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Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 60 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 750-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Subscribe to One Nation, Indivisible with Andrew Seidel: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-nation-indivisible-with-andrew-seidel/id1791471198 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0w5Lb2ImPFPS1NWMG0DLrQ Brad and Dan break down Elon Musk’s alarming new influence over federal agencies after an executive order grants him hiring and firing power across the government. They dissect the surreal Oval Office press conference with Donald Trump and Musk, unpacking its implications for democracy and bureaucratic power. The conversation also covers Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s comments on Ukraine, J.D. Vance’s controversial theological take on immigration (and Pope Francis’ response), and what recent public opinion polls reveal about trust in the Supreme Court. 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 Moondy
0:10.0	Democracy.
0:15.0	This may seem like, well, are we in a democracy?
0:18.0	Well, if you don't have a feedback with F it would have to, if you'd, sorry.
0:23.6	So I'll tell you, gravitas can be difficult sometimes.
0:27.6	So if there's not a good feedback loop from the people to the government,
0:34.6	and if you have rule of the bureaucrat,
0:38.6	if the bureaucracy is in charge,
0:40.2	and then what meaning does democracy actually have?
0:44.2	This week, Donald Trump held a press conference
0:46.7	in the Oval Office with Elon Musk.
0:49.3	Elon Musk appeared to be the one in charge.
0:51.5	He spoke most of the time.
0:52.9	His four-year-old interrupted the president
0:54.9	several times, and they eventually signed an executive order giving Musk firing and hiring power
1:00.9	across the federal government. Today we discuss how Musk has become the de facto president.
1:06.5	We then go into the comments made by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth on Ukraine and what
1:12.5	his worldview means for American diplomacy.
1:16.6	We end up with J.D. Vance and the way that the Pope responded to his theological ideas
1:22.9	and his politics around immigration.
1:25.3	I'm Brad Onishi and this is the straight white American
1:27.5	Jesus Weekly Roundup.
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