Democratic Senators Slam Trump Administration’s Inaction on Reviewing Paramount’s Warner Bros. Deal for National Security Risks Over Backing by Arab Wealth Funds

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Democratic Senators Slam Trump Administration’s Inaction on Reviewing Paramount’s Warner Bros. Deal for National Security Risks Over Backing by Arab Wealth Funds
#Variety #News #ElizabethWarren #ParamountSkydance #RichardBlumenthal #WarnerBrosDiscovery

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Senators Slam Trump Administration Inaction on Reviewing Paramount's Warner Bros. Deal for National Security Risks Over Backing by Arab Wealth Funds

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) criticized the Trump administration for failing to initiate a national security review of Paramount Skydance's deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a proposed $111 billion pact that is backed by billions of dollars from a trio of Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.

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Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Corey Lewandowski’s Role In DHS Contracts

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misled Congress on Tuesday about the…

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After Classified Iran Briefing, Dems More Convinced Trump Wants Ground Invasion and Forever War

Senate Democrats said after receiving a classified briefing from the Trump administration on Tuesday that they’re increasingly concerned…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #chrismurphy #democratic-party #Iran #RichardBlumenthal #UnitedStates #Us #USSenate #USA #WarPowersResolution
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Jimmy Kimmel Again Skewers FCC Chairman Brendan Carr As Democrat Presses Agency For Answers On Equal Time Crackdown
#News #Politics #BrendanCarr #ElectionLine #Equaltimerule #FCC #JimmyKimmel #RichardBlumenthal

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Jimmy Kimmel Again Skewers FCC Chairman Brendan Carr; Democratic Senator Presses Agency For Answers On Equal Time Crackdown

Jimmy Kimmel once again riffed on Brendan Carr, Donald Trump’s FCC chairman, after the agency targeted his and other late night and daytime shows in cracking down on the Equal Time Rule. On his show on Monday, Kimmel devoted part of his monologue to Carr’s announcement last week that he wanted broadcasters to pledge to […]

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Renee Good’s family will testify about ICE killing in Congress today

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The brothers & attorney representing the family of #ReneeGood, a 37-yr-old #Minnesota woman who was #murdered when an #ICE agent shot into her vehicle, are also expected to speak at the event, which is organized by Democratic lawmakers — Sen #RichardBlumenthal (CT) & Rep #RobertGarcia (CA).

#AlexPretti #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #CBP #Sturmabteilung

Democrats push for commission investigating anti-LGBTQ+ military policies

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#Senators count the shady ways #datacenters pass energy costs on to Americans
Senators demand #BigTech pay upfront for data center spikes in #electricity bills.
In letters to seven #AI firms, Senators #ElizabethWarren (D-Mass.), #ChrisVanHollen (D-Md.), and #RichardBlumenthal (D-Conn.) cited a study estimating that “electricity prices have increased by as much as 267 percent in the past five years” in “areas located near significant data center activity.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/shady-data-center-deals-doom-americans-to-higher-energy-bills-senators-say/
Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans

Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills.

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“Every #American should be terrified by this secret #ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door and storm into your home,” said Sen. #RichardBlumenthal, DEMANDING congressional hearings. www.commondreams.org/news/ice-sea...

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'The Fourth Amendment Literally Exists to Prevent This': Memo Claims ICE Can Forcibly Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants | Common Dreams

"Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door and storm into your home," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, demanding congressional hearings.

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