
Amanda Auchter
@ALAuchter
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Author of The Wishing Tomb & The Glass Crib. PEN Center USA Literary Award recipient. Work in CNN + HuffPost. Knitter. Poet-Essayist-Novelist. Cat friend.
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This just keeps getting better and better! Shark spotted in Portland!
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A new base for Qatar ON AMERICAN SOIL. A 20 billion dollar bail out for Argentina. A government thatâs shut down. Is this really America first?
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- Millions of federal employees arenât getting paid - 15 million people about to lose their health care - 24 million Americans could see their insurance premiums DOUBLE Now Speaker Johnson gives House Republicans another week off work. 4 straight weeks out of DC. Unbelievable.
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Trump called Russ Vought the âGrim Reaper.â Now, heâs firing thousands of federal workers who help Americans get the services they need. Remember: this isnât about the shutdownâthey donât have to do this. First they took away your health care, now theyâre taking away even more.
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None of this is normal. None of this is okay. Bring on the frog brigade! đ¸
đ¨BREAKING: Speaker Mike Johnson just told Republicans they can all stay home next week. Not even ONE HOUR later, the Trump admin announced they are moving forward with firing THOUSANDS of federal workers. Coincidence?
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Toast is better than cereal. There, I said it. Glad to get that off my chest. No further comments at this time.
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For Swiftie fans of The Fate of Ophelia: Art in Focus | The Real Ophelia | Tate https://t.co/1wLFk305CR
#taylorswift #thelifeofashowgirl
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To celebrate the premiere of Netflixâs âFrankenstein,â Tiffany & Co. unveils an immersive cinematic window experience at The Landmark in New York City, in collaboration with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Each display reimagines Victor Frankensteinâs world
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BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to
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Being a writer is staring at a sentence for 20 minutes, changing one word, changing it back, then closing your laptop like you accomplished something.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Hungarian author LĂĄszlĂł Krasznahorkai takes the Nobel Prize in literature for "visionary" work that "in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art" https://t.co/7447uy5HOI
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to LĂĄszlĂł Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality âto the point of madness.â
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BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Hungarian author LĂĄszlĂł Krasznahorkai âfor his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.â
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