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

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