Evening Roundup, July 14
More cronyism, an unholy Paramount-Warner Bros union, Saudis weaponizing soccer, April Ryan with Alphonso David, The Pod, Let's Do Lunch, and The Movement
Spotlight Story
Trump’s Cronyism Signals a Chilling — and Familiar — Story
I’ll admit that I was shocked watching Fox News report on the $2.2 billion Donald Trump raked in last year from crypto scams, licensing deals, and foreign real estate. “We have seen ten-figure business deals breaking the Trump family’s way for rare earth minerals and for cryptocurrency,” Peter Doocy
Hot Mic
Why the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Should Scare Film and TV Lovers
On Monday, the attorneys general of twelve states, including California and New York, filed a lawsuit to stop Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, which would dramatically reshape Hollywood by uniting two of the largest film and TV conglomerates into a single behemoth.
Saudi Soccer
‘Aramco Is a supervillain’: How the Saudis Weaponized Soccer
I’m not much of a soccer fan, and unlike many Americans, I haven’t been swept up by World Cup fever. But it’s been impossible to avoid catching glimpses — at restaurants and bars, visiting friends and family, scrolling social media.
The fraudster in chief projects his criminality & corruption endlessly.
It's a war Trump & Co won in the 1st hour; it's not a war; it's a "new" war...the enemy within is Trump & Co. #VoteBlue!