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Wall Street Journal:
Gregory Bovino to Leave Minnesota Imminently, Administration Officials Say — Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino will imminently leave Minnesota along with some of his agents, according to administration officials familiar with the matter. — Bovino had emerged as the public face …
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CNN:
Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say — Source: Bovino to exit Minneapolis as Trump's orbit frustrated in fallout over fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — Outrage rocks Minneapolis after another U.S. citizen killed
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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted — The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats. — Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California …
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Politico:
'It's starting to turn against us': White House reckons with Minnesota fallout … Normally loyal Republicans criticized the president, a partial-government shutdown over Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics seems possible, and polling shows that the president is losing ground on immigration …
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Washington Post:
The unjust killing of Alex Pretti marks a turning point in Trump's second term — Congress can step in to stop the president from overreaching on immigration. — The unjust killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis, marks a turning point in President Donald Trump's second term.
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NBC News:
Alex Pretti's fatal killing was recorded on body-worn camera video, DHS says
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Republicans offer early support for Trump's Minnesota pivot
Republicans offer early support for Trump's Minnesota pivot
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Trump Couldn't Have Picked a More Incompetent Fool to Handle the Minnesota Situation
Trump Couldn't Have Picked a More Incompetent Fool to Handle the Minnesota Situation
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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Education Department refers Minnesota trans athletes probe to Justice Department
Education Department refers Minnesota trans athletes probe to Justice Department
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They're Afraid to Tell Trump.
ICE Shootings Are Freaking Out the GOP. They're Afraid to Tell Trump.
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Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports — While immigration officers support the Trump administration's goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership's tactics, according to reports
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New York Times:
A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate — Current and former officials describe growing frustration and disillusionment with the Trump administration's approach, even as they support the goal of immigration enforcement. — Oscar Hagelsieb spent nearly 25 years …
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Radley Balko / The Watch:
Two cities under siege — Conservatives are fond of invoking the American Founding, the framers of the Constitution, and the principles that drove the fight for independence. Those invocations have always been selective and opportunistic, but they've grown downright farcical …
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Alex Pareene / Defector:
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents — The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more successful at spreading mayhem and death.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
So what if Alex Pretti had a gun? — Increasingly, the Trump administration's defense of Alex Pretti's killing has come to center on the fact that he had a gun. — “We respect that Second Amendment right, but those rights don't count when you riot and assault, delay …
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Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Governor Defends Federal Agents After Alex Pretti Killing, Calling Protesters ‘Lawless Hordes’
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Associated Press:
In their words: Trump officials portray Pretti as an armed man intent on harming officers
In their words: Trump officials portray Pretti as an armed man intent on harming officers
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Leavitt distances Trump from Noem, Miller rhetoric on Pretti killing
Leavitt distances Trump from Noem, Miller rhetoric on Pretti killing
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Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
Gun-Rights Groups Clash With Trump Officials Over Fatal Shooting of Armed Protester
Gun-Rights Groups Clash With Trump Officials Over Fatal Shooting of Armed Protester
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Kat Tenbarge / Wired:
Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE — A user from r/Minneapolis was among the first to share footage of federal agents shooting Alex Pretti. Following his death, subreddits about football, cats, and embroidery have all rallied against ICE. — On Saturday morning …
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Makena Kelly / Wired:
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti — “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack. — After federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday …
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Fortune
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
A Failure In Plain Sight — Who, if anyone, will acknowledge the obvious, and do something about it? — ∙ Paid — Here's the roll call for the Friday House vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security. — Look closely and you'll notice something telling.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Democrats will speed up non-DHS funding bills ahead of shutdown deadline
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New York Times:
Local Prosecution Is the Answer to Federal Lawlessness — In the wake of another fatal shooting by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, many people are wondering what can be done. The answer has been right in front of us all along. — Despite the incredulity with which some legal observers meet …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Where the Minnesota crisis stands in the courts
Where the Minnesota crisis stands in the courts
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Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
‘The Superhuman President’ … When I arrived at the Oval Office in December to talk to Donald Trump about his health, the president was standing next to a couple of men clutching pieces of paper labeled TALKING POINTS. — “These are two doctors,” Trump told me before I could ask a question.
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Cancels Contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton — WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced the cancelation of all contracts with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. The Treasury Department currently has 31 separate contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton …
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts
Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts
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Anna Lazarus Caplan / People:
Minnesota Vikings Radio Broadcaster Taking Leave of Absence After Mocking ICE Protestors — On Monday, Paul Allen apologized for what he called a “cheap one-liner” in which he called protestors “paid” and wondered aloud if they would get “hazard pay” to be out in inclement weather
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Wall Street Journal:
The Lawyer for the Agent Who Shot Renee Good Thinks ICE Has Gone Too Far — GOP candidate Chris Madel is dropping out of the Minnesota's governor's race, saying national Republicans ‘have made it nearly impossible’ — ST. MICHAEL, Minn.—Chris Madel was distraught as he left …
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Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence — Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a “protective order.” Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the entire country in the dark.”
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown — How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration's mass deportation campaign. — On Saturday morning, federal officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis.
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The Guardian:
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup — Ex-Fifa boss shows support for boycott calls - Security concerns over tournament have risen — Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.
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Paul Krugman:
Was This a Murder Too Far? — The execution of Alex Pretti has made even some MAGA loyalists waver — In just a little over two weeks federal agents in Minneapolis have killed two innocent people in broad daylight. Contrary to the Trump administration's lies, these were unjustified murders, pure and simple.
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Politico:
Rand Paul summons Trump immigration officials to testify after Minneapolis shooting — Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on three top immigration enforcement officials to testify before his panel in the wake of Saturday's killing of a Minneapolis man by federal agents.
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump's immigration approval drops to record low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — American approval of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has gone too far.
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The Independent
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Lindsey Halligan is no longer employed by the Justice Department after departure from Virginia U.S. attorney's office — Halligan, who had no prosecutorial experience, stepped down from her post in the Eastern District of Virginia after a judge found she was “masquerading” as U.S. attorney.
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The Guardian
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Rahm Emanuel Will Speak to You Now — If forced to place a bet on who'll win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, I'd wager no more than a nickel on Rahm Emanuel. OK, maybe a dime. At a moment that romanticizes outsiders, he's as inside as they come — a former member of Congress …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump says Justice Department is investigating Ilhan Omar — President Donald Trump on Monday said the Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, writing: “the DOJ and Congress are looking at ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan Omar …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / Vanity Fair:
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti — In the time following 9/11, even conservatives voiced skepticism of the proposed Department of Homeland Security, writes Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now, Trump seeks to cleanse, purge, and expand this so-called homeland.

