Theocratic Drift: Pete Hegseth, Federal Policy, and the Future of Democracy

What one repost, two memos, and a task force tell us about America’s quiet shift toward religious rule.

Late on August 7th, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took to X (formerly Twitter) to repost a nearly seven-minute CNN segment featuring Christian nationalist pastors, who advocated repealing the 19th Amendment, instituting household voting led by men, and enforcing biblical law in public life. Hegseth captioned his share with the slogan: “All of Christ…