For Hegseth, It’s One Military Under God

对于赫格斯来说,这是一支上帝旗下的军队

What A Day

2026-04-06

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is inserting Christian nationalism into the culture and policy of the armed forces, and that’s drawing concern both inside and outside the military. The Pentagon had spent years making non-Christians feel more welcome, but as Washington Post religion reporter Michelle Boorstein explains, Hegseth has rolled back that work in favor of a particular brand of evangelical Christianity. And in headlines, President Donald Trump shares an expletive-laden Easter message for Iran, U.S. Special Operations forces rescue Air Force members who were shot down, and the administration argues that construction of a $400 million ballroom is a matter of national security. Show Notes: Check out Michelle’s reporting https://tinyurl.com/3rr9fwxv Sign up for the Empire City Podcast Club at crookedideas.org/empirecity Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Monday, April 6th.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day, the show that has good news.

  • You absolutely could eat your painted Easter eggs.

  • Bad news.

  • They'd still be hard-boiled eggs, the single lowest form of egg.

  • So maybe it's better if you didn't.

  • On today's show, the Trump administration argues construction of its $400 million ballroom

  • is actually a matter of national security.

  • And President Donald Trump shares a heartwarming Easter message.

  • I would repeat it now, but we're going to give you a little more time to cover your children's ears.

  • So let's start with Easter, as in the religious holiday.

  • For billions around the world, Sunday marked the Christian celebration of Easter.

  • In Vatican City, Pope Leo XIV gave his first Easter Mass as pontiff and took the opportunity

  • to call for peace around the world.

  • This interpretation is provided by Reuters.

  • Let those who have weapons lay them down.

  • Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace.

  • Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue.

  • Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them.

  • Sounds pretty Christian to me.