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Mike Zamore

@mzamore.bsky.social

ACLU, freedom, rights, justice. Two-decade Capitol Hill alum. Also wannabe Oregonian, long suffering Cleveland sports fan, proud dad, not necessarily in that order.

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Mike Zamore@mzamore.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today, House Judiciary picked up the Trump Dep. of Injustice bogus arguments against the Southern Poverty Law Center. You may not be a supporter of the SPLC’s work, or may even dislike what they do, but make no mistake — this vendetta puts your rights at risk too. www.aclu.org/news/free-sp...

Trump Administration Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at Risk

Indicting Southern Poverty Law Center, a major civil rights organization, is the Trump administration’s latest effort to punish groups it doesn't like.

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ACLU@aclu.org · 7mo ago

This blatant retaliation against Senator Kelly is more evidence of the Trump administration's pattern of punishing political opposition and chilling dissent. President Trump wants elected officials to shut their mouths about his administration, but we all have a right to criticize the government.

Hegseth announces censure and potential demotion of Sen. Mark Kelly

The Trump administration has targeted the Arizona Democrat, a retired Navy officer, over a video reminding U.S. troops they can disobey illegal orders.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 10mo ago

George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 10mo ago

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7." @timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

Mike Zamore@mzamore.bsky.social · 11mo ago

An hour ago I was live on the radio tomorrow! Good to join Australia's Radio National Breakfast to talk about the president's use of the National Guard on a flimsy pretext to intimidate and punish those who don't agree with him. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Donald Trump says US military may deploy to Chicago and Baltimore - ABC listen

US President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy National Guard troops to cities across the country, expanding a crackdown on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration. Two weeks after the W...

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Mike Zamore@mzamore.bsky.social · 12mo ago

“Once a govt is committed to... silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” h/t @normeisen.bsky.social

Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States | Harry S. Truman

August 8, 1950 To the Congress of the United States: I am presenting to the Congress certain considerations concerning the steps we need to take to preserve our basic liberties and to protect the inte...

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ACLU of the District of Columbia@aclu-dc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Today, the president foreshadowed that if these heavy-handed tactics take root in D.C., they will be rolled out to other majority-Black and Brown cities, like Chicago, Oakland and Baltimore, across the country. That should alarm everyone, not just Washingtonians.

On a black background with red ACLU-D.C. logo, white and red text reads, "Making D.C. the test case for federalizing local policing—by deploying the National Guard and seizing control of our police force—is political theater and a blatantly phony justification for abuse of emergency powers." -Monica Hopkins, Executive Director, ACLU-D.C.
Greg Casar@gregcasar.bsky.social · last yr.

Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws. Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done. That's what's happening in Texas right now.

Mike Zamore@mzamore.bsky.social · last yr.

The most prestigious public school in NYC only accepted 8 students to a class of 781. It is a constitutional abomination that this SCOTUS majority says it’s discriminatory to try to fix that

Mike Zamore@mzamore.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're trying to keep your "weaponization of government" scorecard current, make sure you add Trump's wildly inappropriate invocation of Magnitsky Act sanctions against a Brazilian judge on behalf of a fellow sore loser president prosecuted for his illegal actions

The Contrarian@contrariannews.org · last yr.

Trump’s tax bill is on a knife’s edge, with a final vote expected before July 4. Mike Zamore joins Jen and Norm to unpack the bill, the filibuster, and the surprises in the vote count. Catch Coffee with Contrarians today at 9:15am ET.

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Mike Zamore@mzamore.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats America! The Senate majority just voted to repeal math, so now we can have nice stuff for free! Turns out if you continue existing tax cuts or spending policy, it doesn't raise deficits or have a cost. Also, everyone gets a pony!