Defunding Dissent

How Christian Nationalists Are Gutting Public Media to Control the Narrative

1. Christian Nationalism Is the Story—Not the Victim

Let’s drop the sanctimonious act: Christian nationalism in America isn’t some misunderstood movement—it’s a calculated power grab dressed in a choir robe. Scholars define it as the unholy fusion of Christian identity and American civic religion, weaponized to gatekeep who gets to be a "real American.” Spoiler: It’s not you if you’re brown, queer, atheist, or have the audacity to think science is real.

It’s not about "coexistence." It’s about control—of policy, education, healthcare, and the damn public narrative.

White evangelicals have their fingers in everything: corporate newsrooms, political PACs, school boards, and let’s not forget Christian streaming empires pumping out purity culture like it's holy water. And yet, the second anyone dares to report on this overwhelming influence, we get the persecution pity par…