Civics Unhinged is the new home for my long-form satire and political commentary — a place where essays can breathe without algorithms or paywalls. I write about the civic unraveling of our time: the absurdities of power, the decay of seriousness, and the endurance of humor as a last civic virtue.
Dunnegin is a former senior federal official, policy analyst, and longtime political consultant who has advised members of Congress, federal agency heads, and corporate leaders. He has spent decades tracking how policy choices shape democracy for better or worse. His current work focuses on political satire, civic education, and public accountability through his newsletter Civics Unhinged and recent ebooks, Trump’s Big Top, Vol. 1, The Liar's Guide to Autocracy, and Mr. Dunneagin Speaks, Vol. 2.
Dunneagin's essays reflect not just his expertise but also a lifetime of watching government—at its best and worst.
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[Editor’s Note: In eras when progress was still possible, History played the role of witness — recording what a people built. But in the Trump era, public life has turned backward, not forward, and the work of government stewardship has collapsed into sabotage. Career civil servants are leaving government in record numbers because leadership has been replaced with duplicity. This essay imagines History itself joining the exodus — resigning not because the work is complete, but because those e...
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A chronicle of American absurdity, written with a straight face and a sharp pen. Civics Unhinged — satire for those who still give a damn.
Civics Unhinged is the new home for my long-form satire and political commentary — a place where essays can breathe without algorithms or paywalls. I write about the civic unraveling of our time: the absurdities of power, the decay of seriousness, and the endurance of humor as a last civic virtue.
Dunnegin is a former senior federal official, policy analyst, and longtime political consultant who has advised members of Congress, federal agency heads, and corporate leaders. He has spent decades tracking how policy choices shape democracy for better or worse. His current work focuses on political satire, civic education, and public accountability through his newsletter Civics Unhinged and recent ebooks, Trump’s Big Top, Vol. 1, The Liar's Guide to Autocracy, and Mr. Dunneagin Speaks, Vol. 2.
Dunneagin's essays reflect not just his expertise but also a lifetime of watching government—at its best and worst.
Support Civics Unhinged
Civics UnhingedAbout Civics Unhinged
Civics UnhingedThe Real Heirs of the Republic
Heritage, Myth, and the Power We Inherit
Civics UnhingedHistory’s Exit Interview: Notes from the End of Progress
[Editor’s Note: In eras when progress was still possible, History played the role of witness — recording what a people built. But in the Trump era, public life has turned backward, not forward, and the work of government stewardship has collapsed into sabotage. Career civil servants are leaving government in record numbers because leadership has been replaced with duplicity. This essay imagines History itself joining the exodus — resigning not because the work is complete, but because those e...
Civics UnhingedThe Real Foreign Invasion
How MAGA Opened the Gates to the Empire It Pretends to Fear
A chronicle of American absurdity, written with a straight face and a sharp pen. Civics Unhinged — satire for those who still give a damn.
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