Paramount says Larry Ellison "agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4B" for its WBD bid, after WBD's board raised concerns about the offer (Sara Salinas/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/22/wbd-bid-paramount-larry-ellison-b…
Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal, forcing premium hikes (Sahil Kapur/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-leaves-town-2026-no-health-care-deal-forcing-premium-hikes-rcna249817
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p8#a251220p8
"Concrete that powers cities? Scientists turn ancient material into giant batteries"
#Batteries #Energy
NFL Delivers Harsh Punishment for Hit That Injured Cowboys WR https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/nfl-delivers-harsh-punishment-ryan-flournoy/
Sources: Paramount Skydance formed an investment consortium with the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi to submit a $71B bid for WBD (Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/paramount-warner-bros-discove…
"Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #FossilFuels
The ranking Democratic members of two congressional oversight committees
announced on Monday that they had started an investigation into reports of misconduct by federal agents during immigration arrests across the country,
focusing on the detainment of American citizens.
The investigation, a joint effort between the House Oversight Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
will inquire how long American citizens have been held and whether the…
"Kenyan wildlife census reveals conservation wins and losses"
#Kenya #Animals #Wildlife #Conservation
"Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says"
#FossilFuels #Brazil #Climate