Culture, Faith and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Topics for this episode of the Thursday morning live stream included: James Talarico answering the people of Texas on CNN, and Adam Swenson remembers his father, Dr. Richard Swenson, on his passing.

Trump's new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is darker than we knew. Amy Hawk joins Pat Kahnke to expose Zacharia's lawyer-bar controversy, deleted conspiracy tweets, childlike facade, and record at DHS with Kristi Noem. In her first briefing Zacharia made clear she's working for Donald Trump, not the American people, fawning over Trump while pushing cruelty behind a Christian mask.

The Markwayne Mullin-led Department of Homeland Security has gone after one of Donald Trump's most vocal adversaries -- Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Homeland Security Investigators raided her DC-area house under the guise of an "investigation" into her immigration status. It's fascism in real time and must be discussed. Plus, right-wing voices tried to sell lies about James Talarico's mental health, and Robert Jeffress wants you to watch a live execution. Pat Kahnke and Ken Napzok discuss all this and more on Culture, Faith, and Politics live!

Does Pete Hegseth want you for his crusade if you're not a Christian? In part 3 of this conversation with retired pastor, Pat Kahnke, Dr. Brad Onishi, author of American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy, argues Pete Hegseth is the prototype for what theocrats want to do to the rest of the country.

Brad Onishi joins Pat Kahnke to explain why MAGA Christians and Christian nationalist leaders now say democracy is the problem and America must save Western civilization with a strongman king. Featuring Doug Wilson, Curtis Yarvin, Peter Thiel and JD Vance, this is Part 2 of our interview on the rise of Western Christian civilizationalism.