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Lisa Borden

@lisawborden.bsky.social
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Deputy Federal Policy Director, Southern Poverty Law Center #HumanRights and #CivilRights lawyer. LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Posts are my personal views.

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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 3h
I miss Spy Magazine SO much. Spy had Trump's number decades before he ruined the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Do You Miss Spy Magazine? For One Month, It’s Back.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first issue, the long-defunct satirical monthly is resurfacing vintage articles about Trump on Substack.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
"Whatever conclusions reached by the commission of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires, they'll be handed off to Hegseth, who believes wars are won by whichever side can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military is dragging DoD down by the day."
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“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire
Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12h
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 13h
The @splcenter.org joins NAACP LDF’s call for Congressional and international scrutiny of deaths of Black people, many by hanging or drowning, that rightly evoke fears of a return to the lynching era. Authorities must conduct thorough and transparent investigations. www.splcenter.org/presscenter/...
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SPLC Calls For Rigorous, Transparent Investigations Into Deaths of Black People Throughout the South
The SPLC has not drawn conclusions about any individual case but is calling for investigations that meet the standards every family is owed.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Three elected Alabama public officials, all Republicans, were running a human trafficking ring. They were arrested and booked this weekend. weartv.com/news/local/a...
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Three Alabama officials among 17 arrested in Atmore undercover prostitution sting
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. -- Three public officials in Alabama were among the 17 people arrested Friday in a multi-day undercover prostitution sting in Escambia Cou
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 05/10/2026
The SPLC offers our deepest condolences to Nolan Wells' family, who are still asking how their son died. We also extend our sympathies to other families whose loved ones were found hanging under circumstances that have left unanswered questions and profound grief.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'll barely miss being eligible to get this $90, which Trump is obviously using as a bribe to win back some senior voters. What would be great is if everyone who gets it (and can afford to do so) immediately makes a $90 donation to a Dem in a competitive race. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniors
The White House said the one-time payments would be drawn from a fund set up to improve Medicare.
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Akallabêth 🇺🇦 @akallabeth24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year. n.pr/4z0FPpq
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'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/QewniBV
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Each October, the @splcenter.org observes Hate Crime Awareness Month as part of our ongoing effort to draw attention to the pressing need to prevent hate crimes and the spread of the extreme ideologies that are often at their core. www.splcenter.org/presscenter/...
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Anti-Black Hate Remains the Largest Category of Race-Based Hate Crimes as SPLC Marks Hate Crimes Awareness Month
Anti-Black hate accounted for the largest number of race-based hate crimes and incidents reported to the FBI in 2025 even as the overall number of reported hate crimes declined.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I really hope that any man who has a daughter or a sister or other young woman in their lives will reflect on whether they would find it excusable for a gang of men to have sex with her when she was extremely drunk or high, whether or not they got her that way.
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Adam Brooks @adamrbroooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SCOTUS looked at the harm of people being dumped in foreign lands, and the harm of the government not being able to disappear people… and sided with the government.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump administration used DHS funds for pro-Trump ads, Dems say
Congressional Democrats said the White House used $20 million for the ad campaign from funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.org.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Republicans have spent the last two years working hand in glove with Trump to trash everything that matters to ordinary people but since they are paying a political price they’ll a goal line stand with bills that make it appear they give a damn. They don’t.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-gop-go...
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The GOP Governing Collapse
In Iran and elsewhere. Plus all the links.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
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Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I love @warondumb.bsky.social for this.
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Danny Miller @danielmilleresq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm proud to have helped organize this. If you're a lawyer or law student, sign up for this nonpartisan rally next Tuesday. You'll hear from @meiselasb.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social among other champions of the rule law about what YOU can do to protect our free and fair elections.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If “trafficking in verifiable falsehoods about national security" is grounds for being banned from the White House, Trump should move out immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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White House Defends Trump’s Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico in Court Filing
President Trump determined that CNN, MS NOW and Politico were in ‘violation of the standards of professionalism and decorum’ expected at the White House.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you are taking any comfort in the idea that extremely smart and responsible adults are leading AI development, read this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/t...
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This A.I. House Can Provide You With Connections. It Also Has a Dark Side.
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 20/09/2026
Putting a drone launching site directly in the landing path for DCA is a stupid, dangerous, and unworkable idea. Trump clearly expects to lose a lawsuit and therefore wants to set up a pretext to argue that the arch is tied to national security. Which is obviously idiotic.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The President probably wants to design some new uniforms for the buff, testosterone-boosted young men he and his pathetic Pentagon chief are so excited about. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...
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A.I. Gone Rogue? Trump Proposes Not New Rules but an ‘A.I. Force.’
The president proposed a follow-up to his Space Force but continued to dismiss worries about A.I.’s pace or potential for harm.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I will never understand why a bunch of people who are obsessed with masculinity are also obsessed with this President. His preening narcissism and fragile ego are some of the least masculine qualities imaginable. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wtf
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HE'S CENSORING THE MEDIA. THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE AUTHORITARIAN PLAYBOOK.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Could be some good reasons the U.S. Constitution doesn’t authorize one man to go to war on a whim. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come
The forecast of economic impacts beyond November’s midterms contrast with the Trump administration’s optimistic messaging.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is fine. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor
The company said Claude leads 26 percent of its research and development, an indicator of progress toward AI that builds itself without human help.
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Alabama Gov Kay Ivey is declining to stop the execution of Jeffrey Lee, sentenced to death by judicial override after his jury recommended life. Judicial override is banned in Alabama, not retroactively. There are about two dozen others in the same position. Lee’s death will be at Ivey’s hand.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is basically extortion. "Nice little state you got here ... let's hope nothing happens to it if you don't vote the way I want you to."
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The venal, juvenile, sel-obsessed President says he will block funding for renovations and close a cherished cultural institution unless he is allowed to name it after himself. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Kennedy Center closes as Trump threatens to stop repairs over naming fight
In a chaotic day, leaders closed down the main building hours after a judge blocked another attempt to return President Trump’s name to the center.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“ProPublica reported that “In the days leading up to Trump Jr.’s wedding, Kremlev was in China as part of the delegation accompanying Putin.” At best, Trump Jr. and his new bride lack anything resembling good judgment. At worst, they’re beholden.” joycevance.substack.com/p/some-thing...
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Some Things Speak for Themselves. Like When the President’s Son Lets a Russian Oligarch Pay for His Wedding.
You’ve undoubtedly heard by now that Don Jr.’s wedding was paid for by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who, according to The Guardian, “has spent the past decade moving through some of Russia’s most po...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Blanche admits there is an "ongoing criminal investigation" into Rep. Ilhan Omar
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
According to a new report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), democracy in the United States has reached its lowest level in 50 years and reflects a broader global pattern of democratic decline. shero.substack.com/p/thanks-to-...
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Thanks to the US, Worldwide Democracy is at an All-Time Low
SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
the Jackson water crisis case is jaw-dropping, and a distilled example of originalism: if judges aren’t convinced that galling government mistreatment of Black people was a constitutional problem in the past, then it isn't a constitutional problem in the present ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Fifth Circuit: Unfortunately, Originalism Means the Government Is Allowed to Poison Your Drinking Water
By defining constitutional rights as narrowly as possible, conservative judges make it easy to conclude that those rights do not exist.
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This should be hilarious.
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Graham Agrees To Debate Dem Senate Nominee - Joe.My.God.
Columbia’s Fox affiliate reports: Sen. Darline Graham has announced that she will take part in a debate with Dr. Annie Andrews in the lead up to the general election for U.S. Senate. Graham announced ...
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Lisa Borden @lisawborden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Followed all the breathless advice about arriving at the Lisbon airport 3 hours early due to long lines and chaos. Been hanging around inside security waiting for a gate announcement for an hour, with my flight still another hour off.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This “noticing” talking point comes out of white nationalist/neo-Nazi circles. Typically part of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
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