Open Letter: 1,000+ Industry Leaders Oppose the Paramount–WBD Merger Glenn Close, Ben Stiller, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more than 1,000 filmmakers and industry professionals call on regulators to block the deal.

Read the full letter and list of signees here:
blockthemerger.com/openletter

"We have to fight, folks. We have to fight for what we care about. You are not alone. Believe me," @markruffalo.bsky.social wrote, calling for people to speak out against this further consolidation.

Over a THOUSAND actors, writers, and directors are speaking out against Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

In a new letter from the Block the Merger coalition, major figures in the movie industry are calling out the layoffs, high costs for consumers, & more that this merger will bring.

For more information on this merger and why it must be blocked, check out our FAQ sheet from March 👇

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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.

More on the letter here: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...

“Increasingly, a small number of powerful entities determine what gets made — and on what terms — leaving creators and independent businesses with fewer viable paths to sustain their work.”

“Other cities and states should follow suit and adopt strong click-to-cancel protections to ensure people can sign up and cancel subscriptions fairly and transparently. This should be the baseline everywhere.”

Read our full statement: economicliberties.us/press-releas...

"The [Trump] FTC is not doing much of anything. So it’s really incumbent on other jurisdictions to step up and do the sort of things that the federal government has been negligent on."

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NEWS: NYC is getting click-to-cancel — a rule that will ensure subscriptions are as easy to cancel as they are to sign up for.

Private Equity is Destroying Youth Sports From baseball to cheerleading, kids’ sports are becoming an unaffordable luxury good.

For more on this, read the latest in the Economic Populist: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/private-eq...

Private equity is taking over the $40 billion youth sports industry and turning it into a profit-extraction machine.

Now, everyday families are being priced out.

"The Trump admin's DOJ & FTC have largely stepped away from enforcing the antitrust laws at the federal level," says Phillip Berenbroick.

"Here [with Paramount/Warner] you have a transaction the Trump admin has all but signaled it is willing to waive through in order to benefit [Trump's] friends."

Delta Expects Strong Profit Despite Higher Fuel Costs

K-shaped economy? Think airlines. "Delta leads the airline industry in profits thanks largely to its strong focus on premium seats."
As small airlines struggle, majors reap profits--despite war, fuel, TSA. @econliberties is preparing analysis on this.
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6/ "The only people making out are the wealthiest of the wealthy, who are benefiting from tax cuts, while Trump performs his lifelong serial con bait-and-switch on the rest of us."

www.ms.now/opinion/jobs...

5/ "At the same time, the extreme corruption of the Trump administration is also giving companies a license to raise prices and otherwise treat their customers like chumps without a choice."

4/ Meanwhile, as Americans struggle under this economy — from high gas costs to pathetic job growth and more — the president continues to deny there is even a problem.

One Year After “Liberation Day,” Trump’s Tariffs Drive Up Prices While Corporations Cash In - Groundwork Collaborative

3/ And Trump’s incoherent tariff policy is only making matters worse.

"Adding insult to injury: there is some evidence, according to... @groundwork.bsky.social, big corporations are taking advantage of all the confusion to impose inflationary price hikes in order to boost their own profits."

2/ Over the last six months, job growth has averaged a weak 89,000 per month.

"...there are still 82,000 fewer such jobs than when Trump returned to the White House... Overall, the job market is all but frozen, with little in the way of hiring or turnover."

Opinion | The April jobs report looks good -- but there's rot underneath Overall, the job market is all but frozen, with little in the way of hiring or turnover. And for recent college graduates, it’s even worse.

Donald Trump may claim his admin has led to “the greatest economy in the history of our country,” but as @helaineolen.bsky.social lays out for @ms.now, that's far from true.

"It wasn’t true before he started his unnecessary – and illegal – war with Iran, and it’s even less true now."

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Report Release: Rosy USMCA Promises Meet Reality. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Please join Rethink Trade on Tuesday, April 7th, 2026, from 12:30-1:15 PM ET, for a briefing on the outcomes of the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a new report "Six Years Later: Rosy USMCA P...

TOMORROW: On April 7 at 12:30PM ET, join @wallachlori.bsky.social, @delauro.house.gov, @deluzio.house.gov, @debbiedingell.house.gov, and @khetti.bsky.social for a virtual briefing on the outcomes and necessary improvements to Trump’s USMCA.

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Why Congress Won't Stop Hijacking Air Travel America's aviation crisis didn't happen by accident. Bill McGee, one of the country's leading aviation watchdogs, explains who broke the system — and why nobody's fixed it.

Listen to the full conversation here: www.levernews.com/why-congress...

"[Sean Duffy] lobbied for... American, Delta and United, the three largest airlines in the country," says @wjm-air.bsky.social on @levernews.com.

"Sean Duffy, the guy who is in charge of all of this, was a lobbyist for the industry that does not want to be regulated," adds David Sirota.

TUESDAY: On April 7 at 12:30PM ET, join
@wallachlori.bsky.social, @delauro.house.gov, @deluzio.house.gov, @debbiedingell.house.gov, and @khetti.bsky.social for a virtual event on the outcomes and necessary improvements to Trump’s USMCA.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Congresswoman Simon, Representative Casar, Senator Sanders Introduce ‘Home Team Act’ To Prevent Owners from Moving Teams Without Giving Local Community Input WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) joined Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX-35) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in introducing the Home Team Act, which would require owners of prof...

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ICYMI: @replsimon.bsky.social, @sanders.senate.gov, &
@repcasar.bsky.social have introduced the Home Team Act!

"If a team is going to be sold, the people who actually built its value, the community, the fans, the local economy, should have a real chance to keep it."

'A muzzle on elected officials': NDAs 'cloak' Louisiana's biggest business developments Louisiana officials signed non-disclosure agreements as Amazon's $12 billion data centers unfolded in secret.

As data centers are being built across the country, Big Tech is requiring elected officials to sign NDAs that prevent them from sharing information about these projects with their communities.

“The actual goal is to prevent public input into what are often very contentious negotiations."

Economic Liberties Applauds Bicameral “Take Back Our Hospitals” Legislation - Economic Liberties Applauds Bicameral “Take Back Our Hospitals” Legislation In response to Sen. Chris Murphy’s (D-CT) and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon’s (D-PA-05) introduction of the Take Back Our Hospitals Act, which would effectively prohibit private-equity firms from owning hospi...

“Economic Liberties is proud to endorse the Take Back Our Hospitals Act, which would protect patients, employer health plan sponsors, and taxpayers from private-equity profiteering as the latest step towards breaking up Big Medicine.”

Full statement: www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...

NEW: @chrismurphyct.bsky.social & @scanlon.house.gov
are introducing legislation that would effectively prohibit PE firms from owning hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.

“PE ownership of healthcare facilities drives up prices, lowers wages, reduces access, and degrades patient care."

"The DOJ settlement is an embarrassment... The level of cynicism we have right now... is high because people believe that government is essentially all too willing to cut deals with the powerful and... [not] fight for people."

@philweiser.bsky.social calls out DOJ for settling with Live Nation👇

BENDING THE KNEE: How the Legal Establishment and Corporate America Embraced Corruption YouTube video by Economic Liberties

HAPPENING NOW: We are live in Washington D.C. for "Bending the Knee: How the Legal Establishment and Corporate America Embraced Corruption in the Trump Era."

Tune in now: www.youtube.com/live/JqJNCqM...