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MACDONALD: Commie-Fails, Nuns, and Gerrymandering

August 17, 2025 Steve MacDonald

A handful of stories are lined up on my browser tabs—two dozen tops. They are links people have sent me or things I’ve tripped over that caught my internet eye (after I tripped over it). Most will end up getting closed, but a few cling bitterly to my browser, hoping for life on ‘Grok’s pages. … Read more

A Twitter Troll’s “Road to Damascus” Moment? Probably Not.

July 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

One of my favorite Twitter trolls is NHLibtoad @LibtoadNH. True liberal. Just the prescribed narrative. Most of the time, the comments are twaddle, but this one was special. I tweeted about the Supreme Court freeing nuns from ObamaCare’s Contraceptive Mandate and got a surprise.

SCOTUS upholds Trump Rule: Nuns can’t be forced by the State to pay for Contraceptive coverage.

July 8, 2020 Steve MacDonald

In 2017 the Trump Administration issued a new rule under Obama Care. Private groups, including businesses, could exempt themselves from having to provide insurance coverage for birth control with no co-pay based on sincerely held religious beliefs. In a 7-2 ruling, the US Supreme Court has upheld the rule.

Democrats Are Still Trying to Strong Arm Nuns into Doing “The Hordes Work”

May 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Remember when The Obama Administration strong-armed little Sisters of the Poor? They wanted them to offer contraception services in their health plans or else. The Supreme Court said, more or less, no. But these Nuns are back in court again.