• Canadian trans shooter: The tragic school attack in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday claimed eight lives, not counting the deceased assailant. The 18-year-old attacker killed six at the school after killing his mother, who expressed support for trans rights, and his stepbrother at home. Early reports suggested that the “female gunperson” was actually a man who identified as a woman, which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has now confirmed. The RCMP insists on honoring the murderer’s preferred pronouns while PBS News refers to him only as “the suspect.” The reason is obvious: The Canadian government and Leftmedia cannot admit that trans identification is a sign either of severe mental health issues or of severe parental and medical abuse — in most cases, both.

• Drug cartel drones: The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily closed the airspace around the El Paso airport on Wednesday, citing “special security reasons.” The FAA initially said the closure would last 10 days, but it quickly reversed course, and the airspace has since been reopened. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explained, “The FAA and DOW acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized, and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region.” El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson expressed frustration over the sudden airspace closure “without coordinating with the city, the airport, the hospitals, the community leadership.” Patriot Post Publisher Mark Alexander says, “Reading between the lines, I believe there was likely a credible threat from a drone against commercial aircraft at El Paso, but when Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued his statement, that was deemed too threatening to travelers and may have spilled something classified.”

• Border czar announces end of immigration crackdown in Minnesota: Operation Metro Surge, which saw thousands of immigration enforcement agents stationed in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, is coming to an end. Border Czar Tom Homan proposed ending the six-week operation, and the president concurred. Homan reports that cooperation with local officials has improved, and many arrests can now take place in the safety of jails where criminal illegals are being held. Operation Metro Surge saw more than 4,000 arrests. Despite Homan’s meetings with Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, it does not appear that Frey has backed down from his stance that Minneapolis police will not honor federal immigration law. Time will tell if this action will prove to be a win for riotous and insurrectionist protesters or the Rule of Law and mass deportation efforts.

• House passes the SAVE Act; Senate unlikely to follow: The House passed the SAVE Act on Wednesday in a 218-213 vote along partisan lines. The SAVE Act should be unapologetically supported by every red-blooded American. In fact, a Pew Research survey shows that required voter ID enjoys massive bipartisan support — except in Congress. Unlike 71% of Democrat voters, congressional Democrats strongly oppose election integrity laws requiring photo ID. The reason is simple: This would prevent noncitizens from voting and make ballot fraud much harder, though Democrats argue that some people just can’t figure out how to get IDs and would be kept from voting. This bill is unfortunately likely to die in the Senate, as a similar bill did last year, because current filibuster rules would require it to clear a 60-vote threshold.

• House passes Dems’ legislation against Trump’s tariffs: The House on Wednesday passed the Democrat-led resolution to terminate Donald Trump’s use of the National Emergencies Act to impose tariffs. The resolution passed thanks to six Republican lawmakers joining the Democrats. It’s largely symbolic because even if the Senate were to take it up and pass it, Trump would veto it, and there are not enough votes to override a veto. One of the Republicans who voted in favor, Rep. Don Bacon, argued, “Article I of the Constitution places authority over taxes and tariffs with Congress for a reason. … It’s time for Congress to reclaim that responsibility.” Meanwhile, his Republican colleague, Rep. Brian Mast, who voted against the bill, observed, “Even Canada acknowledges that they have this as a national emergency. This is Democrats trying to ignore that there is a fentanyl crisis.”

• Omar yearns for “pedophile” Trump’s execution: Minnesota (read: Somalia) Rep. Ilhan Omar took to X to call President Trump the leader of the “Pedophile Protection Party” after his administration released the Epstein files, something the Biden administration steadfastly refused to do. The practicing Muslim added, “At least in Somalia they execute pedophiles, not elect them.” Omar’s religion was founded by Muhammad, a bigamist and pedophile who married a six-year-old girl — although some Islamic apologists insist he waited until she was a “mature” nine-year-old before consummating the marriage. Somalia has one of the highest child marriage rates worldwide, with nearly 15% marrying before the age of 15, and legislation in that country has been proposed that would allow marriage at the age of 10. And what would Omar do about people marrying their siblings?

• Bad Bunny lost nearly 10M viewers: Viewership numbers are in for the Super Bowl this past Sunday, which generated nearly 125 million viewers across all of NBC’s platforms. That total puts it just behind last year’s record-breaking Super Bowl viewership of 128 million. However, unlike last year, when the Halftime Show featuring Bad Bunny began, overall viewership dropped by nearly 10 million. This is the opposite of what happened during last year’s Super Bowl, which saw an increase in viewership at halftime. Meanwhile, Turning Point USA’s competing “All-American Halftime Show” featuring Kid Rock was streamed on YouTube and several other platforms, drawing nearly 28 million viewers. Given that success, TPUSA may do it again next year, especially if the NFL elects to ignore Americans in favor of catering to a world audience.

• California’s rent relief for illegals scam: LA County supervisor Lindsey Horvath announced a $30 million rent relief program for wildfire survivors — which would be nice except it also applies to “people impacted by ICE raids.” It is California, but at least Palisades fire survivors who are still renting since their homes burned down last year will get some help, right? Wrong. As it turns out, the applications will be sorted, and priority will be given to those in “COVID vulnerability zones.” It is unclear what COVID vulnerability has to do with wildfires or ICE raids, but it is clear that these priority zones will mean that illegals will get their funds and likely bleed the program dry long before anyone in the area of the Palisades fire.

• Former Miss CA USA booted from WH Religious Liberty Commission: Former Miss California USA Prejean Boller was kicked off the White House Religious Liberty Commission this week. Boller’s expulsion came after she got into a heated back-and-forth with witnesses during a hearing on Israel’s war in Gaza. Boller, who showed up for the event wearing a Palestinian flag pin, took umbrage with a witness who refused to condemn Israel for what it did to Gaza. She also took offense over podcaster Candace Owens being labeled antisemitic, stating, “I listen to her daily. … She’s not an antisemite. She just doesn’t support Zionism.” Commission Chairman Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick explained his decision to boot Boller, stating, “No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue.”

• Olympics bans Ukrainian athlete over his helmet featuring friends killed in the war: Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from competing in the Winter Games in Italy due to his helmet that honors his Ukrainian friends and fellow athletes who were killed in the Russia-Ukraine war with a simple display of their images. He refused the IOC’s request to wear a different helmet, stating in response, “This is [the] price of our dignity.” The IOC cited an Olympic rule against political messages on the field of play as the reason for the violation. In 2022 at the Beijing Olympics, Heraskevych displayed a “No war in Ukraine” sign after his final run, and the IOC did not view merely calling for peace as a violation of the same rule. Heraskevych was a medal contender in the sport and said he would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Headlines

• Campus antisemitism driven by faculty at University of California campuses (Washington Times)

• HRC’s corporate influence collapses, as Fortune 500 companies flee the LGBT cause (Washington Stand)

• Disney lost $170 million on its “Snow White” remake (Not the Bee)

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