Christopher Wiggins
@cwnewser.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.-based Senior National Reporter at The Advocate.
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I love sushi. Cilantro tastes good to me, and not like soap. My opinions are mine and obviously always correct. 🇩🇪🏳️🌈🇺🇸🕷
Politics nerd and big fan of democracy. (he/him)
Signal: cwdc.98
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Just a reminder that transgender people are not causing Americans to lose their retirement savings.
Errin Haines, president of the National Association of Black Journalists, said that when journalists’ obligations “are met with detention or prosecution instead of protection, we must ask: what message are we sending about who gets to report and who gets silenced?”
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White House celebrates Don Lemon’s arrest with meme, as press freedom groups and Dems outraged
Arrests of journalists are “naked attacks on freedom of the press,” Freedom of the Press Foundation's Seth Stern told The Advocate.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Errin Haines, president of the National Association of Black Journalists, said that when journalists’ obligations “are met with detention or prosecution instead of protection, we must ask: what message are we sending about who gets to report and who gets silenced?”
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www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
RIP Moira.
Catherine O’Hara has died.
Catherine O’Hara has died.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
RIP Moira.
Catherine O’Hara has died.
Catherine O’Hara has died.
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NEWS: TWO Black journalists arrested by Trump’s DOJ this morning.
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Don Lemon arrested by federal agents after his coverage of Minneapolis protests
Lemon's attorney called it an attack on the First Amendment.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
NEWS: TWO Black journalists arrested by Trump’s DOJ this morning.
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
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Republicans are trying to undo every bit of progress that has happened in the U.S.
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Marriage Equality is back in conservatives' crosshairs as new coalition targets SCOTUS decision
“These are the same opponents of marriage equality that lost the first round,” Lambda Legal attorney Karen Loewy told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Republicans are trying to undo every bit of progress that has happened in the U.S.
www.advocate.com/politics/con...
www.advocate.com/politics/con...
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NEWS: Senator Dick Durbin and Representatives Sarah McBride and Robert Garcia joined advocacy organizations and press freedom groups in expressing outrage over the DOJ arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for doing journalism.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
White House celebrates Don Lemon’s arrest with meme, as press freedom groups and Dems outraged
Arrests of journalists are “naked attacks on freedom of the press,” Freedom of the Press Foundation's Seth Stern told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
NEWS: Senator Dick Durbin and Representatives Sarah McBride and Robert Garcia joined advocacy organizations and press freedom groups in expressing outrage over the DOJ arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for doing journalism.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
NEWS: Senator Dick Durbin and Representatives Sarah McBride and Robert Garcia joined advocacy organizations and press freedom groups in expressing outrage over the DOJ arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for doing journalism.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
White House celebrates Don Lemon’s arrest with meme, as press freedom groups and Dems outraged
Arrests of journalists are “naked attacks on freedom of the press,” Freedom of the Press Foundation's Seth Stern told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
NEWS: Senator Dick Durbin and Representatives Sarah McBride and Robert Garcia joined advocacy organizations and press freedom groups in expressing outrage over the DOJ arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for doing journalism.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Breaking: DAG Todd Blanche just confirmed that the DOJ has opened a civil rights investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents.
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Breaking: DAG Todd Blanche just confirmed that the DOJ has opened a civil rights investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents.
Right now, Todd Blanche announced that the DOJ will release 3 million pages of the Epstein files today.
This on the day journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested for their news coverage of protests against government killings of innocent Americans in Minneapolis.
This on the day journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested for their news coverage of protests against government killings of innocent Americans in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Right now, Todd Blanche announced that the DOJ will release 3 million pages of the Epstein files today.
This on the day journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested for their news coverage of protests against government killings of innocent Americans in Minneapolis.
This on the day journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested for their news coverage of protests against government killings of innocent Americans in Minneapolis.
Republicans are trying to undo every bit of progress that has happened in the U.S.
www.advocate.com/politics/con...
www.advocate.com/politics/con...
Marriage Equality is back in conservatives' crosshairs as new coalition targets SCOTUS decision
“These are the same opponents of marriage equality that lost the first round,” Lambda Legal attorney Karen Loewy told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Republicans are trying to undo every bit of progress that has happened in the U.S.
www.advocate.com/politics/con...
www.advocate.com/politics/con...
NEWS: TWO Black journalists arrested by Trump’s DOJ this morning.
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Don Lemon arrested by federal agents after his coverage of Minneapolis protests
Lemon's attorney called it an attack on the First Amendment.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
NEWS: TWO Black journalists arrested by Trump’s DOJ this morning.
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Georgia Fort, who was covering the same protest as Don Lemon, was also arrested this morning, according to a live video she recorded as agents at her door demanded her surrender.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
“This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand,” Lemon’s attorney Abbe Lowell said.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
Journalist Don Lemon arrested by federal agents after his coverage of Minneapolis protests
Lemon's attorney called it an attack on the First Amendment.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand,” Lemon’s attorney Abbe Lowell said.
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
www.advocate.com/news/don-lem...
BREAKING: Don Lemon was arrested by federal law officials last night in Los Angeles, his attorney Abbe Lowell confirms.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 PM
BREAKING: Don Lemon was arrested by federal law officials last night in Los Angeles, his attorney Abbe Lowell confirms.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration recently signed an agreement with Uganda to accept asylum-seekers deported from the U.S.
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
Trump admin is trying to deport LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers to countries where they'd be killed, lawyers say
Attorneys say new transfer agreements and court tactics allow the U.S. to sidestep asylum rulings, risking removals to countries where LGBTQ people face imprisonment, torture, or execution.
www.advocate.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration recently signed an agreement with Uganda to accept asylum-seekers deported from the U.S.
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
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"The deportations are the most severe and life-threatening harm being experienced by the greatest number of LGBTQ community members.” - @shannonminter5.bsky.social told @cwnewser.bsky.social
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Trump admin is trying to deport LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers to countries where they'd be killed, lawyers say
Attorneys say new transfer agreements and court tactics allow the U.S. to sidestep asylum rulings, risking removals to countries where LGBTQ+ people face imprisonment, torture, or execution.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"The deportations are the most severe and life-threatening harm being experienced by the greatest number of LGBTQ community members.” - @shannonminter5.bsky.social told @cwnewser.bsky.social
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
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NEWS: “It is telling that the government seems to recognize that it can’t defend this irrational policy without misrepresenting the facts,” lead counsel Shannon Minter told me.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-mis...
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Trump DOJ lied to D.C. federal appeals court about trans military ban, lawyers say in stunning filing
“We hope the court recognizes that they were hearing a number of misrepresentations and that they will carefully read the record in this case,” attorney Shannon Minter told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM
NEWS: “It is telling that the government seems to recognize that it can’t defend this irrational policy without misrepresenting the facts,” lead counsel Shannon Minter told me.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-mis...
www.advocate.com/news/doj-mis...
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“I love it when someone says, ‘Oh, I don’t watch television,’” MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart told me in an interview this week. “And I’m like, oh, you’re lucky.”
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
Jonathan Capehart on being seen, coming out, and ‘chosen family’ with Michelle Obama
“No one has a right to your time, your energy, your thoughts and feelings, especially when they are a drain,” the Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and host of MS NOW’s The Weekend told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“I love it when someone says, ‘Oh, I don’t watch television,’” MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart told me in an interview this week. “And I’m like, oh, you’re lucky.”
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
SCOOP: The Trump administration recently signed an agreement with Uganda to accept asylum-seekers deported from the U.S.
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
Trump admin is trying to deport LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers to countries where they'd be killed, lawyers say
Attorneys say new transfer agreements and court tactics allow the U.S. to sidestep asylum rulings, risking removals to countries where LGBTQ people face imprisonment, torture, or execution.
www.advocate.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration recently signed an agreement with Uganda to accept asylum-seekers deported from the U.S.
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
Being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death there. And yet, DHS is trying to send queer and trans people there (and to Iran).
www.advocate.com/politics/imm...
NEWS: “It is telling that the government seems to recognize that it can’t defend this irrational policy without misrepresenting the facts,” lead counsel Shannon Minter told me.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-mis...
www.advocate.com/news/doj-mis...
Trump DOJ lied to D.C. federal appeals court about trans military ban, lawyers say in stunning filing
“We hope the court recognizes that they were hearing a number of misrepresentations and that they will carefully read the record in this case,” attorney Shannon Minter told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM
NEWS: “It is telling that the government seems to recognize that it can’t defend this irrational policy without misrepresenting the facts,” lead counsel Shannon Minter told me.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-mis...
www.advocate.com/news/doj-mis...
“I love it when someone says, ‘Oh, I don’t watch television,’” MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart told me in an interview this week. “And I’m like, oh, you’re lucky.”
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
Jonathan Capehart on being seen, coming out, and ‘chosen family’ with Michelle Obama
“No one has a right to your time, your energy, your thoughts and feelings, especially when they are a drain,” the Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and host of MS NOW’s The Weekend told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“I love it when someone says, ‘Oh, I don’t watch television,’” MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart told me in an interview this week. “And I’m like, oh, you’re lucky.”
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
www.advocate.com/news/people/...
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Are you transgender and/or nonbinary and currently a federal employee whose job or benefits–including health insurance coverage–has been impacted by the actions of the Trump administration?
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Lambda Legal wants to hear from you.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Are you transgender and/or nonbinary and currently a federal employee whose job or benefits–including health insurance coverage–has been impacted by the actions of the Trump administration?
Lambda Legal wants to hear from you.
Share your experience: tinyurl.com/2xzpnpxf
Lambda Legal wants to hear from you.
Share your experience: tinyurl.com/2xzpnpxf
This app needs an edit button.
January 27, 2026 at 10:51 PM
This app needs an edit button.
This Virginia judge seems to be using the Mitch McConnell argument from his Merrick Garland SCOTUS denial of “you can’t do that because there’s an election.”
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Virginia court blocks Democratic redistricting effort
Democrats plan to appeal the ruling. If upheld, it would keep the party from redrawing state congressional districts to net as many as four House seats in the midterms.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This Virginia judge seems to be using the Mitch McConnell argument from his Merrick Garland SCOTUS denial of “you can’t do that because there’s an election.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Pete Buttigieg said that Donald Trump is “doing the one thing he claims he’ll never do, which is back down.”
www.advocate.com/politics/pet...
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‘Ground is clearly shifting’ against Trump as Americans rise up in Minneapolis, Pete Buttigieg says
“Congressional Republicans have begun changing their behavior,” the out former transportation secretary said.
www.advocate.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Pete Buttigieg said that Donald Trump is “doing the one thing he claims he’ll never do, which is back down.”
www.advocate.com/politics/pet...
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