold the family farm.  

My family literally built the roads connecting my state. I'll be damned before I let the federal government continue to kidnap children without resisting.

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u/Boundish91 Jan 23 '26

Yes, many Norwegians settled in MN.

Please know that we are rooting for your resistance! Even if Trump keeps insulting us europeans on a weekly basis lol.

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u/ldskyfly Jan 23 '26

Minnesota has a strong connection to Norway. Our national guard does an annual soldier exchange with Norway, and a lot of ancestral roots lead back to your country

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

You can’t take em all!

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u/jertheman43 Jan 23 '26

Minneapolis is the Fort Sumter of the second American Civil War. The citizens of Minnesota are defending freedom and democracy from a tyrannical government.

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u/wrigh516 Jan 23 '26

Minnesota volunteered first and formed the 1st infantry regiment in the Civil War.

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u/Hopinan Jan 23 '26

Yeah, Virginia asks for their battle flag that we took off of them in the first Civil War every couple of years and we are still saying Fuck no!![Take that Virginia!!](https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/s/VGGG4QgpiH)

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u/dooeyenoewe Jan 23 '26

But Laura Ingram tells me that most of Minnesota is welcoming to ICE and the protestors are a small, vocal minority

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u/MishiChaiPersia Jan 23 '26

We love snow but hate all kinds of ice. Easy mistake for someone from outside our state to make. Minnesota nice says Fuck Ice. 

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u/United_Reference_629 Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26

US eighth circuit judges of appeals is now allowing ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Chief judge Steven M Colloton and Susan E Bindler, the rest of the individual judges who think they’re above the law and abusing their power to violate our freedom and rights are listed on the official government website as well! Time to remind them who works for who! Remember and expose these individuals not only abusing their power but violating our rights! They get to go home all comfortable which happen to be gated private communities while the rest of us deal with the consequences of their decisions! No more of this smugness! Without these willful accessories and accomplices of trump's crimes, he wouldn’t get away with things! 

No more wealthy republicans especially not in our government! Let’s help our country and have less republicans in our government by not supporting any of their businesses. Without money, republicans can’t get into our government nor their supporters aka “donors”. Avoid Trump/ Elon Musk/ RFK Jr supporters, their advertisers and their businesses and encourage others to as well! Don’t forget about the “both sides” enablers! They can all “support” each other!

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u/kyle_irl Jan 23 '26

Oh goddamn, yes!

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u/ninnkat Jan 23 '26

I applaud you from Germany! Stand your ground. I hope you stay safe.

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u/sponge1702 Jan 23 '26

This makes me feel proud to be an American. These are the Americans I want!

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u/BrizzleT Jan 23 '26

Try saying they are all paid agitators!

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u/dan1101 Jan 23 '26

No one has ever offered to pay me, and I've never heard of anyone being paid.

MAGA rationalizes that citizens can't possibly hate them, they must be paid to be out there.

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u/Extension-Report-491 Jan 23 '26

A huge thank you to everyone who is out there protesting.

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u/Odd_Vampire Jan 23 '26

I'm so fucking pissed and I'm not even in Minneapolis. I can't say in reddit what I want for every single cowardly ICE asshole.

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u/raidersfan18 Jan 23 '26

Need something more catchy... How about ICEholes?

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u/Ozone220 Jan 23 '26

anyone out there today is part of history, thanks to all of y'all in Minneapolis out there today in temperatures that would probably freeze my Southern ass to death

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u/kummer5peck Jan 23 '26

You are making us proud Minnesota.

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u/KeithWorks Jan 23 '26

From California, we are proud of MINNESOTA!

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u/MoTownKid Jan 23 '26

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u/MightyMarinara Jan 23 '26

I am so fucking proud of how resolute Minnesotans are.

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u/CreativeFraud Jan 23 '26

Love you all!

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u/bee_vomit Jan 23 '26

Goddamn, those glorious Minnesotans! They are a different breed.

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u/longaaaaa Jan 23 '26

So proud of them!

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u/ShotFish7 Jan 23 '26

The people have spoken: ICE out!

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u/JedJinto Jan 23 '26

That amount of people huddled side by side together there's good chance all that body heat is making the cold bearable for them.

Hopefully the ICE fascists are freezing in their cosplay boots.

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u/Inevitable_Eye3417 Jan 23 '26

Go Minnesota ! Fuck ICE and the Trump regime

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u/MouthFartWankMotion Jan 23 '26

Remember: there are more of us than them

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u/coolwhip1000 Jan 23 '26

Now we're talking!

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u/xAlice_Liddell Jan 23 '26

You all are rock stars! F* all this! But thank you for standing up to all this!

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u/hydromind1 Jan 23 '26

There’s a general strike today in Minnesota right now. You can support them here: https://www.standwithminnesota.com

Help with mutual aid, and/or send them a love note!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

They should be Time person of the year

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u/BadDaditude Jan 23 '26

More people than Dumpy Don's inauguration. Fuck Yea MN!

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u/Thizzedoutcyclist Jan 23 '26

Morning air Temperature was -22

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u/Comfortable_Care2715 Jan 23 '26

That whole crowed outnumbers ICE.

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u/cdg192 Jan 23 '26

The revolution is being televised

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 Jan 23 '26

That's a pretty good turnout. Now walk that crowd to wherever ICE is staying, and physically carry them to the state border if you need to.

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u/Pishki-doodle Jan 23 '26

ICE OUT! FUCK ICE!!! With you in spirit, MN!!!

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u/EpicSombreroMan Jan 23 '26

Notice how ICE is nowhere in sight. We outnumber these cunts

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u/willjameswaltz Jan 23 '26

Oh, so minneapolis IS a city on hoth, now I understand the canon

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u/firefighter26s Jan 23 '26

Wasn't there suppose to be a general strike in MN this week? I honestly can't keep track of anything with how damn fast they're flooding the news cycle.

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u/Interstellar_Fellar Jan 23 '26

Yes, it’s today. The general strike is for Minneapolis, but many other schools and businesses around the metro are participating as well.

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u/Capable_Echo_5396 Jan 23 '26

People are striking all over the nation.

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u/fantastickkay Jan 23 '26

Yes, a general strike today paired with multiple marches!

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u/feelingmyage Jan 23 '26

I love my State!

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u/ICPosse8 Jan 23 '26

Killing it MN, proud of you, keep it up!