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Chris Gay

@figatcenter.bsky.social

Writer in New York City.

created November 12, 2024

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Colbert ‘28!

1/9/2025, 3:29:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In other words, the progressive agenda of TR and FDR. It seems we have to reinvent the wheel every couple of generations.

31/8/2025, 7:18:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social It all makes sense now, and we don’t even need a pee tape. open.substack.com/pub/closerto...

31/8/2025, 7:15:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great work. Did you just leave the shutter open?

31/8/2025, 7:06:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Teehee:

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31/8/2025, 7:05:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Don’t forget front-running: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

30/8/2025, 9:11:40 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I want it to have a bad day at the ballot: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

30/8/2025, 9:10:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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MAGA eugenics. Nice.

29/8/2025, 10:50:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let us prey.

29/8/2025, 7:46:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump will just call it a fake book.

29/8/2025, 7:45:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Look over there! It’s Hunter Biden’s laptop sitting on Hillary’s server right next to Benghazi ….

29/8/2025, 7:44:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And remember why we’re supposed to need all these guns: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

29/8/2025, 7:42:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But living is so woke.

29/8/2025, 7:40:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And DOGE: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

29/8/2025, 7:08:40 PM | 8 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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You left out “Gild the presidential palace.”

28/8/2025, 10:22:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nobody is alleging Trump is a communist. Sykes is being facetious with the allusion. The comparison I’m making is to Suharto’s institutionalized theft of private assets. That’s what the Intel deal resembles.

26/8/2025, 11:45:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Who says he wasn’t?

26/8/2025, 11:33:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Your retribution at work open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

24/8/2025, 12:45:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

23/8/2025, 10:05:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social A PSA for disappointed MAGA voters: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

23/8/2025, 10:02:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Has anyone explained why this is happening? This is exactly what the Suhartos did. Did I give Trump ideas?: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

23/8/2025, 8:31:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

23/8/2025, 12:59:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Imagine what Trump could do with it.

22/8/2025, 12:07:49 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have you heard of private equity?

19/8/2025, 2:03:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She’s not a cabinet member; she’s an attack dog.

18/8/2025, 2:19:29 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And they’re all in this graphic: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

13/8/2025, 7:05:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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iow, not in a good head space?

12/8/2025, 7:54:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just for the record …. open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

11/8/2025, 6:28:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Me too: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

10/8/2025, 11:08:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Could it be that when Biff talked about grabbing pussies, he meant GOP lawmakers?

8/8/2025, 6:35:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s a political-science term for this type of person: “pussy.”

8/8/2025, 6:34:06 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or when he squanders the $400 million extracted from his family?

8/8/2025, 6:30:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s more of less true of every Trump appointee. The price of MAGA career advancement is personal integrity.

8/8/2025, 3:55:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wait, how do I know you’re not really Tina Fay?

3/8/2025, 5:14:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just try the short ones.

3/8/2025, 3:28:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@sarahpalin.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

2/8/2025, 6:37:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@mmflint.bsky.social Why don’t you discuss this sometime ? (If you have, I’ve missed it.) open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

2/8/2025, 6:36:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@shorterbrooks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

2/8/2025, 6:34:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@spotlightondoge.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

22/7/2025, 12:32:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@dogeposts.bsky.social MAGA voters, read this: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

22/7/2025, 12:31:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social MAGA voters, read this: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

22/7/2025, 12:31:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@blametrumpvoters.com And laugh at them: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

22/7/2025, 12:29:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A note for angry MAGAites: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

22/7/2025, 12:27:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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MAGA needs to read this: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

22/7/2025, 12:25:56 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Check how?

16/7/2025, 12:11:09 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What did it say?

29/6/2025, 10:19:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s always the tail that wags the dog. It’s called “intensity of preference.”

29/6/2025, 10:16:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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None of what?

29/6/2025, 10:15:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But 78 million MAGA voters have no problem with it. A nation of idiots.

29/6/2025, 7:46:18 PM | 21 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/6/2025, 5:16:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You might address the stability question sometime: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

23/6/2025, 11:18:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is a problem well understood by healthcare economists. It’s called “the law of inverse care.”

20/6/2025, 11:32:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The pre-existing condition is corporate ownership of Congress.

20/6/2025, 11:27:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wall Street already knows this. It’s the GOP that’s in denial: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

20/6/2025, 10:15:27 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Welcome to Great Again.

18/6/2025, 9:59:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tim, you’re in the wrong country.

17/6/2025, 9:23:23 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Which makes you the perfect GOP voter.

17/6/2025, 9:20:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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here in NYC:

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14/6/2025, 9:15:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the Met?

13/6/2025, 8:01:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Caring is not earnings-accretive. See how that works?

12/6/2025, 10:48:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can’t believe this frat boi is defense sec. Only under Trump.

7/6/2025, 1:32:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I first read that as “Elon.” Was not surprised.

4/6/2025, 1:40:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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x.com/neo_jane8/st...

3/6/2025, 12:41:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You’re in the wrong country. Teehee.

1/6/2025, 12:49:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What are the odds Trump is front-running each self-generated rally?

29/5/2025, 9:45:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Guess he got tired of cosplaying a Serious Government Official.

29/5/2025, 2:13:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is he on his knees like the rest of them?: open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:45:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And suckholes open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:43:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@trumpjet.grndcntrl.net open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:41:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@benusa.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:41:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@maryltrump.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:40:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:40:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@benusa.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:40:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:40:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@agpambondi.govpeeps.com open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:39:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@pambondi.bsky.social Pam’s excellent fluffing. open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

25/5/2025, 1:38:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But sharing is socialist and leads in a straight line to the Gulag. To remain free, we have to hoard and exclude. See how that works?

14/5/2025, 11:35:52 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And who’s going to stop him? Lindsey Graham?

14/5/2025, 11:34:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or in Trumpese, “business.”

12/5/2025, 8:25:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How long was that exposure?

10/5/2025, 3:16:42 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s wonderful. Wyeth-esque.

8/5/2025, 3:39:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Which makes Loomer perfect for the next cabinet vacancy.

4/5/2025, 11:28:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How can he sit there when the economy is in freefall?

1/5/2025, 11:19:37 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No. That’s Hegseth’s replacement.

1/5/2025, 4:10:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He was like totally woke.

19/4/2025, 12:06:50 AM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

5/4/2025, 2:24:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or that there’s not a pee tape.

11/3/2025, 11:24:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

11/3/2025, 11:24:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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11/3/2025, 11:23:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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open.substack.com/pub/chris88/...

11/3/2025, 11:22:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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11/3/2025, 11:21:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Am I the only one who noticed the bust of Churchill looking on from behind? He looks a bit disgusted. Not our finest hour.

1/3/2025, 9:21:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Turns out the right doesn’t mind Big Brother as long as it’s privatized.

25/2/2025, 4:21:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/2/2025, 6:12:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At least they’re house-trained.

13/11/2024, 2:03:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view