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Paramount Plays Hardball Against Newsom's Regulatory Goons

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/13/placeholder-headline-n4954963

You know it's tough times in the entertainment biz when two of the oldest and most storied studios in Hollywood are forced into the merger-and-acquisition tango in hopes that they can both stay afloat. But it's a sign of something even crazier when the buyer threatens to leave Hollywood to escape the state's regulatory noose.

That's the word this weekend, when Semafor reported that "Paramount is reportedly considering leaving California" as Attorney General Rob Bonta is reportedly "preparing a lawsuit over its planned $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery."

According to the exclusive, Paramount chief David Ellison's "confidants have pushed him to consider moving its corporate headquarters and reallocating much of its $30 billion in planned spending outside the state," should Bonta sue to stop the takeover from taking place.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that "a group of states" led by California is "preparing to file a lawsuit to block Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as soon as this week, according to four people briefed on the plans."

The buyout already enjoys the blessings of the federal government, after the Justice Department's Antitrust Division gave its approval in June. ...

This is rumor grade, I guess, but much movie and TV production has moved out of Hollyweird, so this would "simply" formalize and add to what has been happening for two or three decades.

If Noisome and other goobernors do this, it will be over politics, a perceived loss of control of Hollyweird messaging, not any anti-trust concerns.

Maine Wacko Tried to Run Over ICE Agents, Got Shot

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/13/maine-wacko-tried-to-run-over-ice-agents-got-shot-n4954969

A Biddeford, Maine, resident is reportedly dead after he weaponized his car against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent(s), causing at least one to shoot in self-defense.

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-132nd District) released a statement on Monday, confirming the bare facts of the incident, but he and the press are jumping to the conclusion that the dead activist is the victim. The reality is that when a person attempts to run over an officer with his car, he is using the car as a deadly weapon, meriting a potentially deadly response. Furthermore, if that is what happened, the activist died a felon because it is explicitly against federal law to attempt to injure or interfere with ICE agents.
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The Post Millennial reported that an eyewitness described seeing a person "trying to hit the ICE officer" with a car, causing the officer to shoot. Since a car being used to run over someone is very certainly a deadly weapon, the facts in the case would seem to be fairly straightforward. There is no information as of yet on any details about the identity of the dead ICE-hater.

Details are scarce and what is "known" should be taken with a reasonably sized block of salt. One possibility, at this point, is that the deceased attempted murderer may ne a US citizen ICE-Hater, not an illegal.

BigmanPigman thinks usage of a stock photo is some sort of gotcha-moment?

Isn't BigPig one of the DU-members who have claimed to have a fatal disease?

Not that I remember but he did get a associates in business then proceeded to try to tell the company owners he worked for how to run their business. 

The Dem party seems to be fully committed to a suicide mission. Just to get the votes they are welcoming in the DSA which has a stated goal of destroying the Democrat party. Make it make sense.

It's much worse. Some groups within the DSA openly want to overthrow the Constitution.

Well, Platner dropped out. What he got in quid pro quo, . I do not think it was nothing. Now the Dems' choices seem to be a few slightly less pungent creatures and maybe Governor Janet Mills, who dropped out to let Platner have the nomination.

Lifetime supply of Rice a Roni?