Free Speech? Journalists Turn In Access Badges, Exit Pentagon Rather Than Agree To New Reporting Rules
Members of the Pentagon press corp carry their belongings out of the Pentagon after turning in their press credentials, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
For all the rhetoric to the contrary, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has abandoned Free Speech and the First Amendment by running off reporters from the Pentagon. Hegseth is a Christian Nationalist and believes in Christian dominionism, which is a form of theocratic ideology that pushes Christian dominance over all spheres of public life. President Trump believes Hegseth is correct to muzzle the press because "the press is very dishonest."
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Patrick Wood is a leading and critical expert on Sustainable Development, Green Economy, Agenda 21, 2030 Agenda and historic Technocracy. He is the author of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation (2015) and co-author of Trilaterals Over Washington, Volumes I and II (1978-1980) with the late Antony C. Sutton.
