State Attorneys General Should Block Paramount Warner Merger

David and Larry Ellison (the sixth-richest person on Earth) are trying to take over the company that owns CNN. They need approval from the Trump administration to do so. Pete Hegseth, one of the Trump regime’s most powerful officials, just endorsed that takeover.

The Trump regime openly espousing the takeover of independent media by reactionary billionaires so as to control thought in our democracy is yet another alarming step towards morphing America into an Orwellian society. But it’s also a helpful tell. Pete Hegseth has made the definitive case for blocking Paramount’s bid to take over Warner Brothers, one of the key intentions of which is to snuff out views critical of the Trump regime.

We obviously can’t trust the Trump administration to undertake a fair consideration of this proposed merger, so it is imperative that state authorities act to block it.

To the Attorney General of Each State

Media consolidation has long been a serious concern for our democracy. Letting reactionary billionaires — who have made their intentions to silence criticism of the Trump regime clear — take over legacy news outlets would be pouring gasoline on a raging fire. Since the Trump administration obviously can’t be trusted to neutrally evaluate Paramount Skydance’s bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, the American people are counting on you to do everything in your power to block this patently unjustifiable merger.

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