Civics Unhinged — A chronicle of American absurdity, written with a straight face and a sharp pen. Civics Unhinged — satire for those who still give a damn. — Page 7

I Came, I Wrote, It Didn’t Matter

A Farewell to the Algorithmic Republic

• Democratic norms
• Trump-era governance
• Civics unhinged

About Civics Unhinged

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...

The Real Heirs of the Republic

Heritage, Myth, and the Power We Inherit

• Democratic norms
• Sovereignty
• Civics unhinged

World Stage, MAGA Script: Willfulness as Governance

How impulse displaced architecture in American statecraft [This essay is Part 1 of a two-part series on Trump’s foreign policy method and its global consequences. Part 2, Coercion Without Credibility Publishes March 3.]

• Trump's second term
• Trump-era governance
• Civics unhinged

History’s Exit Interview: Notes from the End of Progress

Somewhere between the ruins of Enlightenment optimism and the latest GOP fundraiser, History called it quits.

• Democratic norms
• Trump-era governance
• Civics unhinged

When Courts Rule but Power Doesn't Listen

Why Judicial Power Now Turns on Compliance, Not Rulings

• Trump-era governance
• Democratic norms
• Civics unhinged