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.
Why has this taken THIS LONG to get this far? Anybody else would have been rendered penniless within a year, tops.
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.
Lawyers can make time until the money runs out.
“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.
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.
What caused you to wake up?
Ironically it was his scene in Waking Life that put him on my radar. I think he has literally gone insane.
He was pretty insane back then too. He just didn’t have years of alcoholism to back up that insanity.
F
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.
lol he’s just crisis acting
Do we even know that there is an Alex Jones and he’s not just a government psyop?
I’m just asking questions.
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.
That’s insulting as fuck to Bill Hicks.
Bill Hicks taking on a new identity where he makes his money from advertising. Could you imagine?
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.
The guys at Knowledge Fight have talked about buying it. Your suggestion seems like something they might do.
Sell it to the Onion, or Cards Against Humanity
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The Onion should totally buy it.
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.
A couple of comedians have dibs on the desk
Does he have a couch? I heard there’s a backroom somewhere that might find it useful.
I hear there’s also a high profile politician with some money to spend on “the one.”
Whoever ends up with the site should sell it to TheOnion
I hope the domain gets sold to someone who puts up a site dedicated to ridiculing all the losers who have been there.
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.
What are they doing now for new content? This is like QAnon imploding and the QAA podcast having to branch out into the wider world of right-wing conspiracy fantasies.
Wonder how cheaply it’ll all go for.
I wonder who is going to buy it
Probably why he’s been sucking up to Elon so hard recently. Hoping Elon will buy it out then continue to let Alex spout his bullshit.
He’s depending on his fans to buy it and keep it all going for him.
TFA:
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.”
This is why critical thinking is so vital (and why conservatives do everything they can to prevent people from learning the skill)… You become such an easy mark for grifters and conmen.
Patriot buyers lol! AKA Super Dupers
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.
They’re honestly probably the only ones who would buy it. Without Jones’ “celebrity” propping it up it’s basically just a scam dick-pills company which are a dime a dozen. Who’s going to invest in that?
He has lots of professional equipment that could be better used elsewhere tho. If you can get some of the media equipment for cheap then it’s worth looking at the auction for sure
I’d normally be interested in a job lot of discount media production gear from a fire sale, but I don’t need to taint my home with the bad karma or stale grifter breath surely trapped in those particular microphones.
That was my exact thought. Discount sound production gear is my jam but damn, anything I created with it would be forever stained.
Not necessarily. Kinda like how blood money could sorta be emotionally redeemed if you just donated it all, the equipment could be redeemed if it was used to produce something useful and beneficial instead of manufacturing fear.
I will be the first to tell you that nothing I’ve ever put out could be considered useful or beneficial. Generally it’s just vaguely funny but also kind of sad. At its best it’s entertaining on the right combination of drugs.
Unfortunately, I wouldn’t be shocked if a bunch of crypto assholes cashed out to bail him out.
It is kind of funny to think of a bunch of rich nazis all striving to outbid each other to bail this asshole out, thereby making a bigger and bigger pile of reparations for the Sandy Hook families.
If the proceeds go to the sandy hook families, it would make sense to drive up the price as much as possible.
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Infowars is rebranding as Biddingwars
Good.
Very good.
Agreed. This guy’s a PoS.
Finish him!
What’s taking so long? I have been hearing this exact same news for past 4 years now
Not sure how you did that, the judgment against Alex Jones was in 2022.
Then they had to decide whether Jones could work off his debt or whether he would be forced to sell off his company. The families offered to go with an annual payment, Jones started haggling over the amount, and this year the families said forget it and went with liquidation.
Oh No…. Anyways, how about them cowboys.
Let’s Go!
