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: 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!
What They Erased, We Remember: Tax Resistance and the American Conscience - STAY LOUD!
Time to Stop Funding Our Own Oppression
Tax Resistance and the American Conscience
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November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Tax Resistance and the American Conscience - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Article posted earlier this afternoon - STAY LOUD!
Remember Your Power: When Workers Stop, Nations Listen.
Article posted earlier this afternoon
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Article posted earlier this afternoon - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Why Strikes Work in France - and What America Forgot - STAY LOUD!
Remember Your Power
Why Strikes Work in France - and What America Forgot
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November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Why Strikes Work in France - and What America Forgot - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: A Resistance History of Dissent - STAY LOUD!
The Real American Tradition Isn’t Obedience. It’s Resistance.
A Resistance History of Dissent
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November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: A Resistance History of Dissent - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Imagine this. - STAY LOUD!
Social Media, Surveillance, and the Death of Dissent: Inside NSPM-7
Imagine this.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Imagine this. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Last week, the White House staged a roundtable about what it called the “Antifa threat.” Cameras were rolling as President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security... - STAY LOUD!
The Real Danger Isn’t Antifa. It’s the Illusion of It.
Last week, the White House staged a roundtable about what it called the “Antifa threat.” Cameras were rolling as President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and FBI Director Kash Patel warned that a vast, organized network was plotting to destabilize the country.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Last week, the White House staged a roundtable about what it called the “Antifa threat.” Cameras were rolling as President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security... - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: For years, MAGA politicians warned that Democrats were plotting to create a federal gun registry. - STAY LOUD!
Pam Bondi’s Gun Registry: When Fear Becomes the System
For years, MAGA politicians warned that Democrats were plotting to create a federal gun registry.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: For years, MAGA politicians warned that Democrats were plotting to create a federal gun registry. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Most people have never heard of the Hatch Act. - STAY LOUD!
The Hatch Act and the Politics of Power
Most people have never heard of the Hatch Act.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Most people have never heard of the Hatch Act. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: My students told me today that they saw a TikTok video claiming the president had taken away our First Amendment right to free speech. - STAY LOUD!
Free Speech, Fear, and the Cost of Silence
My students told me today that they saw a TikTok video claiming the president had taken away our First Amendment right to free speech.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: My students told me today that they saw a TikTok video claiming the president had taken away our First Amendment right to free speech. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: When Stephen Miller went on television yesterday and said Donald Trump has plenary authority, it wasn’t part of a talking point. - STAY LOUD!
Fifteen Seconds of Truth
When Stephen Miller went on television yesterday and said Donald Trump has plenary authority, it wasn’t part of a talking point.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: When Stephen Miller went on television yesterday and said Donald Trump has plenary authority, it wasn’t part of a talking point. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: When a governor has to remind the president that states cannot invade one another, the crisis is already here. - STAY LOUD!
Martial Law Was Always the Plan
When a governor has to remind the president that states cannot invade one another, the crisis is already here.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: When a governor has to remind the president that states cannot invade one another, the crisis is already here. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: A South Carolina judge’s home burns to the ground just days after she ruled against the federal government. - STAY LOUD!
When Judges Become Targets
A South Carolina judge’s home burns to the ground just days after she ruled against the federal government.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: A South Carolina judge’s home burns to the ground just days after she ruled against the federal government. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: This is what history looks like when it’s not finished with us. - STAY LOUD!
Chicago Wasn’t an Outlier. It Was a Mirror.
This is what history looks like when it’s not finished with us.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: This is what history looks like when it’s not finished with us. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently called for Donald Trump to be removed under the 25th Amendment. - STAY LOUD!
The 25th Amendment Won’t Save Us
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently called for Donald Trump to be removed under the 25th Amendment.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently called for Donald Trump to be removed under the 25th Amendment. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: The government shut down at midnight on Sept. - STAY LOUD!
Generals Ordered: Serve Trump, Not the People
The government shut down at midnight on Sept.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: The government shut down at midnight on Sept. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: The government has shut down before. - STAY LOUD!
The Republican Strategy - Manufactured Crisis
The government has shut down before.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: The government has shut down before. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Donald Trump’s UN speech was supposed to project power. - STAY LOUD!
From UN Embarrassment to Domestic Crackdown
Donald Trump’s UN speech was supposed to project power.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Donald Trump’s UN speech was supposed to project power. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: In Germany’s 1930s crisis, conservatives thought they could contain Hitler. - STAY LOUD!
Why Trump’s “Full Force” Threat Is a Turning Point
In Germany’s 1930s crisis, conservatives thought they could contain Hitler.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: In Germany’s 1930s crisis, conservatives thought they could contain Hitler. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Trump’s memo branding activists and nonprofits as part of a “terror network” is shocking, but it also fits into a much older American struggle: who gets to define loyalty, and... - STAY LOUD!
Teaching Truth is Not Terrorism. Protest is Not Terrorism.
Trump’s memo branding activists and nonprofits as part of a “terror network” is shocking, but it also fits into a much older American struggle: who gets to define loyalty, and who gets to decide what counts as dangerous
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November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Trump’s memo branding activists and nonprofits as part of a “terror network” is shocking, but it also fits into a much older American struggle: who gets to define loyalty, and... - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: When Americans talk about democracy, we often describe the Constitution as if it were sacred scripture; fixed, perfect, untouchable. - STAY LOUD!
The Forgotten Democratic Tool: Amending the Constitution
When Americans talk about democracy, we often describe the Constitution as if it were sacred scripture; fixed, perfect, untouchable.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: When Americans talk about democracy, we often describe the Constitution as if it were sacred scripture; fixed, perfect, untouchable. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: This week, the U.S. - STAY LOUD!
The Federal Government Just Partnered With Extremists to Rewrite History
This week, the U.S.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: This week, the U.S. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: This isn’t politics as usual. - STAY LOUD!
The Shakedown Presidency
This isn’t politics as usual.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: This isn’t politics as usual. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: In June, Minnesota lawmakers were shot in a targeted far-right political attack. - STAY LOUD!
The DOJ Deleted the Truth About Domestic Terrorism
In June, Minnesota lawmakers were shot in a targeted far-right political attack.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: In June, Minnesota lawmakers were shot in a targeted far-right political attack. - STAY LOUD!
What They Erased, We Remember: Teachers have always walked a tightrope: citizens with voices, but employees bound by rules. - STAY LOUD!
Teachers, Free Speech, and the Fear of Speaking Truth
Teachers have always walked a tightrope: citizens with voices, but employees bound by rules.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What They Erased, We Remember: Teachers have always walked a tightrope: citizens with voices, but employees bound by rules. - STAY LOUD!