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Friday, October 9, 2026
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Christian Nationalism’s Grip on American Faith Is Finally Breaking – Mother Jones
…[F]or the last twelve years, I have been trying to make amends for having played such a significant role as an evangelical Christian minister in the aggressive push to transform the United States into a “Christian nation.” I helped lay the groundwork for Donald Trump’s presidency and the imposition of Christian Nationalism as America’s officially privileged and highly destructive religion. I was dead wrong in doing so…
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Trump’s Appearance in Ohio Underscores All the Reasons the GOP Is Unpopular – Mother Jones
Will the president’s steadfast support of data centers cost Ohio Republicans a victory?…
“Just get out and vote,” Trump told a crowd that barely filled a high school gymnasium in the city of Vandalia. “If you do that, we’re going to win, and we’re going to win big. And we’re going to shove it up their ass.”…
Monday, October 5, 2026
Facetious and Fanciful (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
Olympian Davey Hearn’s reflecting pool charges have been dismissed by a federal judge WITH prejudice, barring the Justice Department from bringing further charges.
Deputy FBI Director Andrew Bailey is out, court-appointed US Attorney in Washington State Roger Rogoff is back IN, two FBI counterterrorism experts have been demoted, and Kurt Olsen has resigned from the grand conspiracy case and the Justice Department.
The full panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals weighs allowing Judge Boasberg to continue his contempt proceedings in the Alien Enemies Act case as the DOJ files a judicial complaint against Minnesota judges over immigration.
After failing in the grand conspiracy investigation, Kash Patel has ordered a classified report to examine failures in the investigations into Donald Trump.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Deputy FBI Director Andrew Bailey is out, court-appointed US Attorney in Washington State Roger Rogoff is back IN, two FBI counterterrorism experts have been demoted, and Kurt Olsen has resigned from the grand conspiracy case and the Justice Department.
The full panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals weighs allowing Judge Boasberg to continue his contempt proceedings in the Alien Enemies Act case as the DOJ files a judicial complaint against Minnesota judges over immigration.
After failing in the grand conspiracy investigation, Kash Patel has ordered a classified report to examine failures in the investigations into Donald Trump.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Sunday, October 4, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Hegseth Turns the Military Into a Christian Crusader Army + Eric Schmitt, Jack Smith, and Crimes (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
In this episode of Straight White American Jesus, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller break down Pete Hegseth's State of the Force speech, which they argue recasts the U.S. military as a Christian crusader army defined by narrow standards of body, gender, and faith. They examine his flattened story of Western civilization, his "appeal to heaven" and "armor of God" language, and the plan to remove bureaucratic oversight from the Office of Religious Affairs.
Next, they turn to Senator Eric Schmitt's failed attempt to trap Jack Smith at a congressional hearing, and to Smith's statement that Trump committed serious crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, which got lost in the noise.
They then look at new data projecting that roughly 100,000 U.S. churches will close or be repurposed over the next decade, and what that means for claims of a religious resurgence and for Christian nationalism. Reasons for hope include a civic story of shared investment from Zohran Mamdani and the DOJ's 26th loss in its effort to obtain state voter rolls.
Interview:
Next, they turn to Senator Eric Schmitt's failed attempt to trap Jack Smith at a congressional hearing, and to Smith's statement that Trump committed serious crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, which got lost in the noise.
They then look at new data projecting that roughly 100,000 U.S. churches will close or be repurposed over the next decade, and what that means for claims of a religious resurgence and for Christian nationalism. Reasons for hope include a civic story of shared investment from Zohran Mamdani and the DOJ's 26th loss in its effort to obtain state voter rolls.
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Saturday, October 3, 2026
Kansas enters the chat as Senate map tilts further into red territory - POLITICO
The Senate GOP’s top PAC is diving into Kansas, a sign that the deep-red state is in play amid a worsening political environment for Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/02/kansas-becomes-a-surprise-senate-battleground-01105125
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
White House looking to Europe to release diesel from strategic reserves - POLITICO
The idea comes as high energy prices drag GOP in midterm elections…
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
ICE operations are making it hard for vulnerable Republicans fighting for their political survival - POLITICO
Immigration enforcement in Kansas, Texas, Florida and beyond is forcing battleground Republicans to answer for the fallout…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/27/ice-crackdown-immigration-republicans-midterms-01093912
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Friendly Atheist News Roundup 9/24/2026 (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #654)
0:00 Intro
0:20 Jehovah’s Witnesses just gutted their deadly blood transfusion policy.
18:32 Trump’s “Top 250 Victories for People of Faith” collapse under scrutiny.
36:50 An Alabama church says God made a paraplegic man walk again. There’s a better explanation.
52:00 Nearly half of people raised Mormon have left the LDS Church.
1:02:53 James Talarico’s pastor welcomes atheists. Conservatives think that’s a scandal.
0:20 Jehovah’s Witnesses just gutted their deadly blood transfusion policy.
18:32 Trump’s “Top 250 Victories for People of Faith” collapse under scrutiny.
36:50 An Alabama church says God made a paraplegic man walk again. There’s a better explanation.
52:00 Nearly half of people raised Mormon have left the LDS Church.
1:02:53 James Talarico’s pastor welcomes atheists. Conservatives think that’s a scandal.
Interview:
- Video, with Jessica: https://youtu.be/JoitL7S8Kbg?si=SjvLNEghC7CqhNhC
- Video, without Jessica: https://www.youtube.com/live/Qg1-85lzNzM?si=9ILTzaupJ2DP3bzC
- Audio only, with Jessica: https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/09/23/jehovahs-witnesses-gut-their-blood-ban/
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Friday, September 25, 2026
Diesel export fight strains GOP ties with Big Oil - POLITICO
Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban, putting them at odds with an industry that has long been a GOP ally…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/diesel-export-fight-gop-big-oil-01090581
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Republican jitters grow as unpopular Trump fuels midterm ‘bloodbath’ fears
Talk has even re-emerged of a “blue wave” in November that will see Republicans lose in deep-red corners of the country.
“Republicans should brace themselves: the three most plausible outcomes are that it will be bad, really bad, or truly horrible,” wrote the veteran analyst Charlie Cook…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/trump-republicans-midterms
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Trump Gets SCOTUS Blocked (and the GOP's Nazi Problem) (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
SCOTUS just blocked Donald Trump's attempt to use the U.S. Postal Service to interfere with mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms — but is the fight over election integrity really over? Brad Onishi and Dan Miller break down the ruling, the dissents from Alito and Thomas, and why Mike Johnson could try to pull a "January 3rd" power grab reminiscent of January 6th.
Then: a viral photo from a UT Austin football game reignites controversy over white nationalism in the GOP. Brad and Dan connect the dots between Bo French, the True Texas Project, Christian nationalist pastor CJ Engel, and a pattern of Nazi-adjacent scandals rocking Republican campaigns this week — from a Senate staffer's Nazi military exercises to congressional candidates with white nationalist ties.
Interview:
Then: a viral photo from a UT Austin football game reignites controversy over white nationalism in the GOP. Brad and Dan connect the dots between Bo French, the True Texas Project, Christian nationalist pastor CJ Engel, and a pattern of Nazi-adjacent scandals rocking Republican campaigns this week — from a Senate staffer's Nazi military exercises to congressional candidates with white nationalist ties.
Interview:
Not Today, Fascists! (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)
On Constitution Day, we celebrate a legislative win for a Washington, D.C., memorial to Forgotten Freethinking Founder Thomas Paine.
Then, popular podcaster Jennifer Welch tells us about her new book, Not Today, Fascists: The Lies That Got Us Here, and the Truths That Will Reunite Us.
Interview:
Is Jared Kushner a 'walking conflict of interest'? (Tonya Mosley; Fresh Air podcast)
How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business.
Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries. “He's potentially a walking conflict of interest,” Filkins tells Tonya Mosley.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries. “He's potentially a walking conflict of interest,” Filkins tells Tonya Mosley.
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