F.P. Dunneagin
@dunneagin.bsky.social
Political Satirist | Essayist | Host of Civics Unhinged: paragraph.com/@civicsinhinged. Chronicles America’s circus politics with Twain-Buchwald-Swift bite in essays, books, podcasts, and The Dunneagin Chronicles — his backstage journal.
The government can peel back the veil on secrets involving billionaires and exploitation…but can’t pass the basic funding bills required to serve the public.
That’s not transparency.
That’s a performance state.
That’s not transparency.
That’s a performance state.
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The government can peel back the veil on secrets involving billionaires and exploitation…but can’t pass the basic funding bills required to serve the public.
That’s not transparency.
That’s a performance state.
That’s not transparency.
That’s a performance state.
New post: The GOP’s favorite arsonist of government is back — and this time he’s holding the algorithm. My latest: how Russ Vought is reshaping America into a smaller, meaner performance state while calling it “freedom.”
Read/Listen here → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged
Read/Listen here → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New post: The GOP’s favorite arsonist of government is back — and this time he’s holding the algorithm. My latest: how Russ Vought is reshaping America into a smaller, meaner performance state while calling it “freedom.”
Read/Listen here → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged
Read/Listen here → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged
New today: The Heritage Hustle — the new Right is trying to turn America into an ancestral estate, where citizenship is paperwork but belonging is a bloodline.
They don’t want a republic.
They want an inheritance.
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#CivicsUnhinged #HeritageHustle #NotYourBirthright
They don’t want a republic.
They want an inheritance.
Read →paragraph.com/@civivsunh
#CivicsUnhinged #HeritageHustle #NotYourBirthright
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New today: The Heritage Hustle — the new Right is trying to turn America into an ancestral estate, where citizenship is paperwork but belonging is a bloodline.
They don’t want a republic.
They want an inheritance.
Read →paragraph.com/@civivsunh
#CivicsUnhinged #HeritageHustle #NotYourBirthright
They don’t want a republic.
They want an inheritance.
Read →paragraph.com/@civivsunh
#CivicsUnhinged #HeritageHustle #NotYourBirthright
Ignorance isn’t the absence of knowledge.
It’s the absence of responsibility.
“World Stage, MAGA Script” just dropped.
Read it here: paragraph.com@civicsunhinged
#CivicsUnhinged #IgnoranceDoctrine #KnowNothingReboot
It’s the absence of responsibility.
“World Stage, MAGA Script” just dropped.
Read it here: paragraph.com@civicsunhinged
#CivicsUnhinged #IgnoranceDoctrine #KnowNothingReboot
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ignorance isn’t the absence of knowledge.
It’s the absence of responsibility.
“World Stage, MAGA Script” just dropped.
Read it here: paragraph.com@civicsunhinged
#CivicsUnhinged #IgnoranceDoctrine #KnowNothingReboot
It’s the absence of responsibility.
“World Stage, MAGA Script” just dropped.
Read it here: paragraph.com@civicsunhinged
#CivicsUnhinged #IgnoranceDoctrine #KnowNothingReboot
What happens when the guardrails of democracy bow to manners? Coup by Courtesy dissects the polite authoritarianism of our times—the soft-spoken surrender that lets power change hands without a gunshot.
Read the full essay on ¶ → tinyurl.com/f97dn62r
Read the full essay on ¶ → tinyurl.com/f97dn62r
Coup by Courtesy: How the GOP Handed Over the Keys
There is an American fantasy that power is always seized with a bang: jackboots, tanks, a colonel at the radio station. But that’s not how a self-respecting 21st-century party yields a republic. Today...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What happens when the guardrails of democracy bow to manners? Coup by Courtesy dissects the polite authoritarianism of our times—the soft-spoken surrender that lets power change hands without a gunshot.
Read the full essay on ¶ → tinyurl.com/f97dn62r
Read the full essay on ¶ → tinyurl.com/f97dn62r
🎙️In this week’s Civics Unhinged, I sit down with History itself for one last conversation — wry, weary, and uncomfortably honest about how democracies die in applause lines.
Listen now → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged#CivicsUnhingede#MrDunneaginSpeaksk#HistorysExitInterviewe#PerformanceStatete
Listen now → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged#CivicsUnhingede#MrDunneaginSpeaksk#HistorysExitInterviewe#PerformanceStatete
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October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🎙️In this week’s Civics Unhinged, I sit down with History itself for one last conversation — wry, weary, and uncomfortably honest about how democracies die in applause lines.
Listen now → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged#CivicsUnhingede#MrDunneaginSpeaksk#HistorysExitInterviewe#PerformanceStatete
Listen now → paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged#CivicsUnhingede#MrDunneaginSpeaksk#HistorysExitInterviewe#PerformanceStatete
Trump’s economy isn’t a recovery — it’s a bonfire. The administration torches the middle class while calling it patriotism. The fire isn’t out of control; the arsonist is still holding the match.
Read here: tinyurl.com/2v6ybrk4
Read here: tinyurl.com/2v6ybrk4
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.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump’s economy isn’t a recovery — it’s a bonfire. The administration torches the middle class while calling it patriotism. The fire isn’t out of control; the arsonist is still holding the match.
Read here: tinyurl.com/2v6ybrk4
Read here: tinyurl.com/2v6ybrk4
Kristi Noem isn’t “securing” anything — she’s signaling rank.
The jets aren’t transport. They’re tribute.
A court is already forming around Trump, and the price of entry is fealty disguised as security theater.
The Court of Homeland Security →
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The jets aren’t transport. They’re tribute.
A court is already forming around Trump, and the price of entry is fealty disguised as security theater.
The Court of Homeland Security →
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
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.
paragraph.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Kristi Noem isn’t “securing” anything — she’s signaling rank.
The jets aren’t transport. They’re tribute.
A court is already forming around Trump, and the price of entry is fealty disguised as security theater.
The Court of Homeland Security →
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
The jets aren’t transport. They’re tribute.
A court is already forming around Trump, and the price of entry is fealty disguised as security theater.
The Court of Homeland Security →
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
In presumptive monarchies, power descends from above.
And aboard her two new Gulfstreams, Kristi Noem is skipping straight to the altitude of borrowed royalty.
New essay → The Court of Homeland Security
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
And aboard her two new Gulfstreams, Kristi Noem is skipping straight to the altitude of borrowed royalty.
New essay → The Court of Homeland Security
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
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.
paragraph.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In presumptive monarchies, power descends from above.
And aboard her two new Gulfstreams, Kristi Noem is skipping straight to the altitude of borrowed royalty.
New essay → The Court of Homeland Security
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
And aboard her two new Gulfstreams, Kristi Noem is skipping straight to the altitude of borrowed royalty.
New essay → The Court of Homeland Security
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
🎪 Civics Unhinged has officially moved!
Essays, satire, and podcasts now live at paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged.
Come join us at the new Big Top—same ringmaster, sharper knives.
#CivicsUnhinged #PoliticalSatire #TrumpEra #OpenEra
Essays, satire, and podcasts now live at paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged.
Come join us at the new Big Top—same ringmaster, sharper knives.
#CivicsUnhinged #PoliticalSatire #TrumpEra #OpenEra
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.
paragraph.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🎪 Civics Unhinged has officially moved!
Essays, satire, and podcasts now live at paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged.
Come join us at the new Big Top—same ringmaster, sharper knives.
#CivicsUnhinged #PoliticalSatire #TrumpEra #OpenEra
Essays, satire, and podcasts now live at paragraph.com/@civicsunhinged.
Come join us at the new Big Top—same ringmaster, sharper knives.
#CivicsUnhinged #PoliticalSatire #TrumpEra #OpenEra
The circus keeps moving, but I’m folding the tent—at least on one platform. A short goodbye, a nod to endurance over engagement, and a reminder of why I still write.
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I Came, I Wrote, It Didn’t Matter
After nearly three hundred essays and dozens of podcast episodes, I’ve reached a simple conclusion: I’m done writing on a schedule, and I’m done writing for platforms that confuse noise with vitality....
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October 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The circus keeps moving, but I’m folding the tent—at least on one platform. A short goodbye, a nod to endurance over engagement, and a reminder of why I still write.
🎩
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
🎩
paragraph.com/@civicsunhin...
When the house is burning, the arsonists blame the firefighters — and the press wonders why the hose isn’t longer. My latest essay & podcast: The Arsonists and the Firefighters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ccknmcy
#CivicsUnhinged #MrDunneaginSpeaks #GOPArsonists
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🔗 tinyurl.com/4ccknmcy
#CivicsUnhinged #MrDunneaginSpeaks #GOPArsonists
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The Arsonists and the Firefighters: Who Really Owns the Crisis of American Governance?
Media Frames and Burning Houses
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October 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
When the house is burning, the arsonists blame the firefighters — and the press wonders why the hose isn’t longer. My latest essay & podcast: The Arsonists and the Firefighters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4ccknmcy
#CivicsUnhinged #MrDunneaginSpeaks #GOPArsonists
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🔗 tinyurl.com/4ccknmcy
#CivicsUnhinged #MrDunneaginSpeaks #GOPArsonists
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As a former soldier, I can assure you: yesterday's Quantico spectacle was not routine. Trump calling 800 generals home was a rehearsal for domestic militarization. New essay up now.
👉 tinyurl.com/436v4njv
👉 tinyurl.com/436v4njv
Quantico and the Department of War: Trump’s Dress Rehearsal for Domestic Militarization
[Writer’s Note: As a former soldier, having been assigned to the Pentagon, in the office of the Secretary of the Army, I assure you that this is not satire.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As a former soldier, I can assure you: yesterday's Quantico spectacle was not routine. Trump calling 800 generals home was a rehearsal for domestic militarization. New essay up now.
👉 tinyurl.com/436v4njv
👉 tinyurl.com/436v4njv
Trump’s “invisible hand” feels more like a pickpocket’s trick. Episode #4 of Civics Unhinged: The Invisible Hand.
🎧 Listen here → tinyurl.com/3ss365b4
🎧 Listen here → tinyurl.com/3ss365b4
The Invisible Hand Meets the Tiny Fist: Trump’s Business School of Hard Knocks
The Businessman President Who Can’t Do Business
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September 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump’s “invisible hand” feels more like a pickpocket’s trick. Episode #4 of Civics Unhinged: The Invisible Hand.
🎧 Listen here → tinyurl.com/3ss365b4
🎧 Listen here → tinyurl.com/3ss365b4
Ezra Klein frets about liberal despair. Fair enough. But the GOP has rebranded wreckage as nostalgia, and only one side gets framed as a crisis. That’s not analysis — it’s a séance for the dead center.
👉 via NYT: tinyurl.com/38fvtshd
#EzraKleinification
👉 via NYT: tinyurl.com/38fvtshd
#EzraKleinification
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September 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ezra Klein frets about liberal despair. Fair enough. But the GOP has rebranded wreckage as nostalgia, and only one side gets framed as a crisis. That’s not analysis — it’s a séance for the dead center.
👉 via NYT: tinyurl.com/38fvtshd
#EzraKleinification
👉 via NYT: tinyurl.com/38fvtshd
#EzraKleinification
ICYMI: Season 2 of Civics Unhinged is live —
Ep. 1: Trump’s Law of Mirrors 🪞
Ep. 2: The Strategic Muddle 🎪
Both are free to all
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#Satire #Trump #CivicsUnhinged
Ep. 1: Trump’s Law of Mirrors 🪞
Ep. 2: The Strategic Muddle 🎪
Both are free to all
🎧 dunneagin.substack.com
#Satire #Trump #CivicsUnhinged
~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~ | F.P. Dunneagin | Substack
Civics Unhinged stands as a lighthouse in the fogbank of Trump-era political delusion. Click to read ~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~, by F.P. Dunneagin, a Substack publication. Launche...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
ICYMI: Season 2 of Civics Unhinged is live —
Ep. 1: Trump’s Law of Mirrors 🪞
Ep. 2: The Strategic Muddle 🎪
Both are free to all
🎧 dunneagin.substack.com
#Satire #Trump #CivicsUnhinged
Ep. 1: Trump’s Law of Mirrors 🪞
Ep. 2: The Strategic Muddle 🎪
Both are free to all
🎧 dunneagin.substack.com
#Satire #Trump #CivicsUnhinged
Brazil gave us democracy with teeth. America gave us democracy with dentures. Bolsonaro got 27 years; Trump got four more.
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#Bolsonaro #Trump #Democracy #Satire #MrDunneaginSpeaks
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
#Bolsonaro #Trump #Democracy #Satire #MrDunneaginSpeaks
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Brazil gave us democracy with teeth. America gave us democracy with dentures. Bolsonaro got 27 years; Trump got four more.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
#Bolsonaro #Trump #Democracy #Satire #MrDunneaginSpeaks
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#Bolsonaro #Trump #Democracy #Satire #MrDunneaginSpeaks
Trump boasts of prosperity; the math says otherwise. Tariffs hit consumers, debt balloons, and “MAGA math” collapses under its own weight. "The Numbers Don’t Lie But Trump Does" lays it bare.
👉 Read it here: tinyurl.com/txjdx7sk
#CivicsUnhinged #DunneaginSpeaks #TrumpEconomics #PoliticalSatire
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👉 Read it here: tinyurl.com/txjdx7sk
#CivicsUnhinged #DunneaginSpeaks #TrumpEconomics #PoliticalSatire
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The Numbers Don’t Lie, But Trump Will
When Donald Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, he wasn’t pruning dead wood — he was firing the weatherman for reporting rain.
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September 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump boasts of prosperity; the math says otherwise. Tariffs hit consumers, debt balloons, and “MAGA math” collapses under its own weight. "The Numbers Don’t Lie But Trump Does" lays it bare.
👉 Read it here: tinyurl.com/txjdx7sk
#CivicsUnhinged #DunneaginSpeaks #TrumpEconomics #PoliticalSatire
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👉 Read it here: tinyurl.com/txjdx7sk
#CivicsUnhinged #DunneaginSpeaks #TrumpEconomics #PoliticalSatire
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David Graham’s take on Kirk leans into the same reflex I flagged in The Grey Lady’s Triptych: magnify Democratic doubt, flatten Republican extremism. It’s the “Perhaps Doctrine” in action — and it’s dragging us deeper into the rabbit hole.
Read it here: dunneagin.substack.com/p/the-grey-l...
Read it here: dunneagin.substack.com/p/the-grey-l...
The Grey Lady’s Triptych: How to Make a Coup Look Like a Calendar Item
Three panels, one distortion: why the Times magnifies Democratic hesitation and normalizes Republican demolition
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September 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
David Graham’s take on Kirk leans into the same reflex I flagged in The Grey Lady’s Triptych: magnify Democratic doubt, flatten Republican extremism. It’s the “Perhaps Doctrine” in action — and it’s dragging us deeper into the rabbit hole.
Read it here: dunneagin.substack.com/p/the-grey-l...
Read it here: dunneagin.substack.com/p/the-grey-l...
Season 2 opens today. Trump’s Law of Mirrors — essay + podcast, free to all. Trump fires truth-tellers, worships reflections, and cracks democracy’s glass.
👉 dunneagin.substack.com
#Satire #Trump #Democracy #Authoritarianism #Politics #Podcast #Substack
👉 dunneagin.substack.com
#Satire #Trump #Democracy #Authoritarianism #Politics #Podcast #Substack
~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~ | F.P. Dunneagin | Substack
Civics Unhinged stands as a lighthouse in the fogbank of Trump-era political delusion. Click to read ~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~, by F.P. Dunneagin, a Substack publication. Launche...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Season 2 opens today. Trump’s Law of Mirrors — essay + podcast, free to all. Trump fires truth-tellers, worships reflections, and cracks democracy’s glass.
👉 dunneagin.substack.com
#Satire #Trump #Democracy #Authoritarianism #Politics #Podcast #Substack
👉 dunneagin.substack.com
#Satire #Trump #Democracy #Authoritarianism #Politics #Podcast #Substack
New essay: Mt. Rushless ⛰️
Trump doesn’t need granite—he’s carving his own monument out of grift. A pantheon of sycophants and dealmakers, etched into the rubble of democracy.
Read it on Substack → dunneagin.substack.com
Trump doesn’t need granite—he’s carving his own monument out of grift. A pantheon of sycophants and dealmakers, etched into the rubble of democracy.
Read it on Substack → dunneagin.substack.com
~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~ | F.P. Dunneagin | Substack
Civics Unhinged stands as a lighthouse in the fogbank of Trump-era political delusion. Click to read ~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~, by F.P. Dunneagin, a Substack publication. Launche...
dunneagin.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New essay: Mt. Rushless ⛰️
Trump doesn’t need granite—he’s carving his own monument out of grift. A pantheon of sycophants and dealmakers, etched into the rubble of democracy.
Read it on Substack → dunneagin.substack.com
Trump doesn’t need granite—he’s carving his own monument out of grift. A pantheon of sycophants and dealmakers, etched into the rubble of democracy.
Read it on Substack → dunneagin.substack.com
🚨 New front door to Civics Unhinged: Mr. Dunneagin Speaks, Vol. 2 now pinned. Satire sharpened for Trump’s America. 📚 Support the work — get 3 free eBooks (Big Top, Liar’s Guide, Vol. 2). 👉 dunneagin.substack.com
~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~ | F.P. Dunneagin | Substack
Civics Unhinged stands as a lighthouse in the fogbank of Trump-era political delusion. Click to read ~ Civics Unhinged: Dispatches From Trumpistan ~, by F.P. Dunneagin, a Substack publication. Launche...
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September 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🚨 New front door to Civics Unhinged: Mr. Dunneagin Speaks, Vol. 2 now pinned. Satire sharpened for Trump’s America. 📚 Support the work — get 3 free eBooks (Big Top, Liar’s Guide, Vol. 2). 👉 dunneagin.substack.com
This Summer at the Big Top
From the Producer Who Brought You "Trump's Nuclear Moon"...
comes the rooftop reboot nobody asked for: 👉
Bad ideas don't just launch into space - sometimes, they climb to the roof.
👉 "From the Roof with Love" tinyurl.com/ysjaapzb
From the Producer Who Brought You "Trump's Nuclear Moon"...
comes the rooftop reboot nobody asked for: 👉
Bad ideas don't just launch into space - sometimes, they climb to the roof.
👉 "From the Roof with Love" tinyurl.com/ysjaapzb
From the Roof with Love: Trump’s Latest Altitude Problem
The American presidency has long been a role defined by gravitas, diplomacy, and, when necessary, the ability to project power without teetering on the edge of a building.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This Summer at the Big Top
From the Producer Who Brought You "Trump's Nuclear Moon"...
comes the rooftop reboot nobody asked for: 👉
Bad ideas don't just launch into space - sometimes, they climb to the roof.
👉 "From the Roof with Love" tinyurl.com/ysjaapzb
From the Producer Who Brought You "Trump's Nuclear Moon"...
comes the rooftop reboot nobody asked for: 👉
Bad ideas don't just launch into space - sometimes, they climb to the roof.
👉 "From the Roof with Love" tinyurl.com/ysjaapzb
The final installment of The Liar’s Guide to Autocracy drops tomorrow (Paid). Survival scenarios, collapse denial, and autocratic “exit strategies.” How do you stay on top when the bottom falls out? Find out here: tinyurl.com/ycxk9ehw
The Final Installment of "The Liar's Chronicle": A Final Interlude & Chapter 6
A Final Interlude: Autocrat Survival Scenarios
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August 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The final installment of The Liar’s Guide to Autocracy drops tomorrow (Paid). Survival scenarios, collapse denial, and autocratic “exit strategies.” How do you stay on top when the bottom falls out? Find out here: tinyurl.com/ycxk9ehw
New on Substack (Paid): Wilson with a Spray Tan — Trump revives Wilson’s racist script for a new century. History doesn’t repeat; it reboots. Will America ever leave the theater?
👉 Read here: tinyurl.com/yck4j2cc
👉 Read here: tinyurl.com/yck4j2cc
Wilson with a Spray Tan: Trump’s Racism Revival Show
Imagine an America where history doesn’t repeat; it reboots.
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August 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New on Substack (Paid): Wilson with a Spray Tan — Trump revives Wilson’s racist script for a new century. History doesn’t repeat; it reboots. Will America ever leave the theater?
👉 Read here: tinyurl.com/yck4j2cc
👉 Read here: tinyurl.com/yck4j2cc