The left declares war on Paramount Warner Bros. Discovery merger

The left won’t let the Paramount — Warner Bros.Discovery merger happen without a fight.

And California, to no one’s surprise, is leading the charge.Americans watched Netflix circle a wounded Warner Bros.Discovery last year with interest, not alarm.

Hollywood wondered: Would the streaming service turn the fabled film studio into a “content” assembly line? That possibility didn’t spur political action.But now, it’s game on, as the Paramount — Warner Bros.

Discovery merger nears the finish line.And it’s all about partisanshim.Earlier this year, Democratic Senators Cory Booker and Amy Klocuchar pressed Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to retain records connected to the merger, as well as any ties with the Trump White House.More recently, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, and Adam Schiff brought up “national security risks” tied to the deal’s fiscal connections with Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story Now, 12 Democratic attorneys general are rolling up their sleeves, filing suit to stop the $110 billion merger between the Hollywood parties, with California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta as the tip of the legal spear.Bonta warned of dystopian results that would impact “audiences on every sofa and movie theater seat in the U.S.”But the main threat is that Paramount Skydance’s CEO, David Ellison, is viewed as a FOT – friend of Trump.Larry Ellison, the CEO’s father, has contribued to President Donald Trump’s political campaigns, starting in 2016.Paramount Skydance also helped bring the pro-American “Top Gun: Maverick” to theaters in 2022.

That, in turn, suggests the newly formed merger might tweak Hollywood programming to placate Red State USA.Imagine one majo...