Jayne Converse
@jayneconverse3.bsky.social
Independent civics and history educator. Breaking down current events, policy and resistance movements through a historical lens.
What They Erased, We Remember: I keep thinking about what it means to reach the end of a long process believing you are finally done, only to be told that the rules have changed at the very last moment. - STAY LOUD!
Stopped at the Finish Line
I keep thinking about what it means to reach the end of a long process believing you are finally done, only to be told that the rules have changed at the very last moment.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: I keep thinking about what it means to reach the end of a long process believing you are finally done, only to be told that the rules have changed at the very last moment. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Most people have no idea that the Supreme Court is about to rule on a case that could change what it means to be an American. - STAY LOUD!
The Supreme Court Is Deciding Who Gets to Be an American
Most people have no idea that the Supreme Court is about to rule on a case that could change what it means to be an American.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Most people have no idea that the Supreme Court is about to rule on a case that could change what it means to be an American. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Today I present Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States. - STAY LOUD!
Five Articles of Impeachment
Today I present Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Today I present Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: On December 4, the White House quietly released a new National Security Strategy. - STAY LOUD!
America Flips the Global Order
On December 4, the White House quietly released a new National Security Strategy.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: On December 4, the White House quietly released a new National Security Strategy. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: There are moments in American history when the system that was designed to protect us is tested in ways most of us never imagined we would see in our lifetimes. - STAY LOUD!
The Case for Impeaching Hegseth
There are moments in American history when the system that was designed to protect us is tested in ways most of us never imagined we would see in our lifetimes.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: There are moments in American history when the system that was designed to protect us is tested in ways most of us never imagined we would see in our lifetimes. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: There is a quiet kind of panic settling over families across the country, and most people feel it long before they can explain it. - STAY LOUD!
The Real Reason Families Cannot Afford Homes Anymore
There is a quiet kind of panic settling over families across the country, and most people feel it long before they can explain it.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: There is a quiet kind of panic settling over families across the country, and most people feel it long before they can explain it. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Something is shifting inside the Republican Party. - STAY LOUD!
Trump’s Coalition Is Fracturing and History Tells Us Why
Something is shifting inside the Republican Party.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Something is shifting inside the Republican Party. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Something urgent and deeply unsettling is happening in the Caribbean, and most Americans have only heard a sanitized version of it. - STAY LOUD!
Missiles, Fishermen, and a Trillion Dollar Motive
Something urgent and deeply unsettling is happening in the Caribbean, and most Americans have only heard a sanitized version of it.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Something urgent and deeply unsettling is happening in the Caribbean, and most Americans have only heard a sanitized version of it. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Most Americans grow up with the same story about Thanksgiving. - STAY LOUD!
Why the Thanksgiving Myth Still Shapes America
Most Americans grow up with the same story about Thanksgiving.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Most Americans grow up with the same story about Thanksgiving. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Donald Trump’s “Twenty-Eight Points” have been described as a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine. - STAY LOUD!
Trump’s “Twenty-Eight Points” Are Not a Peace Plan
Donald Trump’s “Twenty-Eight Points” have been described as a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Donald Trump’s “Twenty-Eight Points” have been described as a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Something unusual is happening inside the Republican Party. - STAY LOUD!
The Populist Vacuum After Trump
Something unusual is happening inside the Republican Party.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Something unusual is happening inside the Republican Party. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: I want to tell you a story that is bigger than any candidate. - STAY LOUD!
The Fight For Fair Elections Is Already Here
I want to tell you a story that is bigger than any candidate.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: I want to tell you a story that is bigger than any candidate. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: For decades, political leaders in the United States have framed public assistance as a moral issue. - STAY LOUD!
Trump and the Billionaire Welfare Pipeline
For decades, political leaders in the United States have framed public assistance as a moral issue.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: For decades, political leaders in the United States have framed public assistance as a moral issue. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: America has a habit of responding to Black progress as if it were an attack. - STAY LOUD!
What We Refuse to Face Is What Keeps Destroying Us
America has a habit of responding to Black progress as if it were an attack.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: America has a habit of responding to Black progress as if it were an attack. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Most Americans know the feeling. - STAY LOUD!
How America Turned Healthcare Into a Business
Most Americans know the feeling.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Most Americans know the feeling. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: The Day the Democrats Blinked - STAY LOUD!
America’s Two-Party System Is the Real Crisis
The Day the Democrats Blinked
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December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: The Day the Democrats Blinked - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: When a Rhode Island court ordered the Trump administration to pay full food benefits during the shutdown, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pressed pause. - STAY LOUD!
A Judge Said Feed the People. The Supreme Court Said Stop.
When a Rhode Island court ordered the Trump administration to pay full food benefits during the shutdown, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pressed pause.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: When a Rhode Island court ordered the Trump administration to pay full food benefits during the shutdown, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pressed pause. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: The government isn’t shut down - just the parts that serve the people. - STAY LOUD!
The Lockout: How Mike Johnson Froze the People’s House
The government isn’t shut down - just the parts that serve the people.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: The government isn’t shut down - just the parts that serve the people. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Last month, the U.S. - STAY LOUD!
How Project Firewall Rewrites the American Story.
Last month, the U.S.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Last month, the U.S. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: I saw a comment this week that I can’t shake. - STAY LOUD!
‘Owning the Libs’ Hurts MAGA Most of All - And Here’s Why
I saw a comment this week that I can’t shake.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: I saw a comment this week that I can’t shake. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: They flood the zone with noise on purpose. - STAY LOUD!
Pentagon Orders National Guard “Crowd Control” Units
They flood the zone with noise on purpose.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: They flood the zone with noise on purpose. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: This week, something remarkable happened. - STAY LOUD!
Court to Trump: Feed the People
This week, something remarkable happened.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: This week, something remarkable happened. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: When Working People Fight Back - STAY LOUD!
The Machine Can Be Beaten
When Working People Fight Back
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December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: When Working People Fight Back - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: The Trump administration announced that it would not use any of the six billion dollars the Department of Agriculture already has in reserve to fund SNAP, the Supplemental Nut... - STAY LOUD!
The Politics of Cruelty: SNAP Cuts and a $20 Billion Bailout
The Trump administration announced that it would not use any of the six billion dollars the Department of Agriculture already has in reserve to fund SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: The Trump administration announced that it would not use any of the six billion dollars the Department of Agriculture already has in reserve to fund SNAP, the Supplemental Nut... - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: This is not one of my more positive essays. - STAY LOUD!
The Erosion of Integrity
This is not one of my more positive essays.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: This is not one of my more positive essays. - STAY LOUD!