The Majority Report with Sam Seder 3584 - Kimmel Silenced; Tracking ICE Abuses; Trump The Mafia Don w/ Austin Kocher, Dan O’Sullivan
Sep 18, 2025
Austin Kocher, a political and legal geographer at Syracuse University, reveals alarming trends in ICE activities and the rising deportation rates driven by non-criminal cases. He offers insights into the Enforcement Dashboard, highlighting geographic patterns of arrests and troubling detention conditions, including those affecting pregnant detainees. Dan O'Sullivan, co-host of The Outfit, connects the dots between Donald Trump's leadership and mafia-style tactics, discussing extortion-like demands and the financial ties linking organized crime to American institutions.
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FCC And Corporate Merger Power Play
- Brendan Carr and corporate broadcasters align to weaponize content moderation for regulatory favors.
- Emma and Sam argue this consolidation trades free speech protections for corporate mergers and political patronage.
Censoring Jokes To Manufacture Crisis
- Jimmy Kimmel's joke about the shooter and Charlie Kirk was factually correct yet used as pretext for censorship.
- Hosts call out a coordinated effort to manufacture crises to justify authoritarian state and corporate censorship.
Use Public Dashboards To Counter Opacity
- Use enforcementdashboard.com to track ICE arrests and challenge administration claims with data.
- Austin Kocher recommends public access to simplified datasets to counter government opacity.
