@lisawborden.bsky.social
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.
@lisawborden.bsky.socialPolitical violence (or threats) is always abhorrent, regardless of who is targeted. Unlike Trump, I would never say MTG deserved it - no one does. But it really bothers me that she and others who egged Trump on take no responsibility for creating the current climate
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.comReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialsome remarks, from @nathankalmoe.bsky.social, putting this era of murder into historical context. short version: it's not as bad as it's gotten before... but the signs are deeply upsetting.
@lisawborden.bsky.socialSpy Magazine’s Spy 100, its “annual census of the most annoying, alarming and appalling people, places and things,” always included Trump. In 1987, they nailed it with “didn’t promise he’d never run for office” as a misdeed that landed him at 3. “Didn’t run for office” kept him from the top spot.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.social“We need to get rid of all these people…Even if the Republicans don’t win for the next ten years, it’s probably best to wash these people out, you know, so you can get cleaned—clean slate.”
@therickydavila.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialThe winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026 is Navi Pillay, a brave extraordinary woman who has served at the International Criminal Court prosecuting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Immediately after being notified she had won, she mocked the orange felon on video. Love her. 💙👊
@lisawborden.bsky.socialI am worried that they do indeed want to watch that. And figure out some way to bet on it.
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@chadbourn.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialThe whine heard around the world.
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@sifill.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialPrecisely.
@adamserwer.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialI think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
@lisawborden.bsky.socialI loved that thing.
@atrupar.comReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialOssoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
@lisawborden.bsky.socialNobel Peace Prize goes to Navi Pillay. It’s hard not to see this a a rebuke of Trump as well.
@lisawborden.bsky.socialThis is truly barbaric.
@splcenter.orgReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialOn DAF Day, SPLC President and CEO Ryan Haygood joined a coalition of partners in advancing the “Free Your DAF” campaign, explaining how deplatforming donor-advised funds (DAFs) weakens civil society.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3UkZzpb
@kenklippenstein.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialDiplomatic cable leaked to me shows Marco Rubio order embassies to bar people from the US for speech-related reasons. Hours later, Rubio gave a speech at the Acropolis celebrating "free debate and public discussion":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-speech...
@suss2hyphens.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.social“No Way To Prevent This,” Says Only Ballpark Where This Regularly Happens
@bcfinucane.bsky.socialReposted by @lisawborden.bsky.socialNothing says "deserves a Nobel Peace Prize" like launching unnecessary wars. Funnily enough, according to the State Department one of the eight wars Trump supposedly ended (in 2025) was the war between Israel and Iran. So much for that.
@lisawborden.bsky.socialI miss Spy Magazine SO much. Spy had Trump's number decades before he ruined the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
