Prayer as Propaganda: How Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War” Video Rewrites Scripture

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In this episode, Mike Smithgall dissects Pete Hegseth’s viral Lord’s Prayer video and its disturbing fusion of religion and state power. Using biblical analysis and historical parallels from Sinclair Lewis and Eugene Debs, he explains how Christian nationalism repackages faith as propaganda and patriotism as obedience.

This episode asks a hard question: when government officials use prayer to sanctify military imagery, is it devotion, or theater?

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