Block the Trump-backed Paramount media takeover!
Petition to Congress:
We urge you to block Paramount's deal to buy Warner Brothers. The merger violates antitrust laws, would hurt consumers, artists, and press freedom, and poses serious ethical and national security concerns.
Larry Ellison quietly gave a pro-Trump group $45 million during the 2024 election.1 Paramount paid Trump $16 million to settle a “meritless” CBS lawsuit last year.2 How'd those payouts work for the Ellisons?
Larry Ellison's Oracle won a prime role in Trump's Stargate, a $500 billion AI buildout. Paramount, run by David Ellison, has received total support from the Trump administration for its Saudi-backed $111 billion mega-merger with Warner Brothers and CNN.3
Paramount installed right-wing Bari Weiss at CBS. She ruined 60 Minutes, turning journalism into MAGA propaganda with the full backing of David Ellison. Now, Paramount is on the verge of taking over CNN and turning it into another pro-Trump outlet. Congress must stop this deal!
Sign the petition: Block Paramount from extending its pro-Trump media empire — stop the CNN, Warner Brothers takeover now!
Stephen Colbert called Paramount's $16 million Trump payout a "big, fat bribe." CBS abruptly canceled Colbert's show days later.4
Trump has relentlessly threatened comedians, journalists, and news networks for reporting the news or making jokes at his expense. It's straight from the authoritarian playbook.
Weiss influenced high-profile 60 Minutes stories on Trump's horrific, illegal deportations and ICE agents murdering Renee Good. Then, she fired 60 Minutes journalists who wouldn't fall in line with her meddling in their reporting.5 CNN could be next.
Trump, Ellison, and Weiss are mounting a full MAGA media takeover, which will fuel the White House’s far-right propaganda machine. Congress must step in as the Trump administration tries to push this deal through.
Sign the petition: Reject the Paramount-Warner Brothers mega-merger!
Sources:
- Fortune, "Larry Ellison quietly gave $45 million to a pro-Trump group—then Oracle landed a starring role in a $500 billion AI buildout," June 25, 2026.
- PBS Newshour, "Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026," June 10, 2026.
- Fortune, "Larry Ellison quietly gave $45 million to a pro-Trump group—then Oracle landed a starring role in a $500 billion AI buildout," June 25, 2026.
- PBS Newshour, "Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026," June 10, 2026.
- The Guardian, "Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was 'driving toward officer,'" June 8, 2026.