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Chris Gay

@figatcenter.bsky.social
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Writer in New York City.

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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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America’s Ode to Joy
Have a listen to Aaron Copland’s masterpiece this freighted weekend.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/chris88/... #elon #inequality
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Is It OK to Despise Elon?
Yes, but not because he's the world's first trillionaire.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Is It OK to Despise Elon?
Yes, but not because he's the world's first trillionaire.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
FFS. He’s just saying FU to everyone he knows hates his vulgarity. Can’t the National Park Service do something?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/chris88/... #federalreserve
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RoboFed
Could artificial intelligence run monetary policy?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Is Kevin Warsh Trump’s latest puppet? open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Will Trump's new Fed chair become another MAGA marionette?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
As the markets have long been screaming: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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The Right's Ultimate Climate Hypocrisy
Global-warming skeptics revere the market, but the market says climate change is real.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I'm attending George Conway for Congress's event, “Happy Hour With George - Upper West Side” - sign up now to join me! #ImWithGeorge www.mobilize.us/georgeconway...
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Happy Hour With George - Upper West Side · George Conway for Congress
Join George Conway to hear about his plans to take on Trumpism head on, address the affordability crisis, and fight for New York in Congress. First drink is on the campaign! Looking forward to seeing...
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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The Mouth That Roared
Murder a 'whole civilization'? Even if Trump TACOs tonight, he should be put away.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/chris88/... #Fed #wallstreet
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The Fed's Bad Example
It's stepping onto a slippery slope toward the next financial meltdown, and encouraging Canada to come along.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
They’re coming.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Spin Time for Hitler
Karoline Leavitt Flacks for the Reich.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Why not? He thinks with no brain.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Let’s not pretend this is not about Epstein. open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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Orange Man Wags Black Dog
It’s not a stretch to suspect that the Epstein scandal explains Trump's war on Iran.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Orange Man Wags Black Dog
It’s not a stretch to suspect that the Epstein scandal explains Trump's war on Iran.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Orange Man Wags Black Dog
It’s not a stretch to suspect that the Epstein scandal explains Trump's war on Iran.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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The State of Disunion
Trump's silly, divisive SOTU claims.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Are property taxes a state and local matter?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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'Fuck You,' She Explained
Pam Bondi masters the art of evasive petulance.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
If he thinks money can’t buy happiness, let him try poverty.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Let Us Prey
Epstein should be an extinction event for Trump Evangelicals, but luckily there's a fix.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Let Us Prey
Epstein should be an extinction event for Trump Evangelicals, but luckily there's a fix.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/chris88/... #JDVANCE #Nato
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The Banality of J.D. Vance
What pathological careerism looks like up close.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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The Banality of J.D. Vance
What pathological careerism looks like up close.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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The Banality of J.D. Vance
What pathological careerism looks like up close.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social Is this a sound description of the law? open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
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Two-Thirds of the Country Has Known Trump Is a Pedophile for Over a Decade. The Interstate Crime Compact Puts Him in Prison, and It's 100% Constitutional.
We can get this done.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Anything to divert attention: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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Wag the Clintons
Who better to distract attention from the dog that hasn't barked?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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Wag the Clintons
Who better to distract attention from the dog that hasn't barked?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The Ansonia, 74th and Broadway, New York:
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
In other words, just what MAGA ordered!
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Scientists discover huge black hole. substack.com/@chrisgay/no...
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From Livescience.com (edited for clarity): Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole whipping up cosmic winds at record speeds. "We've not watched a black hole create winds this speedily bef...
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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A Year After Luigi
As his prosecution gathers momentum, he's not the only one on trial.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Malmedy much?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
What next? Roman letters??
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Architecture @architecture.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The Brutalist architecture of the Washington DC Metro system Design: Architect Harry Weese
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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Fool's Gold
Trump’s farcically gilded Oval Office tells you exactly who he is.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
They have no right to complain. Read the memo: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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Memo to MAGA
Don’t complain about getting f*cked over if you voted for the F*ck Over Party.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Couldn’t agree more. open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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The Real Death Panels
They were never in Obamacare, but they are in DOGE.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Let’s see, how can we spin this? I know: “collateral damage.” See how that works?
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Harder even than answering the puff questions at a beauty pageant.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
What does the caller even mean by “fix”? Obamacare did exactly what it was designed to do, halving the number of uninsured, mostly in the non-group market. Johnson either doesn’t know what he’s talking about or he’s defaulting to his factory settings and making shit up.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Another future Fox hostess.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Wonder why he didn’t do that on Jan. 6.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
A personal remembrance of September 11: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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A Handful of Dust
A personal memory of September 11.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Right on the money. Welcome back to 1859.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Charlie Kirk’s murder was not a tipping point, because we have already tipped. Violence and the threat of bloodshed have been the background noise of our politics for some time now. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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The Rough Beast Slouches Closer
A murder that brings out our best... and our absolute worst.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social It all makes sense now, and we don’t even need a pee tape. open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
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WHAT PUTIN HAS ON TRUMP
On August 12th, 2025, Alnur Mussayev, the former head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin possesses a comprehensive kompromat file on Donald J.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Teehee:
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Your Retribution at Work
John Bolton gets a taste of Trump's banana-republic justice.
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Chris Gay @figatcenter.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
@donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social A PSA for disappointed MAGA voters: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...
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Memo to MAGA
Don’t complain about getting f*cked over if you voted for the F*ck Over Party.
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