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.

122 points

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.

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lol he’s just crisis acting

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

I’m just asking questions.

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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.

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That’s insulting as fuck to Bill Hicks.

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

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3 points

Alex Jones is the real Paul McCartney, back for revenge!

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3 points

How do you think he knew about the gay frogs? He is one.

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

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69 points

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.

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Sell it to the Onion, or Cards Against Humanity

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The Onion should totally buy it.

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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.

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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”

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Whoever ends up with the site should sell it to TheOnion

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13 points

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

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3 points

I think they’d be good stewards!

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8 points

A couple of comedians have dibs on the desk

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5 points

Does he have a couch? I heard there’s a backroom somewhere that might find it useful.

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3 points

I hear there’s also a high profile politician with some money to spend on “the one.”

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

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“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.

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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.

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8 points

What caused you to wake up?

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Ironically it was his scene in Waking Life that put him on my radar. I think he has literally gone insane.

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5 points

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

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Look i just need Dan and Jordan to get the desk and maybe that skull he had on the desk for a while. After that it can all burn but those guys deserve those things for all they do in putting together Knowledge Fight.

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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.

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

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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

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Musk has been known to overpay for failing platforms

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that’s as good as dead. tucker carlson was the most influential host on fox news. went to twitter. he’s literally irrelevant now. no one watches twitter, it’s not a thing.

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