It’s fair to say that Hollywood is in crisis, or at least in transition.

Studios getting taken over,
culture wars all over the place,
and gen AI rearing its head.

The last thing they need is an #interventionist #president determined to wage war on the entertainment industry,
as well as no doubt extracting what value he can.

Donald #Trump, as we know, is very interested in the movie business:
in his pre-politics days, he made dozens of appearances in films, as well as on TV.

It seems very likely that he’s eyeing a place at Hollywood’s top table after he leaves office
(presuming he does).

Perhaps that’s what is behind his most spectacular recent intervention:
demanding, and getting, a fourth #Rush #Hour movie from the new owners of Paramount Pictures,
the studio that was recently taken over by #David #Ellison,
son of #Larry, one of Trump’s key allies.

Coincidentally, Trump’s son-in-law
#Jared #Kushner is one of the funders of Paramount’s subsequent bid to derail #Netflix’s takeover of #Warner #Bros,
with Trump himself suggesting he might influence US corporate regulators to prevent the Netflix deal from going ahead.

And of course, in the background,
is Trump’s threat of non-specific “#tariffs” on the film industry, ostensibly aimed at keeping movie production inside the US.
But, arguably, this could also be a way of keeping Hollywood’s top executives nervous and pliable.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/01/wuthering-heights-michael-jackson-trump-effect-will-2026-see-the-end-of-the-woke-blockbuster?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@sim
While we think a child is able to learn basics and engage in other endeavors you indeed touch on an interesting point re asking the child to creatively undertake political acts.

In this case the creative act is in designing a letter for sustainability.

Compelling an impressionable person to volunteer is a method of #indoctrination. In the past, it's been used to further #interventionist mindset favorable to the #weaponsIndustry, and even #medical experimentation.

@lebronjames76

Curious how the #NewYorkTimes reporting on #Haiti omits that acting prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, has been linked to the assassination of his predecessor.

See here: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/americas/haiti-assassination-investigation-prime-minister-intl-cmd-latam/index.html

Despite these allegations, Henry is supported by the US.

Seems HIGHLY relevant when a country, who's been invaded a couple times by one of the most militarily #interventionist nations on earth (the US) is requesting a military intervention.

NYT's The Daily omitted this today. Beware of NYT.

On #Wikipedia, a small group of #regime-change advocates and #right-wing Venezuelan opposition supporters have blacklisted independent media outlets like #TheGrayzone on explicitly #political grounds, violating the #encyclopedia’s guidelines.

Wikipedia has become a bulletin board for corporate and #imperial interests under the watch of its Randian founder, #JimmyWales, and the veteran US regime-change operative who heads the #Wikimedia Foundation, #KatherineMaher.