{"id":18201,"date":"2026-01-27T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=18201"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:19:37","slug":"minnesota-backdown-trump-regime-beats-hasty-partial-retreat-from-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/27\/minnesota-backdown-trump-regime-beats-hasty-partial-retreat-from-minneapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Backdown <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 Trump Regime beats hasty partial retreat from Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

NY Times: “Judge Orders ICE Chief Todd Lyons to Appear in Court Over Potential Contempt<\/a>; in a brief ruling, the Minnesota judge wrote that the unusual order was necessary because ‘the extent of ICE\u2019s violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary.'”<\/p>\n

NBC News: “Since the killing of Alex Pretti, Trump has changed his leadership in the state, reset relations with Democratic officials and distanced himself from his advisers’ more extreme comments<\/a>.” Guardian<\/em> provides the reason for the U-turn: “White House backtracks initial claims about Alex Pretti after intense backlash<\/a>“. Crooks and Liars<\/em>: “Tim Walz Says Trump ‘Agreed’ Minnesota Will ‘Conduct An Independent Investigation’<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Jason K. Howard at Salon<\/em> has the analysis: “Bovino is out of Minneapolis \u2014 but Trump isn\u2019t backing down<\/a>“. HuffPo: “The Immigration Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti Are Still At Work<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Alternet: “‘He was told no’: DHS bars Trump border commissioner Rodney Scott from traveling to Minneapolis<\/a>“. Scott has reportedly been at odds with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Place your bets! “Kristi Noem sees odds of being fired spike on Polymarket in wake of Alex Pretti shooting<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

“It was a mess<\/a>“: Axios<\/em> has the inside scoop on Trump’s Minnesota backdown.<\/p>\n

The Atlantic<\/em>: “What the Administration Is Signaling to Federal Agents After Minnesota<\/a>”<\/p>\n

NY Times<\/em>: “A Shocked Nation Watches Minneapolis Killings: \u2018Something Needs to Change\u2019<\/a>” Rachel Bitecofer at The Cycle<\/em> explains the failure in the regime’s messaging: “A Video is Worth a Thousand Lies \u2013 and they would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling cell phones<\/a>“NY Times<\/em>: “Investigators Review Body Camera Video Related to Killing of Alex Pretti<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Even ICE officers are expressing disgust at the killing of Alex Pretti. Ken Klippenstein has the details<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PBS: “Border Patrol ‘untrained and unskilled’ for policing in urban areas, ex-CBP head says<\/a>”<\/p>\n

WaPo<\/em> runs the numbers: “In 16 shooting incidents since July, no DHS officers have faced charges<\/a>”<\/p>\n

NY Times<\/em> goes to the video: “A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn\u2019t pose a threat.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Guardian<\/em>: “Senate Democrats urged to demand \u2018real reforms\u2019 over ICE funding bill<\/a>”<\/p>\n

NBC News: “More than a half-dozen GOP senators say there needs to be a probe into the fatal shooting of Pretti, a U.S. citizen, by a Border Patrol agent<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

BBC: “US to send ICE agents to Winter Olympics, prompting Italian anger<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Thom Hartman at Raw Story: “This chilling Trump message led to murder.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Media Matters: “The killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents has led some right-leaning streamers and political podcast figures to break ranks”<\/a>. WaPo<\/em>: “Outrage over ICE has spilled into typically apolitical online spaces<\/a>“. HuffPo<\/em>: “Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands MAGA Admit Injustice Of Latest Minnesota Shooting<\/a>” Salon<\/em>: “MAGA angers the NRA over Minneapolis shooting<\/a>”<\/p>\n

On social media, some voices are fuming that Border Patrol “Commander” and Himmler dress-alike Greg Bovino has been fired by Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The unprecedented about-face unfolded on Monday. Bovino got the boot, Noem is circling the drain, and more\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18201"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18246,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201\/revisions\/18246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}