In 1967, the two largest denominations in the United States were: The Southern Baptist Convention The United Methodist Church They each had about 11M members. Today: The SBC is 12.7M The UMC is 3.98M

The US Census has never asked about religion, but the 1870 Census did collect data on "religious organizations." Here's a map showing the religious group with the most organizations by state. At this point, Methodism (purple) was the dominant religious group.

Northern Lights return to Illinois

RIP former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar.

I assumed exotic bird introductions were a relic of the distant past but apparently the federal government tried introducing dozens of foreign game birds between 1948-1970, and basically all of them failed. I wrote about the Foreign Game Introduction Program in my latest post.

Hey, Just found this amazing event happening in Loami on AllEvents. We should totally go! Check this out! Listening Tour Launch - Steven Lambert mayor of Loami running for State Senate - allevents.in/loami/200028616…

Ready to fight fire with fire. I'm in Illinois with my friend @JBPritzker to stand with Texas Democrats as they lead the fight to protect their state from gerrymandering.

🚨NEW: Former GOP Lt. Governor of Georgia Geoff Duncan has switched his party affiliation to join the Democratic Party. RETWEET to welcome @GeoffDuncanGA to the Democratic Party!

NEW: Former Republican Lt. Gov. of Georgia Geoff Duncan announces he’s leaving the GOP to join the Democrats: “I have been receiving phone calls and conversations and cups of coffee from Democrats, independents and even some common sense Republicans who are sick and tired of watching not only the direction of this party, but this country — encouraging me to look into seeking higher office. And it’s something I’ll seriously consider,” Duncan said

Flying over the Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois

We opened up the mailbag on Mendoza, Giannoulias, Christian Mitchell, and the state of the GOP: theillinoize.com/articles/yo…

If you're wondering why the Pritzker campaign announced a running mate just five days after the re-elect announcement...at yesterday's bill signing, Pritzker got three questions about LG. They surely didn't want this to be the only story over the next month.

Has anyone else tried it?

Bird related gift haul 🎁

Did anyone else receive one of these for Christmas 🎄 🤔 I have been waiting for a thaw to install

If you join or return to Pokémon GO using my referral code HXT3X69RD, you’ll get a welcome reward, earn special bonus items, and more. pokemongolive.com/refer?code…