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Kate Riga
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Kate Riga is a D.C. reporter for TPM and cohost of the Josh Marshall Podcast.
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The conservatives pushed a “leave it to the states” approach, not bothering to make much of an argument about why Tennessee’s trans minor health care ban doesn’t trigger heightened protections.
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