Christopher Wiggins
@cwnewser.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.-based Senior National Reporter at The Advocate.
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)
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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.
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Stellar reporting from Madison Pauly on Riley Gaines' anti-trans campaign and the concurrent prosecution of the University of Kentucky swim team's coach. And of course, much credit to Trinity Ward and her teammates for speaking publicly about the coach.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Stellar reporting from Madison Pauly on Riley Gaines' anti-trans campaign and the concurrent prosecution of the University of Kentucky swim team's coach. And of course, much credit to Trinity Ward and her teammates for speaking publicly about the coach.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
lol
It’ll be the never-ending healthcare week… like infrastructure week in Trump 1.0.
It’ll be the never-ending healthcare week… like infrastructure week in Trump 1.0.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
lol
It’ll be the never-ending healthcare week… like infrastructure week in Trump 1.0.
It’ll be the never-ending healthcare week… like infrastructure week in Trump 1.0.
It’s the second day in a row that Pete Buttigieg’s replacement from MTV’s The Real World is talking about how people ought to dress up on planes.
Travel in your PJs this Thanksgiving people!
Travel in your PJs this Thanksgiving people!
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s the second day in a row that Pete Buttigieg’s replacement from MTV’s The Real World is talking about how people ought to dress up on planes.
Travel in your PJs this Thanksgiving people!
Travel in your PJs this Thanksgiving people!
Happy Monday everyone!
Former Trump lawyer: ‘The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump’
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb joins @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to discuss Trump facing mounting losses last week in court on numerous fronts, both personal and presidential.
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb joins @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to discuss Trump facing mounting losses last week in court on numerous fronts, both personal and presidential.
Former Trump lawyer: ‘The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump’
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy Monday everyone!
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Reposted by Christopher Wiggins
AG Bondi is going to try to slow down the release of the Epstein files.
But our Committee's subpoena requires a FULL release of the files—and we won't back down until the survivors get justice.
But our Committee's subpoena requires a FULL release of the files—and we won't back down until the survivors get justice.
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AG Bondi is going to try to slow down the release of the Epstein files.
But our Committee's subpoena requires a FULL release of the files—and we won't back down until the survivors get justice.
But our Committee's subpoena requires a FULL release of the files—and we won't back down until the survivors get justice.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
The guy who got rid of Pete Buttigieg’s traveler bill of rights thinks people need to dress more like their 1950s self in suits and smoking jackets when squeezing into their middle seat in basic economy this holiday flying season.
Duffy: "Trump talks about the golden age of transportation. But the golden age in transportation truly begins with you ... People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly ... so we want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season: Help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The guy who got rid of Pete Buttigieg’s traveler bill of rights thinks people need to dress more like their 1950s self in suits and smoking jackets when squeezing into their middle seat in basic economy this holiday flying season.
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She really belongs in the chaotic RFK, Jr., Nuzzi, Lizza world.
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
She really belongs in the chaotic RFK, Jr., Nuzzi, Lizza world.
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The reason why so many foreigners pose as MAGA influencers is because the formula is pretty basic. Post:
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The reason why so many foreigners pose as MAGA influencers is because the formula is pretty basic. Post:
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
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I had terrifying conversations with four former CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Dr. Debra Houry, Dr. Dan Jernigan, and Dr. Nikki Romanik, about the formerly prestigious public health agency.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I had terrifying conversations with four former CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Dr. Debra Houry, Dr. Dan Jernigan, and Dr. Nikki Romanik, about the formerly prestigious public health agency.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
Leave it to a cringy MAGA gay to ask a professional woman about her weight.
WELKER: If tariffs help consumers, why is the administration rolling them back?
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Leave it to a cringy MAGA gay to ask a professional woman about her weight.
Wondering how the Trump - Mamdani meeting is playing on right wing media.
a little girl is sitting at a table making a face
ALT: a little girl is sitting at a table making a face
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November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Wondering how the Trump - Mamdani meeting is playing on right wing media.
I’m not sure what I was seeing. It almost felt like a scene from the times of normal, minus the right-wing influencers asking ridiculous questions.
Running back the Trump-Zohran tape, and… this is not what I expected lol. Was Trump a tad flattered & starstruck?
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m not sure what I was seeing. It almost felt like a scene from the times of normal, minus the right-wing influencers asking ridiculous questions.
I had terrifying conversations with four former CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Dr. Debra Houry, Dr. Dan Jernigan, and Dr. Nikki Romanik, about the formerly prestigious public health agency.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I had terrifying conversations with four former CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Dr. Debra Houry, Dr. Dan Jernigan, and Dr. Nikki Romanik, about the formerly prestigious public health agency.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
All of them told me that any information coming out of the CDC can no longer be trusted.
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Last night, after 9 p.m., the Coast Guard sent me an email with a hastily put-together new policy attached, clarifying that swastikas and nooses are hate symbols after all.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
U.S. Coast Guard backtracks on acceptability of ‘potentially divisive’ swastikas & nooses
After intense backlash, the agency issued a new general order clarifying its position on hate symbols.
www.advocate.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Last night, after 9 p.m., the Coast Guard sent me an email with a hastily put-together new policy attached, clarifying that swastikas and nooses are hate symbols after all.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
Last night, after 9 p.m., the Coast Guard sent me an email with a hastily put-together new policy attached, clarifying that swastikas and nooses are hate symbols after all.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
U.S. Coast Guard backtracks on acceptability of ‘potentially divisive’ swastikas & nooses
After intense backlash, the agency issued a new general order clarifying its position on hate symbols.
www.advocate.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Last night, after 9 p.m., the Coast Guard sent me an email with a hastily put-together new policy attached, clarifying that swastikas and nooses are hate symbols after all.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
Pride flags, however, are not okay.
Kristi Noem's U.S. Coast Guard is okay with some displays of swastikas and nooses.
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
New U.S. Coast Guard policy OK with some swastikas & nooses, but not transgender service members
Hate symbols will now be recategorized as "potentially divisive.”
www.advocate.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Pride flags, however, are not okay.
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Kristi Noem's U.S. Coast Guard is okay with some displays of swastikas and nooses.
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
New U.S. Coast Guard policy OK with some swastikas & nooses, but not transgender service members
Hate symbols will now be recategorized as "potentially divisive.”
www.advocate.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Kristi Noem's U.S. Coast Guard is okay with some displays of swastikas and nooses.
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
Kristi Noem's U.S. Coast Guard is okay with some displays of swastikas and nooses.
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
New U.S. Coast Guard policy OK with some swastikas & nooses, but not transgender service members
Hate symbols will now be recategorized as "potentially divisive.”
www.advocate.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Kristi Noem's U.S. Coast Guard is okay with some displays of swastikas and nooses.
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
But if you're trans, you're out.
www.advocate.com/news/coast-g...
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“If you lump everyone who is still on a journey [of trans rights acceptance] with the far right-wing politicians, you’re pushing those voters toward those right-wing politicians,” Sarah McBride told me the other day, explaining why she’s open to hard conversations.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Democrat Sarah McBride on her approach to expanding trans acceptance in Congress — and America
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“If you lump everyone who is still on a journey [of trans rights acceptance] with the far right-wing politicians, you’re pushing those voters toward those right-wing politicians,” Sarah McBride told me the other day, explaining why she’s open to hard conversations.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
“If you lump everyone who is still on a journey [of trans rights acceptance] with the far right-wing politicians, you’re pushing those voters toward those right-wing politicians,” Sarah McBride told me the other day, explaining why she’s open to hard conversations.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Democrat Sarah McBride on her approach to expanding trans acceptance in Congress — and America
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“If you lump everyone who is still on a journey [of trans rights acceptance] with the far right-wing politicians, you’re pushing those voters toward those right-wing politicians,” Sarah McBride told me the other day, explaining why she’s open to hard conversations.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
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SCOOP: David Maltinsky, a 16-year decorated FBI special agent in training, told me that his firing sparked a chilling effect among LGBTQ+ employees at the agency.
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...
Decorated agent trainee fired over Pride flag warns new ‘Lavender Scare’ is spreading ‘like wildfire’ at FBI
“People immediately started scouring their desks of Pride flags, anything personal in nature,” after Kash Patel terminated him, David Maltinsky told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
SCOOP: David Maltinsky, a 16-year decorated FBI special agent in training, told me that his firing sparked a chilling effect among LGBTQ+ employees at the agency.
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...
SCOOP: David Maltinsky, a 16-year decorated FBI special agent in training, told me that his firing sparked a chilling effect among LGBTQ+ employees at the agency.
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...
Decorated agent trainee fired over Pride flag warns new ‘Lavender Scare’ is spreading ‘like wildfire’ at FBI
“People immediately started scouring their desks of Pride flags, anything personal in nature,” after Kash Patel terminated him, David Maltinsky told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
SCOOP: David Maltinsky, a 16-year decorated FBI special agent in training, told me that his firing sparked a chilling effect among LGBTQ+ employees at the agency.
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...
“It is awful that people are afraid to go to work,” he said.
Now he's suing Kash Patel & Pam Bondi.
www.advocate.com/news/fbi-lav...