Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Analysis: Alito Made Up To $2.9 Million From Fossil Fuel Assets While Serving on Top Court – Mother Jones
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Weekly Roundup: The Grownups in Charge? SCOTUS, Gerrymandering & White Christian Power (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
The episode unpacks the racial, theological, and historical dimensions of the current backlash against voting rights, with clips from figures like Kevin Roberts, Mike Johnson, and Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith. Brad and Dan examine how rhetoric about “the adults in the room” echoes older hierarchies rooted in white Christian patriarchy, and why today’s attacks on representation are inseparable from the long conservative backlash against the Voting Rights Act, civil rights reforms, and pluralistic democracy itself.
The conversation also revisits the legacy of Paul Weyrich and the Christian nationalist strategy of pursuing minority rule through institutional control rather than majority support. Along the way, Brad and Dan explore the Supreme Court’s role in enabling these shifts, the partisan battles over congressional maps, and the broader erosion of democratic norms under MAGA politics.
Topics include:
- The Supreme Court’s latest redistricting ruling and its impact on voting rights
- Tennessee’s dismantling of a majority-Black congressional district in Memphis
- Christian nationalism and the push for minority rule
- Why leaders like Mike Johnson frame white Christian men as “the adults in the room”
- The historical roots of modern gerrymandering battles
- The role of the FBI raid on Virginia lawmaker Louise Lucas
- How backlash politics seeks to roll the country back to the 1950s — or even earlier
- The ongoing assault on democratic institutions and representation
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Saturday, May 9, 2026
Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-misleading-data-doj
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Supreme Court gives abortion pill mifepristone a 1-week reprieve from a major change
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810510/supreme-court-mifepristone-appeals-telehealth
Friday, May 1, 2026
Two justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final act
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-roberts-alito
Friday, April 10, 2026
Monday, November 24, 2025
Supreme court blocks order that found Texas congressional map was likely racially biased
The US supreme court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas's 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump likely discriminated on the basis of race. The order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map, which is favorable to Republicans, to be used in the midterm elections...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/22/supreme-court-texas-congressional-map
Friday, July 25, 2025
3 Supreme Court justices just tried to kill the ban on racist election laws | Vox
Although none of them explained why they voted the way they did, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch all voted to leave in place a lower court decision that effectively nullified one of the most consequential civil rights laws in American history...
https://www.vox.com/scotus/421091/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-turtle-mountain-howe
Monday, October 7, 2024
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Jamie Raskin and AOC question John Roberts on Samuel Alito flag controversy
Friday, October 4, 2024
The Untold Link Between Justice Alito and Trump's Election-Denying Efforts
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Samuel Alito and German rightwing aristocrat linked to US anti-abortion activist
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Ocasio-Cortez introduces articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito | CNN Politics
Friday, July 5, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
Supreme Court's Elena Kagan Targets Samuel Alito In Abortion Case | HuffPost Latest News
'Makes my blood boil': Justice Samuel Alito's cancer comment leaves doctor furious - Raw Story
Thursday, June 27, 2024
'I'm real tired of it': Experts put 'corrupt liar' Alito on notice amid Supreme Court leak - Raw Story
Monday, June 17, 2024
Weekly Roundup: More Supreme Court Controversies, SBC Condemns IVF, and Georgia’s as a Lab for Stealing 2024 (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
00:00 Introduction: The Challenge of Polarization
01:19 Supreme Court Controversies: Alito’s Shocking Comments
01:55 Analyzing Alito and Roberts: Trust in the Supreme Court
02:04 Southern Baptist Convention and Reproductive Rights
02:22 Georgia’s Voter Suppression Tactics
02:55 Meet the Hosts: Brad and Dan
04:43 Supreme Court Justices Undercover: Alito and Roberts
30:48 Reflecting on Political Discourse and Integrity
31:11 Supreme Court Controversies: Then and Now
34:34 Southern Baptist Convention’s Stance on IVF
38:24 Political Implications of the SBC’s IVF Resolution
50:00 Georgia: The MAGA Movement’s Testing Ground
51:06 Election Integrity and Voter Suppression Tactics
59:32 Hope Amidst Political Turmoil
01:01:01 Upcoming Events and Final Thoughts







