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On September 9, 2026, at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Trump told the crowd that if Republicans hold onto both the House and the Senate in November, he will send a...
Americans Abroad Can Still Vote
Leaving America Doesn’t Mean Leaving the Ballot Box
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Millions of Americans live outside the United States right now, and many think their vote disappeared when they moved. If you’re an American citizen livin...
Writing Helps Me Get Through a Bad Day
After a stressful mistake at work, I remembered why I started writing. A look at how blogging carried me through jobs I never wanted.
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Trump Keeps Testing Election Laws
Watching an Election from a Distance
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When you are not voting in an election, you stop paying attention to the race but pay attention to the machinery. Canadians who left the United States and A...
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