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Bobby Big Wheel

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I like to post and see posts. Director of Research at The States Project, the views expressed here are my own.

  1. So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

    So apparently, it may turn out that The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere wasn’t entirely made in AI and Google threw the VFX crew under the bus by claiming it was all done by artificial intelligence.

    If true, then fucking yikes.

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  2. A key reason for Donald Trump's success is that he speaks and, in particular, emotes in ways that reflect how his base talks and feels.

    Few prominent Democratic politicians do the same,. It's not something you can fake or try to ape, but it's a good thing to be able to speak like the woman below.

    Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

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  3. I wonder if Millennials (the only good generation) are immune to this because the pictures look like something out of an Onion article theonion.com/national-fun...

    CHOCOLATE CITY—After months of ceaseless debate, including last week’s record 76-hour filibuster slap-bass solo from Senate Rubber Band Minority Leader Bootsy Collins (D-OH), the National Funk Congres...

    National Funk Congress Deadlocked On Get Up/Get Down Issue

    CHOCOLATE CITY—After months of ceaseless debate, including last week’s record 76-hour filibuster slap-bass solo from Senate Rubber Band Minority Leader Bootsy Collins (D-OH), the National Funk Congres...

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  4. This has been updated to include former MN Rep. Jim Knoblach heartlandsignal.com/2025/07/16/t...

    While President Donald Trump still refusing to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, Republicans around the country continue to have a sex crimes problem in all levels of government.

    Tracking Heartland GOP lawmakers tied to sex crimes (UPDATED 8/4/25)

    While President Donald Trump still refusing to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, Republicans around the country continue to have a sex crimes problem in all levels of government.

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