President Obama is to issue another executive order today that corrects a mistake made by his predecessor. Obama will lift the global gag rule that prohibited groups offering international abortions (or the counseling for)  from receiving government funding.  
The gag rule- called such because it also denied funds to organizations that advocated for the lifting of the rule- was instated in 1984 under Reagan. Clinton repealed but  Bush Jr. put it back.  Other than loss of funds, organizations that were punished by the rule also lost access to U.S. donated …

Sarah Palin never banned any books from her local library. But she did look into the matter- with the backing of her church- and fired a librarian that was shocked Palin would ask about such a thing (the librarian was rehired after a public outcry). There’s an implication that if there hadn’t been an outcry over the firing, some books might have slipped off the shelves and into a bonfire. 
Via Steve Benen: 
Yesterday, ABC News’ Brian Ross moved the ball forward a bit, with an interesting report.
Ross emphasized an angle I previously …