Pod Save America · karen Bautista

Trump Joins the Streaming Wars

December 9, 2025·1 hr 29 min·5 clips
Trump's farmer bailout is like punching someone in the face and then giving them an Advil.
The hosts analyze Trump's economic policies, including tariffs leading to farmer bailouts and delayed inflation data, critique Republican inaction on expiring ACA subsidies, and delve into the Netflix-Warner Bros merger battle involving Jared Kushner and Gulf funds. They also discuss Trump's AI regulation order and its implications.

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Streaming consolidation is framed as a hard fight over money, theaters, and media independence.

The episode treats the streaming wars as a real power struggle, with money, leverage, and fallout landing far beyond one boardroom. It moves from Netflix's push around Warner Bros.

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Want the politics hiding inside the streaming megadeal fight?

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