Trump's America 250 Celebration Is Exactly What You Fear
Thank God I'm Atheist
TGIA Media
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
America is turning 250… and Christian nationalists are determined to make sure the birthday party belongs to them. This week, Frank and Dan dive into the bizarre "Rededicate 250" event in Washington D.C., where Trump allies, religious activists, and culture war celebrities are pushing the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation (and therefore should become one again).
Elsewhere: Rudy Giuliani claims he had a heavenly near-death experience, Hillsong founder Brian Houston accidentally posts porn to his followers, Christian nationalist culture warrior Ryan Walters files for divorce, and Texas officials shut down a Muslim community Eid celebration at a water park because apparently even modest swimwear is too threatening for Greg Abbott.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, everybody. |
| 0:19.3 | Hi, friends. Well, from beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| 0:23.0 | It's thank God I'm atheist. |
| 0:24.2 | Where we, a couple of smiling happy atheists, try not to die in a world gone mad. |
| 0:31.8 | Oh, no. |
| 0:33.3 | I'm Frank Feldman. |
| 0:34.7 | And I'm Dan Beecher. |
| 0:36.2 | And coming up on the show today Dan |
| 0:40.5 | America's turning 250 years oh my god or at least that's what we're what we're saying yeah |
| 0:49.1 | that's when there's a few different ways you could you could aid absolutely determine the age of |
| 0:53.7 | this 1776 period that's the end of the story shut up anyway There's a few different ways you could, you could aid. Absolutely not. The age of this country. |
| 0:55.6 | 1776, period. |
| 0:56.9 | That's the end of the story. |
| 0:57.5 | Shut up. |
| 1:00.4 | Anyway, so it's 250 years of America. |
| 1:05.6 | And boy, how do the Christians want to claim that for themselves. It's weird. |
| 1:05.8 | It's weird how the rest of the world doesn't seem to be celebrating 250 years of America. What's happening? |
| 1:11.5 | That's not true. That's not true, Pam. I feel that it is. I read an Italian newspaper, |
| 1:18.5 | almost every day. And they have a series, America 250 right now, where they're like, but it's, |
| 1:25.4 | it's in the guise of like tourism. |
| 1:28.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.8 | Okay. |
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