There also appears to be some - sorry gotta drop the "D" bomb - diversity.
I'm surprised they haven't tied DEI, trans, books, and drag queens to atheism yet. Are we no longer en vogue for attack? Or has "atheist" dropped out of their thesaurus rota of slurs: communist, socialist, woke, atheist, libs? At this point, pinko-liberal-commie is old school.
I suspect their brains can only hold three words that mean the same thing, even though they don't mean the same thing.
The term "freethought" is generally associated with "atheism" and "humanism," two things more associated with Democrats and liberals than Republicans and conservatives.
There may be no interest from the general public or media for now but if this group gathers more members and becomes more influential (yes, please, thanks) you can bet GOP/MAGA heads will explode…. And that’s a good thing for everyone.
Is Donny Two-Dolls too dumb to realize that by (in his bizarro world) changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico (a country with more shoreline on it than the US) to Gulf of America, he's naming it after an ITALIAN?
Oh, and you'd better start on the states, Donny. How many are named after British or other European nobility? Talk about unpatriotic!
My bride recently got to see Raskin speak in person. She said he is very impressive. Which is high praise indeed as my bride is possibly even more cynical than me.
My MOC very narrowly defeated a RWNJ in an open seat race. I would not ask her to join this caucus although I have every reason to think she supports it. My district is too purple.
Her election was disturbingly close. The R is a perpetual candidate. His signs never come down. And he was MAGA in spirit even before MAGA was a thing.
I’m old enough to remember when the very idea that Reagan might be elected president someday was a huge joke. Then he was elected president.
Neil Parrot (the RWNJ) in Congress? Hahahahahahaha…oh, shit! He is western Maryland’s version of MTG or Matt Gaetz without the sexual baggage (as far as I know).
I still don’t see any members from Ohio, my home state (yes, there are Democrats in the House from Ohio). This is a state that would benefit from its delegation being a part of this forward thinking caucus.
Also, this is the CONGRESSIONAL Free Thought Caucus, which would presume that Senators would be eligible for membership, Congress being a bicameral legislative body, after all. How come no Senators, so far? Undoubtedly, the caucus would have a distinct advantage with Senatorial involvement.
I'm in the process of writing to my representative, Shontel Brown, suggesting that she join the caucus. I am NOT writing either Bernie Moreno or Jon Husted, frankly because I don't think either of them would hear me, nor am I given to wasting my time with people whose minds simply will not change.
Just watched the story of Polio on Story TV. How FDR's battle led to a nationwide fight against this scourge. Compare this to trumpy whose motto seems to be "Hurt as many as possible."
Still no members with an (R) behind their name. Can it be that republicans oppose reason based policies?
You're sorta left with that impression, aren't ya? 😝
You’re not allowed to be a Republican if you use reason and don’t have some skeletons in your closet.
"Still no members with an (R) behind their name. Can it be that republicans oppose reason based policies?"
This would have been my very comment if Hemant hadn't waited until I stepped away from the keyboard to go take care of business to post this article.
*grumblegrumblegrumble*
I noticed that as well.
Also, it's looks like it's almost 50% women.
There also appears to be some - sorry gotta drop the "D" bomb - diversity.
I'm surprised they haven't tied DEI, trans, books, and drag queens to atheism yet. Are we no longer en vogue for attack? Or has "atheist" dropped out of their thesaurus rota of slurs: communist, socialist, woke, atheist, libs? At this point, pinko-liberal-commie is old school.
I suspect their brains can only hold three words that mean the same thing, even though they don't mean the same thing.
The term "freethought" is generally associated with "atheism" and "humanism," two things more associated with Democrats and liberals than Republicans and conservatives.
Well, the word "thought" is right in the title.... perhaps they know they're not qualified. 🤔
The more the merrier! Welcome, ladies! Let us reason together!
Extremely pleased to see that my Congressperson, Judy Chu, has joined the Freethought Caucus! 😸
Too bad my own California MOC, Ted Lieu, isn't a member.
There may be no interest from the general public or media for now but if this group gathers more members and becomes more influential (yes, please, thanks) you can bet GOP/MAGA heads will explode…. And that’s a good thing for everyone.
Totally unrelated:
Is Donny Two-Dolls too dumb to realize that by (in his bizarro world) changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico (a country with more shoreline on it than the US) to Gulf of America, he's naming it after an ITALIAN?
Oh, and you'd better start on the states, Donny. How many are named after British or other European nobility? Talk about unpatriotic!
🤫 Better not tell him about Pierre, SD.
First on the list: “new” York.
"First on the list: "new" York."
“Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can’t say.
People just liked it better that way.”
https://youtu.be/0XlO39kCQ-8
My favorite version of this song. 😀
York isn't filled with swarthy people, so he's okay with that.
In other news, he's offered asylum to 58 people! Wealthy white South African farmers. Who don't meet UNHCR's definition of refugee.
Nope, no racism here.
95.8% white. I have a friend from there.
So white that mayo is considered dark.
In Britain there are whiter places believe me. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BADDeIQWVQ&list=RD_BADDeIQWVQ&start_radio=1
He won't know until he flies over them in his new Quatari $400 million jet.
Republicans continue to expect Jesus to show up and fix every thing for them.
very scary times.
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/05/doj-says-susman-godfrey-is-national-security-threat-for-giving-money-to-glad/
But the Qatar jet thing isn't?
Facism.
Got two for my state now.
What's weird is that I only knew about Jayapal. When did Randall sneak in? :)
One from MD. Jamie Raskin. I live about 10 miles outside his district.
I live across the river from Steve Cohen's district. Memphis/Shelby County is >Tennessee
My bride recently got to see Raskin speak in person. She said he is very impressive. Which is high praise indeed as my bride is possibly even more cynical than me.
Tony's daughter?/s
My MOC very narrowly defeated a RWNJ in an open seat race. I would not ask her to join this caucus although I have every reason to think she supports it. My district is too purple.
April McClain Delaney?
Yup.
Her election was disturbingly close. The R is a perpetual candidate. His signs never come down. And he was MAGA in spirit even before MAGA was a thing.
I’m old enough to remember when the very idea that Reagan might be elected president someday was a huge joke. Then he was elected president.
Neil Parrot (the RWNJ) in Congress? Hahahahahahaha…oh, shit! He is western Maryland’s version of MTG or Matt Gaetz without the sexual baggage (as far as I know).
Always nice to have new folks joining the cause, and I think we probably all need some good news considering recent events here in the US.
I still don’t see any members from Ohio, my home state (yes, there are Democrats in the House from Ohio). This is a state that would benefit from its delegation being a part of this forward thinking caucus.
Also, this is the CONGRESSIONAL Free Thought Caucus, which would presume that Senators would be eligible for membership, Congress being a bicameral legislative body, after all. How come no Senators, so far? Undoubtedly, the caucus would have a distinct advantage with Senatorial involvement.
I'm in the process of writing to my representative, Shontel Brown, suggesting that she join the caucus. I am NOT writing either Bernie Moreno or Jon Husted, frankly because I don't think either of them would hear me, nor am I given to wasting my time with people whose minds simply will not change.
If that makes me a curmudgeon, then so be it.
Caucuses are generally more of a "House" than a "Senate" thing.
6.4% of the House.
Man burns 100 LGBTQ+, Black, & Jewish library books on social media video
Republicans have been participating in a "digital book burning" against these communities nationwide.
https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/497565181_1020147406923300_5253992771481884162_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=NcB_exL7ZqQQ7kNvwEPul9K&_nc_oc=AdmT6JsNIBmxqr5821PdB_gpeGk2KxyU7GbRC7ybHGQakuJQ2be1dcwi6YLzho6TBO8&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&_nc_gid=HgCuxVmZxjNVwAkKTgiclg&oh=00_AfI8kELpuq_ISyKSF6XijbCfx1wVeY72s1reTwK59Ym80Q&oe=6828981A
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/man-burns-100-lgbtq-black-jewish-library-books-on-social-media-video/
The media stops short of reporting that the book burners were doing the Seig Heil during the burning.
…𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝐵𝑂𝑇𝐻 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡. “𝐾𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎” 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎’𝑠 𝑖𝑙𝑙-𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.
-- me
Talk about cheap. They should have to buy them first.
Just watched the story of Polio on Story TV. How FDR's battle led to a nationwide fight against this scourge. Compare this to trumpy whose motto seems to be "Hurt as many as possible."
“Bringing back preventable infectious diseases”.
Good! It’s about time!
Yay Illinois!
Elon's trsans kid...
https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/497478699_626843800383322_6670681115343047633_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=_0nMOy8OQmkQ7kNvwGh540A&_nc_oc=AdkH4ivQxRFIVwl4sgO8Iwtib4GmZI_0pxyP8UK40-HXBP6d6R1mP1vAp-KpmxdfH0M&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&_nc_gid=9CQba226IXrPSKyTWkLKoQ&oh=00_AfJCtYCrPq4DcIAaMP3E6qH7vzB4ahHvgZSqGOBXdELYQw&oe=6828A19D
"trsans?" Theodore Roosevelt said a nasty swear? Well, even an honorable chap like Teddy was known to get salty with his language from time to time.
The one in the middle is cute.