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"Digging for the Truth" Experiment #4 -- The Federalist Radio Hour


I first heard of Sean Davis last week. He created an online magazine called The Federalist in 2011, and he currently has about 500,000 followers on X. 

It was about last week that he posted something amazing. He suggested if the Supreme Court doesn't rule the way they should, not only should Trump just ignore the ruling, if they keep obstructing the administration, he should just dissolve the Court altogether. 

And I thought, wow. This guy is saying outrageous stuff like that, and there's an audience for it. 

So, I decided I'd listen to an episode of The Federalist podcast:

April 17, 2025 -- Deportation, Due Process, and Deference to the American People (40 minutes)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deportation-due-process-and-deference-to-the/id983782306?i=1000703904873

In the 40-minute conversation, the host and guest discussed why due process wasn't required for illegal immigrants. 

The case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was mentioned for a brief second, but they dismissed him as a known bad guy, and didn't seem too concerned over what happened to him specifically. They were content, for the most part, to keep the discussion general to the bigger picture. 

Overall, the show felt like they weren't trying to cater to a neutral audience. If you're listening to this podcast and reading the stuff on the website, you're probably already a believer. 

It bothered me that they took for granted that Garcia was a bad guy, and so I dug a little bit deeper to see what evidence proved this.

Check out this headline from the Homeland Security official government website:

"DHS Releases Bombshell Investigative Report on Kilmar Abrego Garcia Suspected Human Trafficking Incident." 

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04/18/dhs-releases-bombshell-investigative-report-kilmar-abrego-garcia-suspected-human

Wow. Bombshell. Okay, let's read this. Garcia was stopped for a traffic violation. He had additional people in the car. They were driving across country but didn't have luggage. The police officer let them go on their way. 

From that, Homeland Security argues it's irrefutable that Garcia was involved in human trafficking? 

They also note why he's a gang member: Because an unidentified informant said so. 

Color me unconvinced. 

Of course whether he's a "bad guy" or not shouldn't matter. Due process is for everyone, "guilty" or "innocent," American citizen or not. 

I'm not sure why this is a difficult concept to understand. Imagine if someone with political power just said Trump was guilty of one of the many crimes he's been accused out. No opportunity for him to present evidence. Just send him off to a foreign prison for life. 

Just imagine the outrage that would produce. 



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