About: Michael Tennant
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High School Teacher Disciplined for Reminding Students of Their Rights
An Illinois high school teacher was reprimanded and docked a day's pay for reminding students that they did not have to answer potentially incriminating drug and alcohol questions on...
Officials Draft Secret Bill to Keep Sandy Hook Records Under Wraps
Connecticut officials are secretly drawing up legislation that would prevent the release of many records of the investigation into the December shootings at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School. ...
Sebelius: Healthcare a “Right” Granted by “National Governments”
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the World Health Assembly on May 20 that "universal health coverage" is a "right" that "national governments" must enact. ...
IRS Illegally Seized Medical Records of 10 Million Americans, Lawsuit Claims
A class action lawsuit alleges that the IRS illegally stole the medical records of more than 10 million Americans in the course of investigating a single individual. ...
ObamaCare Will Cause Skyrocketing Premiums, Insurers Tell House Panel
Data provided to a House committee by insurance companies suggest that premiums are likely to go through the roof when ObamaCare is fully implemented in January. ...
Colorado’s Insurance Exchange May Seek $125M More in Federal Funding
Colorado's health insurance exchange, believed to be one of the country's most efficient, may ask for another $125 million from Washington in part to educate the public about ObamaCare....
Boehner, McConnell Refuse to Help Fill ObamaCare Rationing Panel
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told President Obama they would not cooperate in appointing members of ObamaCare's Independent Payment Advisory Board, which has the...
Pencil-packin’ Pupils Suspended From Virginia Elementary School
Two second-grade boys were suspended from a Virginia elementary school for two days for pretending their pencils were guns. ...
IRS Sued for Extending ObamaCare Subsidies to Ineligible Individuals
A group of individuals and small businesses is suing the IRS for ruling that individuals in states that do not establish insurance exchanges are eligible for premium subsidies in...
Obama Unsure Who’s Behind Syrian Chemical Attacks — or Is He?
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States knows next to nothing about who perpetrated a chemical weapons attack in Syria, but his ignorance may be feigned. ...
CIA “Ghost Money” to Afghan Regime Yields Phantom Returns
The CIA has been sending bags of cash to the office of Afghan president Hamid Karzai every month for over 10 years, fueling corruption but buying precious little influence....
Citing ObamaCare, Maryland’s Largest Insurer Seeks 25-percent Rate Hike
Because ObamaCare will force it to cover many people with expensive conditions, Maryland's largest insurer is proposing a 25-percent rate increase for individuals in 2014. ...
Citizens Suffer Flight Delays; Feds Spend $152K on Transgender Voice Study
Even as Americans suffer the effects of the budget sequester, the federal government is spending $152,000 on a study of voice therapy for transgender individuals. ...
Energy Department Seizes $21 Million From Failed Hybrid Automaker
The U.S. Department of Energy says it seized $21 million from the reserve account of hybrid automaker Fisker Automotive when it failed to begin repaying a federal loan. ...
Obama’s War on the Pro-life Movement
President Obama’s controversial contraception mandate, requiring all employers — even religious ones — to provide contraception to employees, isn’t his only attack on pro-lifers. ...