Talking Trump and DOGE with the ACLU

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Mike talks with Monica Hopkins, the executive director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia. Given all of the legal challenges to Trump administration actions, this seemed like an ideal time for a discussion with someone on the front lines. Topics Mike and Monica discuss include: - if the ACLU is a progressive-left organization - Trump, DOGE, and threats to federal employees - deportation of undocumented immigrants - ending birthright citizenship - DC statehood ACLU DC on X The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Mike’s Substack: What Fresh Hell is This? Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.7	My guest today is Monica Hopkins, the executive director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia.
1:28.2	And, you know, given that everything that's been going on, it's been so much that relates
1:33.1	to civil liberties, this seems like a really opportune time to be talking with her.
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