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Amy Hitt

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☀️📚☕️📺🎬🎭⚖️🤔🤓✏️🪐🎙🚐🌵🙏🏼 Hi! I ❤️ depth psychology, astrology, Sedona, Snoopy, cathartic TV shows, glamping, communication, & Pope Francis.

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · Feb 13

Eventually, nature always wins. If we side with nature, humanity can win, too.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the transfer of a prime property in downtown Miami to President Trump for his presidential library, saying that a state college had failed to provide reasonable public notice before taking steps to convey the land it owned.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Transfer of Miami Property for Trump Library

A judge said that a state college had failed to provide reasonable public notice before taking steps to convey the land it owned.

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate. n.pr/3J0HVBC

Study: We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought

Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.

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Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com · 14h

Instead of working to reopen the government, Trump is using his spare time to go after his political enemies. We need to speak up.

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CBS Evening News @cbseveningnews.bsky.social · 14h

Military families worry about missed paychecks amid government shutdown

"We were already living paycheck to paycheck, so this doesn't help at all," one military spouse said of the shutdown.

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WIRED @wired.com · 19h

NEW: A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild the region. Some of these companies say they had absolutely no idea they were mentioned.

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 1d

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America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 3d

“Materialism Is Destroying the Material World” by me (100% human/spirit generated)

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Materialism Is Destroying the Material World

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

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EU begins gradual rollout of digital border system

European Union member countries began rolling out a new entry and exit system on Sunday at the bloc’s external borders, electronically registering non-EU nationals' data.

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 3d

The bottom line is some believe we were created equal and others hope/wish/think because of what they see that we weren’t.

Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 3d

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The Moral Foundation of America

The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s worth preserving.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Diane Keaton, beloved for her roles in the "Godfather" films and "Annie Hall," has died at the age of 79, her daughter confirmed to NBC News.

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning actor who rose to fame in 'The Godfather' and 'Annie Hall,' dies at 79

She won the Oscar for her role in Woody Allen’s rom-com “Annie Hall” in 1977, and was nominated three other times.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports reut.rs/4mVmDDb

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports

The Trump administration has laid of dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its latest round of layoffs, including "disease detectives," high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 4d

So are the dead

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 4d

The number was made public Friday from the Justice Department, after the White House delivered on its threat of a fresh wave of firings

Education Department lays off roughly 20 percent of its workforce amid shutdown

The number was made public Friday from the Justice Department, after the White House delivered on its threat of a fresh wave of firings

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 4d

Serving God (not money) means taking care of the created and all creation.

Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 4d

If you don’t trust others, they can’t trust you. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

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US Education Department to lay off employees, agency says

The U.S. Department of Education said on Friday it would lay employees off as workforce cut notices began to go out on the tenth day of the federal government shutdown.

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 4d

Americans need access to high quality and affordable healthcare, not just less expensive health insurance premiums.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 5d

Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of digging without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets and spilling muck from its trucks, according to a new document obtained by @citycastvegas.bsky.social and @propublica.org.

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Amy Hitt @amyhitt.bsky.social · 5d

When you decide not to help those who are truly in need, then you must convince yourself they are “bad.”

Guilt causes vilification.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 5d

Trump described Portland as a “war ravaged” city that was “under siege from attack by Antifa” mobs protesting ICE raids. But federal officers described the scene outside an ICE building in Portland this way: "low energy" @haleaziz.bsky.social Adam Goldman Anna Griffin www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 5d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 5d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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