Weekly Roundup: MAGA’s 2026 Blueprint

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Dan Miller examines how the Trump administration is beginning 2026 and what recent policy decisions reveal about its priorities. Dan breaks down the administration’s signature “one big beautiful bill,” its continued unpopularity, and the GOP’s insistence that the problem is messaging rather than substance. The episode also explores why widely supported policies like ACA subsidies, childcare funding, and disaster relief continue to be undermined, while legislation consistently favors the wealthy. Dan connects these economic choices to the administration’s reliance on culture war distractions, including targeting marginalized communities, rolling back clean energy initiatives, and slashing FEMA support. The throughline, he argues, is a governing vision that withdraws care from ordinary Americans while protecting power and privilege at the top. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.5	you'll step out of the office
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0:46.1	that's closer to the boardroom than a classroom,
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1:16.5	MBA and DBA programs now by searching WBS, London. Hello and welcome to straight white American Jesus.
1:20.2	My name is Dan Miller, professor of religion and social thought at Landmark College.
1:20.8	Pleased to be with you for our first weekly roundup of 2026.
1:25.8	Flying solo today, I took a week off last week. It was nice and frankly
1:30.1	much needed and convinced with a great tilt arm twisting, convinced Brad Honeishi to give himself a
1:36.0	break this week. So, pleased to be with you as always. Happy New Year. Wish we were going to, I don't
1:42.9	know, just sit around and sing Olaan
1:45.6	and maybe talk about things we're looking forward to in the new year, but we're going to dive
1:50.0	into, dive into various things that confront us in the new year. As I'm sure a lot of you are aware,
1:56.5	a lot of you experience the new year is a good time for sort of looking back and taking stock
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