January 23 MN General Strike

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. As a teacher, I barely get any personal days and I need to give 30 days notice to use them. I’m not fake calling in sick and risking my job for something like this, which, hurts kids and families. I’m a responsible adult and have better things to do, like my job.

In Minneapolis schools are closed because ICE has made it too dangerous. You think that hurts kids and families?

Wrong. The protesters have made it too dangerous. THAT is why schools are or were closed.

The protesters are exercising their Constitutional rights. The only murderer in Minneapolis is ICE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because not going to work, which will cost you personally in either lost wages or in expended paid leave, or by reducing business income for a day, will actually lead to a change in government policy? What a bizarre and irrational presumption. Why does the government care if you go to work or not? Nor does the government care if you spend money. The linkage between employee/consumer behavior and government policy in this way is totally absent.

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Logic seems to be acutely missing among anyone who suggests these absurd ideas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because not going to work, which will cost you personally in either lost wages or in expended paid leave, or by reducing business income for a day, will actually lead to a change in government policy? What a bizarre and irrational presumption. Why does the government care if you go to work or not? Nor does the government care if you spend money. The linkage between employee/consumer behavior and government policy in this way is totally absent.

Yeah I hope I'm proven wrong but I don't get how doing this in MN helps.

If we could bring the NYSE and a number of airports to a halt, that would hurt the people Trump listens to. Would one day hurt though?

Why don’t you head out to DCA that day PP, with your little sign taped to a yardstick? I’m sure you would get a lot of attention.

What’s your great idea you twit?

[Anonymous]

So a day without fraud in MN, it’s a start.

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesota is planning a general strike on Friday, January 23. The call is for people to stay home and do nothing for 24 hours.

No idea if there is any effort to spread it to other states. Worth keeping an eye on. Regardless I will not be participating in the US economy on Friday.

I'm guessing you don't have kids in school?

Jesus Christ people. Freedom is a constant struggle. Every freedom you have is because someone fought and died for it. You can sacrifice just a tiny bit to continue enjoying the freedoms you have because others sacrificed for you.

Tell that to an hourly wage worker with kids.

Do you enjoy freedom or not? Inconvenience is part of the deal.

I work in schools with kids whose families have 4 kids in a 2 BR apt. Their dads mow lawns. Moms are housekeepers. They can't stay home with their kids. Get real.

Then enjoy no longer living in a democracy. You people still do not seem to get what is at stake, and you honestly do not deserve to enjoy the rights your ancestors fought and died to give you.

"You people?" I'm not an hourly worker living in a crowded apt. I'm telling you about the families who can't afford to do what you're asking.

There are other ways they can help. But you're not actually worried about them. You're trying to take the air out of other people trying to take action. Almost like someone with with a vested interest in quelling resistance. Are they paying you well or do you just enjoy selling out your country?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because not going to work, which will cost you personally in either lost wages or in expended paid leave, or by reducing business income for a day, will actually lead to a change in government policy? What a bizarre and irrational presumption. Why does the government care if you go to work or not? Nor does the government care if you spend money. The linkage between employee/consumer behavior and government policy in this way is totally absent.

Yeah I hope I'm proven wrong but I don't get how doing this in MN helps.

If we could bring the NYSE and a number of airports to a halt, that would hurt the people Trump listens to. Would one day hurt though?

Why don’t you head out to DCA that day PP, with your little sign taped to a yardstick? I’m sure you would get a lot of attention.

What’s your great idea you twit?

Get out of ICE’s way and let them clean up Biden’s mess. Sooner the illegals are gone, sooner ICE is gone.

LOL. You guys are so lame. Play tough guys on the internet, and are scared of middle aged wine moms in real life.

Why doesn't ICE go after gangs and instead kills women and gases babies? Because they are cowards, just like you. I know your type so well. If push comes to shove you are hiding behind your mommy's skirts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So a day without fraud in MN, it’s a start.

Mark my words, there will come a time when people like PP will try to hide they were MAGA. I've seen this play out before. It won't work for them either. This stink will never wash off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because not going to work, which will cost you personally in either lost wages or in expended paid leave, or by reducing business income for a day, will actually lead to a change in government policy? What a bizarre and irrational presumption. Why does the government care if you go to work or not? Nor does the government care if you spend money. The linkage between employee/consumer behavior and government policy in this way is totally absent.

Yeah I hope I'm proven wrong but I don't get how doing this in MN helps.

If we could bring the NYSE and a number of airports to a halt, that would hurt the people Trump listens to. Would one day hurt though?

Why don’t you head out to DCA that day PP, with your little sign taped to a yardstick? I’m sure you would get a lot of attention.

What’s your great idea you twit?

Get out of ICE’s way and let them clean up Biden’s mess. Sooner the illegals are gone, sooner ICE is gone.

“Minnesota is under siege. It might not yet be a civil war, but what the White House has dubbed ‘Operation Metro Surge’ is definitely not just — or even primarily — an immigration enforcement operation. It is an occupation designed to punish and terrorize anyone who dares defy this incursion”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.uMdS.bLHlWGLyrxIy&smid=nytcore-ios-share


If this were just about "biden's mess" then they wouldn't be shooting US citizen moms, or apprehending 65 year old Hmong refugees who are here legally, now would they?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So a day without fraud in MN, it’s a start.

Mark my words, there will come a time when people like PP will try to hide they were MAGA. I've seen this play out before. It won't work for them either. This stink will never wash off.

We saw it play out in the 20th century when people were hiding their great-grandparents confederate artifacts. 10 years from now, NO ONE will admit to having voted for this. in 50 years, little kids will find a dusty box full of MAGA hats and other plastic crap people are buying from the huckster.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:do nothing? They'll just shop and scroll all day and give Bezos and Musk more $.

How is this giving Musk more?

Perhaps I’m in a bubble. I haven’t shopped at Target in over a year. I’ve never had Prime — and know multiple people who have cancelled their Prime memberships and focused on spending their dollars in line with their values whenever they can. I’ve cut way back on my Amazon orders, and tend to use it for products that I can’t obtain elsewhere. Thanks to a newly opened Trader Joe’s, I’ve cut my Whole Foods purchases way back too. Refraining from shopping for ONE day is something I can do. If I can do this, I’m sure that highly motivated citizens in Minnesota can manage avoiding Bezos businesses for a day — even the ones who can’t manage a day off from work.

Yes to this. I boycott Target for months and still barely shop there unless I can’t avoid it.

Mostly go to Costco, Lidl and Trader Joe’s.

No Whole Foods.

And Target and Whole foods are still in business, employing people who need jobs and are happy to have them there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because not going to work, which will cost you personally in either lost wages or in expended paid leave, or by reducing business income for a day, will actually lead to a change in government policy? What a bizarre and irrational presumption. Why does the government care if you go to work or not? Nor does the government care if you spend money. The linkage between employee/consumer behavior and government policy in this way is totally absent.

Yeah I hope I'm proven wrong but I don't get how doing this in MN helps.

If we could bring the NYSE and a number of airports to a halt, that would hurt the people Trump listens to. Would one day hurt though?

Why don’t you head out to DCA that day PP, with your little sign taped to a yardstick? I’m sure you would get a lot of attention.

What’s your great idea you twit?

Get out of ICE’s way and let them clean up Biden’s mess. Sooner the illegals are gone, sooner ICE is gone.

Is the way they treated this US citizen Biden's mess?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do nothing? They'll just shop and scroll all day and give Bezos and Musk more $.

How is this giving Musk more?

Perhaps I’m in a bubble. I haven’t shopped at Target in over a year. I’ve never had Prime — and know multiple people who have cancelled their Prime memberships and focused on spending their dollars in line with their values whenever they can. I’ve cut way back on my Amazon orders, and tend to use it for products that I can’t obtain elsewhere. Thanks to a newly opened Trader Joe’s, I’ve cut my Whole Foods purchases way back too. Refraining from shopping for ONE day is something I can do. If I can do this, I’m sure that highly motivated citizens in Minnesota can manage avoiding Bezos businesses for a day — even the ones who can’t manage a day off from work.

Yes to this. I boycott Target for months and still barely shop there unless I can’t avoid it.

Mostly go to Costco, Lidl and Trader Joe’s.

No Whole Foods.

And Target and Whole foods are still in business, employing people who need jobs and are happy to have them there.

LOL. How well is Target doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because not going to work, which will cost you personally in either lost wages or in expended paid leave, or by reducing business income for a day, will actually lead to a change in government policy? What a bizarre and irrational presumption. Why does the government care if you go to work or not? Nor does the government care if you spend money. The linkage between employee/consumer behavior and government policy in this way is totally absent.

Yeah I hope I'm proven wrong but I don't get how doing this in MN helps.

If we could bring the NYSE and a number of airports to a halt, that would hurt the people Trump listens to. Would one day hurt though?

Why don’t you head out to DCA that day PP, with your little sign taped to a yardstick? I’m sure you would get a lot of attention.

What’s your great idea you twit?

Get out of ICE’s way and let them clean up Biden’s mess. Sooner the illegals are gone, sooner ICE is gone.

“Minnesota is under siege. It might not yet be a civil war, but what the White House has dubbed ‘Operation Metro Surge’ is definitely not just — or even primarily — an immigration enforcement operation. It is an occupation designed to punish and terrorize anyone who dares defy this incursion”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/trump-minneapolis-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.uMdS.bLHlWGLyrxIy&smid=nytcore-ios-share


If this were just about "biden's mess" then they wouldn't be shooting US citizen moms, or apprehending 65 year old Hmong refugees who are here legally, now would they?

They're also arresting US citizens. This has nothing to do with legal status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:do nothing? They'll just shop and scroll all day and give Bezos and Musk more $.

How is this giving Musk more?

Perhaps I’m in a bubble. I haven’t shopped at Target in over a year. I’ve never had Prime — and know multiple people who have cancelled their Prime memberships and focused on spending their dollars in line with their values whenever they can. I’ve cut way back on my Amazon orders, and tend to use it for products that I can’t obtain elsewhere. Thanks to a newly opened Trader Joe’s, I’ve cut my Whole Foods purchases way back too. Refraining from shopping for ONE day is something I can do. If I can do this, I’m sure that highly motivated citizens in Minnesota can manage avoiding Bezos businesses for a day — even the ones who can’t manage a day off from work.

Yes to this. I boycott Target for months and still barely shop there unless I can’t avoid it.

Mostly go to Costco, Lidl and Trader Joe’s.

No Whole Foods.

And Target and Whole foods are still in business, employing people who need jobs and are happy to have them there.

Bootlicker says what?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So a day without fraud in MN, it’s a start.

Mark my words, there will come a time when people like PP will try to hide they were MAGA. I've seen this play out before. It won't work for them either. This stink will never wash off.

I haven’t seen a red hat in forever. I’ve also noticed far fewer Trump flags out in eastern Maryland.

Online is really the only outlet they have unless it’s a completely red area.