Rachel Maddow's Bluesky post today

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I've covered a lot of protests and resistance movements of various kinds in my days on this earth -- I've never seen anything quite like this epic day in Minneapolis today.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) 2026-01-23T19:37:10.419Z

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I'm seeing mainstream news orgs around the country calling today's action in Minnesota a "protest of immigration enforcement."

Ridiculous framing. It's not a protest against legitimate immigration policy, it's a protest against a paramilitary occupation and ethnic cleansing campaign.

— Stephen Barry (@wa3zgt.bsky.social) 2026-01-23T18:44:28.333Z

https://mprnews.org/live-updates/

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1. Kick

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2. Link to NYT story

https://archive.md/MKfEx

A temperature of around minus 10 degrees on Friday did little to slow protests around the Twin Cities, with businesses closing, workers and students staying home, and demonstrators demanding that federal immigration agents depart.

The general strike across many businesses and industries was the most widespread protest since federal immigration agents arrived more than six weeks ago to conduct sweeps that have been cheered by some and sparked outrage in others.

“It’s tense and emotional, and folks are hurting,” said Bishop Dwayne Royster, the executive director of Faith in Action, which helped organize the effort. Minnesotans, he said, are demonstrating “deep resilience and willingness to stand together in ways I haven’t seen folks do in a very long time.”

It wasn’t just Minnesotans, however, on Friday who came out. Hundreds demonstrated at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, some from as far away as New York, flitting in and out of one of its terminals, trying to stay warm.

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3. Ty, MN!!!

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4. Mahalo Minnesota! ☮️🌺🌻🌸🕯️🕊️💜

Fuck Off M$M's Nazi Appeasing LIES.

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5. Minnesota is Rock-Star Heaven!