Weekly Roundup: We May Never Vote Again + JD Vance Runs for President

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Dan’s “demon” costume sets the stage for a serious warning: Americans may not be able to vote freely in 2026. Brad argues that authoritarian tactics and election interference are accelerating, pointing to SNAP benefit cuts, ACA premium hikes, and the creation of a National Guard “quick reaction force” as tools of social control. The hosts connect these developments to historical examples of militarized regimes and discuss how Trump loyalists embedding on military bases signal deeper threats to democracy. They also turn their attention to JD Vance’s recent appearances at Ole Miss and Turning Point USA, where his rhetoric blends Christian nationalism, white supremacy, and populist theater. From his calls to teach Christianity in schools to his public remarks about his Hindu wife, Vance uses religion as a political weapon while appealing to the MAGA base. Yet amid the darkness, Brad and Dan highlight reasons for hope, including legal and judicial pushback against extreme policies and bipartisan resistance in the Senate. 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/ 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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0:00.0	AXIS Moondy
0:08.3	The weather
0:15.3	Tomorrow expect a
0:17.2	Biting cold front
0:18.6	Hmm, how naughty, I wonder what I'll be wearing or taking off.
0:23.2	The night will be wild and untamed.
0:25.4	Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin.
0:29.2	By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the afternoon.
0:35.4	Not in the mood for miserable weather?
0:37.6	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:40.4	Sun Express, nonstop sunshine.
0:45.0	Welcome to Straight White American Jesus.
0:47.1	I am Brad Onishi.
0:48.8	Author of Preparing for War,
0:50.1	The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next,
0:52.9	founder of Access Moon to Media,
1:00.5	here today with my co-host, the demon Dan Miller. People aren't looking online on YouTube. They'll be like, what are you talking about? I am Dan Miller, dressed for Halloween,
1:05.2	and also associate professor of religion and society at Lamarck College. Please to be with you, Brad. I know a lot of you are podcast people. You don't want to watch YouTube. You want to listen to this on the way to work and while you're doing dishes, and that's great. But if there's ever a reason to go subscribe to our YouTube channel, today is the day because Dan Miller's costume is incredible. So we'll talk more about it in a minute.
1:28.3	What are we going to talk about today on the show?
1:30.2	We're going to talk about a thesis that I think is coming clear into view and we have the receipts to back it up, which is this.
1:36.2	You are not going to vote in 2026, not in the way that you think you might, not in the way that is supposed to be effective in terms of a vote in the midterms for Congress.
1:46.6	And we will back that up talking about SNAP benefits, ACA premiums, the National Guard, ICE, and on down the road.
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