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The Chaos Section
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TheChaosSection.com TCS is a collaborative writing project and small, indie press. We recently published our first collection: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-dissent-poems-of-protest-in-an-authoritarian-age-summer-2025/
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The Chaos Section @tcspress.bsky.social · 17d
We’re open for #essay #submissions again. Political, philosophical, personal, somewhere in between. We like writing that says something real, makes people feel something, cuts through noise, challenges power, feels lived-in. If it’s honest, sharp, and human, we'd love to read it.
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In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my reflections as a veteran, son, and father.

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The Costs of War: A Mother’s View
In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my r…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
tcspress.bsky.social
We’re open for #essay #submissions again. Political, philosophical, personal, somewhere in between. We like writing that says something real, makes people feel something, cuts through noise, challenges power, feels lived-in. If it’s honest, sharp, and human, we'd love to read it.
tcspress.com/write/
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
tcspress.bsky.social
History and data agree: when roughly 3.5 % of people engage in sustained, peaceful action, real change becomes possible.
"Critical Mass 3Point5" is built on that idea, nonviolence as realistic strategy, not wishful thinking. Explore the project: criticalmass35.org #Democracy #Trump #Protest #NoKings
Critical Mass: Three Point Five Percent
Authoritarian rule cannot withstand disciplined, organized, nonviolent resistance.
criticalmass35.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Hoping to see strong, peaceful crowds at tomorrow’s #NoKings marches. Show up, stay grounded, look out for each other.
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No Kings Protest Guide: Safety, Rights, and How to Show Up
A brief field guide for peaceful resistance Tomorrow, on Saturday, October 18th, People will gather across the country for the No Kings marches. If you plan to show up, good on you. Showing up matt…
criticalmass35.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
tcspress.bsky.social
“The right to protest is what America is about. You are not going to stop us.”
handle.invalid Indivisible ❌👑 @handle.invalid · Oct 11
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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#Trump #escalator
October 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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“Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” - James Baldwin
August 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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#Poets: #Submissions are now #open for the next Chaos Section Poetry Project
August 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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July 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Submission Call: Seeking Anonymous Essays for Our Next Project - *Updated Details*
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#Essay #Collection #Submissions
July 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Submission Call: We’re collecting real, anonymous stories for a printed book: confessions, regrets, secrets, moments you’ve never said out loud. No names. No judgment. Just your words.
#anonymous #callforsubmissions #creativewriting #essaycall #confession #nonfiction

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Submission Call: Seeking Anonymous Essays for Our Next Publication
I Probably Shouldn’t Be Telling You ThisAn Anonymous Collection of Confessions, Secrets, and Regrets From The Chaos Section PressWinter 2025 “Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the go…
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July 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Our first published collection, Record of Dissent, is now available to read online, download as a PDF, or purchase in paperback: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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"Hope" by Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com

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Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age
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Read the full collection here free: thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
July 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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"Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age" is now live.

44 poems of protest, resistance, survival, and hope.

Read, download, or share for free:
thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...

#Poetry #ProtestPoetry #Dissent #AntiAuthoritarian #Trump
Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age — Summer 2025
A free digital chapbook featuring 44 poems of protest, resilience, and rising authoritarianism in the Trump era—published by The Chaos Section Poetry Project.
thechaossectionpoetryproject.com
June 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
tcspress.bsky.social
Let’s play a fun little game called “Imagine the Outrage.”

An Islamic Middle Eastern country gifts a private luxury jet to the sitting President of the United States.
Only it’s 2013, and that president’s name is Barack Hussein Obama.

Just imagine… Isn’t that fun?
#Trump #Qatar #Obama #AirForce1
May 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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“No innocent Trump supporter should be blindsided by weaponized sea imagery. Some of us are still in therapy from when that AP journalist called it the ‘Gulf of Mexico’—after President Trump clearly renamed it the ‘Gulf of America.’” #8647 #Satire
Federal Investigation Launched After MAGA Republicans Emotionally Wounded by Comey’s Seashell Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Homeland Security has opened an urgent investigation into what officials are calling “a potential threat to presidential safety” after former FBI Director …
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May 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309
May 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
tcspress.bsky.social
Truly presidential stuff. Just a grown man lashing out at Bruce Springsteen’s skin because he said something mean abroad. Exactly the kind of calm, balanced leadership you'd expect from the commander of 6,000 nuclear warheads. #StableGenius #Trump #Springsteen
May 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
tcspress.bsky.social
Nothing says “strong leadership” and "selfless service" like a guy with 5 draft deferments turning the Army’s 250th birthday into a $92 million tribute to himself—because it just so happens to fall on his birthday, and he thinks tanks are cool
May 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Adam Kinzinger: proof that not all Republicans are spineless MAGA sycophants. Too bad he's not in Congress anymore—we could use more voices like his instead of a caucus full of guys with Stockholm syndrome and a longstanding aversion to integrity.
adamkinzinger.substack.com Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · May 14
Good morning to everyone but the most corrupt president to ever exist, who is at this moment selling out his nation to the funders of terrorism so his boy can sign another $2 billion deal. Oh and Tom Holman
May 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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"If that kind of “justice” (grab now, ask never) is your thing, maybe check out some real estate in Moscow. Or Pyongyang. I hear it’s lovely this time of year."
nickallison80.bsky.social Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · May 15
New piece up at The Political Prism on Medium. It’s about due process, executive power, fast-track deportations, constitutional shortcuts, and how “public safety” gets used as a free pass to ignore the law. #DueProcess #Constitution #Trump #Authoritarianism #ThePoliticalPrism #AbregoGarcia
Skipping Due Process in the Name of Expediency Is Just State-Sponsored Kidnapping
Treating the Constitution like an inconvenience isn’t how you protect a country — it’s how you dismantle it.
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May 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Anti-Authoritarian poetry project open for submissions till May 18th
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
tcspress.bsky.social
Donald Trump says he’s “not joking” about a third term. Maybe he’s trolling. Maybe not. But history has a habit of punishing nations that wait too long to take threats seriously.
#trumpthirdterm #2028elections #authoritarianism
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Trump’s Third-Term Talk Is a Warning We Shouldn’t Ignore
After nearly a decade of Donald Trump dominating America’s frontal lobe, most of us have developed the survival skill of rolling our eyes and moving on. Ten years of Trump noise will do that to a b…
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May 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
tcspress.bsky.social
"It is not power that corrupts but fear."


- Aung San Suu Kyi
, Burmese pro-democracy leader and political prisoner

#Authoritarianism #Freedom

(Photograph via Getty Images, used under fair use for commentary)
May 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
tcspress.bsky.social
Donald Trump says he’s “not joking” about a third term. Maybe he’s trolling. Maybe not. But history has a habit of punishing nations that wait too long to take threats seriously.
#trumpthirdterm #2028elections #authoritarianism
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Trump’s Third-Term Talk Is a Warning We Shouldn’t Ignore
Trump says he’s “not joking” about staying past 2029. History says we shouldn’t laugh it off. Here’s why complacency is the real danger.
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May 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM