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Nash Keen’s life proves the unborn deserve the law’s protection
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Nash Keen’s life proves the unborn deserve the law’s protection

Nash Keen holds the Guinness World Record for the most premature infant to survive outside the womb. Born at just 21 weeks’ gestation, Nash’s story forces us to grapple with an unsettling reality: In 29 states and Washington, D.C., the law would have permitted his abortion for at least another week.At 21 weeks, abortionists commonly use dilation and extraction. Many call it a dismemberment abortion, and the term fits. The procedure requires pulling the child apart.We’ve made real progress since the Dobbs decision. Thirteen states, including my home state of West Virginia, protect life from the moment of conception.A Sopher clamp — a metal tool with sharp, serrated jaws — grasps a limb, the torso, or the head. The abortionist twists and tears the body piece by piece. The child has a beating heart and can feel pain. Arms and legs are ripped from the torso. The spine snaps. The skull is crushed so it can pass through the cervix. Blood and tissue are suctioned out. Then the abortionist reassembles the remains on a tray to confirm nothing is left behind.This barbarity happens tens of thousands of times each year in the United States.Consider the contrast. At 21 weeks, doctors and nurses fought to keep Nash alive. At the same stage of development, in other hospitals and clinics across the country, medical professionals ended the lives of other babies.What separates those children? No coherent answer exists because no meaningful difference exists. Every child — born and unborn — bears God-given dignity and deserves the protection of our laws.This year, Nash will turn 2. His survival, as rare as it is, reveals why so many Americans fight for life — and why we will win.I plan to do everything I can to protect the most vulnerable among us. That’s why I’m proud to co-sponsor the Life at Conception Act, which aligns federal policy with scientific reality: Life begins at conception, and the law should protect it.Policymakers must also do more to support mothers and fathers raising children. If we aim — as we should — to end abortion, our laws must protect the unborn and make it easier to raise a family in America.RELATED: New York caves on forcing nuns and churches to fund abortion after knockout SCOTUS ruling Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty ImagesThat’s why I have introduced legislation to give low-income families more flexibility to choose the child-care option that fits their situation.I have also introduced legislation to eliminate marriage penalties that discourage single parents from marrying.And I have also introduced a bill to close a loophole so women who choose not to return to work after giving birth cannot be forced to reimburse an employer for health insurance premiums from the year they delivered.Similarly I support legislation that would hold fathers accountable for pregnancy costs as part of child support. I supported expanding the Child Tax Credit in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and I advocate extending the credit to cover the months of pregnancy.We’ve made real progress since the Dobbs decision. Thirteen states, including my home state of West Virginia, protect life from the moment of conception. In Congress, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act finally defunds big-abortion providers.The fight has only begun. As long as I’m in public service, I will work to protect every life from the moment of conception — and to ensure federal policy puts the American family first.

Glenn Beck: Trump just put the ENTIRE WORLD on notice in his Davos speech
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Glenn Beck: Trump just put the ENTIRE WORLD on notice in his Davos speech

On Wednesday, January 21, President Trump delivered an address at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that has the world buzzing. Glenn Beck calls it “the most consequential speech” since Ronald Reagan’s iconic Berlin Wall address.“He is breaking up the United Nations. He is breaking up the bureaucracy of the WEF. He is putting Europe on notice,” he says.He was especially impressed when Trump addressed Greenland — specifically when he said, “You can say yes, and we will be very appreciative, or you can say no, and we will remember.”“I have never heard a president speak to the world like this,” Glenn remarks.One thing was very clear from Trump’s Davos speech: “The world is changing,” but the U.S. is “carrying a very, very large stick.” Trump pulled no punches when it came to calling out countries and world leaders. While he expressed love and respect for Europe, he boldly criticized it for importing foreign cultures that are destroying Western civilization.“Western culture is dying in Europe because you refuse to stand up for it,” Glenn says, summarizing Trump’s words.“He took on Canada in a way I have never heard before,” he adds, referencing Trump’s pointed rebuke of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.In response to Carney’s speech, delivered the day prior, in which he indirectly accused the United States of strong-arming weaker nations with economic integration, tariffs, and financial tools, Trump fired back, “Canada lives because of the U.S. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements."“He didn't even show [Carney] the deference of being prime minister. It was, ‘Mark, you should watch your words,”’ Glenn recaps. “He is not fooling around, and he is declaring an end to this new world order.”Carney and other world leaders are pushing for “a new world order where the elites all get together from all over the world, and they make the decisions,” he explains.But Trump’s speech made it crystal clear where he stands on that idea. Glenn summarizes his response: “That hasn't worked. More bureaucracy will not fix it. More globalization, more melding of our countries together will not fix this.”Glenn then pulls in his head writer and researcher, Jason Buttrill, to explain the full context of Trump’s Greenland comments.Jason says that during Trump's first term, he pressured NATO allies — including Denmark, which controls Greenland — to allocate more funding to its own defense instead of relying so heavily on the U.S. Trump specifically pushed Denmark to step up security in Greenland, and the Danes agreed, promising to dedicate roughly $224 million to better surveillance, reconnaissance, and Arctic defenses.However as soon as Trump left office in 2021, Denmark backtracked.“They only allocated 1% of that entire $224 million,” says Jason. “Most of that money that they set aside for defense went to social programs.”Trump’s hardline Greenland comments during his speech, he says, are just “Daddy Trump ... providing the tough love.”To hear more analysis on Trump’s Davos speech, watch the video above.Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Wife of judge who shut down charges against Don Lemon is an assistant AG to Keith Ellison: Report
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Wife of judge who shut down charges against Don Lemon is an assistant AG to Keith Ellison: Report

The wife of the judge who refused to accept charges against Don Lemon for disrupting a church service is herself an assistant attorney general working for AG Keith Ellison.Three alleged participants in the anti-ICE protest at a Saint Paul church were charged on Thursday, according to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.'We will protect our pastors. We will protect our churches. We will protect Americans of faith.' While many believed the former CNN anchor would also face charges over his participation in the protest, sources told various news outlets that a magistrate refused to sign off on the charges.The magistrate was later identified as Judge Douglas Micko, whose wife, Caitlin Micko, works in Ellison's office, according to some reports.Lemon has claimed to have acted as a journalist when he joined the protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They targeted the Cities Church because a senior pastor at the church has been reportedly identified as the leader of an ICE office.Activist attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong said the pastor's ICE role posed a "fundamental moral conflict" with his church role."You cannot lead a congregation while directing an agency whose actions have cost lives and inflicted fear in our communities," Armstrong said. "When officials protect armed agents, repeatedly refuse meaningful investigation into killings like Renee Good's, and signal they may pursue peaceful protesters and journalists, that is not justice — it is intimidation."The administration may pursue other alternatives to seek Lemon's prosecution.One source said that Attorney General Pam Bondi was "enraged at the magistrate judge's decision."Lemon's attorney, Abbe Lowell, released a statement defending his actions."The magistrate's reported actions confirm the nature of Don's First Amendment protected work this weekend in Minnesota as a reporter,” he said, according to Politico. "It was no different than what he has done for more than 30 years, reporting and covering newsworthy events on the ground and engaging in constitutionally protected activity as a journalist."A Blaze News request for comment from Ellison's office was not immediately answered.RELATED: Don Lemon nailed with fierce backlash for 'trans' slur against Megyn Kelly Bondi excoriated the protest at the church in a post on social media."Religious freedom is the bedrock of this country," she wrote. "We will protect our pastors. We will protect our churches. We will protect Americans of faith."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

'Enough is enough': Fed-up Florida sheriff has tough words for anti-ICE leftists who stormed Minnesota church
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'Enough is enough': Fed-up Florida sheriff has tough words for anti-ICE leftists who stormed Minnesota church

Grady Judd, the outspoken sheriff of Florida's Polk County, most definitely is not shy about making his opinions known, whether they're about crime in his own back yard or even crime of concern around the country.Indeed, after leftists protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement stormed a church Sunday in St. Paul, Minnesota, Judd — like many Americans — was outraged and made sure to let residents of his Florida county know exactly where he stands.'Freedom of religion. It is our right in this United States of America.'The following is what Judd had to say:I'm standing in a house of worship. And I think about last weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota, where people who came to worship were attacked — they were attacked by rioters. The service was disrupted. They cut at the very fabric of this great United States of America. We settled this country so many years ago so we could worship free, the way we wanted to, in whatever house of worship we chose. That attack is unacceptable.Then he added what many in Polk County wanted to hear: "I can assure you that had that attack been in this community, every one of those rioters would be in jail today. That's where the federal government could have found them — on state charges, locked up."Judd concluded: "And I pray it's that same way all across the United States of America. Enough is enough. Let's join together for the good of the United States of America, let's worship the way we want to, and let's everyone renounce the horribleness of last Sunday in St. Paul, Minnesota."RELATED: Why 'anti-ICE protesters' are useful, delusional idiotsThe video showing Judd's words received over 3 million views and elicited more than 20,000 comments since it was posted Tuesday; the following are some of the more popular reactions:"Grady Judd for sheriff of the world!" one commenter wrote."I love Sheriff Grady Judd," another user said. "We need more people like him in law enforcement all over this great country.""Freedom of religion," another commenter noted. "It is our right in this United States of America.""Great commentary," another user offered. "What's troubling is that a segment of the American public is attempting to argue that the individuals who disrupted the church were merely 'exercising their First Amendment rights.' That claim collapses under even minimal scrutiny. Once they trespassed onto church property, any First Amendment protection ceased to apply. More importantly, their actions directly violated the First Amendment religious rights of the church and its members. If there were ever a clear-cut case for the DOJ to set a strong precedent by pursuing felony charges, this would be it. Serious consequences are warranted for conduct this egregious."As it happens, Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen were arrested Thursday in connection with the church-storming incident. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced later Thursday that William Kelly also was arrested.However, former CNN talking head Don Lemon reportedly is escaping charges. Lemon claimed to have been acting as a journalist when he joined the group that stormed the church whose pastor reportedly leads an ICE office.But CBS News sources said a Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint against Lemon. "The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate's decision," according to a CBS News source said to be familiar with the matter.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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