Apparently it was really cold in Minneapolis today yet thousands came out to protest:

[Ocelot II]

7. Yes, it was cold. I was there. But this is just normal January weather, not real *cold* cold.

We know how to dress for it. I was wearing wool socks, insulated boots with ice cleats, ski pants, a couple of layers of sweaters, a wool cap, gloves and a down parka, and I was fine, except that I couldn't take pictures very easily. The bigger problem was that it had been above freezing for a couple of days with a lot of snow melt and then it froze so the streets and sidewalks were extremely slippery. We can deal with this kind of ice; it's the other kind that's a problem. People were wound up - the mood wasn't cheerful like the recent No Kings rally with the frog costumes and funny signs (though there were a fair number of those); it was determined and defiant, many F-bombs were dropped. Anybody who thinks these protests don't mean anything and not enough people care wasn't anywhere near Minneapolis today. We were on fire, melting ICE.