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Christopher Wiggins

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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) Signal: cwdc.98

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · Apr 7

Just a reminder that transgender people are not causing Americans to lose their retirement savings.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Tens of thousands of people are gathered in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park for Bob the Drag Queen’s Pride performance.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Some bigots are screaming about LGBTQ+ Pride outside Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, where the city’s Pride activities have started.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, the healthiest fast food eater who doesn’t exercise, is aging backward like Benjamin Button.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

It was Trump’s Marine One flight to Walter Reed hospital.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sitting on a plane at DCA that has taxied to the tarmac but we haven’t moved in a while.
Captain just said ATC paused all departures “due to VIP movement in the area.”

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sitting on a plane at DCA that has taxied to the tarmac but we haven’t moved in a while.
Captain just said ATC paused all departures “due to VIP movement in the area.”

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

The extra value meal *is* back.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

The White House is whining because the thin skinned one didn’t successfully bully the world into getting the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: “You’d think he’d want to move on, but he wants this kind of speech normalized. He wants us to hate our fellow service members for not being ‘strong’ enough,” a USAF active duty airman told me.

Totally normal. Not unhinged at all.

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Pete Hegseth mandates that all military service members watch his fratty Virginia speech to generals

“He cares that people are willing to follow his orders, no matter what the law says,” a senior Air Force airman told The Advocate.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

Kamala Harris just said “it’s fucked up,” what RFK Jr. is doing at HHS with linking circumcision to autism today.

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: “You’d think he’d want to move on, but he wants this kind of speech normalized. He wants us to hate our fellow service members for not being ‘strong’ enough,” a USAF active duty airman told me.

Totally normal. Not unhinged at all.

www.advocate.com/news/hegseth...

Pete Hegseth mandates that all military service members watch his fratty Virginia speech to generals

“He cares that people are willing to follow his orders, no matter what the law says,” a senior Air Force airman told The Advocate.

www.advocate.com

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

Trump celebrated, "We took the freedom of speech away.”

Completely normal. Not at all unhinged. Not at all like a dictator.

www.advocate.com/news/trump-n...

Donald Trump brags that ‘we took the freedom of speech away’

The First Amendment of the Constitution would like a word.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

“No voice should ever be silenced. No voice should ever be made to feel invisible. Together, we have the joy of uplifting stories,” librarian and "Reading Rainbow" host Mychal Threets said.

www.advocate.com/news/save-ou...

On a D.C. rooftop, prominent authors and activists vowed to ‘save our stories’ from book bans

“Banning books is banning stories. Banning stories is banning existence. Banning existence is banning hope,” Reading Rainbow host Mychal Threets told attendees at the Penguin Random House-sponsored ev...

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

Trump celebrated, "We took the freedom of speech away.”

Completely normal. Not at all unhinged. Not at all like a dictator.

www.advocate.com/news/trump-n...

Donald Trump brags that ‘we took the freedom of speech away’

The First Amendment of the Constitution would like a word.

www.advocate.com

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes told me that her violent detention for asking questions of two ICE officers is a harbinger for things to come as Trump threatens to jail Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago’s mayor.

www.advocate.com/news/jessie-...

Chicago alderperson describes ‘sanctioned violence’ after ICE detained her for simply asking questions

“I simply asked if they had a signed judicial warrant,” Jessie Fuentes told The Advocate. “That’s not a crime. That’s a constitutional question."

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 4d

Trump complained about “transgender for everybody” to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has a trans kid.

Carney said nothing.

www.advocate.com/news/trump-t...

Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.

www.advocate.com

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 4d

Did New York Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler just come out in support of equal rights for transgender and other LGBTQ+ people?

www.advocate.com/politics/mik...

New York Republican Mike Lawler declares trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat'

"LGBTQ+ people are our equals and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect," he wrote in a Facebook statement that has proved divisive.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 4d

Did New York Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler just come out in support of equal rights for transgender and other LGBTQ+ people?

www.advocate.com/politics/mik...

New York Republican Mike Lawler declares trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat'

"LGBTQ+ people are our equals and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect," he wrote in a Facebook statement that has proved divisive.

www.advocate.com

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 4d

New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler seemed to come out in support of equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, particularly trans folks.

www.advocate.com/politics/mik...

New York Republican Mike Lawler declares trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat'

"LGBTQ+ people are our equals and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect," he wrote in a Facebook statement that has proved divisive.

www.advocate.com

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 5d

PFLAG has a remarkable new project documenting people changing their minds about strongly-held anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs.

I spoke to the director of the film series and folks at PFLAG about intellectual humility.

www.advocate.com/news/convers...

How PFLAG is changing hearts as the Supreme Court considers conversion therapy bans

The national organization dedicated to supporting friends and families of LGBTQ+ folks is betting on people’s intellectual humility.

www.advocate.com

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 4d

Trump complained about “transgender for everybody” to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has a trans kid.

Carney said nothing.

www.advocate.com/news/trump-t...

Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.

www.advocate.com

Reposted by Christopher Wiggins

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 4d

What an awkward thing for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to sit quietly through.

www.advocate.com/news/trump-t...

Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.

www.advocate.com

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 4d

What an awkward thing for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to sit quietly through.

www.advocate.com/news/trump-t...

Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary

Mark Carney sat silently as the U.S. president went on an anti-trans diatribe.

www.advocate.com

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 5d

PFLAG has a remarkable new project documenting people changing their minds about strongly-held anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs.

I spoke to the director of the film series and folks at PFLAG about intellectual humility.

www.advocate.com/news/convers...

How PFLAG is changing hearts as the Supreme Court considers conversion therapy bans

The national organization dedicated to supporting friends and families of LGBTQ+ folks is betting on people’s intellectual humility.

www.advocate.com