Policy at Democracy Defenders @democracydefendersaction.org @democracydefendersfund.org | Formerly @citizensforethics.org Debevoise & Plimpton @georgetownlaw.bsky.social | Building a democracy for the many
Gabriel Lezra
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If the Paramount - Warner Bros Discovery merger goes through, one company—one family—would have editorial control over the CBS and CNN archives. That’s editorial control over history itself. Tell the CMA to #BlockTheMerger at blockthemerger.com/uk
Turns out that if you gut CBS news, gut 60 Minutes, promise to gut CNN, cancel Colbert, get $29B in Saudi, Qatari & UAE money, and hold a weird lavish banquet for the President and acting AG in a federal building… you can get your illegal merger approved by DOJ
The key message from our #BlockTheMerger Main Street vs The Merger events is simple: the people this merger will harm most are the people who can afford it least. It will decimate the middle class jobs—the grips, set designers, carpenters—who make the films and television that tell our stories. Vid:
There are four key TV archives in the US: ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN. This is the footage filmmakers use to tell our history. If Paramount buys Warner Brothers, two of those archives - including 45 years of CNN footage- will be controlled by one company and likely one person, Bari Weiss.
🙏🏽 @normeisen.bsky.social & @gabelezra.bsky.social
Not sure this DOJ gambit is the worst thing Trump has done, but it’s the most audacious FU to the country…and that’s saying something.
Gee what a shock: Trump admin wont stop the Paramount-WBD merger pushed by his cronies the Ellisons
Fortunately the state AG's, EU, UK & others are serious about defending democracy & free speech
We in the #BlockTheMerger coalition won't stop fighting & will win!
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
With @normeisen.bsky.social for the @contrariannews.org today. One thing in here that's particularly bizarre and upsetting: Eric Trump's “let’s create a Terminator” startup landed a $24 million contract to build battlefield humanoid robots for the Pentagon. www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-and-...
I mean, what are we even doing here.
WATCH LIVE: My friends and colleagues @katiephang.bsky.social David Borenstein and @markruffalo.bsky.social are testifying about the Paramount-WBD merger—and why allowing oligarchs to take control of our country’s media infrastructure harms consumers and our democracy.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xETe...
LIVE: #BlockTheMerger hearing led by @booker.senate.gov is streaming here
👉 www.youtube.com/live/xETe83T...
Here we are just before the hearing with the Senator & the witnesses--including @katiephang.bsky.social & other @democracydefendersaction.org colleagues
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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division signed off on Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., allowing the blockbuster media merger to move forward.
15 likes, 0 comments - gabriel_lezra on May 11, 2026: "Paramount - Warner Bros Discovery isn’t a media merger. It’s a way to control what information we consume, which stories about America and the wo...
