{"id":5915,"date":"2026-08-23T04:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:20:23","slug":"oscar-nominee-escalates-fight-against-trumpy-billionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5915","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Nominee Escalates Fight Against Trumpy Billionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Mark Ruffalo has hit back at claims he is antisemitic\u2014and doubled down on his stance opposing the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery sought by President Donald Trump\u2019s allies.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5913\">How Melania Has Abdicated Her First Lady Duties<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a hearty rebuke of Paramount\u2019s attack on the actor, Ruffalo called the comments \u201cappalling and fundamentally dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cCriticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel,\u201d the four-time Oscar nominee wrote in a lengthy statement posted to his X account. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The condemnation came in response to a statement by Paramount that said the company was \u201ctroubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Ellison, a Trump donor, is Paramount\u2019s CEO and the individual behind the attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n<p>A dozen state attorneys general, including California\u2019s, are currently challenging the $111 billion merger, and critics have warned it could create a behemoth with outsized power in the industry. <\/p>\n<p>It would reportedly cost 4,500 jobs and put Ellison, son of Oracle CEO and Trump mega-donor Larry Ellison, in charge of the biggest studio in Hollywood as well as cable news juggernaut CNN. <\/p>\n<p>Ruffalo, one of the first stars to voice opposition to the merger, posted on Instagram on Friday about the ties between David Ellison\u2019s source of capital for the acquisition and his father\u2019s company Oracle\u2019s role in developing technology used by Israel in Palestine. <\/p>\n<p>Ruffalo reposted a video to his Instagram story of Oracle\u2019s executive vice chair Safra Catz boasting about \u201creally profoundly scary technologies\u201d the company provided to help Israel in the wake of the terror attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. <\/p>\n<p>He captioned the video with a lengthy criticism of the merger. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese \u2018really profoundly scary technologies\u2019 will most likely be merged into one of the largest media conglomerates in the world and one day used on you,\u201d the Hulk actor wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook how she revels in what we now have come to see as a genocide, which was built on an apartheid system of oppression powered by Oracle,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5912\">Trump\u2019s Blonde Aide, 35, Revealed to Be Behind 2020 Election Memo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paramount honed in on the words <i>genocide<\/i> and <i>apartheid<\/i> in their response. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords like \u2018genocide\u2019 and \u2018apartheid,\u2019 applied to a corporate transaction, aren\u2019t just wrong\u2014they\u2019re a bridge too far, and they cheapen the very real suffering those words are meant to describe,\u201d the Paramount statement read. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis doesn\u2019t deserve a response in kind\u2014and to be clear, we don\u2019t tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone,\u201d the statement, first issued to The Wrap, concluded. <\/p>\n<p>Paramount Skydance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>His initial comments were seized upon by MAGA maven Katie Miller, wife of Trump staffer Stephen Miller, who claimed on X that Ruffalo was \u201cinciting violence.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There were a smattering of calls for Ruffalo to be \u201cblacklisted\u201d on X, and MAGA-friendly accounts were reposting the Paramount statement and saying they wouldn\u2019t watch another Ruffalo film. <\/p>\n<p>But Ruffalo, who is currently starring in <i>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/i>\u2014the biggest box office hit of the summer\u2014is fighting back against the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life,\u201d he said in his post on X. <\/p>\n<p>He then reiterated that the \u201cmerger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country\u201d and called for a national security review. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven\u2019t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn\u2019t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede,\u201d Ruffalo said. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on <\/i><i>Substack<\/i><i> and <\/i><i>YouTube<\/i><i> for even more coverage.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5911\">Trump\u2019s DOJ Sets Off Alarm Bells With Election Monitoring Hire<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Ruffalo has hit back at claims he is antisemitic\u2014and doubled down on his stance opposing the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery sought by President Donald Trump\u2019s allies. 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