Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced new initiatives to encourage Americans to “Eat Real Food.” “I’m happy to announce that today we are at [the Department of Agriculture] releasing new guidance for all regional and state directors of our child nutrition programs,” Rollins said Wednesday. She added the guidance would be “encouraging them today to familiarize themselves with the key recommendations and consider how these guidelines and how they will be incorporated into program meals and snacks as we continue to promote and build healthy outcomes and healthy families.” The Department of Agriculture will release a proposed child nutrition rule in about a month, Rollins said. “We are restoring common sense, we are restoring scientific integrity, and we are restoring accountability to federal food and health policy,” she said. The Trump administration says it is also bringing healthier foods to members of the military. “Our mission is to ensure that the American soldier is the most fueled, most fit and most lethal human weapon system on the planet,” Army Undersecretary Mike Obadal said. “To achieve this, we’re introducing a campus-style dining model across our training centers.” Army dining facilities are being shifted to a restaurant style model with multiple food stations with extended service hours, starting with a pilot location in Fort Carson, Colorado, opening this spring. “By focusing on the root causes of our health crisis, we’ll achieve an army that doesn’t meet standards but sets them,” Obadal said. “We are building forces leaner, faster, and ready to meet today’s challenges.” Rollins also announced that USDA is about to finalize its new stocking standards, meaning the 250,000 retailers who accept food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and electronic benefits transfers, will have to more than double the healthy food offerings that they have on the shelves. “These actions, alongside removing the waste and the fraud and the abuse from the SNAP program, continue to be key priorities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” Rollins said. Kennedy and Rollins touted efforts to make eating “real food” more affordable. “We don’t need more money,” Kennedy said. “We just need to be smarter, and that what this administration is about.” For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration is establishing a clear definition of ultra-processed foods, which will influence federal purchasing decisions, Kennedy said. Additionally, for the first time in decades, the FDA will require notification and a safety review if a company is introducing new chemicals into the food supply. “We are also partnering with innovators, designers, and advocates to deliver a clear, positive message that healthy food is achievable, practical, affordable, and within reach of every American family,” Kennedy said. The post Trump Admin Unveils New Initiatives to Bring ‘Real Food’ to Americans appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with State Department Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott on “The Signal Sitdown.” The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. eastern on Feb. 12. It has been five weeks since the U.S. removed former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. But the question on everyone’s mind is what comes next now that Maduro is no longer in power. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott joined “The Signal Sitdown” this week to discuss the Trump administration’s plan for Venezuela. President Donald Trump’s administration has implemented a three-phase plan for the future of Venezuela, a process that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has hinted could be a long process. “I can’t give you a timeline of how long it takes,” Rubio said at a Jan. 28 Senate hearing. “It can’t take forever. I get it. We all want something immediately. But this is not a frozen dinner you put in a microwave and in two and a half minutes it comes out ready to eat.” Pigott explained the administration’s phased approach. “First, the stability of Venezuela. Second, the recovery, where you might see the beginnings of investment, in oil infrastructure, for example,” Pigott said. “Then the third phase being that transition to a longer-term situation where hopefully you have a reliable partner in the region.” Pigott claimed that the cooperation between Venezuela and the United States, especially in the oil industry, is improving conditions in Venezuela. “The oil deal was an important part of this,” Pigott said, referencing changes that will allow American companies to invest in Venezuela’s oil industry. “Seeing that stabilization, those constructive conversations with the interim authorities,” makes a path forward possible. New “revenue wasn’t used to go to a corrupt regime, prop up the corrupt regime, and instead used to benefit the people of Venezuela,” Pigott added. “Part of that phase two, [will be] seeing companies go in there, invest, and hopefully, as the secretary says, we have a normal oil infrastructure, a normal oil industry, in Venezuela,” he continued. Pigott confirmed that the U.S. maintains communication with Venezuela’s interim authorities “pretty regularly.” “There’s a degree of conversations that are happening across different levels of government,” he said. “We have a new director of our Venezuelan affairs unit, for example, who’s had different conversations with the interim authorities there,” as stability remains America’s top concern in Venezuela. The post What Comes Next for Venezuela? State Department Official Explains appeared first on The Daily Signal.

When it comes to the Olympics certain things are no brainers. Don’t ski jump in high heels. Don’t do mixed doubles curling with an ex-spouse. Don’t do a two-man luge with JB Pritzer on top. I would add, “Don’t trash the nation you’re there to represent.” Apparently, several members of Team USA don’t have brains. It started with American skier Hunter Hess who declared at an Olympic press conference that he has “mixed emotions” about representing his country because of ICE. “Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.” Fellow skier Chris Lillis also trashed ICE. “I think that as a country we need to focus on respecting everybody’s rights and making sure that we’re treating our citizens as well as anybody with love and respect,” Lillis said. Gus Kenworthy an American who left Team USA to compete for Great Britain used “urine snow art” to spell out “F— ICE.” On Saturday, he doubled down on his criticism and whined about the heat he’s getting for the vulgar act. Curler Rich Ruohonen said he’s proud to represent the USA, “But we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least mention what’s going on in Minnesota.”  I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer in Minnesota. Good to know if you’re an ICE agent hit by a protester’s SUV. In fairness, Hess has seen the light … or at least his PR team has. Days after his nay-nay about the USA, Hess has gone all Captain America. Hess posted “I love my country. There is so much that is great about America, but there are always things that could be better. One of the many things that makes this country so amazing is that we have the right and freedom to point that out. … I cannot want to represent Team USA next week when I compete.”   While Hess’s star-spangled 180 is appreciated, the reality remains there’s a time and place for pointing out America’s faults. And the Olympics ain’t it. Especially when sitting in a host country we rescued from Mussolini and Hitler. Then there’s figure skater Amber Glenn. Glenn also spoke out against United States at a presser in Milan, with the openly bi- and pansexual athlete claiming “It’s been a hard time for the (LGBTQ) community overall in this administration.” (“Hold my non-alcoholic beer,” said athletes from Saudi Arabia.) Glenn went onto say she wasn’t going to “shut up about politics” during the Games. “I hope I can use my platform and my voice throughout these Games to try and encourage people to stay strong in these hard times. I know that a lot of people say you’re just an athlete, like, stick to your job, shut up about politics, but politics affect us all.” So many have already pointed out how unpatriotic these athletes are being. How ungrateful to America and what America means to the world. How disrespectful to the Americans of different political beliefs who they are in Milan to represent. Vice President JD Vance said as much Wednesday. VP Vance: "You're there to play a sport and you're there to represent your country and hopefully win a medal. You're not there to pop off about politics… so when Olympic athletes enter the political arena, they should expect some pushback."Watch OAN Live on YouTube TV Today! pic.twitter.com/AIpv6c9iIa— One America News (@OANN) February 11, 2026 But I want to say, simply from a competitive point of view: How fundamentally stupid of the athletes! Their political blabber is wonderful news for their competitors because of what we can call “The Rapinoe Effect.” It reads, “Any athlete or team that trashes the USA while representing the USA is very likely to turn from champ to chump.”It’s named after soccer great Megan Rapinoe who instantly transformed the mighty national women’s team into also-rans the minute she began mouthing off against America and pushing teammates to take a knee for the National Anthem. The Rapinoe Effect crystalized at the 2023 Women’s World Cup where for the first time in her illustrious career Rapinoe blew a penalty kick, sending Team USA to humiliating defeat. Already we are seeing the Rapinoe Effect at the Olympics. On Sunday, Glenn gave such a “disappointing,” “lackluster” performance during the Team Skating competition that she publicly apologized to her teammates. But for a heroic performance by “Quad God” Ilia Malinin, Glenn would have cost Team USA the gold. Karma? Perhaps. Loss of focus? Definitely. Every minute you are thinking about ICE in Minnesota is a minute you’re not thinking about the ice and snow in Milan. Mom didn’t get up at 4 A.M to drive you to practice for all those years so you could get to the Olympics and talk about politics. Get on the medal stand, get back on American soil, then get on your soap box.However, something bigger is at play. These athletes are giving away the competitive advantage of the collective American spirit. President Donald Trump in his Truth Social post ripping Hess as a “loser,” added, “Very hard to root for someone like this.”   Yes. And that is the root cause of the Rapinoe Effect. When you are representing the USA and you willingly give up the full-hearted backing of half the USA, you are diminishing the power that can propel you to victory. That unseen push that shaves a crucial fraction of a second off your time. The hand that keeps you upright when you otherwise would have fallen. That Spirit of 1776 strength and swagger that allowed a bunch of college kids in 1980 to take down the most powerful, experienced hockey team ever assembled. “Do you believe in miracles?” Yes. And I believe in the force that charges such miracles. Simply put: “USA! USA! USA!” May all our Olympic athletes—starting with Glenn and Hess—come to believe. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post US Olympic Athletes Trash-Talking USA? Didn’t Meghan Rapinoe Teach Them Nothing? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have identified the 18-year-old man who shot and killed six people at a school in British Columbia, critically injuring two, and wounding about 25 others. He identified as a woman, authorities have confirmed. Jesse Van Rootselaar first killed his mother, 39, and his 11-year-old step-brother at their family home in the remote community of Tumbler Ridge, before targeting Tumbler Ridge Secondary School Tuesday. At the school, he shot and killed a 39-year-old female teacher, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, aged 12 and 13. As police arrived, he shot at them, but officers found the shooter dead from an apparent suicide. “We do believe the suspect acted alone … it would be too early to speculate on motive,” Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said in a press conference Wednesday. McDonald said Van Rootselaar was born male but began to identify as female six years ago, Reuters reported. “Yes that is the information that we have,” RCMP Sergeant Vanessa Munn told The Daily Signal. The shooting ranks among the deadliest in Canadian history. Prime Minister Mark Carney postponed his trip to Europe and ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half-mast for the next seven days. “Right now, it’s a time to come together, as Canadians always do in these situations, these terrible situations, to support each other, to mourn together and to grow together,” he said. In April 2020, a 51-year-old man disguised in a police uniform killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in multiple shootings and setting fire to homes, before police killed him. Transgender-Motivated Violence and Threats While Van Rootselaar’s motive remains unclear, this shooting comes after a string of violence and threats from perpetrators who identified as transgender or supported transgenderism. In September, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed reports that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who has been charged with Charlie Kirk’s murder, was living with a boyfriend who identifies as transgender. Robinson reportedly confessed to his boyfriend that he committed the murder. Authorities reportedly confirmed that 23-year-old Robin Westman, a male born Robert Westman, opened fire at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis in August, killing two children and injuring 17 others. 1?Tyler RobinsonThe man who allegedly shot and killed Charlie Kirk was dating a man who identifies as a woman, and he started to support "trans rights" in recent years, his mother told authorities.This is the latest in a line of violence, however.?2/15 pic.twitter.com/WQuuHKKxMd— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) September 20, 2025 Audrey Elizabeth Hale, 28, reportedly identified as male. She shot and killed three children and three adults on March 27, 2023, at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school in Nashville, Tennessee. Police fatally shot her during the attack. According to a court document obtained by The Daily Signal, the man who tried to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in June 2022 identifies as a woman. Nicholas Roske, who was 29 when he pleaded guilty in April, identifies as Sophie Roske in a court document. On May 7, 2019, then-16-year-old Maya “Alec” McKinney and her 19-year-old fellow student, Devon Erickson, opened fire at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, killing one and injuring eight. Both have been sentenced to life in prison. McKinney, a female, identifies as male. In June 2024, a judge sentenced Jason Lee Willie, a man who identifies as a woman and goes by Alexia, to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to threatening to injure people across state lines. Willie, a resident of Nashville, Illinois, confessed to threatening to rape girls in girls’ restrooms, carry out mass shootings at schools, and bomb churches. The post Canadian School Shooter Identified as Transgender, Police Confirm appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A Kidnapping in Mobile County, Alabama

The horrific mass shooting as a high school in Canada wasn't just embarrassing to the Canadian establishment because of their passionate advocacy of gun control, especially so-called "assault weapons." It's another mass shooting committed by a transgender individual, and they just don't know how to handle it. They ended up sounding more sensitive to the T-Police than to the crime victims. One AP story just stuck vaguely to "her" pronouns:  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The suspect in a Canada school shooting was an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British Columbia. Police said Jesse Van Rootselaar was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted wound following the assault on a school in the small mountain community of Tumbler Ridge. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar first killed her mother and stepbrother at the family home before attacking the nearby school.  A different AP report said  "A woman who police believed was the shooter was found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound, police said. The motive remained unclear." Not "a shooter who police believed was a woman." Time magazine echoed that online: A woman believed to be the shooter was found dead at the school from what police described as a “self‑inflicted injury.” Later, they said police described a “female in a dress with brown hair.” CNN.com reported "Police identified the alleged shooter in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, as Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old female resident of the town who had “dropped out of school approximately four years ago.” Canada's National Post newspaper quickly went into Trans Defense mode:  The Tumbler Ridge shooter was a trans female. How rare is that? Five transgender people have previously been implicated in mass shootings, but U.S. organizations say they account for less than one tenth of one per cent of such shootings, despite being a larger proportion of the population On X, Libs of TikTok underlined this truth-defiance mode happened all over the internet:  NEW HOAX JUST DROPPED The media is reporting that a "female" shooter was responsible for massacring people at a school in Canada. Jesse Strang was a MAN pretending to be a woman. Media is covering up trans violence pic.twitter.com/ivkWbjrT64 — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 11, 2026

TPUSA's All-American Halftime Show revealed that Christians are now creating an alternative to progressive agendas — and BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock could not be more pleased.“The National Football League has chosen wickedness. And Kid Rock and that halftime show is going to be that rock that humbles the National Football League and sends a message to all of sports that fans are owed respect,” Whitlock says on “Fearless.”“The NFL and sports have become so arrogant that they thought they were untouchable. And finally, we touched them through Kid Rock, through this TPUSA Super Bowl halftime,” he continues.And while some might argue that Kid Rock is a “degenerate” just like Bad Bunny, Whitlock believes that doesn’t “give you license to ignore the message.”“God chooses screwed up messengers every single time because we’re all screwed up. And I hear you. ‘God choosing Kid Rock? Whitlock is crazy, this is just like Trump. These guys are evil,’” Whitlock says.“God chooses messed up people every single time to do His will. I’m messed up. Any of you listening to this show, watching this show right now, and me sitting here professing any part of the gospel, me sitting here, you know, supporting or praising Jesus Christ. Trust me, I’m the wrong messenger,” he continues.“I’m as screwed up as anybody watching this show, listening to this show, or whatever. But I’ve been chosen. We’ve all been chosen to help execute the great commission. We’ve all been chosen to push back against the forces of iniquity and power and corruption and just the arrogant people that pollute our culture with corruption, with degeneracy,” he explains.And Kid Rock has done his part well.“He didn’t need to involve himself with the TPUSA event. It could have been a flop. He could have been a laughing stock. He could have taken that halftime platform that TPUSA built and he could have spewed a bunch of political rhetoric. He could have cursed out the left,” Whitlock says.“But he didn’t do that. He stuck to the music. He stuck to a consistent message,” he continues.“I believe this Super Bowl halftime deal is going to have long-lasting impact and is going to change part of American culture,” he adds.Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The chair of President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission announced on Wednesday that he has removed a Christian member from the group after she made anti-Zionist comments at a hearing earlier this week.During the commission's fifth hearing on Monday, Carrie Prejean Boller — a recent convert to Catholicism who was stripped of her Miss California USA Crown in 2009 after criticizing gay "marriage" — repeatedly asked whether anti-Zionism is necessarily anti-Semitic; stated that "Catholics don't embrace Zionism"; asked a panelist whether he would "condemn what Israel has done in Gaza"; and questioned whether the modern state of Israel is one and the same as the biblical Israel.'Represents no one but herself.'Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who chairs the commission, desperately attempted to manage flaring tempers on the stage, at one point recommending Boller have a coffee with one of her interlocutors.Following the hearing, one of the witnesses, Shabbos Kestenbaum, criticized Boller, expressing disappointment about her decision to "focus exclusively on Israel."After stating in reply that she would not resign or "be bullied" and then suggesting in a separate message that the hearing had systematically excluded "Jewish and Christian voices that dissent from Zionism," Boller leaned harder into her criticism of Zionism online, tweeting, for example, "I will never bend the knee to the state of Israel. Ever. I am more determined than ever to speak plainly about political Zionism and the lies we’ve been sold to justify endless war, dead children, and blank checks."While Boller made appeals in her messaging to the Catholic Church's teaching that the new Israel "is called the Church of Christ," she found critics among those Catholics she claimed to speak for, including Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.Donohue noted that while "it is possible for someone to oppose Zionism yet not be anti-Semitic," those "who are activists for the anti-Zionist cause invariably harbor an animus against Jews."RELATED: Michael Knowles explains why he isn't a Christian Zionist Photographer: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDonohue stressed that Boller "does not run a Catholic organization, has no Catholic credentials as an author or instructor, and indeed represents no one but herself."Among the other outfits and organizations that condemned Boller was the Wall Street Journal, whose editorial board characterized her as a dingbat and suggested the purpose of her theatrics was to gain online followers.The National Review piled on, dubbing Boller "a lunatic antisemite."Among those who alternatively voiced support for Boller was the group Jews United Against Zionism and Candace Owens.On Wednesday morning, Patrick noted, "No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue. This is clearly, without question, what happened Monday in our hearing on antisemitism in America.""I am grateful to President Trump for having the vision and boldness to create this Commission," continued Patrick. "Fighting for the Word of God and religious freedom is what this nation was founded upon. Leading this fight will be one of his greatest legacies."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Federal officers are detaining and arresting anti-ICE agitators who call themselves "legal observers" under a statute forbidding interference of law enforcement operations.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested about 655 people under the statute, which is double the number of similar arrests from the same period a year ago, according to a Reuters review.The statute forbids anyone from assaulting, resisting, intimidating, or interfering with federal officials engaged in 'the performance of official duties.'"When agitators willingly involve themselves and inject themselves in law enforcement operations, they are risking arrest as well as jeopardizing the safety of themselves and those around them," said Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to Reuters. The statute forbids anyone from assaulting, resisting, intimidating, or interfering with federal officials engaged in "the performance of official duties."Just what constitutes interfering is being challenged in the courts. U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez of Minnesota had ruled that federal agents could not stop vehicles if they were a distance deemed "safe" and "appropriate." The Department of Homeland Security appealed the ruling. Illegal alien advocates claim that federal officers are acting unlawfully by arresting observers."As seen in Minneapolis and elsewhere, anyone who encounters immigration agents and attempts to criticize or even simply to record them — or who is just on the scene observing or trying to help — can be subjected to aggressive questioning or other retaliation," reads a statement from the American Immigration Council."Federal agents have attempted to charge protesters and observers with 'obstructing' or 'interfering with' law enforcement operations, sometimes arguing that by being in the way of federal agents or vehicles they are violating federal law," the group added.RELATED: Sex toys, other objects allegedly thrown at cops at Minneapolis ICE facility, prompting dozens of arrests — but not by DHS Some politicians, like California Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat, have conducted classes to train people as legal observers."Unless the American public sees the killing of Alex Pretti, the killing of Renee Good, it wouldn't penetrate," Gomez said to CBS News. "They wouldn't believe it, that agents meant to protect them are harming them."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Evil was visited upon the picturesque Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge in Northeastern British Columbia this week.After allegedly killing his mother and stepbrother off-campus, a trans-identifying man opened fire inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon, ultimately killing six people and wounding dozens more.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police indicated that at approximately 1:20 p.m., their local detachment received a report of an active shooter at the secondary school. The suspect was described in an official emergency alert sent to local residents during the shooting as a "female in a dress with brown hair."Officers promptly responded to the scene, entering the school and searching for the threat. During their search, they found numerous victims as well as an individual believed to be the shooter, dead with an apparently self-inflicted injury.'Almost unbearable.'Footage shows students being evacuated from the school as law enforcement secures the building, which has a Progress Pride Flag prominently displayed in one window."This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation, and the swift cooperation from the school, first responders, and the community played a critical role in our response," said RCMP North District Commander Chief Superintendent Ken Floyd.RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that among the dead are a female teacher, three female students, and two male students. The victims' ages ranged from 12 to 39. The RCMP indicated that around 25 others received treatment at the nearby medical center for non-life-threatening injuries.RELATED: 'Die from masturbation': Days before murdering his parents, Utah 'trans' man made eerie complaints about 'lunatic' housemate Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe Mounties found two additional bodies at a nearby residence — the suspected shooter's mother and stepbrother, whose names CTV News confirmed were Jennifer Strang and Emmett.A long gun and a modified handgun were found at the scene.The RCMP canceled the active shooter alert at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, thereby ending the lockdown and secure and hold at both the secondary and elementary schools. Citing Tuesday's atrocious events, the schools indicated that they would remain closed for the remainder of the week.In the immediate wake of the massacre, RCMP Staff Sergeant Kris Clark said that law enforcement had likely identified the shooter but would not disclose the shooter's identity for the sake of the investigation and for "privacy reasons."Authorities also suggested that they will "struggle" to determine a motive for the Tumbler Ridge shooting, reported state media.The suspected shooter was later identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar of Tumbler Ridge. RCMP confirmed he was a man who began to "transition" about six years ago.Russell Strang, the alleged shooter's uncle, confirmed to Juno News that the teen was responsible for the massacre and identified as transgender.A father and local hockey coach who has multiple kids at the school told Rebel News' Drea Humphrey that during the massacre, his middle daughter, who is in grade nine, was hiding in the mechanics classroom with one of the shooter's brothers. The father suggested that the suspected shooter was hunting down his siblings but was unsuccessful in finding them at the school.The father told Humphrey that when people learned that Van Rootselaar, who was also alternatively referred to by his mother's last name, was alleged to be the shooter, there wasn't much surprise because "he's messed up."A newly removed YouTube account named JessJessUwU believed to have belonged to the suspect, according to Juno News, features a transgender flag and an SKS rifle. The account also indicated that owner used "she/her" pronouns," which have been dutifully used in liberal media reports.A Facebook account belonging to an apparently Tumbler Ridge-based woman named Jennifer Strang linked to the JessJessUwU YouTube account on July 6, 2021, stating, "Check out my oldest son Jesse Strang YouTube channel. He posts about hunting, self reliance, guns and stuff he likes to do."According to the RCMP, police repeatedly went to Van Rootselaar's home in recent years in response to mental-health-related calls, some involving weapons.While firearms were at one point seized from the home, they were later returned, according to RCMP Deputy Commissioner McDonald.On Tuesday evening, British Columbia Premier David Eby implored Canadians "to wrap the people of Tumbler Ridge, wrap these families with love, not just tonight but tomorrow and into the future."Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed gratitude "for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens" and extended his condolences to the families and friends "who have lost loved ones to these horrific acts of violence."Chris Norbury, a councilman in Tumbler Ridge whose wife is a teacher in town, told state media that he knew all of the victims."I've seen them grow up," said Norbury. "We sang stories together, we read books together. ... I saw them everywhere. And knowing that I can't see them any more, that we won't see them any more, that their family has to live with this incredible loss … is almost unbearable."Van Rootselaar appears to be the latest addition to a growing list of recent trans-identifying mass shooters.A trans-identifying man shot up a Catholic church full of children in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, killing two children and injuring 30.A male-identifying woman planned to shoot up an elementary school and a high school in Maryland in April 2024 but was stopped in time by police — then later convicted.A trans-identifying teen stalked the halls of a school in Perry, Iowa, on Jan. 4, 2024, ultimately murdering a child and an adult and wounding several others.A trans-identifying woman stormed into a Presbyterian school in Nashville on March 27, 2023, murdering three children and three adults.Like Blaze News? 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