Open Letter: 4,000+ Industry Leaders Oppose the Paramount–WBD Merger Glenn Close, Ben Stiller, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more than 4,000 filmmakers and industry professionals call on regulators to block the deal.

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Laura Poitras Backs Push Against Paramount-Warner Deal, Warns of U.S. Doc Funding Crisis Opening the industry section of doc festival Visions du Réel, Laura Poitras pointed to collective action in the doc community among funding cuts.

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The Deal That Could Destroy Hollywood - The American Prospect Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. would be a huge blow to filmmakers and film lovers alike.

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Stop Paramount's Corruption Gala · Public Citizen On Thursday, April 23, inside the now-shuttered United States Institute of Peace building, Paramount Chairman and CEO David Ellison plans to “honor” President Trump at an invite-only, swanky dinner. ...

Join us in solidarity outside the U.S. Institute of Peace on April 23 at 5:30PM to protest David Ellison’s dinner honoring Donald Trump!

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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

More corruption in the Trump Era. Nail down anything of value while these thugs are in office.

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SCOOP: Home Depot Shareholders to Vote on Whether Company's Camera's Are Helping ICE Find Customers A vote at the company's May 21 annual meeting could force the retail giant to account for how its license plate reader network may be enabling immigration enforcement near its stores.

I think Home Depot & their board members & other companies using Flock should know about how Flock employees are using the system to obtain videos of your children for pornographic reasons.

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AIPAC Is ‘Toxic’: Top Senator Calls on Dems To Stop Taking Money From the Pro-Israel Lobby Peter Welch was also one of 40 senators who voted in favor of blocking the US sale of arms to Israel in what he calls a ‘historic moment.’

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✍️ Sign the petition: Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin is detained in Kuwait under new security and fake news laws.

Demand Kuwaiti authorities immediately and unconditionally release him. ⤵️
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Paramount Pulls Ads From The Ankler After Rushfield Boosts ‘Block the Merger’ Movement at CinemaCon | Exclusive Paramount pulled its advertising from The Ankler after its editorial director and chief columnist, Richard Rushfield, was seen at CinemaCon with “Block the Merger” buttons.

Paramount has promised they wouldn't interfere with CNN in the coming years. But they're already punishing the press after ONE DAY?

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‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened next

“My life has become a rollercoaster,” she says in reference to the death threats and sanctions. “I never imagined living without a bank card, but I do. People help me. My freedom is stronger than my fear. You are defeated the moment you stop fighting.”

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Corporations and AIPAC own your government. Vote for candidates who don’t take their money and be free.

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

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The Guardian view on Trump’s civilisational threats: the words that fuel war must be condemned | Editorial Editorial: Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal

Trump’s “destroy a civilization” statement is in itself a war crime.

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Sign the Petition Petition to Release the Epstein Files. Congress Must End this Cover Up.

Now that Orban is out of the way we can put more of our energy here. Don’t let the Epstein files get away from us. Please sign and pass around.

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Paramount / Warner Bros. Discovery merger inquiry The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on the anticipated acquisition by Paramount Skydance Corporation of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Petition to Release the Epstein Files. Congress Must End this Cover Up.

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George Clooney's 'War Crime' Comment Sure Seems To Have Struck A Nerve Clooney, a longtime critic of both Trump and the GOP at large, appears to be taking the dig in stride.

“Families are losing their loved ones. Children have been incinerated. The world’s economy is on a knife’s edge,” he said... “A war crime is alleged ‘when there is intent to physically destroy a nation.”

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“Continuing to supply such materiel, or to engage militarily, despite a documented record of violations, increases the legal exposure of the states concerned and risks making them complicit in facilitating or sustaining these crimes.”

“…where there is a clear indication they may be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law or other international crimes against civilians.”

“Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor calls for an immediate halt to the export and transfer of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment to Israel…”

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Nato ‘very disappointing’, says Trump, in fresh attack ahead of Rutte speech – as it happened This blog is now closed.

How is it possible Orban says he is aligned with America when he is feeding Russia EU secrets? Lies and deception. Russian Ally. Like Trump.

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In a war with no winners, Netanyahu looks like the biggest loser As Iran and US agree fragile ceasefire, Israel’s conflict has turned out to be a bust and, say opponents, ‘a political disaster’

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Trump's Iran Deadline Nears, Artemis II Crew Begins Journey Home: Live Updates Follow the latest news on the major headlines of the day.

Trump gobbled up Netanyahu’s BS hook line and sinker and now he is threatening genocide to get himself out.

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... The sky the stars, the ocean creatures and the lands. All the peoples. They are all our family we are related to all and everything and must act accordingly. They are such a good people and their traditions so healing and balanced.They are a rare American treasure. Support them.

Navajo Nation: the fight for cultural survival – photo essay Rick Findler, photographer and Joan Wakelin bursary recipient, speaks to Navajo communities attempting to save a language and traditions that are being diluted by modern life

This is such a beautiful culture with traditions that connect people to the land, Creator and each other. Their language is ancient and sacred. Their sacred prayer is “Mitakuye Oyasin”, we are all related; meaning all things living and all things not…

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‘Feels like history is being made’: will young Hungarian voters oust Orbán? The rightwing populist has been in power for 16 years but a new generation of voters are preparing to vote for his opponent, polls suggest

We are pulling for you!

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A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question

No one is safe.

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If you’re in Canada, use this link to find out how to fight back against proposed fossil fuel projects that are destroying our climate and violating the rights of Indigenous peoples. Let’s end fracking and the expansion of LNGs!

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Yes, the rich must start paying their fair share of taxes | Bernie Sanders We need a 5% wealth tax on America’s 938 billionaires. Over a ten-year period, this bill would raise much-needed $4.4tn for public coffers

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