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I guess this post escaped containment, so here's the local media with the partial, constantly updated list of closures.
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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I guess this post escaped containment, so here's the local media with the partial, constantly updated list of closures.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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Both of my local liquor stores are closed. Liquor stores. In winter. In Minnesota. On a Friday.
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Both of my local liquor stores are closed. Liquor stores. In winter. In Minnesota. On a Friday.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
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Also the only reason the “soft life” even existed for WHITE women is because they had Black Women doing all of the household labor.
The “soft life” does not exist in a capitalist system because it still requires SOMEONE to be exploited.
The “soft life” does not exist in a capitalist system because it still requires SOMEONE to be exploited.
it's trad wife propaganda. marriage is the opposite of soft life. esp with kids.
January 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Also the only reason the “soft life” even existed for WHITE women is because they had Black Women doing all of the household labor.
The “soft life” does not exist in a capitalist system because it still requires SOMEONE to be exploited.
The “soft life” does not exist in a capitalist system because it still requires SOMEONE to be exploited.
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In a barely veiled preambular swipe at institutions like the UN, the Charter calls itself an “international organization” and opens with a call to “depart from institutions that have too often failed” before declaring itself to be empowered to act in any “areas threatened by conflict.”
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
In a barely veiled preambular swipe at institutions like the UN, the Charter calls itself an “international organization” and opens with a call to “depart from institutions that have too often failed” before declaring itself to be empowered to act in any “areas threatened by conflict.”
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Trump’s goal with his “Board of Peace” is to replace the law-based UN with an imperial mechanism, the reach of this unaccountable, rogue entity is to be global, and its impunity is to be effectively guaranteed.
Trump’s Goal With “Board of Peace” Is to Replace UN With an Unaccountable Entity
The board’s charter is an authoritarian dream for Trump and an Orwellian nightmare for the rest of the world.
truthout.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Trump’s goal with his “Board of Peace” is to replace the law-based UN with an imperial mechanism, the reach of this unaccountable, rogue entity is to be global, and its impunity is to be effectively guaranteed.
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I mean...where's the lie?
I wasn't sure what to expect from a group of Democratic state AGs, but I definitely was not expecting a long monologue about Ruby Ridge and the Boston Massacre www.theverge.com/policy/86588...
January 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I mean...where's the lie?
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There is not a single nonwhite nation on earth that was made better when white people arrived. Not a single one. We legit have centuries of examples of it.
Bring on the new world fucking order.
Bring on the new world fucking order.
January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
There is not a single nonwhite nation on earth that was made better when white people arrived. Not a single one. We legit have centuries of examples of it.
Bring on the new world fucking order.
Bring on the new world fucking order.
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I did a double take when I saw this headline using the active voice
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including CBS News contributor
The journalists were killed Wednesday in a strike on their car in central Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck “several suspects” who were operating a drone.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I did a double take when I saw this headline using the active voice
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
Vance podium flanked by steroidal SUV’s declaring “Protect the Homeland” and the *old* Minnesota flag.
January 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Highlighting:
That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
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MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”
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I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
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I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
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But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
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It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.
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It's not an accident that they're choosing to go after/make an example of a Black woman, FTR
BREAKING: A woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted service at a Minnesota church has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
The woman who led a protest at a Minnesota church service has been arrested, Bondi says
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
It's not an accident that they're choosing to go after/make an example of a Black woman, FTR
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I think the Afro-pessimist were right about the US. And the reason lots of people other people don’t want to agree with that is because it would mean there needs to be much more radical changes to the US than just a few tweaks.
January 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I think the Afro-pessimist were right about the US. And the reason lots of people other people don’t want to agree with that is because it would mean there needs to be much more radical changes to the US than just a few tweaks.
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ALERT: Multiple sources familiar with the proceedings confirm a Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint bringing charges against Don Lemon in connection with the church protest on Sunday.
January 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
ALERT: Multiple sources familiar with the proceedings confirm a Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint bringing charges against Don Lemon in connection with the church protest on Sunday.
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Kind of weird being at the center of what might be a world-historical event. I can’t say I like it, but here we are, I guess. Your life is defined by making the most of the random circumstances in which you find yourself.
"This is why Judge Menendez’s ruling is so critical: it may be the last opportunity a federal judge has to intervene before matters spiral completely out of control."
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Kind of weird being at the center of what might be a world-historical event. I can’t say I like it, but here we are, I guess. Your life is defined by making the most of the random circumstances in which you find yourself.
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Here in Minneapolis, hundreds of clergy from all over the country have been deployed into the streets to participate in ICE/DHS watch.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Here in Minneapolis, hundreds of clergy from all over the country have been deployed into the streets to participate in ICE/DHS watch.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
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Too many goddamn things happening.
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Too many goddamn things happening.
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I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else
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Yall not only is BOYZ N THE HOOD in the Criterion Collection but so are BABY BOY and POETIC JUSTICE too!! This is amazing news.
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Yall not only is BOYZ N THE HOOD in the Criterion Collection but so are BABY BOY and POETIC JUSTICE too!! This is amazing news.