Lisa Borden

@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.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered a police investigation into alleged ties between a donor network co-founded by JD Vance and the presidential campaign of Flávio Bolsonaro in the run-up to Sunday's election.

Brazilian judge orders investigation into JD Vance donor network

A presidential candidate in Brazil alleged that Vance’s Rockbridge Network discussed potential aid to the campaign of Flávio Bolsonaro. Rockbridge denies involvement.

washingtonpost.com

Flávio Bolsonaro just lost in Brazil. Viktor Orban lost in Hungary. On Tuesday Benjamin Netanyahu will lose in Israel. Come next Tuesday we will win the midterms and take first step to destroying MAGA and putting Trump in prison! (That must be our goal)

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)

The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

nytimes.com

So, what if Dan S. Sullivan wins by a slim margin? How will we know he wasn't pushed over the line by people who meant to vote for the independent, Dan J. Sullivan, Jr.? Hopefully, he'll get creamed and this won't even be a conversation, ridiculous as it is. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

DOJ seeks to block Alaska Senate result if Republican incumbent narrowly loses

In a lawsuit, the Justice Department cited confusion over two similarly named candidates, including Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.

washingtonpost.com

In its ongoing quest to suppress votes and maintain white supremacy in government, the Trump admin is trying to change the #Census in ways that are unconstitutional. The proposed rule would eliminate collection of race/ethnicity data, stop counting non-citizens without a green card, and /1

A Texas Republican wants a billboard featuring Trump's endorsement to come down. A lawyer for Eric Flores, who's running in a competitive House district, sent a cease and desist over a billboard it argues could "cause voter confusion."

A Texas Republican Wants a Billboard Featuring Trump's Endorsement to Come Down

A lawyer for Eric Flores, who is running in a competitive House district, sent a cease and desist over a billboard it argues could “cause voter confusion.”

washingtonsun.com

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump threatened California election officials with jail time hours after DOJ warned that they could face “criminal exposure” if they do not disenfranchise thousands of voters the federal government has flagged as potential noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘They will all go to jail’: Trump threatens California officials amid push to reject 20,000 ballots

Trump’s threat marks the latest escalation in his administration’s effort to throw out 20,000 votes from Californians.

democracydocket.com