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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If 8th Circuit rules as anticipated, People Not Politicians will file emergency appeal to SCOTUS to maintain block on 7-1 gerrymander. The map seemed off the table after SCOTUS' last intervention, but a hostile 8th circuit panel (2 Trump judges, 1 H W Bush) seems likely to rule for MO Republicans

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Getting ahead of his 2 pm (local) return to Missouri Supreme Court, Secretary of State Hoskins says he's directing local election authorities to use the '22 map (6R-2D, though keep half an eye on MO-02, an R+8 district, which could get swept up if a big enough blue wave manifests)

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Chuck Hatfield, counsel for People Not Politicians, tells Missouri Supreme Court that SOS Hoskins told him he understands that he's under an injunction from the state Supreme Court, and that he currently intends to proceed to the general election under the 2022 map (a 6R-2D gerrymander)

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Breaking: Supreme Court stays federal judge's order that Hoskins can only use new 7-1 gerrymander. As of right now, Missouri Supreme Court order blocking that map from being used rules the day. This is all happening at lightning speed

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Overnight: Judge Clark denies Hoskins' extraordinary request to stop the Missouri Supreme Court from holding him in contempt: "Numerous considerations counsel this Court against enjoining a state court of last resort, particularly before it even conducts a hearing" Contempt hearing 10 am local time

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New: 8th Circuit panel (two Trump judges and one W Bush) deny People Not Politicians' request to stay lower court order that Hoskins not use any map -but- the new 7-1 gerrymander (that the Missouri Supreme Court enjoined). We'll be back at SCOTUS, possibly within hours

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today at the 5th Circuit, Louisiana trying to roll back access to mifepristone, the abortion drug (incl bringing back the in-person dispensing requirement). So far Judges Higginson (Obama), Richman (W Bush) & Douglas (Biden) skeptical that you can sue FDA for mifepristone being mailed into LA

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tomorrow at 11 am ET, Missouri Sec of State Denny Hoskins will show up (in person) to explain to the MO Supreme Court why he decided to follow the order of a Trump-appointed federal judge (saying he can use no other map but the new gerrymander) and ignore the Sup Court (says he can't use that map)

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Breaking: SCOTUS will not greenlight Missouri Republicans' attempt to jam through new gerrymander that would change the current 6-2 map to 7-1 for the midterms. That new gerrymander will instead go to a statewide vote before it can be implemented

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New: Talwani denies Trump attempt to lift order blocking his EO. "the late timing of the changes to State elex practices the federal agency seeks to impose by Final Rule are contrary to the public’s need for “clear & settled” “rules of the road” for Nov 3, 2026 midterm elex, now only 2 months away."

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New: Trump mail-in executive order officially blocked again. SCOTUS will be final word here, but, as expected, Judge Talwani granted temporary restraining order for now

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New: Talwani is unblocking Trump's mail-in executive order. This is likely to be very short-lived, and the injunction may be reimposed as soon as today. She said plaintiffs have to amend their complaint to include that USPS has issued a final rule (to satisfy SCOTUS' ripeness concerns) and refile

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

fascinating that the right's renewed fixation on "protecting women" in the WNBA has prompted another round of men throwing dildos onto the court mid-game. maybe, perhaps, what if, there is a throughline connecting these behaviors that has nothing to do with "protection" at all.... .... ...

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Freedom couldn't keep his disdain for women’s sports out of his protestations that he strives only to protect female athletes “I’m gonna try to beat Will Chamberlain’s record, I might go something like over 100 points for sure,” he said when Ingraham asked how many points he’d score in a WNBA game

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As expected, Trump now asking the district judge who handed down the injunction that is still blocking the mail-in executive order, even post yesterday's SCOTUS order, to lift it by 5:30 pm today. I'll update with Judge Talwani's response

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Maybe the most candid a justice has been yet about the majority's partisan lean: Jackson writes that it "inappropriately transforms our discretionary emergency docket into a forum for mandatory review of this Administration’s arguments." Neither Sotomayor nor Kagan joined her dissent

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Jackson candid about SCOTUS' purcell abuse based on the identity of the plaintiff. Says majority decided only that the plaintiffs in the executive order mail-in ballot case - a bunch of blue states - have to wait some undetermined amount of time to challenge the order, even as elections begin

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The America First Policy Institute — founded by members of Trump admin — seems to be closely collaborating with Enes Kanter Freedom, the anti-trans ex-NBA player who was tossed from the Chicago Sky game yesterday talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

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Trump-Aligned America First Policy Institute Backing Ex-NBA Player Tossed from WNBA Game

An organization closely tied to the Trump administration seems to be collaborating...

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In new birthright citizenship orders & the letter to fire Lisa Cook, Trump makes his sentiment clear. SCOTUS exists to help him achieve his political ends; any derivation from that role will be met with public criticism and a war of attrition to wear down the right-wing holdouts into complacency. ⤵️

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

DSCC: “Abdul El-Sayed has run an energetic campaign that inspired thousands of Michiganders across the state, with a clear focus on lowering costs and standing up for working families." Michigan voters "will reject [Rogers] again in November and send Abdul El-Sayed to the United States Senate.”

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Fat lady finally singing — AP calls Michigan for Abdul El-Sayed, dealing another blow to the Dem establishment and raising some critical questions: Can lefty Democrats translate grassroots enthusiasm into statewide wins? Does El-Sayed have enough time to consolidate support after a nasty primary?

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

adding insult to injury for Kansas Republicans — on Monday, a day before voters rejected switching to direct elections for the justices, the Kansas Supreme Court rejected a litany of abortion restrictions, including a requirement that providers give false medical information to abortion patients

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New: Busy night — got a copy of the Politicians Not People lawsuit in response to Missouri SOS Denny Hoskins finding the petition to hold a referendum vote on Republicans' new gerrymander "insufficient." Suit says there are explicit exceptions to the referendum process, and this is not one of them

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🚨 Kansas voters once again reject GOP efforts to trick them into losing abortion rights. The no vote prevails on an amendment that wouldve replaced the indy commission with direct (partisan) elections for Supreme Court justices — which the AG promised would "slowly & quietly" let GOP stock the court

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New: Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins, who dragged out his certification of a petition challenge to the state's new gerrymander until the very last day, now says the challenge is "insufficient." Not because there aren't enough signatures — there clearly are — but because it's "unconstitutional"

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The right now piling on Caitlin Clark for giving a nonanswer on the trans girls in sports question. "Coward," says Megyn Kelly. Matt Walsh says she's the "biggest coward in the history of sports" for not calling out the "anti-white racism" she's supposedly subjected to. Shut up and dribble indeed!

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Something about that seat man – Edwards' predecessor was the scandal-ridden Madison Cawthorn. Texts that will make you physically uncomfortable, personalized Adam Sandler puzzles, "approximately 30" types of ice cream ahead (if you dare): talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-e...

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Bizarre Texts, Gifted Guns, 30 Types of Ice Cream: Rep. Faces Censure Following Sexual Harassment Allegations

The bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Monday recommended that Rep. Chuck Edwards...

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Reading through the House Ethics cmte report on Rep Chuck Edwards 😬: He "wrote poems for Staffer 2, including one that he read at her going away party in the congressional office accompanied by a slideshow, during which he cried. Several staffers present testified that they felt uncomfortable..."

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

That didn’t take long (Cunningham + Riley Gaines from today’s game)

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

1. Sophie Cunningham, Indiana Fever guard, tells ESPN: "young girls in sport" "shouldn't have to go against biological men" 2. an anti-trans rally is planned for the Fever's next game, and two teens holding signs thanking Sophie sit courtside (in seats allegedly paid for by "a generous donor")

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Judge Ballou in WV — Biden appointee — rules that the 2023 REMS on mifepristone is arbitrary/capricious. Eg the restrictions FDA put on prescribing/dispensing the abortion drug are unscientific/ungrounded in the facts. FDA has long had a REMS on mifepristone despite abundant evidence of its safety

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

had fun with @leahlitman.bsky.social chatting about brett 'girl dad' kavanaugh and sam 'pickled brain' alito www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhE...

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Sam Alito Has Gone Feral

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Check it out: @kateriga.bsky.social @talkingpointsmemo.com joined me for a conversation about this SCOTUS term - focusing more on WV v. BPJ (the trans sports ban case): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhE...

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Sam Alito Has Gone Feral

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

between high t Hegseth and JD Vance sharing impure thoughts about Joe Biden eating ice cream, admin serving up a lot of homoeroticism this week

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Durbin came to talk to us after meeting w Todd Blanche - said Blanche said "I made a mistake" about the weaponization fund. Durbin asked for assurances that the admin won't interfere in the midterms — says Blanche said "we won't." Also seemed pretty sure that there aren't many swayable Republicans

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'm at the House approps committee hearing on SCOTUS' request to beef up its security budget. Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are here to represent the Court. Joyce warned members to stay on topic in his opening statement — we'll see if anyone tries to go rogue

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

finally got to write about the WNBA, ty to Republicans for being so dependably unhinged about Caitlin Clark 😘 talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

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Conspiracy Theories Around Lawmakers’ Health Are Going to Keep Spiraling

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

phew, Platner framing the sexual assault allegations as establishment opposition to his grassroots candidacy: "We went toe to toe with one of the most entrenched political systems in the history of the world, and we won...And now, they are not going to let us have it. Not if it’s me."

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

@joshtpm.bsky.social and I recorded an emergency pod on the platner situation, should be up now

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

AOC staying out of the Platner race reflecting better and better on her political instincts

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

continues to just stun me that men with these kinds of skeletons in their closets insist on seeking public office. Jenny Racicot says she messaged Platner afterwards to let him know in no uncertain terms that the encounter was nonconsensual. He knew that was out there, at the very least

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Wonder which dem backer will be the first to jump ship. Warren reportedly had asked Platner if there were gonna be any sexual assault allegations during the big meeting in DC last month

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

That’s curtains for platner. Details are completely sickening. anyone who sorely missed 2024, get ready for a redux in the course of a week

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 02/07/2026

This Supreme Court is willing to make exceptions to its war on executive branch agencies and creation of an all-powerful presidency — they just happen to usually be in service of shielding U.S. capitalism from Trump-imposed turmoil.

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The Supreme Court Let Trump Do Pretty Much Everything He Wanted — Except Mess with the Money

You wouldn’t know it from the right’s ongoing social media tantrum, but...

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

you wouldn't know that the birthright citizenship was a hail mary lob from the wailing and gnashing of teeth on the right. Meltdowns ranked from gently airing our concerns over dinner to bring in the nice men in the white coats talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republi...

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Republican Meltdowns over Birthright Citizenship Decision, Ranked in Order of Sanity

The right is incandescent with rage over the Supreme Court’s (closer than...

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New: Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship. Roberts writes for majority, joined by Barrett and the libs. Kavanaugh concurs in part and dissents in part. Jackson writes concurrence joined partially by Sotomayor. Alito, Gorsuch, Thomas all dissent (+ Gorsuch also signs on to Thomas' dissent)

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