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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a federal judge.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said during a court hearing Tuesday that he will approve the auctions that start in November. But he said he first must change a previous order to make it clear that the trustee overseeing Jones’ personal bankruptcy case controls all the assets of Infowars parent company Free Speech Systems, which is owned 100% by Jones.

Despite the pending loss of his company, Jones vows to continue his talk shows through other means, possibly including a new website and his personal social media accounts. He also has suggested that Infowars’ assets could be bought by his supporters, allowing him to continue hosting his show as an employee under the Infowars brand in their home city of Austin, Texas.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

I would donate to kickstarter so the knowledge fight guys could buy it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

The lawyer too

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Me too... hopefully the lawyer too

[-] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago

I have a terrible feeling, that Elon Musk will buy it, then hire Alex Jones as its host, with the condition it needs to be exclusive to Xitter.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

Musk has been known to overpay for failing platforms

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Musk wasting money to support fellow inhumane people is a given, if what you said happens the only delta with normalcy is the victims of alt-right trash finally will get compensated

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Well then they would actually get all the money they were awarded.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Alex Jones suffering arc is good for the soul. Take anything he has.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Hey look, consequences!

Still waiting for the orange one but I’m good with little victories.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago

Why has this taken THIS LONG to get this far? Anybody else would have been rendered penniless within a year, tops.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Most people don't have multimillion dollars in assets with complex ownership schemes. But I also would challenge the assumption that it would ever go quickly. The legal system is very, very slow.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I don't think that's necessarily true.

Even very simple bancruptcy proceedings for smaller family business type companies take years.

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[-] [email protected] 120 points 1 day ago

I know you've all been missing him, but he needed a break to let all the spit leak out from all the tromboning of late.

[-] [email protected] 114 points 1 day ago

lol he's just crisis acting

[-] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago

Do we even know that there is an Alex Jones and he's not just a government psyop?

I'm just asking questions.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Alex Jones is really Bill Hicks, who did not die and turned heel for the lolz. It's crazy but an actual conspiracy theory

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Funny enough, there is a "Bill Hicks' death was faked so he could come back as Alex Jones" conspiracy theory. Alex Jones denies it, but of course he would.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

I kinda hate that Bill Hicks could turn this much heel but......well

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

The weird part is that they are somehow connected. For some reason, Alex Jones accepted a posthumous award to Bill Hicks, which I think was the whole springboard for the conspiracy theory (which I mostly like because it's funny to see it turned back on him). It doesn't help his case that Alex Jones' public persona is a character he does with a fake voice and all that.

It was also more plausible before Jones took that hard turn to the right. He used to be more apolitical (in a "both parties are fake and corrupt" and "here's a list of issues but I'm not going to offer any concrete solutions other than 'stay tuned for more'" kind of way), so it was once more believable that he was an extreme version of Hicks.

Though even back then, a part of the conspiracy theory was that he was compromised by the elites, so it wasn't a "Bill Hicks is trying to save us as Alex Jones" but more of a, "they got to Bill Hicks and made him fake his death and come back as a liar who leads people who start to see the truth down some stupid lizard people or aliens path so they don't hurt the status quo".

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

That's insulting as fuck to Bill Hicks.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Bill Hicks taking on a new identity where he makes his money from advertising. Could you imagine?

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[-] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago

I hope whoever gets the website keeps it exactly the same in looks and tone, and instead of contributing to misinformation actively correct misinformation online and post accurate stories. Keep the vibe and over-the-top voice tho.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Info wars can be the space jam website of 30 years from now

[-] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago

Sell it to the Onion, or Cards Against Humanity

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

The Onion should totally buy it.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

As much as I love them, I'd love to see it keep the same tone to attract the crazy conspiracy-theorists, then poison their minds with factual information presented as if it was deep-state conspiracy revealing secret knowledge.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Oh that would be fun. Slowly shifting it from “elite globalists represented by the democrats are transing your kids and faking school shootings” to “elite billionaires represented by the republicans are poisoning your water and busting your union”

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

They're making islands the size of continents out of trash!

They made a chemical that will prevent Covid in most cases, and Corporations are trying to keep from paying for it!

When was the last time you had to pull over because of all the bugs hitting your windshield? They're killing all the insects just so they can have your money!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

They’re banning abortion to force your children to serve them!

They’re telling you immigrants are stealing your job, but unless that immigrant is Mr Roboto then they aren’t the one you’re actually being replaced with!

They’re angering your sons and pushing them content designed to brainwash them into Nazis! You heard me, honest to god Nazis! And that’s what your sons will be if you let them keep using the media to speak to them! rips shirt off and turns an uncomfortable shade of red

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

The guys at Knowledge Fight have talked about buying it. Your suggestion seems like something they might do.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Whoever ends up with the site should sell it to TheOnion

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago

"We're going to auction off this poison, so then other people will own that poison. The new owner will be the type of person very motivated to spend a significant amount of money on poison."

I get that the money is needed for restitution, but some things just need to be encased in concrete and blasted into the earth's core. They need to go get Disney's IP lawyers so that they can keep the brand alive forever, only to never be used again by anyone.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

If I had the money I'd want to try staffing it with cult deprogramming specialists. It would be an interesting experiment to track.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I'm kinda tempted to buy something for the lulz. I used to like Jones a long time ago, and the proceeds will go towards Sandy Hook victims anyways.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

What caused you to wake up?

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago

Wonder how cheaply it'll all go for.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

I wonder who is going to buy it

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

He's depending on his fans to buy it and keep it all going for him.

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He also has suggested that Infowars’ assets could be bought by his supporters, allowing him to continue hosting his show as an employee under the Infowars brand in their home city of Austin, Texas.

“It’s very cut and dry that the assets of Free Speech Systems, the website, the equipment, the shopping cart, all that, can be sold,” Jones said on a recent show. “And they know full well that there are a bunch of patriot buyers, and then the operation can ease on.”

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Patriot buyers lol! AKA Super Dupers

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I saw a billboard that read "I'm a former Trump voter and a patriot and I'm voting for Harris" and I realized that I now view the notion of someone being a patriot as them being less intelligent.

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago

I hope the domain gets sold to someone who puts up a site dedicated to ridiculing all the losers who have been there.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Personally, I think redirecting to Knowledge Fights' site would be a good move; though I mostly hope it doesn't wind up under ownership of some other grifter.

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

Great episode of Knowledge Fight: incoming

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Infowars is rebranding as Biddingwars

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