Christopher Wiggins
@cwnewser.bsky.social
I'm The Advocate's DC-based senior national reporter.
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Politics nerd and big fan of democracy. (he/him)
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Love sushi. Cilantro tastes good and not like soap. Opinions are mine and obviously always correct. 🇩🇪🏳️🌈🇺🇸🕷
Politics nerd and big fan of democracy. (he/him)
Signal: cwdc.98
Insta: thatdcreporter
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Just a reminder that transgender people are not causing Americans to lose their retirement savings.
Almost 30 followers now!
For years, I resisted making a public Instagram because I missed the food pic era and figured nobody needed photos of my life. But social media is unavoidable, and apparently, people care about my takes on our stories. So I made one.
3 whole followers and counting!
Come follow 📸: @thatdcreporter
3 whole followers and counting!
Come follow 📸: @thatdcreporter
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Almost 30 followers now!
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NEWS: Don Lemon pleaded not guilty before the same judge who laughed Trump prosecutors out of court when they asked to bring charges against the journalist days before the DOJ got a grand jury to indict him.
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Don Lemon faces judge who rejected DOJ’s previous attempt to charge him with a crime
The Trump Justice Department is testing whether courts will find that journalism is a crime.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
NEWS: Don Lemon pleaded not guilty before the same judge who laughed Trump prosecutors out of court when they asked to bring charges against the journalist days before the DOJ got a grand jury to indict him.
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NEWS: Don Lemon pleaded not guilty before the same judge who laughed Trump prosecutors out of court when they asked to bring charges against the journalist days before the DOJ got a grand jury to indict him.
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Don Lemon faces judge who rejected DOJ’s previous attempt to charge him with a crime
The Trump Justice Department is testing whether courts will find that journalism is a crime.
www.advocate.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
NEWS: Don Lemon pleaded not guilty before the same judge who laughed Trump prosecutors out of court when they asked to bring charges against the journalist days before the DOJ got a grand jury to indict him.
www.advocate.com/news/crime/d...
www.advocate.com/news/crime/d...
For years, I resisted making a public Instagram because I missed the food pic era and figured nobody needed photos of my life. But social media is unavoidable, and apparently, people care about my takes on our stories. So I made one.
3 whole followers and counting!
Come follow 📸: @thatdcreporter
3 whole followers and counting!
Come follow 📸: @thatdcreporter
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
For years, I resisted making a public Instagram because I missed the food pic era and figured nobody needed photos of my life. But social media is unavoidable, and apparently, people care about my takes on our stories. So I made one.
3 whole followers and counting!
Come follow 📸: @thatdcreporter
3 whole followers and counting!
Come follow 📸: @thatdcreporter
In other words, they lied.
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
In other words, they lied.
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NEWS: “This is what democracy looks like!"
A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
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A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
www.advocate.com/politics/com...
Hundreds fill the streets near Stonewall as NYC community members reraised Pride flag Trump ordered removed
“They’ve come for our books, our existence, and even pulled down our flag two days ago,” Kelley Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign said. “Two days is too long for the flag to be down, so we came ou...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
NEWS: “This is what democracy looks like!"
A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
www.advocate.com/politics/com...
A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
www.advocate.com/politics/com...
“The Dow! The Dow!”
I’m still not quite over Pam Bondi‘s unhinged behavior.
Is SNL new this weekend?
I’m still not quite over Pam Bondi‘s unhinged behavior.
Is SNL new this weekend?
February 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“The Dow! The Dow!”
I’m still not quite over Pam Bondi‘s unhinged behavior.
Is SNL new this weekend?
I’m still not quite over Pam Bondi‘s unhinged behavior.
Is SNL new this weekend?
NEWS: “This is what democracy looks like!"
A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
www.advocate.com/politics/com...
A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
www.advocate.com/politics/com...
Hundreds fill the streets near Stonewall as NYC community members reraised Pride flag Trump ordered removed
“They’ve come for our books, our existence, and even pulled down our flag two days ago,” Kelley Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign said. “Two days is too long for the flag to be down, so we came ou...
www.advocate.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
NEWS: “This is what democracy looks like!"
A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
www.advocate.com/politics/com...
A chaotic scene as community members were dissatisfied with a temporary flagpole that political leaders had tried to affix the Pride flag to.
The result: the community rehung the flag on the original flagpole themselves.
www.advocate.com/politics/com...
Commerce Sec Howard Lutnick, a billionaire, wants you to believe that in 2005, he and his wife were so disgusted by Jeffrey Epstein that he vowed never to be in a room with him.
And that in 2012, he took his wife and kids (and nannies) to the island for “lunch,” and that was just fine.
What?
And that in 2012, he took his wife and kids (and nannies) to the island for “lunch,” and that was just fine.
What?
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Commerce Sec Howard Lutnick, a billionaire, wants you to believe that in 2005, he and his wife were so disgusted by Jeffrey Epstein that he vowed never to be in a room with him.
And that in 2012, he took his wife and kids (and nannies) to the island for “lunch,” and that was just fine.
What?
And that in 2012, he took his wife and kids (and nannies) to the island for “lunch,” and that was just fine.
What?
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The judge wrote a blistering order in which he noted that the Trump administration subjected the men “to constitutionally inadequate process.”
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Trump administration must facilitate return of men sent to El Salvador’s CECOT back to the U.S., judge rules
“By any measure, the detainees surely fell victim to constitutionally inadequate process," Chief Judge James E. Boasberg ruled.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The judge wrote a blistering order in which he noted that the Trump administration subjected the men “to constitutionally inadequate process.”
www.advocate.com/news/judge-o...
www.advocate.com/news/judge-o...
The judge wrote a blistering order in which he noted that the Trump administration subjected the men “to constitutionally inadequate process.”
www.advocate.com/news/judge-o...
www.advocate.com/news/judge-o...
Trump administration must facilitate return of men sent to El Salvador’s CECOT back to the U.S., judge rules
“By any measure, the detainees surely fell victim to constitutionally inadequate process," Chief Judge James E. Boasberg ruled.
www.advocate.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The judge wrote a blistering order in which he noted that the Trump administration subjected the men “to constitutionally inadequate process.”
www.advocate.com/news/judge-o...
www.advocate.com/news/judge-o...
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“Jeremy Carl is not only racist and antisemitic,” diplomat Jessica Stern told me. “He is violently anti-trans, and he’s gone so far as to say that there are no transgender kids and that ‘transgenderism,’ according to him, is a spiritual violation.”
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Former State Dept officials warn that racist Trump nominee could dismantle human rights protections at the UN
Jeremy Carl has promoted the "great replacement" theory and claims transgender children don't exist, the former senior officials told The Advocate.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“Jeremy Carl is not only racist and antisemitic,” diplomat Jessica Stern told me. “He is violently anti-trans, and he’s gone so far as to say that there are no transgender kids and that ‘transgenderism,’ according to him, is a spiritual violation.”
www.advocate.com/politics/dip...
www.advocate.com/politics/dip...
“Jeremy Carl is not only racist and antisemitic,” diplomat Jessica Stern told me. “He is violently anti-trans, and he’s gone so far as to say that there are no transgender kids and that ‘transgenderism,’ according to him, is a spiritual violation.”
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Former State Dept officials warn that racist Trump nominee could dismantle human rights protections at the UN
Jeremy Carl has promoted the "great replacement" theory and claims transgender children don't exist, the former senior officials told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“Jeremy Carl is not only racist and antisemitic,” diplomat Jessica Stern told me. “He is violently anti-trans, and he’s gone so far as to say that there are no transgender kids and that ‘transgenderism,’ according to him, is a spiritual violation.”
www.advocate.com/politics/dip...
www.advocate.com/politics/dip...
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“I think it’s safe to say that if you are thinking that you’re going to tune into our podcast and hear a member of Congress, you will not,” @ms.now's Symone Sanders Townsend told me, adding, “That is not this podcast.”
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MS NOW hosts leak their group chat conversation about politics & culture in new ‘Clock It’ podcast
Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels explore how pop culture and politics intersect in a new project.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“I think it’s safe to say that if you are thinking that you’re going to tune into our podcast and hear a member of Congress, you will not,” @ms.now's Symone Sanders Townsend told me, adding, “That is not this podcast.”
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Minnesota residents fought back against fascism and won.
White House border czar Tom Homan announced this morning that the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis is ending.
White House border czar Tom Homan announced this morning that the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis is ending.
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Minnesota residents fought back against fascism and won.
White House border czar Tom Homan announced this morning that the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis is ending.
White House border czar Tom Homan announced this morning that the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis is ending.
“I think it’s safe to say that if you are thinking that you’re going to tune into our podcast and hear a member of Congress, you will not,” @ms.now's Symone Sanders Townsend told me, adding, “That is not this podcast.”
www.advocate.com/news/culture...
www.advocate.com/news/culture...
MS NOW hosts leak their group chat conversation about politics & culture in new ‘Clock It’ podcast
Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels explore how pop culture and politics intersect in a new project.
www.advocate.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“I think it’s safe to say that if you are thinking that you’re going to tune into our podcast and hear a member of Congress, you will not,” @ms.now's Symone Sanders Townsend told me, adding, “That is not this podcast.”
www.advocate.com/news/culture...
www.advocate.com/news/culture...
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Donald Trump, ICE, and CBP retreat defeated from another American city.
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Donald Trump, ICE, and CBP retreat defeated from another American city.
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“I am not a crook.”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“I am not a crook.”
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That photographer is Kent Nishimura and incredibly talented photographer!
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
That photographer is Kent Nishimura and incredibly talented photographer!
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“We don’t wait for things to build up,” Jay Walker, who organized the urgent rally, told me. “We act immediately.”
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New Yorkers rally in solidarity with LGBTQ+ community after Trump ordered Stonewall Pride flag removed
Organizers say the turnout shows the community will not accept erasure, as officials plan to re-raise flag.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
“We don’t wait for things to build up,” Jay Walker, who organized the urgent rally, told me. “We act immediately.”
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Pam Bondi “is using the fascist authoritarian playbook in the same way that my family was on the receiving end of those same tactics and strategies during the Nazi-era,” Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint told me in an interview after the unhinged hearing.
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Pam Bondi suggests Jewish lesbian lawmaker is anti-Semitic in explosive hearing
Vermont Rep. Becca Balint left the room after the head of the Department of Justice was disrespectful and combative as she deflected questions about the Epstein files.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Pam Bondi “is using the fascist authoritarian playbook in the same way that my family was on the receiving end of those same tactics and strategies during the Nazi-era,” Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint told me in an interview after the unhinged hearing.
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And I’m sure all the Republicans who so vociferously showed their fake outrage to Jack Smith for obtaining their phone logs will be just as furious about this, right
Right?
Right?
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
And I’m sure all the Republicans who so vociferously showed their fake outrage to Jack Smith for obtaining their phone logs will be just as furious about this, right
Right?
Right?
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Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.