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I’m sure it’s fine that Trump spends hours talking to Grok every day and lets the AI flatter him into starting military operations.
“Jaw-Dropping Way Trump, 80, Got Talked Into a War Is Leaked” www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping...
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Jaw-Dropping Way Trump, 80, Got Talked Into a War Is Leaked
A Trump insider has offered a jaw-dropping glimpse of the president’s decision-making.
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Michael Carrington of the ABC viewed the presentation and secured $20,000 of funding for the studio to produce a refined, seven-minute pilot.[13][18]
The new pilot was presented at the Asian Animation Summit in late 2017 and later reworked as "The Weekend
" (Series 1 Episode 6).[13]
The two networks ordered 52 seven-minute episodes of Bluey
, with the BBC investing 30 percent of the funding and acquiring the global rights for distribution and merchandising.[10][7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5pwzpepcw2qcf4xi5bgrkult/bafkreidv3zkvrlrhxd6cgxsbfyod7gjrjtwc4x6wvwwk6iv4ekjrnhqodi)
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had commanded a global audience, being sold to 60 countries and dubbed in 20 languages.[29]
That year, it became the top show on the CBeebies
, the BBC's children's channel.[29]
It was also the most-watched television show in the United States in a ranking that included both children's and adults' shows,[29][130]
being streamed for a total of 55.6 billion minutes (106 thousand years),[131]
right behind the all-time record of 55.7 billion minutes set by Suits
in 2023.[125]
"The Sign" was a major factor in the overall success of Bluey
in 2024.[125]
According to Nielsen data, Bluey
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