POLL: What was the worst media quote of the week? (Vote below)   POLL: The Worst Media Quote of the Week, with @DavidBozell 1. Don Lemon: That kind of Christianity is White Supremacy 2. Jennifer Welch: [Don Lemon] is prime bait for Trump’s white nationalists 3. Jim Acosta: If ICE can murder a citizen, we’ve become a Putin-like thugocracy pic.twitter.com/qWQh1e74qE — Media Research Center (@theMRC) January 22, 2026   NOMINEES:    Don Lemon After Invading Church: That Type of Christianity Comes from White Supremacy “There is a certain degree of racism there and there’s a certain degree of entitlement. I think people who are, you know, in the religious groups like that, it’s not the type of Christianity that I practice, but I think that they’re entitled and that — that entitlement comes from a supremacy, a white supremacy…It’s religious freedom, but only if you’re a Christian and only if you’re a white male.”— Former CNN anchor Don Lemon on the I’ve Had It podcast, January 19.    Jennifer Welch to Don Lemon: You Are “Prime Bait” for Trump’s White Nationalists “That is one of those white evangelical churches that turn out to vote for Donald Trump, 80 plus percent of that sect of Christianity….These are the people who feel like America is for Americans and Americans only. These are white nationalists, and the DOJ got their panties in a wad because these protesters went straight to them and addressed their hypocrisy. You, a gay black journalist, are – I mean, prime bait for them to drum up these charges.”— Host Jennifer Welch to former CNN anchor Don Lemon on the I’ve Had It podcast, January 19.    Jim Acosta: If ICE Can “Murder” a Citizen, We’ve Become a “Putin-Like Thugocracy” “ICE has gotten to a point, I mean, take a look at what happened in Minneapolis. If we have a situation in this country where the government can go out and murder a U.S. citizen with no – without any investigation that is credible, then we’ve become a Putin-like thugocracy.” — Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta on the I’ve Had It podcast, January 15.     Sponsored by James P. Jimirro

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned nearly four years ago, countless pro-life organizations have pushed new regulations on abortion. Many of those same groups have rushed to declare victory, claiming that conservative states are now “abortion-free.”But when pro-life organizations declare any state “abortion-free,” they celebrate a victory that does not exist — and drastically overstate the impact of pro-life laws.The preborn babies murdered under the cover of our laws deserve more than semantic victories. They deserve equal protection.These claims don’t just mislead. They undermine the cause these organizations claim to champion.Exaggerating victoriesThe claim that some states are “abortion-free” isn’t rare. It has become standard messaging.Students for Life published a map three years ago declaring that 14 states are now “abortion-free.” Frank Pavone, who leads Priests for Life, has made the same claim about Mississippi. National Right to Life called Kentucky “abortion-free” as recently as last summer. LifeNews has become notorious for amplifying inflated or misleading abortion claims from pro-life groups at the state level.These declarations suggest abortion has been eliminated in these states. The reality says otherwise.Pro-life leaders do not make clear that in every state labeled “abortion-free,” abortions remain legal for women who want to kill their preborn babies.Many conservative states shut down abortion clinics and imposed penalties on providers. At the same time, those states wrote explicit exemptions into law protecting women from prosecution for willfully obtaining abortions.That wasn’t a mistake. Pro-life organizations crafted and promoted that policy.Self-induced abortionsLegal immunity for women who murder their preborn babies created a massive loophole. It also opened the door to a surge in self-induced abortions.Women in “abortion-free” states can order abortion pills online from telehealth providers operating under shield laws in blue states or from overseas providers.In many cases, it remains perfectly legal to order these pills, possess them, and use them at home. The scale of this practice — even in conservative states — is staggering.Consider Kentucky, which National Right to Life called “abortion-free.”In Kentucky, more than 2,800 women in 2024 received mail-order abortion pills through telehealth providers alone, according to data from the Society of Family Planning.That does not include the more than 4,300 Kentucky women who traveled to other states for abortions in 2024, according to the Guttmacher Institute. It also does not capture self-induced abortions outside the formal medical system.Kentucky is not an outlier.RELATED: How a pro-life law in Kentucky lets mothers get away with murder Carl Lokko via iStock/Getty ImagesWhen all available data is considered, the 14 conservative states that have banned or mostly banned abortion — the same states pro-life groups often call “abortion-free” — saw at least 250,000 preborn babies murdered in 2024.That number represents a sharp increase from the 181,000 abortions recorded in those states in 2019.In other words, pro-life laws have not created states with fewer abortions. They have created states where abortion has shifted away from clinics and toward self-induced abortions at home — abortions that remain legal for the mother who commits them.How can abortion increase while pro-life organizations claim success? Because many have misrepresented what they mean by “abortion-free.”When these groups say “abortion-free,” they mean abortion clinics have closed. They do not mean abortions have stopped. It’s like calling a city “crime-free” because the district attorney refuses to prosecute criminals. The semantics conceal the reality.Opposing abolitionEven more troubling, major pro-life organizations often oppose the bills that would actually abolish abortion.When lawmakers introduce equal protection bills — proposals that would make abortion illegal for everyone, including pregnant mothers — pro-life organizations often mobilize against them.This has happened dozens of times across the country. The reasoning stays consistent: Pro-life groups insist women are victims of abortion and should not face legal consequences, even when they deliberately order abortion pills and self-induce abortions at home.When pro-life groups oppose equal protection bills and then claim their states are “abortion-free,” they don’t merely exaggerate. They sabotage.Everyday anti-abortion Americans hear “abortion-free” and assume the fight is over. Activism slows. Political pressure fades. Donations and support shift elsewhere. Meanwhile organizations that should be pressing for equal protection instead suppress the only laws that would actually end abortion.In the meantime, abortion continues unabated — simply moved from clinics to living rooms.The pro-life establishment has redefined victory to fit what it has achieved, not what it claims to seek. It has declared victory over a substitute target — abortion clinics — while the killing of preborn children continues through abortion pills and interstate travel.RELATED: Why the pro-life movement fails without a Christian worldview wildpixel via iStock/Getty ImagesDemanding honestyAmericans who oppose abortion deserve honesty from the organizations claiming to represent them.If abortion can still be performed legally in a state through mail-order pills, that state is not “abortion-free.” If abortion numbers rise rather than fall, victory has not arrived. If pro-life groups oppose laws that would make abortion illegal for everyone, they owe the public an explanation.Abolishing abortion requires equal protection under the law: making the killing of any human being illegal for everyone, without exception or compromise.Until major pro-life organizations support that principle, their claims of creating “abortion-free” states remain not just premature but dishonest.The preborn babies murdered under the cover of our laws deserve more than semantic victories. They deserve equal protection — and Americans who oppose abortion deserve leaders honest enough to admit when that goal remains unmet.

The Trump administration indicated in its National Security Strategy that "after years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere."Making abundantly clear to all that this was not empty rhetoric, the U.S. kicked off 2026 by militarily deposing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.Maduro was the first leftist dictator removed from power this year, but he may not be the last. Sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that now with a blueprint for surgical governmental restructures in the region, the Trump administration is searching for well-placed insiders in Cuba who could help oust the island nation's communist regime by the end of the year.'I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.'That strategy appears, after all, to have worked in Caracas, Venezuela, where an asset within Maduro's inner circle furnished American intelligence personnel with critical information about the leftist leader's habits, travels, and whereabouts, according to administration officials. It's unclear if that asset was Maduro's vice president, now acting President Delcy Rodríguez, whom four sources familiar with the discussions told the Guardian signaled a willingness to cooperate with the Trump administration ahead of the military extraction.RELATED: The truth behind Trump's Venezuela plan: It's not about Maduro at all Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesOne U.S. official told the Journal that in recent meetings with Cuban exiles and civic groups, Trump administration officials have brainstormed possible individuals within the current Cuban regime who have an appetite for change and might want to make a deal.The sense is that the time is ripe for a shakeup in the Stalinist island nation in light of its economic instability and loss of a key ally in Caracas.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, said earlier this month, "I think Cuba is going to be something we'll end up talking about, because Cuba is a failing nation right now, a very badly failing nation, and we want to help the people.""If I lived in Havana, and I was in the government, I’d be concerned," added Rubio.Cuba — which has suffered rolling blackouts in recent months and years — has long relied on Venezuela for subsidized oil, which has made up around 70% of its total oil imports.In the wake of Maduro's removal, Pavel Vidal, a former Cuban central bank economist who teaches at Javeriana University, told NBC News, "If oil supply were to cease entirely, the Cuban economy would grind to a halt."Senior U.S. officials told the Journal that the U.S. plans to further undermine the Cuban regime by restricting its access to Venezuelan oil."Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela," Trump noted in a Truth Social post on Jan. 11. "THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA — ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE."The State Department said in a statement that it is in America's national security interests for Cuba "to be competently run by a democratic government and to refuse to host our adversaries’ military and intelligence services."Rubio made a point of noting last week that the Cuban regime was "illegitimate."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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