• Canadian “gunperson” kills nine: A tragic school attack in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, has claimed nine lives and injured more than two dozen. At midday Tuesday, Canadian police received a report of an ongoing attack. Six people were killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, and another died in transit to the hospital. Two more were found dead in a nearby home — apparently the assailant’s family. As Leftmedia and Canadian officials would have it, that’s all there is to this tragic tale. However, when officials use terms like “gunperson,” it raises questions. Indeed, the alert described a “female in a dress with brown hair.” So, why the neutral pronouns? Well, journalist Andy Ngo appears to have the answer: This attacker wasn’t a female, but rather a trans-identifying male, as confirmed by his uncle. If Ngo’s reporting is true, we can expect Canadian media to sweep this attack under the rug as quickly as possible.

• Solid jobs numbers: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its January jobs report, which was delayed by a week due to the recent short-lived government shutdown. The report found that 130,000 jobs were added last month, coming in well above the Dow Jones estimate of 55,000. This also represents a significant uptick from December’s number, which was adjusted slightly downward to 48,000. The headline unemployment rate also came in slightly below predictions, hitting 4.3% rather than the estimated 4.4%. Meanwhile, hourly wages rose 0.4% for the month, 0.1% above expectations, but still met the 3.7% annual expectation. Labor force participation also increased slightly to 62.5%.

• No indictment for “Seditious Six”: The six members of Congress, including Sen. Mark Kelly, who issued a video urging U.S. service members to refuse illegal orders were not indicted by a grand jury. This is not the first time the second Trump administration has seen its prosecutions stymied by a grand jury — perhaps they’d be better off with the proverbial ham sandwich. The Justice Department’s failure to proceed with this case should probably be a wake-up call. Democrats are really good at using and abusing the law, walking right up to the line of sedition, as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz did in January, without technically crossing it. Tenuous charges that get struck down make this administration look weak and like it is twisting the law to go after political enemies.

• Three House Republicans side with Dems to force tariff vote: Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Kevin Kiley, and Don Bacon sided with Democrats on Tuesday, preventing the majority GOP from renewing a moratorium that withholds a vote on Donald Trump’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act until after the U.S. Supreme Court issues its ruling. Trump has used the Act to impose sweeping tariffs, which many lawmakers, particularly Democrats, have criticized. Speaker Mike Johnson contended, “I think the sentiment is that we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out between the executive branch and the judicial branch,” noting that “the president’s trade policies have been a great benefit to the country.” However, Bacon argued that continuing to extend the moratorium was “putting the important work of the House on pause, but Congress needs to be able to debate on tariffs.”

• Addressing Iran’s ballistic missile program: The U.S. and the Iranian regime have been engaged in talks over Iran’s nuclear program. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington, DC, yesterday to discuss a number of issues primarily dealing with Gaza. He weighed in on the negotiations, expressing his desire for peace in the region, which, importantly, from Israel’s perspective, includes not only preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons but also ending its ballistic missile threat. Israel has been the most frequent target of Iran’s ballistic missiles. Meanwhile, Tehran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran’s missile program was “never negotiable.” In the midst of these negotiations is the mullahs’ tenuous hold on power, with rumblings of the rising of a second wave of nationwide protests against the Islamic ruling regime, the first of which Tehran brutally put down.

• Insane Democrat questioning: The House of Representatives doesn’t command the same respect as the Senate, and on Tuesday, Rep. LaMonica McIver reminded the world why. The House Committee on Homeland Security called in Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to testify on the ongoing deportation efforts, and he obliged voluntarily. Of course, any committee will have both hostile and friendly members, as any witness expects. What Lyons likely didn’t expect was to be asked, “Do you think you’re going to hell?” Rep. McIver also asked Lyons, “How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?” Eventually, Chairman Andrew Garbarino overrode McIver and reminded her that she is expected to adhere to standards of decorum. McIver used her remaining time to explain why ICE should be entirely abolished.

• Colony Ridge settlement: The Left has explained again and again that colonialism is evil — except apparently in cases where it’s a foreign colony on American soil. That is essentially what the Colony Ridge neighborhood north of Houston, Texas, was designed to be. The neighborhood was exposed in 2023 for its marketing scheme aimed at non-English-speaking illegal immigrants. The scheme was successful and became the fastest-growing development in the country, reaching more than 100,000 people. The Biden administration sued the development for targeting “Hispanic consumers with predatory loans.” Now, the Trump administration has reached a settlement. Colony Ridge will pay $68 million in penalties, which will be used to add necessary infrastructure and a law enforcement center inside the community. Future purchasers will be required to present a valid Texas ID or a visa issued after January 1, 2025.

• Zuckerberg eyes Florida: Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has become the latest billionaire to join the list of wealthy moguls fleeing California over its proposed 5% wealth tax. This list includes Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, and David Sacks. Zuckerberg and his wife are moving to Miami, Florida, to an exclusive enclave known as the “Billionaire Bunker.” Florida has become one of the most attractive destinations for the uber-wealthy precisely because they can keep more of their hard-earned wealth under the Sunshine State’s kinder tax laws. Florida is now reaping the benefits of local job growth and increased revenue as these industry leaders relocate to the state. Meanwhile, California lawmakers will find it even harder to meet their government’s overspending appetite with fewer tax dollars coming in. The Golden State’s Democrat legislature is effectively killing the golden goose.

• Sexual assault by gender-bender in Washington: In another tragic example of why men should not compete in women’s sports, Kallie Keeler, a 16-year-old wrestler from the Puyallup School District in Washington State, was allegedly sexually assaulted in a wrestling match against a “trans-identifying” male. In a wrestling move, Kallie said her male opponent forcefully pushed his fingers into her genitals. She didn’t know what to do in the situation, and she didn’t even find out until afterwards that she was competing against a male, which left her feeling doubly violated. Wrestling experts reviewed the video of the match and ruled out accidental contact for that particular wrestling move. Kallie had immediately reported the incident to the school, but the school did nothing for two months — until media contact — despite being required by law to report suspected sexual assault to law enforcement within 48 hours.

Headlines

• Democrats suddenly oppose law enforcement body cameras they demanded (Legal Insurrection)

• Oregon teen arrested for plotting assassination of ICE agents (Not the Bee)

• Trump says he will block U.S.-Canada bridge unless Canada negotiates on trade (Fox News)

• Black judge cuts black man’s rape sentence in half, despite violent outbursts at trial (Not the Bee)

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