Can a president shut out reporters because he doesn’t like their coverage? Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang take on Donald Trump’s sudden ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. They explore the constitutional stakes of revoking press credentials, why press freedom protects the public as well as journalists, and whether federal courts will hold the line against a president determined to punish his critics.

Then, Oklahoma state representative and Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) official Mickey Dollens joins the conversation to examine the spreading threat of religious coercion and Christian nationalism, from coaches pressuring student athletes to pray to government sponsorship of prayer in statehouses. When does an invitation to participate become pressure to conform? And what happens to freedom of conscience when those in power expect you to share their faith?

Two fights over the First Amendment, connected by one critical question: Can those in authority force the rest of us to fall in line?


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Timestamps:
01:13 – Trump Banned CNN, Politico, and MSNow from the White House
12:07 – The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth
19:28 – An Update on the Kennedy Center Naming Debacle
26:27 – Trump’s DC Arch
33:37 – Prayer and School Sport with Mickey Dollens

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