There’s no such thing as getting canceled, Part 636472.

A Catholic hospital refused to treat an Illinois woman's ectopic pregnancy until her condition became more dangerous. She later lost her ability to get pregnant naturally. Then the doctor sued HER for talking about it. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-catholic...

I served five terms in the state legislature as an open Atheist (Internet said I was the first in the country, but hard to confirm). I can honestly say that it almost never came up, and very few people cared. The stigma is absolutely fading, and its on us not to ruin the moment.

Texas Congressman Lloyd Doggett, who's retiring, has joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus. That brings the group to a record 36 members. The bigger story may be how quickly the stigma surrounding atheism in politics appears to be fading. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/retiring-d...

The Jalen M. Brunson And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts

Please god let this close the portal to Hell the Cubs opened in 2016

See? Elect a Democratic Socialist and good things happen.

ok but who will be the first human trillionaire?

i hope media executives are taking note of the tens of thousands of people who for several hours on a friday night have stayed glued to livestreams of scaffolding being built just so they could witness his name getting knocked off a building

There are over 71,000 people currently watching the MS NOW livestream of Trump's name coming down from the Kennedy Center. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm...

A right-wing legal group just filed a lawsuit claiming a high school wrestler was sexually assaulted by her trans opponent during a match. The evidence? A video that multiple wrestling experts say just shows... a normal wrestling match. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/conservati...

I'll be going live EARLY tonight to talk about the past week in church/state separation! We'll be talking about Pete Hegseth's religious list, Kash Patel's faith-based FBI firings, and so much more... youtube.com/live/5tsBq-N...

A right-wing PAC attacked Covina (CA) City Treasurer Neil Polzin for communicating with The Satanic Temple. A local church endorsed his opponent. Polzin won anyway. I asked him how he pulled it off. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/how-an-ath...

That. Was. Insane.

A billionaire-backed Christian movement is quietly transforming a small Washington town. They're buying buildings and winning local elections. And they're closely tied to extremist pastor Doug Wilson. This should scary anyone who cares about pluralism. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-billion-...

MAGA pastor and self-proclaimed "prophet" Hank Kunneman shows off his new scale model Trump Parade. Right in front of a Taco Bell, because why not. (It's not a cult, though. Don't call it a cult.)

Today's @slate.com crossword is mine! With references to a scary movie that's not Scary Movie. Do it! slate.com/life/2026/06...

Bobby Charles, a candidate to be Maine's governor, says he'll talk women out of abortions, repeated the "litter boxes" in schools myth, and cited Noah's Ark to deny the existence of trans people. He's the GOP front-runner heading into today's primary. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/bobby-char...

The Knicks can still win if Mike Pence has the courage.

We filed a FOIA request about this change back in January. We're expecting to receive them in August. ffrf.org/news/release...

A real page on the White House website

lol what an obvious conjob www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/o...

Totally agree with @friendlyatheist.com here. This decision is incoherent on its merits. And that's because this is entirely about signaling the Christian Nationalist movement's beliefs about whose beliefs are genuine and worthy of protection and whose are not.

Oooh. @atheists.org has filed a FOIA request to learn how Pete Hegseth decided to cull the list of religious labels in the military. atheists.org/news/federal...

The Connecticut GOP is scrambling to replace one of its own candidates after people discovered he celebrated "Straight Pride," shared Holocaust denial content, and implied gay people should be hanged. But Jadon MacCormack says "I will never withdraw." www.friendlyatheist.com/p/connecticu...

Some of you are going to want a Mormon take on this but it’s just the Let Them Fight meme.

Bari Weiss' Free Press built an entire fantasy around the idea that Pratt was actually a serious candidate, promoting a bogus narrative that Republicans were ascendent in an "angry" California revolting against the left leaving the "far-left" Raman in ruins. NOPE

2 weeks ago in the free press: www.thefp.com/p/nithya-ram...

Kash Patel just fired the FBI analysts who helped stop a potential domestic terrorist attack. Why? Because conservatives falsely convinced themselves those analysts were targeting Catholics. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/under-guis...

Thank goodness doctors and the courts cared more about a baby than its mother. She didn't want the baby to have a blood transfusion because she's a Jehovah's Witness. She lost the legal battle and the baby is now recovering well. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Republicans are obsessed with looking inside your kids’ pants.

An appellate court says the Kars4Kids ads—which deceptively fund religious indoctrination for Orthodox Jews—can remain up in California while appeals play out. Horrible move. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... My earlier piece: www.friendlyatheist.com/p/california...

Republicans endorse non-stop corruption as long it benefits their people.

Beautifully put. The anti-“woke” side won the war they claimed was happening. So why aren’t they taking their victory lap?

Hel yeah!

Christians complained so much about Poland's infamous "666 to Hel" bus route that it got renumbered. Now a private company is bringing it back. The new trip to Hel will take you 13 hours. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christians...

Susan Collins: Sure, she sucks, but at least she works hard at it. - new campaign slogan

I'll be going live in a bit to talk about the past week in church/state separation! We'll be talking about Pete Hegseth's religious codes blunder, Ark Encounter's failures, Christians opposing a decent homeschooling law, and so much more... youtube.com/live/UQfzf9z...

This is irrelevant given that many of those votes were historically awful.

As with just about everything White Christian Nationalists do, these changes are entirely about signaling who is a "real" American and who isn't.

The message couldn't be clearer: if you're not the "right" kind of religious, you don't count. A military that serves all Americans shouldn't be in the business of deciding which beliefs are worthy of recognition.

Pete Hegseth just slashed the military's list of religious identities from 200+ options to 31. Gone? Humanist, Atheist, Pagan, and dozens of Christian denominations. There's no reason for this. It's pure sabotage. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pete-hegse...

I normally do a livestream around this time, but my voice is totally gone right now! Will try again tomorrow night.

A Christian engineer for Los Angeles County demanded to work from home all June to avoid the Pride flag outside the office. They said no. Now he's suing. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Connecticut passed a simple law: If you're under investigation for child abuse or neglect, you can't homeschool your kids. Every Republican voted against it. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-connecti...

Here's pastor and GOP congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer saying that yard signs for his campaign can be picked up directly at his church. So much for the Johnson Amendment.

Creationist Ken Ham promised Ark Encounter would bring up to 2 MILLION visitors a year to Kentucky. In reality, it's never even come close to that. Public records show the attraction has been underperforming for nearly a decade. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ark-encoun...

"Swallow it! The power of God’s coming on ya!" That’s what a Christian "prophet" yelled while telling a teen to eat a ripped-out Bible page in front of a cheering congregation. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/swallow-it...

Colorado's Republican front-runner for governor says he's rescued thousands of women and children, performed exorcisms, and carried out more than 130 rescue missions. Then a reporter asked for evidence. It didn't go well. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorado-g...