{"id":18377,"date":"2026-01-29T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=18377"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:11:26","slug":"minnesota-backdown-dhs-in-turmoil-knives-still-out-for-miller-homan-spins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/29\/minnesota-backdown-dhs-in-turmoil-knives-still-out-for-miller-homan-spins\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Backdown <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 DHS in Turmoil, Knives (Still) Out for Miller, Homan Spins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Events in Minnesota in the wake of Alex Pretti’s murder continue to dominate the headlines (despite news of Trump’s DoJ attack on free elections<\/a> and no progress on release of the Epstein files<\/a>).<\/p>\n

NY Times<\/em>: “As [DHS] officials point fingers in the wake of Alex Pretti\u2019s death at the hands of federal agents, concerns grow about the agency\u2019s future.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Guardian<\/em>: “\u2018Nothing has changed\u2019: Minneapolis on edge despite Trump\u2019s de-escalation vow<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Notus<\/em>: “Republicans Aren\u2019t Rushing to Defend Stephen Miller<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Semafor<\/em>: “Democratic demands harden as shutdown impasse grows over DHS<\/a>” \u2013 NY Times<\/em>: “Democrats Demand Unmasked Agents, New Limits to Fund DHS<\/a>”<\/p>\n

WaPo: “Trump faces fresh MAGA blowback for efforts to \u2018de-escalate\u2019 in Minnesota<\/a>” \u2013 AlterNet: “MAGA rages against Trump ‘betrayal’ after Minnesota shift<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Guardian<\/em>: “Border czar Tom Homan in Minneapolis says \u2018no agency is perfect\u2019 and acknowledges improvements that need to be made to federal immigration enforcement.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

NY Times<\/em>: “Judge Orders Release of Minnesota Refugees Targeted in ICE Crackdown<\/a>” \u2013 HuffPo: “Judge Gives Scathing Review Of ICE, Says Todd Lyons No Longer Required To Appear In Court<\/a>”<\/p>\n

HuffPo<\/em>: “ICE Officers In Minnesota Directed Not To Interact With ‘Agitators’ In New Orders<\/a>“. Agitators\u2026 riiiight\u2026<\/p>\n

NY Times<\/em>: “Nine progressive prosecutors say they will work together to charge federal agents accused of wrongdoing, but they will face significant legal obstacles.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/em>: “Bruce Springsteen Slams ‘King Trump’s Private Army From The DHS’ In New Anti-ICE Song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Colby Hall at Mediaite<\/em>: “Alex Pretti\u2019s Past Does Not Justify the Government Killing Him<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Chauncey DeVega at Salon<\/em>: “Vice signaling explains Trump\u2019s enduring appeal \u2013 Minneapolis reveals why outrage alone fails to loosen Trump\u2019s grip<\/a>”<\/p>\n

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

It’s not getting much better for Team Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18377","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=18377"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18383,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18377\/revisions\/18383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}