Sanders: Kushner connection to Warner Bros. takeover bid sign of ‘authoritarianism’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday condemned Jared Kushner’s involvement in Paramount’s hostile takeover bid to acquire Warner Bros., arguing President Trump’s apparent effort to intervene in the massive media deal amounted to “authoritarianism.” “A handful of giant corporations already control much of the media,” Sanders wrote on the social platform X. “Trump wants to…