{"podcast":{"title":"Good News for Lefties | Daily News for Democracy","slug":"good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","podcast_index_feed_id":6982465,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6256627/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://GoodNewsForLefties.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/672afcb4f39d17cf54d4be4a2915a13e.jpg","author":"Two Squared Media Productions, LLC","episode_count":876,"summary":"Positive, progressive news for democracy daily! Democrats, Leftists, liberals, and democratic socialists welcome. A respite from troubling headlines in difficult times. Sure, read the bad news, but then listen to us! Send good news tips to beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com or 202-656-6271 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:22:27.318827+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465"},"episode":{"title":"PM News: Paramount's Merger Blocked and Striking Workers Supported","slug":"pm-news-paramount-s-merger-blocked-and-striking-workers-supported","published_at":"2026-07-21T21:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-paramount-s-merger-blocked-and-striking-workers-supported","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/pm-news-paramount-s-merger-blocked-and-striking-workers-supported--73091618","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73091618/good_news_for_lefties_pm_072126_mixdown_1.mp3","summary":"We kick off with a significant legal development as a federal judge has paused the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery, responding to a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who argue that the merger threatens competition in Hollywood. Next, we discuss a recent ruling by a Trump-appointed judge who dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit aimed at invalidating state and local sanctuary policies. Judge pauses Paramount-Warner merger Judge tosses out federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota ‘sanctuary’ policies | News From The States Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .","meta_description":"We kick off with a significant legal development as a federal judge has paused the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Brot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":319,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/episodes/pm-news-paramount-s-merger-blocked-and-striking-workers-supported/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy-6982465/pm-news-paramount-s-merger-blocked-and-striking-workers-supported.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}