About: Michael Tennant
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Inside Track
Running short of cash, state ObamaCare exchanges are considering merging some of their services, which may be difficult and could lead to a nationwide health exchange. ...
FDA Bans Trans Fat Source in Processed Foods
The Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on the primary source of trans fats in processed foods, effective in three years. ...
ObamaCare’s Massive, “Perpetual” Data Warehouse
The federal government is storing large amounts of personal information about Healthcare.gov users in perpetuity, raising serious privacy concerns. ...
CIA Director: Foreign Intervention Can Make Us Less Secure
CIA Director John Brennan recently told a TV news program that U.S. intervention in foreign countries can actually make the United States less safe. ...
Proposed Federal Rule Could “Censor” Online Gun Speech, Warns NRA
The Obama administration is proposing regulations that could “censor online speech related to firearms” and subject violators to “severe” penalties, the National Rifle Association (NRA) warns. ...
TSA Flunks 96 Percent of Undercover Security Tests
An internal Transportation Security Agency (TSA) undercover investigation has revealed that the agency’s airport checkpoints are almost complete failures when it comes to preventing explosives and weapons from being...
Homeschooling Up 62 Percent Over a Decade
Between 2003 and 2012, the number of American children being homeschooled rose nearly 62 percent, according to U.S. Department of Education estimates. ...
ObamaCare’s Medicaid Enrollment Vastly Exceeding Expectations
"Medicaid enrollment under Obamacare is skyrocketing past expectations,” reported Politico, and that means big trouble for federal and state budgets and hospital emergency rooms. ...
Hawaii’s ObamaCare Exchange, Unlike the Islands, Can’t Stay Afloat
Lacking funds and enrollees, Hawaii's ObamaCare exchange is preparing for the worst: closing up shop and turning things over to the feds. ...
Christians Vow to Resist Onslaught of Same-sex Marriage Regardless of Cost
A large contingent of Christian leaders is declaring that they will not acquiesce to government attempts to redefine marriage, regardless of the cost. ...
State ObamaCare Exchanges Drowning in Red Ink
California's ObamaCare exchange is running deep deficits and has no real plan to become solvent in the future — and many other states are facing the same situation. ...
Obama Admin. Seeks “Severe Sentence” for Ex-CIA Officer Convicted of Leaking
Hoping to “send an appropriate and much needed message” to anyone thinking of leaking classified information, the Obama administration is asking a federal judge to impose “a severe sentence”...
ObamaCare: Stifling Innovation
ObamaCare not only puts a direct tax on the revenues of medical device manufacturers, inhibiting innovation, it has several other features that have the same negative effect. ...
FBI Hair Experts Gave Flawed Testimony for Decades, Review Finds
For decades, FBI hair examiners testified in ways that helped convict criminal defendants even when the evidence was not very strong, a review of criminal cases has found. ...
Their “Fair Share”: Top 5th of Earners Pay 84 Percent of Income Taxes
The top 20 percent of U.S. earners pay a whopping 84 percent of all federal income taxes, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. ...