About: Raven Clabough
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Obama’s Pledge to Close Gitmo — More Smoke and Mirrors?
Though President Obama renewed his pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay last week, many recognize this as his latest attempt to pretend to have a different...
FDA Approves Sale of Plan B One-Step to Minors Without Prescription
On Tuesday, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive to be sold without prescription to females as young...
Benghazi Whistleblowers Allegedly Threatened by Obama Administration
According to Fox News, four officials at the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency who are preparing to provide sensitive information to Congress about the attacks last September...
U.S. Increases Aid to Syrian Rebel Forces, Again
After assertions from the Syrian rebels' key supporters that they will increase and expand their support to overthrow President Assad, the United States announced it will double its non-lethal...
Internet Sales Tax Bill Moves Forward in Senate
Legislation that would permit states to impose state and local taxes on Internet purchases is currently making its way through Congress. On Monday, the Senate's procedural vote to move...
Senate Rejects Amendment to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales
Second Amendment advocates celebrated a victory on Wednesday when the Senate defeated an amendment to expand background checks for gun sales. The amendment's defeat was seen as a significant...
House to Vote on Controversial CISPA Again
Though the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) managed to be defeated in Congress last year, it has been reintroduced and scheduled for a vote in the House...
Judge Rules to Keep Sole Mississippi Abortion Clinic Open, For Now
A federal judge blocked the closure of the only abortion clinic in the state of Mississippi on Monday. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III extended an injunction that...
Lone Star College Stabbing Undermines Gun Control Argument
A mass stabbing that took place earlier this week at Lone Star College Cy-Fair in Harris County near Houston, Texas, does not help advance the gun control agenda that...
Anthony Weiner Considers Run for NYC Mayor
Despite his humiliating resignation in 2011 as a U.S. congressman from New York following the revelation of several online affairs, Anthony Weiner has indicated that he is considering a...
Fox Reporter Won’t Name Sources in Aurora Shooting Story; Faces Jail
Fox News reporter Jana Winter is so committed to keeping secret the identity of her sources of information in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shootings that she is willing...
ACLU Raises Concerns Over Sen. Reid’s Gun Bill
Senator Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) gun control bill, which includes provisions to perform required universal background checks, has piqued the American Civil Liberties Union. The bill, which includes language from...
Democrats Propose Mandatory Insurance for Gun Owners
Liberal Democrats in Congress are proposing mandatory liability insurance for gun owners, and a hefty fine for those who do not comply. The legislation was introduced by New York...
Woman Sues Over Botched Abortion, But Celebrates Healthy Baby
An Ohio woman is suing an abortion clinic for not successfully performing an abortion on her, claiming that she pursued the abortion after her doctor told her that her...
Evidence Shows Syrian Rebels Behind Chemical Attack
Reports of a chemical weapon attack in Syria’s Aleppo Province last week provoked leaders and politicians to advocate more fiercely for the overthrow of the Assad regime, despite the...