<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Axis Mundi Network : The Axis Mundi Daily Brief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Daily Brief—a short, focused analysis of the most important developments in religion and politics. Not just what happened—but what it means, and what to watch next. ]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/s/the-axis-mundi-daily-brief</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pR3C!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3aabb0da-c151-4f89-b50e-1ab05ce09df9_256x256.png</url><title>The Axis Mundi Network : The Axis Mundi Daily Brief</title><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/s/the-axis-mundi-daily-brief</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:10:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Bradley Onishi]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[brad@nishemedia.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[brad@nishemedia.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[brad@nishemedia.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[brad@nishemedia.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[What is a "PINO"? Religious Democrats and the Battle for Christian Voters]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the GOP Loses its Monopoly Over Faith Narrative, They Rely on Breaking Election Security Measures]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/why-christian-nationalists-are-calling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/why-christian-nationalists-are-calling</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:01:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210161654/69df67ba5ac52c741ec3885325840957.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Canceling Thanksgiving Is a Gift to the MAGA Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[A note on Francesca Hong, a six-year-old tweet, and why Democrats can&#8217;t afford to fight supermajority issues]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/dont-cancel-thanksgiving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/dont-cancel-thanksgiving</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew D. Taylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:01:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210019115/7d3241676fa77412d1039358862b99c1.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christian Nationalist Admits He Never Wanted Small Government]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jack Posobiec wants big government to take immigrants out - not to make necessities more accessible to everyone]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/christian-nationalist-admits-he-never</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/christian-nationalist-admits-he-never</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:03:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209862945/6a05aa02456850f95949def83b4f5bab.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why There Are No Older Trad Wives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Trad Wife Image is a Fantasy - Women Who Do Everything Right Still Aren't Safe]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/why-there-are-no-older-trad-wives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/why-there-are-no-older-trad-wives</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rev. Angela Denker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:01:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209731350/264c9d7ff1223f35fc08ef6bb246a456.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's AI Crucifix Kiss is a Slap in the Face to All Catholics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump represents himself as greater than Jesus, disrespecting the Catholic devotional practice of kissing the crucifix]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/trump-kisses-crucifix-disrespects</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/trump-kisses-crucifix-disrespects</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:00:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209571130/265a9b323cbc7c8835426d10f37eed90.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Upholds Christian Nationalist Vision of Religious Liberty]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Federal Judge Decides That a Religious Liberty Commission Without Religious Diversity is "Balanced"]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/judge-upholds-christian-nationalist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/judge-upholds-christian-nationalist</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:00:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209200226/89c639199818c158712bf898d8f498ea.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICE Targets Evangelical Pastors Who Have Legal Work Visas]]></title><description><![CDATA[ICE Agents Detain, Mock, and Threaten Family Separation for Latino Pastors From the Assemblies of God, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin's Conservative Denomination]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/ice-targets-evangelical-pastors-with</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/ice-targets-evangelical-pastors-with</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly Berkley Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209066682/5388c2bfc85c2beb9b689bf2dbbea550.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire, Christian Nationalism, and Creation Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate change is exposing the gap between apocalyptic Christianity and the Bible's vision of creation.]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-fire-faith-and-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-fire-faith-and-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rev. Angela Denker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:01:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208864489/e25d77e3e0a2992b360c3ff955ebd449.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authoritarianism 101: Trump Wants the Government to Decide What's True]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump Orders Alternative History Signs Put Up at the Smithsonian]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/authoritarianism-101-trump-wants</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/authoritarianism-101-trump-wants</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Miller (he/him)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:16:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208788090/f2e9319cf5d57e98415e0519150b2b77.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today we&#8217;re talking about yet another <a href="https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-ramps-attacks-smithsonian-executive-action-ordering-new/story?id=135115121">Trump executive order</a>. This is an executive order that Donald Trump issued over the weekend directing the Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service, to post signs outside the Smithsonian&#8211;<em>outside the National Museum of American History</em>&#8211;warning visitors that the accounts of American history contained inside are not accurate and directing them to alternative resources. It&#8217;s essentially the creation of an alternative past based on fantasy.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's Christian Nationalist "Whites Only" Refugee Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helping Refugees Is Not One of White Evangelicals' Core Beliefs]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/trumps-christian-nationalist-whites</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/trumps-christian-nationalist-whites</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly Berkley Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:02:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208615061/a9e5c9366780144544e2bf4e18b18ed1.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Young Christian Nationalists Keeping America’s War Machine Running]]></title><description><![CDATA[As public opinion sours on Israel, a young generation of evangelical leaders is stepping up to keep the war machine running.]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/millennial-christian-nationalist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/millennial-christian-nationalist</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew D. Taylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:01:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208271049/a29e9846534903e9c7f3cb2ebfe495b8.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | Trump Administration, Teen Girls, and Fertility Goals]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Christian Nationalism Is Reshaping Public School Sex Education and Exploiting Vulnerable Girls]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-trump-administration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-trump-administration</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rev. Angela Denker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208151613/62b96d2a8144b8152d4af19e9285eed0.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The SAVE Act and Evangelical Election Denial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Evangelicals' Carefully Constructed Alternate Reality Primes them to Fall for Trump's Harebrained Preemptive Election Denial Schemes]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/the-save-act-and-evangelical-election</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/the-save-act-and-evangelical-election</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly Berkley Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:01:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208000249/65587e4cecd203fa24661af4c7c51811.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | Sneak Peek: American Caesar by Bradley B. Onishi]]></title><description><![CDATA[American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords are Turning America into a Monarchy]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-sneak-peek-american</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-sneak-peek-american</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:01:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207864415/ef46bfa591f50d33b596dbe1311c2496.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | Hegseth's Gender Ideology: Testosterone, Masculinity, and the Military ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth's proposal to test military personnel for testosterone reveals the gender ideology at the heart of White Christian nationalism.]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-hegseths-gender</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-hegseths-gender</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Miller (he/him)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:01:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207727350/a09e20faeb12b5b1aecbc1741b45d7e0.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | Peter Thiel, the Antichrist, and Apocalyptic Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why a Silicon Valley Billionaire&#8217;s Apocalyptic Theology Deserves our Attention.]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-peter-thiel-the-05b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-peter-thiel-the-05b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew D. Taylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:02:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207369759/8383b5d8768e762929b8af21b0473157.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | GOP Sharia Law Panic Is Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Right's Political Strategy of Manufactured Fear of Religious Minorities]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-the-gops-sharia-82a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-the-gops-sharia-82a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly Berkley Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:00:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207238348/38c4e2f7908b1c7c11d8a62c2fc5db10.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | Josh Hawley Wants More Than an Attorney General]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hidden Ties Between Josh Hawley and Leonard Leo, and the Fight to Outlaw Abortion through Exploitation of the U.S. Attorney General Confirmation Process]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-todd-blanche-josh-58c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-todd-blanche-josh-58c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Onishi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:02:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207108888/b608de123c5d4570b90fb524620516b2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | Eulogizing Lindsey Graham: The Problem With Sanitizing Political Legacies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Speaking the Truth After Powerful People Die: the Balancing Act of Honoring the Vulnerable People They Hurt and Respecting Grieving Family and Friends]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-eulogizing-lindsey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-eulogizing-lindsey</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rev. Angela Denker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:01:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206961876/219204add88584095c801a832c66845a.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Axis Daily Brief | Lindsey Graham and the Theo-logic of Presidential Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Lindsey Graham's Hawkishness Laid the Groundwork for Today's Unfettered Executive Authority]]></description><link>https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-lindsey-graham-and-385</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-lindsey-graham-and-385</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Miller (he/him)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:01:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206780887/c9d45da610a089ad92ff0b2ea42b26e2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>