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Oct 7, 2026
Mark HertlingGUEST
Again, the devils are in the details.
Ben ParkerHOST
The last one is the Office of Religious Affairs.
Mark HertlingGUEST
Yeah
Ben ParkerHOST
He wants a new office in the Pentagon the, with a director who reports directly to the sec- to the Secretary of Defense just for religious affairs.
Jeff McCauslandGUEST
You don't have strong military traditions.
Jeff McCauslandGUEST
And then closed out his remarks by talking about the establishment of the Office of Religious Affairs.
Jeff McCauslandGUEST
30 seconds, Jeff, 30 seconds.
Jeff McCauslandGUEST
To report directly to him.
John AhernHOST
I haven't seen it, no.
Brandon OgbornHOST
We're, uh, getting a whole killer robot dog division and a, uh, Office of Religious Affairs at the, uh, Department of War at the Pentagon.
John AhernHOST
I did not hear about this.
Brandon OgbornHOST
Yeah, so a lot of things.
John AhernHOST
Yeah.
Brandon OgbornHOST
Just killer robot dogs and priests.
John AhernHOST
An Office of Religious Affairs.
Brandon OgbornHOST
Yeah.
Laura RiceHOST
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Laura RiceHOST
Meanwhile, there's a push to spiritualize the military, what we know about the creation of a Pentagon office of religious affairs.
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Laura RiceHOST
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Renzo DowneyGUEST
Thank you.
Laura RiceHOST
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week he's creating a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs.
Laura RiceHOST
It's part of a bigger push to spiritualize the military, which Hegseth says has been degraded by secular humanism.
Egberto WilliesHOST
There are, every, every single Republican that goes ahead and tries that, the people in Texas are pushing back, and that's what's scaring the bejesus out of these Republicans.
Egberto WilliesHOST
But you know, how can we expect any different? I want to, uh, read something, because when Stephen started to talk about the Office of Religious, uh, what do they call this? Uh, the Office of Religious Affairs, right? You know, on, under what context he formed it.
Egberto WilliesHOST
He, and he actually s- he actually said it, Psalms 33:12.
Arnie ArnesenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs]
Egberto WilliesHOST
Psalms 33:12 was the basis, the context under which the Office of Religious Affairs was formed.
Egberto WilliesHOST
And then of course he used Ephesians 6 for the reasons why we had to arm the self that we're arming.
Egberto WilliesHOST
So we are now a biblical coun- Our military is now based on biblical language out of, hey, the Bible, my friends.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Um, gonna kinda get into the just current events of the day right now.
Scott JohnsonHOST
US Department of War leader maniac Pete Hegseth said, quote, "Today at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs." This is the government.
Scott JohnsonHOST
This is the United States government.
Scott JohnsonHOST
The Office of Religious Affairs? It will report straight to the top, meaning to, you know, that godless devil Trump and his satanic handlers, okay? A direct line to the secretary.
Scott JohnsonHOST
As Psalm 33:12 extols us, this was Pete Hegseth saying this, "Blessed is the nation in which God is their Lord." These slime have the audacity to go and evoke scripture and try to ride the coattails of the Bible and Jesus in order to invoke their call to some kind of, um, holy war, okay? Which is, it's the exact opposite thing.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Now, here's Hegseth doing this with this gigantic American flag backdrop behind him.
Scott JohnsonHOST
And they're targeting the whites more than any other demographic by far on purpose.
Scott JohnsonHOST
We're gonna once again prove that today, um, in spades.
Egberto WillisGUEST
But, you know, how can we expect any different? I wonder...
Egberto WillisGUEST
I read something because when Stephen started to talk about the Office of Religious, uh, what do they call this? The, uh, the Office of Religious Affairs, right? You know, on- under what context he formed it.
Egberto WillisGUEST
He- and he actually, he actually said it.
Egberto WillisGUEST
Psalms 33:12.
Arnie ArnesenHOST
[laughs]
Egberto WillisGUEST
Psalms 33:12 was the basis, the context under which the Office of Religious Affairs was formed.
Egberto WillisGUEST
And then, of course, he used Ephesians 6 for the reasons why we had to arm the self that we're arming.
Egberto WillisGUEST
So we are now a biblical co- Our military is now based on biblical language out of, hey, the Bible, my friends.
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
He announced, I hope I get this right.
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs.
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
He went on to say it will report straight to the top, a direct line to the secretary.
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
As Psalm 3312 extols us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord.
Dean BlundellHOST
Easily the, you know, other than Trump, the most objectionable human being in the, in the Third Reich.
Dean BlundellHOST
Um, standing in front of troops at Quantico, same stage last year where he said, "No more dudes in dresses." He announced the United States [laughs] military, and you and I are gonna go back to 1933 for this, uh, now has an office of religious affairs and he's gonna head that up.
Steve SchmidtGUEST
[laughs]
Dean BlundellHOST
Um, he, he, he answers to nobody but him, by the way, this office of religious affairs.
Dean BlundellHOST
Um, it will control who gets to become a chaplain.
Dean BlundellHOST
He will control the budget.
26 MINS LATER
Steve SchmidtGUEST
See you soon.
Dean BlundellHOST
You got it.
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