Chris Gay
figatcenter.bsky.social
Chris Gay
@figatcenter.bsky.social
Writer in New York City.
Anything to divert attention:

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Wag the Clintons
Who better to distract attention from the dog that hasn't barked?
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Ansonia, 74th and Broadway, New York:
December 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In other words, just what MAGA ordered!
Trump’s speech exposed a broad spectrum of unwellness. Rushed, ranty, grievance-laden and a brutal slog for fact-checkers, the diatribe was a dog’s breakfast of barking self-pity, finger-pointing, statistical bullshit, and political tone-deafness.

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Envisioning a World Without Trump
A conversation with Tom Nichols
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Malmedy much?
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
What next? Roman letters??
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by Chris Gay
The Brutalist architecture of the Washington DC Metro system
Design: Architect Harry Weese
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
They have no right to complain. Read the memo:

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October 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Couldn’t agree more.

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October 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Harder even than answering the puff questions at a beauty pageant.
"Halligan is finding out that prosecuting a case is harder than it looks — particularly when that case has already been rejected by seasoned prosecutors as unwinnable. Add in that it will be tried on the fastest federal docket in the US, and you’ve got the makings of a total humiliation in court."
The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far
Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!
www.publicnotice.co
October 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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.
C-SPAN CALLER: What is your plan to fix Obamacare?

MIKE JOHNSON: Great question. There's a lot of improvement that's needed. Obamacare did not do what was promised. We gotta fix that. In the big beautiful bill we reformed Medicaid.
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Another future Fox hostess.
The counterterrorism experts have arrived at the White House..
October 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wonder why he didn’t do that on Jan. 6.
Yes, Of Course, Trump Will Invoke the Insurrection Act

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October 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A personal remembrance of September 11:

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A Handful of Dust
A personal memory of September 11.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Right on the money. Welcome back to 1859.
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.

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The Rough Beast Slouches Closer
A murder that brings out our best... and our absolute worst.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reposted by Chris Gay
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...
The Rough Beast Slouches Closer
A murder that brings out our best... and our absolute worst.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Teehee:
August 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM