Weekly Roundup: This Is An Invasion - Pritzker, Trump, and the Union Coming Apart + Venezuelan Boat Attack

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 56 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 850-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Brad and Dan tackle a whirlwind of pressing issues shaping the American landscape. They break down Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s bold stand against Trump’s threats to deploy the military in Chicago, explore the deeper implications of masculinity and political power through viral moments and media narratives, and discuss the targeting of marginalized groups in current policy debates. The hosts connect these events to broader themes of authoritarianism, the myth of the “Lost Cause,” and the ongoing struggle over American identity, all while offering sharp analysis, historical context, and a dose of hope for resistance and community. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	AXIS Mundi
0:10.0	Welcome to straight white American Jesus.
0:16.6	I'm Brad Onishi, author of Preparing for War,
0:19.0	the extremist history of white Christian nationalism and what comes next.
0:22.2	Founder of Axis Moody Media here today with my co-host.
0:25.4	Dan Miller, Professor of Religion and Social Thought at Landmark College.
0:28.9	Nice to see you, Brad.
0:30.5	You too, Dan.
0:31.2	I'm on the road this week, so we're doing this in a little bit of modified style.
0:35.6	But nonetheless, we're going to talk about J.B. Pritzker and his
0:38.9	fierce resistance to Trump and the press conference that, to me, really was a prism into what's
0:46.1	going on in the country. We'll then get to a coterie of issues that are really about masculinity
0:52.9	and terrorism, which you all are like, what does that mean?
0:57.3	But it's going to involve discussion of what happened with the Venezuelan boat,
1:00.8	carrying 11 people that was reportedly destroyed by the U.S. military.
1:05.9	We'll get into trans people and the idea that they should not be able to own guns,
1:10.5	which is floating around
1:11.7	at the DOJ, and Mom Donnie, the New York City candidate. Everybody loves, except for anyone with any
1:19.1	power in the Democratic or Republican Party. And his push, his bench press controversy, LaFaire
1:25.7	bench press, Dan somehow is with us.
1:28.6	And after that, if we have time, we'll go to some things related to RFK.
1:34.0	This is Straight White American Jesus.
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