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Jayne Converse

@jayneconverse3.bsky.social
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Independent civics and history educator. Breaking down current events, policy and resistance movements through a historical lens.

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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  On January 3, 2027, the people we elect to the House in November will walk into the Capitol to begin the new Congress.  - STAY LOUD!
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TRANSCRIPT: The Rogue Clerk Scenario
On January 3, 2027, the people we elect to the House in November will walk into the Capitol to begin the new Congress.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  How an obscure House procedure could become a constitutional crisis.  - STAY LOUD!
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The Rogue Clerk Scenario
How an obscure House procedure could become a constitutional crisis.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  I went through all 108 laws passed by the 119th Congress. What I found was an obscure 30-year-old law being used to erase rules, protections, and government decisions that had...  - STAY LOUD!
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Congress’s Delete Button
I went through all 108 laws passed by the 119th Congress. What I found was an obscure 30-year-old law being used to erase rules, protections, and government decisions that had been in place for years.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The Congressional Review Act was barely used for its first two decades. Donald Trump has now signed more than 90 percent of all CRA repeals.  - STAY LOUD!
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Congress’s Delete Button
The Congressional Review Act was barely used for its first two decades. Donald Trump has now signed more than 90 percent of all CRA repeals.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Compliments of the Supreme Court of the United States  - STAY LOUD!
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TRANSCRIPT: The Presidency Trump Will Leave Behind
Compliments of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Trump will eventually leave office. The presidential power expanded by the Roberts Court will remain.  - STAY LOUD!
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The Presidency Trump Will Leave Behind
Trump will eventually leave office. The presidential power expanded by the Roberts Court will remain.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Today, calls are being made once again to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th Amendment.  - STAY LOUD!
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TRANSCRIPT: The 25th Amendment Has A Problem
Today, calls are being made once again to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th Amendment.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Calls to invoke the 25th Amendment are growing. The constitutional reality is considerably more complicated.  - STAY LOUD!
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The 25th Amendment Has a Problem
Calls to invoke the 25th Amendment are growing. The constitutional reality is considerably more complicated.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Dear Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.  - STAY LOUD!
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TRANSCRIPT: SCOTUS Was Supposed to Provide a Check on Presidential Power. Instead, They Unleashed It.
Dear Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Six justices have spent years tearing down the guardrails designed to restrain presidential power.  - STAY LOUD!
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SCOTUS Was Supposed to Provide a Check on Presidential Power. Instead, They Unleashed It.
Six justices have spent years tearing down the guardrails designed to restrain presidential power.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Includes excerpts cut from the video  - STAY LOUD!
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TRANSCRIPT: ‘Strange Fruit’ Still Hanging From Our Trees
Includes excerpts cut from the video
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Black Americans are dying under suspicious circumstances across the country. Their families are demanding answers, and they deserve to be heard.  - STAY LOUD!
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Strange Fruit Still Hanging From Our Trees
Black Americans are dying under suspicious circumstances across the country. Their families are demanding answers, and they deserve to be heard.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Donald Trump has his eyes set on Canada.  - STAY LOUD!
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TRANSCRIPT: Trump Is Burning Our Relationship With Canada to the Ground
Donald Trump has his eyes set on Canada.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The people behind the trade war, the money at stake, and what comes next.  - STAY LOUD!
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Trump Is Burning Our Relationship With Canada to the Ground
The people behind the trade war, the money at stake, and what comes next.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  I’ve taught history and government for more than 20 years, and lately three political ideologies keep coming up in the news: progressivism, social democracy, and democratic so...  - STAY LOUD!
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Transcript: Democrats Are Fighting the Wrong War
I’ve taught history and government for more than 20 years, and lately three political ideologies keep coming up in the news: progressivism, social democracy, and democratic socialism.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Ideological purity won’t put a check on the Trump administration. A congressional majority will.  - STAY LOUD!
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Democrats Are Fighting the Wrong War
Ideological purity won’t put a check on the Trump administration. A congressional majority will.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The First Amendment starts with just ten words: " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." That's the Establishment Clause, and it&#3...  - STAY LOUD!
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Transcript: The Wall Between Church and State is Crumbling
The First Amendment starts with just ten words: " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." That's the Establishment Clause, and it's one of the most misunderstood parts of the Constitution.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  There is something deeply unsettling about hearing the president of the United States announce that his administration is “bringing back religion.” Religion never left.  - STAY LOUD!
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The Wall Between Church and State Is Crumbling
There is something deeply unsettling about hearing the president of the United States announce that his administration is “bringing back religion.” Religion never left.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  What is happening in the United States right now is wrong, and I refuse to pay for it.  - STAY LOUD!
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Tax Resistance and the American Conscience
What is happening in the United States right now is wrong, and I refuse to pay for it.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Clinton & The Third Way  - STAY LOUD!
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Transcript : Neoliberalism and the Transformation of the Democratic Party
Clinton & The Third Way
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Bill Clinton & the Third Way  - STAY LOUD!
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How Neoliberalism Changed the Democratic Party
Bill Clinton & the Third Way
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Just a short note to let you know that I’ll be doing an Instagram Live every Saturday, 10 AM Eastern, starting tomorrow.  - STAY LOUD!
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Join me for a cup of Joe!
Just a short note to let you know that I’ll be doing an Instagram Live every Saturday, 10 AM Eastern, starting tomorrow.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  How the South Turned Red  - STAY LOUD!
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The Myth of the Party of Lincoln
How the South Turned Red
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The Princess of Darkness & The Boss  - STAY LOUD!
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Transcript: The Trump Transaction Tax
The Princess of Darkness & The Boss
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The Cost of Doing Business?  - STAY LOUD!
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The Trump Transaction Tax
The Cost of Doing Business?
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Americans have spent generations debating what the Constitution says.  - STAY LOUD!
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What the Founders Left Unfinished
Americans have spent generations debating what the Constitution says.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  National Defense Authorization Act  - STAY LOUD!
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Section 219 Deserves Public Debate
National Defense Authorization Act
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Part 2 of my series about economic systems. Next up: Socialism  - STAY LOUD!
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The Capitalism Debate
Part 2 of my series about economic systems. Next up: Socialism
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The State Department’s Report on Cuba  - STAY LOUD!
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Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
The State Department’s Report on Cuba
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Economics 101  - STAY LOUD!
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Three Economic Systems Explained
Economics 101
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Define Communism  - STAY LOUD!
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When Words Turn Into Weapons
Define Communism
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  We are not angry enough (first recorded in October 2025)  - STAY LOUD!
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Rubio, Miller and NSPM-7
We are not angry enough (first recorded in October 2025)
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the most important documents in American history, yet it is rarely read today.  - STAY LOUD!
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George Washington’s Final Warning to the American People
George Washington’s Farewell Address is one of the most important documents in American history, yet it is rarely read today.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  When the Presidency Becomes a Business  - STAY LOUD!
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Public Office. Private Profit.
When the Presidency Becomes a Business
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Character Matters  - STAY LOUD!
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The Difference Between Holding Office and Serving the People (VIDEO)
Character Matters
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The Gap Between Ideals & Reality  - STAY LOUD!
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An Unfinished Promise - Transcript
The Gap Between Ideals & Reality
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  NSPM-7 & the Thought Police  - STAY LOUD!
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The Government’s New Playbook - Transcript
NSPM-7 & the Thought Police
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Power to the People  - STAY LOUD!
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The Consent of the Governed - Transcript
Power to the People
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Ideals v Reality  - STAY LOUD!
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An Unfinished Promise
Ideals v Reality
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Punishing Dissent  - STAY LOUD!
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The Government’s New Playbook
Punishing Dissent
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many Americans are wrestling with what exactly is being celebrated.  - STAY LOUD!
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The Consent of the Governed
As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many Americans are wrestling with what exactly is being celebrated.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  When Americans think about fascism, they usually think about Germany.  - STAY LOUD!
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Fascism, Propaganda, and the American Democracy Test of the 1930s
When Americans think about fascism, they usually think about Germany.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  One of the most dangerous myths Americans tell themselves is that the civil rights movement is safely behind us.  - STAY LOUD!
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The Ghosts of Jim Crow Never Left
One of the most dangerous myths Americans tell themselves is that the civil rights movement is safely behind us.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is often remembered as one of the great triumphs of the civil rights movement.  - STAY LOUD!
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The Slow Death of the Voting Rights Act: Louisiana v. Callais
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is often remembered as one of the great triumphs of the civil rights movement.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  On April 13th, Hungary held a parliamentary election.  - STAY LOUD!
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Hungary Showed Us It Can Be Done
On April 13th, Hungary held a parliamentary election.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  For several weeks, tension between the United States government and the Vatican has been building.  - STAY LOUD!
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A Clash Between Power and Principle
For several weeks, tension between the United States government and the Vatican has been building.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, the president of the United States posted a message on Truth Social threatening Iran and warning that the United States could begin destroying...  - STAY LOUD!
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Escalation Without Strategy
On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, the president of the United States posted a message on Truth Social threatening Iran and warning that the United States could begin destroying the country’s power plants and bridges if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  Right now, just 90 miles from Florida, an entire country is experiencing rolling blackouts, food shortages, and a collapsing electrical grid.  - STAY LOUD!
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Why Aren’t We Talking About Cuba?
Right now, just 90 miles from Florida, an entire country is experiencing rolling blackouts, food shortages, and a collapsing electrical grid.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  In this series, I explored how the Powell Memo laid out a blueprint for institutional capture, targeting education, labor, the courts, the media, and the political system itself.  - STAY LOUD!
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The Powell Memo. Where are we now?
In this series, I explored how the Powell Memo laid out a blueprint for institutional capture, targeting education, labor, the courts, the media, and the political system itself.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
What They Erased, We Remember:  The United States government is spending $45 billion to build a massive detention system.  - STAY LOUD!
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What We’re Building & What We’re Choosing Not to See
The United States government is spending $45 billion to build a massive detention system.
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