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The Gospel of Deportation: Why Christian Nationalists Love ICE (Reign of Error Pilot Episode)

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Subscribe to Reign of Error: https://redcircle.com/shows/fbed712f-0027-40af-a33b-fd9de05efc5c In this special episode of Straight White American Jesus, Brad introduces Reign of Error, a new investigative series hosted by journalist Sarah Posner. The pilot episode, titled “The Gospel of Deportation: Why Christian Nationalists Love ICE,” sets the tone for the series by examining how Christian nationalist theology is shaping immigration policy, public rhetoric, and the use of state power. Brad joins Sarah to frame the project’s goals and to unpack why immigration enforcement has become such a powerful site for religious symbolism, moral certainty, and political violence in the Trump era. The conversation explores how biblical language, evangelical identity, and nationalist mythmaking are used to justify mass deportations, expanded ICE authority, and the erosion of civil liberties. Brad and Sarah trace these narratives through current events, media spectacle, and political leadership, showing how religious certainty is weaponized against vulnerable communities while distracting from broader policy failures. The episode also offers moments of clarity and resistance, highlighting court challenges, community organizing, and the importance of sustained public engagement. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 1000+ episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Subscribe to Teología Sin Vergüenza Subscribe to American Exceptionalism Donate to SWAJ: https://axismundi.supercast.com/donations/new Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Axis Moondy The What's up, y'all? Happy New Year. It's been a while. I took a couple of weeks off in order to finish my book and to take some time away with my family.

0:40.5

I hope you've all had a restful couple of weeks and been able to find time to restore and prepare

0:47.0

for what's ahead. I appreciate Dan Miller carrying the water on the weekly roundup.

0:52.8

And as I've been hinting at, we have just a bunch of new things

0:56.1

planned for this show coming in 2026. The first one I want to share with you today is the very

1:03.1

first teaser episode of a new series that we are going to be producing and releasing in a couple

1:09.1

weeks from the amazing investigative

1:12.8

journalist Sarah Posner, author of Unholy, and somebody who to me has always been an essential

1:19.2

voice on understanding religion and politics in the United States, particularly white evangelicalism.

1:26.4

Sarah is the kind of person who is a reporter's reporter, is an intellect and a journalist,

1:33.6

somebody who I respect deeply.

1:36.2

Her new series is called Rain of Error.

1:40.0

And we're trying to do two things with this show.

1:42.9

We want to follow the headlines. A lot of you

1:45.8

listen to news podcasts. You listen to the bulwark or you listen to shows that are bringing you up-to-date

1:51.6

info on what's happening right now. But I think a lot of you are here at Straight White American

1:56.5

Jesus because you appreciate deep dives and analysis. You want to go beyond the surface.

2:02.0

And it's hard to do both.

2:04.0

The shows that are able to dig in and really unravel the various layers of what's happening

2:10.4

in the world, Nitae, to do that.

2:13.3

And they're behind the news cycle.

2:16.4

With Sarah's show, what a reign of error, which is going to be coming out here in just a couple of weeks,

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