Weekly Roundup: Texas Gerrymander is An Existential Threat to the Republic

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 800-episode archive, Discord access, and more: ⁠https://axismundi.supercast.com/ In this episode of 'Straight White American Jesus', host Brad Onishi dives into the pressing issue of gerrymandering, which has recently taken center stage in national politics. Onishi discusses its widespread impact, from Texas to Illinois, and emphasizes the potential dangers to democracy if these actions continue unchecked. Special focus is given to Texas, where state Democrats have fled to avoid a quorum. The episode also touches on the problematic appointment of a former rioter as an advisor to the Department of Justice. Amidst these challenges, Onishi highlights a forthcoming series aimed at showcasing global resistance to authoritarianism, offering a glimmer of hope and strategies for effective pushback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	AXIS Mundi.
0:07.0	Welcome to Straight White American Jesus.
0:13.0	I'm Brad Onishi, author of Preparing for War, the extremist history of white Christian
0:21.2	nationalism and what comes next, and also the founder of Axis Moody Media. My co-host, Dan Miller,
0:28.0	is out today, off on vacation with his family. I don't know what he or who he thinks he is,
0:34.7	getting to take time off and spend time with loved ones, but nonetheless,
0:38.5	here we are. We're going to get into the gerrymandering issue that is taken over the national
0:44.7	spotlight, coming from Texas, spreading to Chicago, and all over the country. I also want to talk
0:51.4	about the rioter who was at January 6th, who told cops that they should die and that they are the real Nazis who's now working in the Department of Justice and what that means and how it relates to Project 2025.
1:04.5	I want to finish today on a note of hopeful resistance and talk about the ways that it's possible for authoritarianism to be undone,
1:14.6	and a new project coming from Matt Taylor and others that is all about learning from those around the world who have fought religious nationalism,
1:24.3	Christian supremacy, and other forms of authoritarianism.
1:29.2	A lot to cover. Let's go. This should be reflected here.
1:51.5	And then you have Indiana Republican Governor Mike Braun saying this morning talking
1:57.4	a little bit about redistricting ahead of his meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance.
2:01.5	Let's listen to that.
2:08.1	Here in Indiana, we've become more Republican over time.
2:11.9	And these maps probably need to be looked at anyway.
2:20.5	I'm going to be listening to J.D. today and our two leaders of the legislature as well and we're going to have that discussion.
2:22.8	What do you say to that?
2:32.0	I would say that this is very dangerous, that everything we're doing right now smacks of the Cold War.
2:35.4	And what we're saying, what we're talking about is launching nukes at each other.
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