Warren Warns Big Corporations Their Trump-Era Megamerger Cheat Code Expires in 2028
The Massachusetts senator says the streets are tired of giant monopolies running up prices and promises a reckoning for these massive deals.

WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren rolled up to the Capitol on Wednesday alongside Chuck Schumer to put these giant corporations on notice. She’s warning these massive corporate suits that the wild "merger frenzy" they’re running under the Trump administration is on borrowed time. Warren straight-up told everyone that once 2028 hits and new political players take over Washington, all these crazy business deals could get completely flipped and reversed.
Warren didn't hold back, talking about a coming "tsunami of anger" from regular people who are sick and tired of these giant conglomerates mowing through one industry after another, hiking up prices, sucking out massive profits, and never taking responsibility. She warned these corporate boardrooms that they have seriously miscalculated how much people are willing to take, and that the backlash is going to hit them hard by the time the next election rolls around.
The biggest fight on the radar is the Department of Justice giving the green light to that massive $111 billion merger between Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Skydance. This monster deal puts CNN, HBO, and CBS News under the control of the Ellison family. Larry Ellison is a long-time Trump ally, and his son David is running the show, which has the legacy newsrooms shaking over who’s really pulling the editorial strings.
We’ve already seen how this plays out. Last year, David Ellison bought CBS News through Paramount Skydance and immediately hired Bari Weiss—a conservative commentator with zero TV experience—as the editor-in-chief. Since then, CBS News has been messy, dealing with non-stop allegations of political bias, even on legacy shows like 60 Minutes. Now, people inside CNN are panicking that Weiss is about to slide into their leadership and do the exact same thing to their network.
Warren warned that if these newsrooms get locked down under the Ellisons, you’ve got one ultimate boss deciding what’s actual news and what’s not for two of the biggest outlets in the country. She said the real issue is that Ellison wants to tilt the news to his liking, meaning regular people won't be getting independent, unbiased reporting anymore—just some predigested, corporate-approved version of reality that keeps the billionaire owners happy.
There’s talk that state attorneys general are trying to put together a lawsuit to stop this $111 billion monopoly, but they haven't dropped the paperwork yet. Warren told people not to look too deep into the delay, explaining that going up against a billionaire giant like Ellison takes serious cash and coordination. She said the states have to take their time to pool their strength if they want a real chance of fighting back.


