Free Republic

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey excoriated transphobes for tying a mass shooting to their hateful ideology. At a press conference Wednesday about the Annunciation Catholic School shooting Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called out groups and individuals for attacking the trans community in the wake of the horrific event. “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity,” Frey said. “We should not be operating out of a place of hate for anyone. We should be operating from a place of our love for...

Robert “Robin” Westman, a man who identified as a woman, attacked Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis today, killing two and wounding 17 others. The two fatalities were children with 14 of the 17 wounded also being school kids. Three adults were also injured. Westman penned an alleged manifesto and posted a video before the attack. His mother reportedly used to work at the school before retiring in 2021. Some of the writings were written in Cyrillic, but New York Post reporter Diane Nerozzi translated some of the pages (via NY Post): Transgender Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman spoke of murdering “filthy...

Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting: - Up to 20 victims after school shooting at Catholic school - Witnesses say gunman had semi-automatic weapon - Multiple dead, including the shooter - Scene is ‘contained’

Parents and others wondering whether their local schools have biological males playing girls sports, take note: There’s a map for that. The American Parents Coalition has launched an interactive map on its website showing “instances across the country where boys have been allowed to participate in girls sports and have access to private spaces such as locker rooms, bathrooms, and showers.” The “Attack on Girls’ Sports and Spaces” map links to reports of athletes in high school and collegiate sports playing on female teams based on gender identity rather than sex. Alleigh Marre, the coalition’s president, said that the goal...

A California school district has enacted a new rule for young girls who are uncomfortable sharing a bathroom with biological males pretending to be girls, requiring the girls to file a mental health accommodation request.The Temecula Valley Unified School District TVUSD has reportedly enacted a rule that tells female students who feel uncomfortable sharing bathroom space with biological males must file a mental health accommodation request under federal law if they want privacy.The move has prompted outrage from parents and others who say that the rule treats those girls who object to sharing private space with biological males as the...

BOSTON — Mass Daily News has obtained explosive leaked photos that blow open the scandal surrounding Boston Fire Lieutenant Joshua Thompson. The images show what appears to be a secret basement gun cave beneath his Milton home, including a firing lane with concrete walls and mounted targets, as well as the arsenal investigators seized: rifles, handguns, boxes of ammunition, and tactical gear spread across evidence tables. A hero’s stunning fall Thompson was once hailed as a hero — a decorated Army and Navy veteran and a Boston firefighter praised for bravery at a deadly North End fire. But today, prosecutors...

This is Annunciation Catholic School

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department confirmed an active shooter allegedly opened fire at a church on the south side of Minneapolis Wednesday. Details are scarce but an army of police and paramedics arrived at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th Street. Sources confirmed for KARE 11's Lou Raguse that there is an active shooter situation unfolding at the church. KARE 11 has multiple crews headed to the scene and will have the latest on the situation and victims. Wednesday's incident is just the latest in a violent 24 hours in Minneapolis. Three people were shot and killed in three separate...

🚨 JUST IN: Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) CALLS IT LIKE IT IS after a transgender suspect unleashed gunfire on a Catholic mass in Minneapolis. "When you “affirm” mental illness instead of treating it, people get hurt." The correct response.

Full video from YouTube showing two manifestos and guns posted by Robin Westman, the suspect in today’s mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis.

Robin Westman, a 23-year-old transgender woman formerly named Robert Westman, opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis during a back-to-school Mass on Wednesday morning, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others before dying by suicide, according to reports. Personal Connection: Westman targeted the Catholic school where his mother, Mary Grace Westman, had worked until her retirement in 2021, shooting through stained glass windows of the church during the celebratory Mass filled with children around 8:30 a.m. Disturbing Manifesto: Hours before the attack, Westman posted twisted YouTube videos including a 20-minute manifesto written in both English and Cyrillic,...

Vice President Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, brings a track record to the Democrat ticket that could help energize the country's left-wing base along with several progressive transgender policies aimed at children. Walz, a former Army National Guardsman and a former teacher, was one of the first governors to sign into law a bill making Minnesota a "sanctuary state" for children seeking transgender surgical procedures and hormone prescriptions. This laid the groundwork for several of his more progressive LGBTQ policies. The law tells courts in Minnesota not to follow prosecutions from other states against people who come to...

Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 REMINDER: Governor Tim Walz signed mulitple laws in 2023 making Minnesota a sanctuary state for children to receive trans medical services. Two days ago he once again bragged about his state being a "safe haven" for transgender people. From CJ Pearson 1:25 PM · Aug 27, 2025

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey races to defend the “trans community” after a trans-identifying man killed children in a Catholic school.

At a news conference, Minneapolis’ Democratic mayor Jacob Frey said hatred toward the transgender community must not be tolerated in the wake of the massacre. 'Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity,' he said. FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the Bureau would be investigating the tragedy as an 'act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics.'

MINNEAPOLIS (TNND) — The suspect who shot and killed two children and hurt at least 17 others as they attended mass during the first week of school in Minnesota was identified as a 22 year-old man claiming to be transgender, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the suspect -- who was later named as Robin Westman -- was found dead in the back of the church parking lot from what authorities believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday morning. The coward who fired these shots ultimately took his own life,"...

"The latest school shooting at a nonpublic Christian school in Tennessee sadly confirms what we already know – our schools are under attack."Two years before a shooter opened fire on students attending daily mass in Minneapolis, the leaders of independent and Catholic schools in Minnesota begged Democrat Governor Tim Walz for help securing their schools, according to a 2023 letter reviewed by The Daily Wire. The funding was never authorized.In a letter dated April 14, 2023 that specifically addressed “school safety in nonpublic schools,” Tim Benz, the president of MINNDEPENDENT and Jason Adkins, the executive director of the Minnesota Catholic...

Breitbart News noted that police confirmed the shooting occurred around 8:30 a.m., when the gunman opened fire through the church windows while children were sitting in church during Mass. Two children were killed and seventeen other individuals were injured. Before any details were released on what weapons were used–or how said weapons were acquired–Sen. Schumer used an X post to push for gun control:

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said there needs to be a national ban on “assault weapons” when reacting to a Catholic school shooting in Minnesota.Klobuchar said, “As you reported, he is dead, but more will, I’m sure, come out about his motive and why he would commit such a horrific act. Of course makes me think about guns and all the work we’ve done to ban these automatic rifles and to do something when it comes to the background checks and everything, and we keep getting thwarted. we were able to pass a limited measure...

[UPDATE 12:06 p.m.] During a press conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said that the children at the school were in Mass, marking the first week of school. The shooter — who had a rifle, shotgun, and pistol — began firing through the church windows from outside. Two children, ages eight and 10 years old, are dead. Seventeen others are injured, including 14 children. Two of the children are in critical condition. Police found other terrified children hiding throughout the building.O'Hara said the shooter looks to be in his early twenties and most likely died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound....