Kate Riga
@kateriga.bsky.social
Covering the Supreme Court etc at TPM & co-hosting the Josh Marshall Podcast; Philly-born Mystics diehard 🚴♀️🏃♀️Call me/beep me: kateriga.24/ kate@talkingpointsmemo.com 📸 Leah Miessler, Anna Moneymaker
Marty Lederman's amicus brief did end up giving SCOTUS a way out on National Guard occupations. Risk now - does Trump invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy active duty military to blue cities? And if he does, will the Court stop him? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s National Guard Occupation of Chicago
The Supreme Court upheld a block on the National Guard’s deployment to...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Marty Lederman's amicus brief did end up giving SCOTUS a way out on National Guard occupations. Risk now - does Trump invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy active duty military to blue cities? And if he does, will the Court stop him? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
In a twist, it was Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) who forcefully grilled a Trump nominee today on his preachings about marriage not being "intended" for disabled people, "transgenderism & homosexuality" being "sexual perversions" & wives' obligation to serve their husbands talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kennedy...
GOP Senator Grills Trump Nominee on Statement that Marriage Is Not Intended for Disabled People
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), usually a fairly reliable Republican foot soldier, grilled...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In a twist, it was Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) who forcefully grilled a Trump nominee today on his preachings about marriage not being "intended" for disabled people, "transgenderism & homosexuality" being "sexual perversions" & wives' obligation to serve their husbands talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kennedy...
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What’s worse, Fetterman working harder to get a pardon for Netanyahu than healthcare for his own constituents….or the fact that he did the Netanyahu letter in secret?
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What’s worse, Fetterman working harder to get a pardon for Netanyahu than healthcare for his own constituents….or the fact that he did the Netanyahu letter in secret?
Fetterman expressed surprise when I confirmed we had a copy of the letter he wrote to Israel President Herzog, pushing for a pardon for Netanyahu. “I know you guys use things like leaks but I don’t know who did that.” Story from @joshkovensky.bsky.social + me: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fetterman expressed surprise when I confirmed we had a copy of the letter he wrote to Israel President Herzog, pushing for a pardon for Netanyahu. “I know you guys use things like leaks but I don’t know who did that.” Story from @joshkovensky.bsky.social + me: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
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Scoop, w the incomparable @kateriga.bsky.social: John Fetterman asked Israel's President to pardon Netanyahu in a previously unreported letter
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Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Scoop, w the incomparable @kateriga.bsky.social: John Fetterman asked Israel's President to pardon Netanyahu in a previously unreported letter
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Scoop: TPM obtained a letter Sen. Fetterman wrote to Israel President Herzog lobbying for a pardon for Netanyahu. In an interview today, he told me the trial is a "pointless distraction.""I fully support it and I stand on the letter," he said. From me & @joshkovensky.bsky.social ⬇️
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Scoop: TPM obtained a letter Sen. Fetterman wrote to Israel President Herzog lobbying for a pardon for Netanyahu. In an interview today, he told me the trial is a "pointless distraction.""I fully support it and I stand on the letter," he said. From me & @joshkovensky.bsky.social ⬇️
New: Judge blocks federalization of California National Guard, writing that by sending them into other states, the Trump administration has created "a national police force made up of state troops"
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New: Judge blocks federalization of California National Guard, writing that by sending them into other states, the Trump administration has created "a national police force made up of state troops"
Sotomayor quoted RBG's famous "umbrella" line today, from her dissent in a case that hobbled the Voting Rights Act. it was an appropriate linkage, as the Roberts Court's destruction of voting rights and campaign finance regulations alike form the foundation of its profoundly anti-democratic legacy
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sotomayor quoted RBG's famous "umbrella" line today, from her dissent in a case that hobbled the Voting Rights Act. it was an appropriate linkage, as the Roberts Court's destruction of voting rights and campaign finance regulations alike form the foundation of its profoundly anti-democratic legacy
Sotomayor using barely veiled language to ask former Trump SG Noel Francisco if he really doesn't think Trump's primary 'major donor' getting a 'very lucrative job' immediately upon his election is not at least the appearance of quid pro quo
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sotomayor using barely veiled language to ask former Trump SG Noel Francisco if he really doesn't think Trump's primary 'major donor' getting a 'very lucrative job' immediately upon his election is not at least the appearance of quid pro quo
Today the Supreme Court is hearing a GOP attempt to get rid of one of the last remaining campaign finance guardrails. Alito kicking us off by citing the "much maligned - unfairly maligned" decision, Citizens United
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today the Supreme Court is hearing a GOP attempt to get rid of one of the last remaining campaign finance guardrails. Alito kicking us off by citing the "much maligned - unfairly maligned" decision, Citizens United
The conservatives’ bleating about the big bad bureaucracy gets harder to stomach when juxtaposed w the monarchical presidency they’ve created, making him immune from prosecution for his crimes and now likely putting the entire executive branch under his thrall. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/roberts...
Roberts on Cleanup Duty as Court Prepares to Kill Independent Government Agencies
Chief Justice John Roberts scrambled around with a verbal broom and dustpan...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The conservatives’ bleating about the big bad bureaucracy gets harder to stomach when juxtaposed w the monarchical presidency they’ve created, making him immune from prosecution for his crimes and now likely putting the entire executive branch under his thrall. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/roberts...
Well Roberts just referred to Humphrey's Executor as a "dried husk" if there are any optimists out there holding out hope
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Well Roberts just referred to Humphrey's Executor as a "dried husk" if there are any optimists out there holding out hope
Right-wing justices as a bloc trying to counter the 'what about the Fed' fear by feigning concern about hypothetical super muscular removal protections - what if you could never fire anyone?! "Are there some cabinet departments that Congress could just take over?" Roberts asks. Super bad faith stuff
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Right-wing justices as a bloc trying to counter the 'what about the Fed' fear by feigning concern about hypothetical super muscular removal protections - what if you could never fire anyone?! "Are there some cabinet departments that Congress could just take over?" Roberts asks. Super bad faith stuff
Jackson on Congress' theory of indy agencies: "Having a president come in and fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States"
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Jackson on Congress' theory of indy agencies: "Having a president come in and fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States"
Gorsuch says hey, if the libs are so concerned about putting every agency directly in the hands of the president, maybe we should advance my ongoing quest to make agencies totally powerless, win-win
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gorsuch says hey, if the libs are so concerned about putting every agency directly in the hands of the president, maybe we should advance my ongoing quest to make agencies totally powerless, win-win
Roberts keeps jumping to argue that their imminent overturn of Humphrey's Executor does not actually threaten the Fed, entire civil service, article 1 courts, etc. Kagan not buying it, says to SG Sauer: "Once you go down this road, it's a little bit hard to see how you stop"
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Roberts keeps jumping to argue that their imminent overturn of Humphrey's Executor does not actually threaten the Fed, entire civil service, article 1 courts, etc. Kagan not buying it, says to SG Sauer: "Once you go down this road, it's a little bit hard to see how you stop"
Sotomayor with the lament: 'Neither the king not parliaments nor prime ministers nor England at the time of the founding ever had an unqualified removal power'
'You're asking us to destroy the structure of government'
'You're asking us to destroy the structure of government'
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sotomayor with the lament: 'Neither the king not parliaments nor prime ministers nor England at the time of the founding ever had an unqualified removal power'
'You're asking us to destroy the structure of government'
'You're asking us to destroy the structure of government'
In a world where 11 months out counts as the “eve“ of an election, any state can safely pass an illegal gerrymander so long as they even slightly run down the clock
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Supreme Court Just Okayed One Neat Trick to Illegally Gerrymander Your State
The Supreme Court was simply hamstrung, Justice Samuel Alito wrote, unable to...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In a world where 11 months out counts as the “eve“ of an election, any state can safely pass an illegal gerrymander so long as they even slightly run down the clock
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Appeals court administratively stays the district court order. Not a great draw for DC - panel is Judges Millett (Obama), Katsas (Trump) and Rao (super Trump)
New: Trump DOJ appeals district court order saying the National Guard are unlawfully deployed in DC (as expected). Meanwhile we wait and wait for SCOTUS to act on the Guard case out of Chicago
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Appeals court administratively stays the district court order. Not a great draw for DC - panel is Judges Millett (Obama), Katsas (Trump) and Rao (super Trump)
New: Trump DOJ appeals district court order saying the National Guard are unlawfully deployed in DC (as expected). Meanwhile we wait and wait for SCOTUS to act on the Guard case out of Chicago
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
New: Trump DOJ appeals district court order saying the National Guard are unlawfully deployed in DC (as expected). Meanwhile we wait and wait for SCOTUS to act on the Guard case out of Chicago
Breaking: Judge rules deployment of National Guard into DC is illegal (puts her order on pause until 12/11 for appeals). "The Court finds that the District’s exercise of sovereign powers within its jurisdiction is irreparably harmed by Defendants’ actions in deploying the Guards," she writes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Breaking: Judge rules deployment of National Guard into DC is illegal (puts her order on pause until 12/11 for appeals). "The Court finds that the District’s exercise of sovereign powers within its jurisdiction is irreparably harmed by Defendants’ actions in deploying the Guards," she writes.
Mass repudiation of Trump...Trump's much ballyhooed realignment seems fragile...GOP redistricting suddenly very risky...DOGE/Russ Vought shutdown punishments coming back to bite him...shot in the arm for congressional Dems on the shutdown...and more: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...
In First Chance For Voters to React to Trump II, All Kinds of Democrats Steamrolled Republicans
All kinds of Democrats won all kinds of races Tuesday night, as...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mass repudiation of Trump...Trump's much ballyhooed realignment seems fragile...GOP redistricting suddenly very risky...DOGE/Russ Vought shutdown punishments coming back to bite him...shot in the arm for congressional Dems on the shutdown...and more: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/electio...
absolute bloodbath for Republicans. One easy takeaway: maybe don't send Virginia specifically sliding towards a recession if you're hoping to win there
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
absolute bloodbath for Republicans. One easy takeaway: maybe don't send Virginia specifically sliding towards a recession if you're hoping to win there
Took .2 seconds for Schumer to be asked if he voted for Mamdani. He would not say that he voted for the Democratic candidate: "I voted and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City" ...
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Took .2 seconds for Schumer to be asked if he voted for Mamdani. He would not say that he voted for the Democratic candidate: "I voted and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City" ...
Wow - in new filing Trump admin tells judge it intends to give eligible recipients 50% of the SNAP benefits they'd usually get for the month of November — with the massive caveat that it might take some states "a few weeks to up to several months" to disburse the reduced money
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Wow - in new filing Trump admin tells judge it intends to give eligible recipients 50% of the SNAP benefits they'd usually get for the month of November — with the massive caveat that it might take some states "a few weeks to up to several months" to disburse the reduced money