In what he described as an “emergency broadcast” on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars’, studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon.

“This is going to be Infowars’ last show, because I learned yesterday that they were going to padlock the door and kick us out last night,” Jones said while on Infowars on Saturday.

On the same day, Friday, May 31, the news outlet published an article saying it might be shut down in 48 hours.

Newsweek contacted Infowars by email on Sunday morning for comment and any evidence of the alleged attempt to shut down the company’s studios.

Jones said that he spotted “guards looking at me weird” at the entrance of the Infowars building and believed that his company was going to be shut down.

Basically, the entire studio has been repossessed, has guards around the perimeter.

You can currently find clips of him breaking down and crying on twitter, and the whole broadcast is viewable on rumble, but I don’t have an x account nor am I going to post a rumble link.

He played out the end of the broadcast with, of course, ‘My Way’ by Sinatra.

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Couldn’t happen to a better person. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was lying to drum up donations though.

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Exactly what I thought. Sounds like bullshit to fundraise.

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Sounds like bullshit to fundraise.

Welcome to Alex Jones’ entire life.

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I hope he bleeds his supporters dry, and then all this money goes to the victims awaiting the dissolution of his assets to pay his lawsuit.

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This made the rounds yesterday, but the only source was Jones himself, and nothing appears to have happened. So, yeah, probably just drumming up cash from the rubes.

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He’s been a week away from shutting down for… a dozen years?

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I wonder how his listeners can keep hearing this same message for years?

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Reminds me of the mattress store down the street that is always running a going out of business sale.

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Like rabid goldfish

Like toast in the rain
like drunken dogs
in rage without reason

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Think of how many times you can trick a dog that trusts you before it starts to figure things out, and consider that Jones’ audience is more loyal and less intelligent than a typical dog.

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I wonder how his listeners can keep hearing this same message for years?

Try to understand stupidity at the infinity level

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Like a rug shop.

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Imagine being stupid enough to give this guy money.

I think it is important to try to understand those who you don’t agree with, but I really can’t understand giving him hard earned cash.

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  1. It’s clearly fake crying

  2. It’s probably just a donation push.

It could be happening, but when the only source of something is Alex Jones, there’s not a reputable source for it

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I’m not going to Google it. If it’s fake, he wants that. Fuck em.

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I heard it’s because they have a child sex ring they’re running out of the basement there.

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I have also heard this. From many different people.

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Not only have people, many people, told me this, but also that they are also harvesting the blood of the children.

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That’s what I’m hearing. People are saying.

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Would actually make so much sense. He’s obsessed with paedophiles.

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Thanks, now I’m craving pizza.

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Realistically they are losing the lease on the building they rent and some mediocre recording equipment, maybe some dumb neon signs. He could run his shitty podcast from his bedroom if he wanted to. He’s whining like they are forcing him into silence, but this won’t even cover the teeniest fraction of what he owes the people whose lives he tried to destroy. Fuck him. Way harder.

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