Dr. Bradley Onishi
@bradleyonishi.bsky.social
Scholar of Christian nationalism and the American Right. Award-winning author and podcaster. Co-host of @straightwhitejc and founder of Axis Mundi Media, taking the ivory tower to the grassroots. Words: NYT, Rolling Stone, Politico, NBC
www.axismundi.us
www.axismundi.us
Do the worm next
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Do the worm next
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Had a good time joining @bradleyonishi.bsky.social to discuss this essay on Straight White American Jesus
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December 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Had a good time joining @bradleyonishi.bsky.social to discuss this essay on Straight White American Jesus
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Started from the bottom now we’re here
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Started from the bottom now we’re here
American Can’t
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
American Can’t
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Pete Hegseth's Narco Crusade + Culture Wars @ Oklahoma University
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
Pete Hegseth's Narco Crusade + Culture Wars @ Oklahoma University
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December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Pete Hegseth's Narco Crusade + Culture Wars @ Oklahoma University
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
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This man is an unabashed loser.
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This man is an unabashed loser.
Pete Hegseth's Narco Crusade + Culture Wars @ Oklahoma University
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
Pete Hegseth's Narco Crusade + Culture Wars @ Oklahoma University
YouTube video by Straight White American Jesus Podcast
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Pete Hegseth's Narco Crusade + Culture Wars @ Oklahoma University
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
youtu.be/9rZZmy56eXU
Katie Miller is not ready for this role. I don’t know who told her she was but every appearance on Piers Morgan and CNN makes her look like she doesn’t understand she’s not in the MAGA echo chamber anymore.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Katie Miller is not ready for this role. I don’t know who told her she was but every appearance on Piers Morgan and CNN makes her look like she doesn’t understand she’s not in the MAGA echo chamber anymore.
Why would you spread democracy if you see it as a problem, not a solution?
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Why would you spread democracy if you see it as a problem, not a solution?
I hope he is Secretary of Social Media in the AOC administration. Great arc for him.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I hope he is Secretary of Social Media in the AOC administration. Great arc for him.
This man is an unabashed loser.
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This man is an unabashed loser.
“Freedom of religion is bad”
A new film on Christian nationalism by young pastors from the Doug Wilson-verse. This is cringe. But it’s also an expression of the theological nexus that formed Hegseth’s Christianity.
"Freedom of religion is a bad idea"
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"Freedom of religion is a bad idea"
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"Freedom of religion is a bad idea"
YouTube video by Straight White American Jesus Podcast
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December 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Freedom of religion is bad”
“I think that this moral confusion runs deeper. We’ve turned the human experience into a fishbowl and increased the funhouse cruelty. It’s like we’ve turned Freud’s death drive outward, socialized it, and built an empire of voyeurism from it.”
I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
The lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's transgressions and the popularity of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives derive from the same culture of voyeurism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“I think that this moral confusion runs deeper. We’ve turned the human experience into a fishbowl and increased the funhouse cruelty. It’s like we’ve turned Freud’s death drive outward, socialized it, and built an empire of voyeurism from it.”
Just not a serious country
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just not a serious country
Six years ago I wrote this for the New York Times. Ben Shapiro said I was helping destroy the family and Western life. Good times.
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/o...
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Six years ago I wrote this for the New York Times. Ben Shapiro said I was helping destroy the family and Western life. Good times.
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/o...
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These motherfuckers are not even on the level of used car salesmen. They are selling non-existent cars. Cars that only exist in the addled brain of a demented leader who thinks 1981 was a year ago.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
These motherfuckers are not even on the level of used car salesmen. They are selling non-existent cars. Cars that only exist in the addled brain of a demented leader who thinks 1981 was a year ago.
These motherfuckers are not even on the level of used car salesmen. They are selling non-existent cars. Cars that only exist in the addled brain of a demented leader who thinks 1981 was a year ago.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
These motherfuckers are not even on the level of used car salesmen. They are selling non-existent cars. Cars that only exist in the addled brain of a demented leader who thinks 1981 was a year ago.
DEI for White kids who flunk college. Nice.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
DEI for White kids who flunk college. Nice.
The End of the Cold War led to a victorious malaise. Here we are now, entertain us/I feel stupid and contagious eventually became Trump coming down that escalator.
The Anglophone world getting so bored out of its mind it entered a self-inflicted death spiral is one of those "stop, get me off this ride" realizations
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The End of the Cold War led to a victorious malaise. Here we are now, entertain us/I feel stupid and contagious eventually became Trump coming down that escalator.
Reposted by Dr. Bradley Onishi
1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea.
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
Most Americans weren’t paying attention to the fact that Korean democracy was startlingly challenged less than a year ago when the president at the time (President Yoon) declared martial law and tried to have his political enemies arrested.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
003: South Korea: K-Pop Demon Hunters IRL
Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 11/06/2025 · 1h 12m
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December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea.
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
If the Lakers sign Chris Paul . . . My great grandmother couldn't speak English. But she could tell you in Japanese how many pts a game Magic Johnson was averaging. My grandma & I used to talk Lakers well into her 90s. My daughter is a budding fan. 5 generations. But I'm not rooting for Chris Paul.
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If the Lakers sign Chris Paul . . . My great grandmother couldn't speak English. But she could tell you in Japanese how many pts a game Magic Johnson was averaging. My grandma & I used to talk Lakers well into her 90s. My daughter is a budding fan. 5 generations. But I'm not rooting for Chris Paul.
Today the spotlight for war crimes is on Hegseth. Last week DOJ outed Noem. Can’t wait for the day when it’s this asshole’s turn.
Homan threatens to arrest Mpls police chief O'Hara for expressing concern about ICE tactics: "Bottom line is when ICE or Border Patrol shows up, they'll have gear on, & they may be wearing a mask to protect from doxxing themselves and their children...he ought to put his badge in the dust drawer"
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today the spotlight for war crimes is on Hegseth. Last week DOJ outed Noem. Can’t wait for the day when it’s this asshole’s turn.
When you hit the booger sugar all night in order to shitpost frenetically, then can’t make it though the workday.
How many times is Donald Trump going to doze off during a cabinet meeting before the media starts questioning his mental and physical health?
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When you hit the booger sugar all night in order to shitpost frenetically, then can’t make it though the workday.