In the slew of breaking news that we have experienced, there’s a major piece of breaking news from last week that really is troubling for anybody that’s in the pro-democracy side—and I’m going to be clear when I say anybody in the pro-democracy side, because leveraging conversation and saying “all Americans” is really useless. If you’re in the MAGA camp, you’re happy with this.
What’s happening: Netflix is out, Paramount is in
But Netflix—which honestly, I would have looked at as the non-MAGA alternative to buying Warner Brothers and CNN—is dropping its bid to buy that… and it’s going to Paramount.
Paramount is fully pro-MAGA. You see how they have, at Paramount, destroyed CBS News, 60 Minutes, and the like, turning those into MAGA-like entities? They will do the same with CNN.
So from where we sit: what should we do in terms of next steps?
The legal pressure point: blue-state Attorneys General
One of the things that’s critical is state attorney generals can actually weigh in on the competitive nature and file lawsuits to attempt to stop this hostile takeover of more media and communications by the MAGA dictatorship regime and its allies.
We have to be very aggressive in pushing that. Blue state attorney generals—you know the assignment. Use your in-state regulatory power as it relates to antitrust-related matters to file related lawsuits and to try to work to stop this.
The economic pressure point: cancel and boycott
Along with legal action, we have to push the economic side.
If you are a subscriber to Warner Brothers—to HBO Max, etc.—if this deal goes through, cancel your subscriptions. Or as a matter of fact, start canceling your subscriptions now to show them that you do not want Paramount taking them over.
You have economic power. Personally, I have an HBO Max subscription. Because of this, I’m going to cancel my HBO Max subscription.
Now consumers, you need to know your job. If you’re a non-MAGA person and you still have Paramount+, or any of the related things that you can subscribe to individually under the Paramount umbrella, cancel those immediately.
Separately, with respect to Time Warner, start canceling your HBO Max or other related subscriptions and start showing them economically that you’re not with this. Start boycotting their shows. Start boycotting their movies that they come out with. Stop patronizing them in totality.
Why this matters: organize the non-MAGA majority
We at the Future Today and Tomorrow Super PAC believe it’s important and critical to be proactive in this time—but to do that, we need your support.
So I’m asking: please—we’ll have a link for donation either at our website or at our ActBlue account: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/the-future-today---tomorrow-1, where you can contribute to help us get this message out, because we need to take proactive steps. We need to rally.
We need to rally the non-MAGA majority—the 164,295,437 million Americans who didn’t vote for Donald Trump and MAGA—and the 41 million immigrants in America. Combined, we’re talking about 206 million people to leverage their economic power, their voice, and for that 165 million, their voting power to say no.
The mindset shift: “we can’t do anything” is a lie
You don’t have to accept this. There is no “we can’t do anything about this.” Yes, there is.
You don’t have to spend money with them. And Stephen Miller’s not going to come to your house and force you to spend money with Paramount—or force you to go see a Paramount movie, or force you to go see a DC movie.
And unfortunately, if this happens, I’m going to have to cut off my DC connection. I love the DC universe, DCEU and DCU, but I can’t roll with this. Just like as much as I love Star Trek, I can’t roll with them under Paramount the way Paramount is operating.
Those are small sacrifices, but they’re important sacrifices to show that economically, you will say no to this.
Closing call to action: pressure AGs + join the fight
And then additionally, getting state attorney generals in blue states—whereas the voting majority is non-MAGA—to say: use your regulatory power and authority to challenge this as an improper consolidation. A monopoly, as well as an abridgment to freedom of speech and communications.
However you have to find legal justifications, it’s time.
So let’s get about it, and be about it. And get out here and fight this fight.
Once again, visit us at www.futurepac.today. There’ll be links to connect with us and help us join this fight. Because we don’t have to sit here and say we can’t do anything. We can do things to say no to this garbage.
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Eric Foster
Co-Founder & Spokesperson
The Future - Today & Tomorrow Super PAC
About The Future - Today & Tomorrow
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