Weekly Roundup: JD Vance, the End Times, and the Antichrist (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Brad and Dan break down JD Vance's wide-ranging interview with Gen Z podcaster Bryce Crawford, unpacking his comments on the end times, the possibility that the Antichrist is "living among us," and his oddly deflated answer about whether he's going to heaven — reading it all as Vance clumsily blending incompatible evangelical premillennial and Christian nationalist post-millennial theologies to court an audience he doesn't quite understand. 

They also examine the wave of right-wing attacks on Gloria Steinem following her death, using her own words on the "traditional family" to explain why pluralism in family structures is treated as an existential threat by the Christian right. 

Finally, they dig into new USPS mail-voting rules — including a whistleblower complaint and a tense court hearing before Judge Talwani — that could result in ballots being rejected over postmark delays ahead of the midterms, before closing with reasons for hope in independent medical groups' vaccine guidance and an unusually real consequence for a billionaire sports owner.

Interview: 

• Audio podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weekly-roundup-jd-vance-the-end-times-and-the-antichrist/id1441649707?i=1000787920425
• Video on Substack: https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/jd-vance-the-end-times-and-the-antichrist

GOP lawmakers petition U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against Michigan election laws • Michigan Advance

Michigan voters have the right to petition and to vote to amend the state constitution, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in a statement in response to the Republican lawmakers' request to the U.S. Supreme Court. And even if the nation's highest court were to take on the case, Benson said she would be ready to defend those rights. 

"Michigan voters have a right to enact laws that reflect their values, and politicians have a duty to stand by the will of the voters. The idea that the time, place and manner of federal elections law-making is beyond the right of voters to self-determine is anti-democratic, and already multiple courts have reaffirmed this under law," Benson said...

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/03/25/gop-lawmakers-petition-u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-case-against-michigan-election-laws/