S2 Ep153: Reporters Now Need ESCORTS to Do Their Jobs at the Pentagon (w/ Elliot Williams)
About this episode
Sarah Longwell and Elliot Williams discuss legal battles affecting the country, press freedom at the Pentagon, and the implications of rewriting the January 6th attack narrative.
Sarah Longwell and Elliot Williams explain a series of legal fights that go to the core of how the country operates—from whether birthright citizenship could actually be undone, to a new immigration detention policy that could keep people locked up for years. They also discuss the Pentagon’s escalating clash with the press and what it means for the First Amendment and the surreal push to rewrite the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Correction (March 31, 2026, 9:20 p.m. EDT): Elliot Williams mistakenly mentioned San Antonio, Texas as the location of a court conducting legal proceedings involving abortion pills; in fact, the court is in Amarillo, Texas.
People in this episode
Host: Sarah Longwell
Guest: Elliot Williams
Topics covered
- First Amendment
- immigration policy
- press freedom
- birthright citizenship
- January 6th
- legal battles
Keywords
- Pentagon
- press
- First Amendment
- immigration detention
- birthright citizenship
- January 6th
- legal fights
Mentioned in this episode
Places: United States, Pentagon, San Antonio, Texas, Amarillo, Texas
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