Weekly Roundup: The Grownups in Charge? SCOTUS, Gerrymandering & White Christian Power

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Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Redistricting Mania and the Christian Nationalist Push for Minority Rule Brad Onishi and Dan Miller discuss the fallout from a recent Supreme Court decision they say further rolled back the Voting Rights Act, triggering aggressive redistricting across states like Louisiana, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, Texas, and Tennessee, including carving up Memphis’s Black-majority district. They highlight Christian nationalist rhetoric from figures such as Kevin Roberts, Indiana Lt. Gov. Brian Beckwith, and Rep. Andy Ogles, and critique Mike Johnson’s repeated “adults in the room” framing as coded defense of white Christian male authority. They trace continuity to Religious Right strategist Paul Weyrich’s explicit anti-democratic voting strategy and argue the Court’s anti-discrimination logic now enables open discrimination while accelerating polarization and democratic erosion. They note a sharp Jackson–Alito exchange over partisan timing, call for reforms like anti-gerrymandering measures and term limits, and cite hope in Mark Kelly’s legal challenge to the Pentagon. Subscribe for $3.65: ⁠https://axismundi.supercast.com/⁠ Subscribe to our free newsletter: ⁠https://swaj.substack.com/⁠ Order American Caesar by Brad Onishi: ⁠https://static.macmillan.com/static/essentials/american-caesar-9781250427922/⁠ 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 Mundi.
0:07.0	What's up everyone? Brad Onishi here with the one and only Rosa Oslon, and we've got something you do not want to miss.
0:21.1	That's right, Brad.
0:22.2	The brand new season of Our Seven Neighbors from the Interreligious Institute at Chicago Theological
0:27.4	Seminary is lives right now.
0:30.0	And this year, the United States marks its 250th anniversary.
0:34.9	We're stepping back to ask a big question.
0:38.1	What is the real story of religion in America?
0:41.5	This season, we're lifting up the deep history of spiritual diversity in the United States
0:45.5	and revisiting the founders' very different visions for the role of religion and public life.
0:50.2	The truth is, there's never been just one religious story in this country.
0:53.5	There have always been many.
0:54.2	Exactly. From the earliest days of the republic, debates about faith, freedom, pluralism,
0:59.7	and power shaped the nation. Some founders imagined a country with strong protections for religious
1:05.2	liberty. Others had narrower visions, and alongside them were native traditions, enslaved African spiritual practices,
1:12.5	immigrant faith communities, all shaping America in ways that often go untold.
1:18.6	Instead of repeating a tidy, mythic narrative, this season tells a braver, more accurate
1:22.5	story, one that honors the breathtaking diversity that's always been here.
1:26.8	If you care about how religion has shaped American democracy,
1:29.9	if you want to understand how spiritual communities have fueled movements for justice,
1:35.1	if you're ready for a fuller account of our shared history,
1:38.0	this season is for you.
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