Alex Jones' Infowars shutting down

[Katheryne Helendale]

Not at all sure if you know this: As far as Xitter knows, this is a parody account: the only accounts on Xitter that begin with "Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Rel" have "(Parody)" appended to the end of their account names. There are several such parody accounts with variations on @MTGrepp. There is none I could find that appears to be a non-parody account. Genius!

The blue checks indicate official, validated accou... oh, wait. Nevermind.

 

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Alex Jones and his fans are intrigued by Putin offer of sanctuary to conservatives

Russian President Vladimir Putin has seemingly invited conservatives chafing under "neoliberal ideals" in their home countries to move to Russia, where he claimed "traditional values reign supreme," and Alex Jones suggested he might take him up on the offer.The Russian president signed a decree...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has seemingly invited conservatives chafing under "neoliberal ideals" in their home countries to move to Russia, where he claimed "traditional values reign supreme," and Alex Jones suggested he might take him up on the offer.

The Russian president signed a decree offering assistance to foreigners seeking temporary residence in his country and expanding the quota approved by the nation's government and setting aside a requirement for knowing the Russian language, history and basic laws, and Jones urged his followers to consider sanctuary there.

"This new decree blows the lid off the establishment's agenda, letting freedom-loving folks bypass the usual bureaucratic nonsense like language tests or history exams," Jones posted on X.

The low level of entry is apparently what sells Jones on this. Fucking lazy immigrant.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

"This new decree blows the lid off the establishment's agenda, letting freedom-loving folks bypass the usual bureaucratic nonsense like language tests or history exams," Jones posted on X. "If you're ready to reject the insane policies of your home countries that push these destructive, anti-human, neoliberal agendas, Russia is rolling out the red carpet! The Russian government is about to compile a list of countries poisoning minds with these twisted ideals, and the Foreign Ministry is gearing up to issue visas to true patriots as soon as September! It's time to stand up for spiritual and moral values!"

Alex Jones no, don't ruin our agenda by taking all of your friends and moving to Russia, that would ruin everything!

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Free]

Let the auctioning off begin! Anyone want to buy a blackened soul for cheap?

Alex Jones' Infowars assets "will now be sold at auction" to pay for damages to Sandy Hook families - Salon.com

A federal bankruptcy judge approved plans to sell off the assets of Free Speech Systems, a company owned by Jones

www.salon.com

 

[detrius]

 

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This is why we need a chef's kiss reaction icon.

 

[Free]

Oh oh, this would be the irony of ironies!

Liberal Watchdog Group Is Considering Buying Alex Jones's InfoWars

Who will own Alex Jones' notorious conspiracy theory show?

gizmodo.com

Alex Jones’ prized possession, his conspiracy-theory-addled show InfoWars, is set to be sold for scrap. Interestingly enough, some of the people who are interested in buying the site could accurately be construed as some of Jones’ biggest detractors. Indeed, a new report suggests multiple left-leaning media organizations are considering buying the site.

 

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[Veritable Quandry]

 

[Casey Pelous]

OMFG! I needed this laugh!

No joke: The Onion wins bankruptcy auction for Alex Jones' Infowars

ETA: Here's the Onion president's statement: “The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” said The Onion CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

OMG! This is the second-greatest thing that has ever happened on a 14th of November!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

The satirical news company plans to shutter Jones’ Infowars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale.

www.nbcnews.com

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’

Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of...

theonion.com

https://www.virtualverse.one/forums/threads/nobody-cares-prs.74/page-676#post-261445

 

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OMG! This is the second-greatest thing that has ever happened on a 14th of November!

It is pretty cool that it happened on the same day Mariner 9 entered into orbit around Mars.

 

[detrius]

OMG! This is the second-greatest thing that has ever happened on a 14th of November!

Had it happened five days earlier, then this would be a really awkward comment.

 

[Free]

Meddlesome judges don't want us to have any happiness.

InfoWars Relaunches as Bankruptcy Judge Questions Auction to The Onion

The judge said "no one should feel comfortable with results of this auction."

gizmodo.com

Well, it turns out that The Onion’s acquisition of InfoWars is not a done deal. Following an auction process on Thursday that drew headlines across the media landscape for its absurdity, the Texas judge overseeing the bankruptcy sale has raised questions about how the sale was conducted. A hearing has been called for next week to review the auction process.

 

[Noodles]

I wonder how much the shitty bull shit company that produces bull shit paid the judge to "take a look at it."

 

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The right's newest sugar daddy is apparently trying to stop the fun.

Alex Jones is trying to halt the sale of Infowars. Elon Musk's X just got involved in the case.

At an emergency hearing, lawyers for the social media company appeared. They haven’t explained why.

www.motherjones.com

On Thursday afternoon, a federal bankruptcy judge in Texas ordered an evidentiary hearing to review the auction process that resulted in Infowars being sold to satire site the Onion, saying he wanted to ensure the “process and transparency” of the sale. Infowars’ founder, the conspiracy mega-entrepreneur Alex Jones, has unsurprisingly declared that the auction process was “rigged” and vowed that the review process will return the site to him, while the Onion’s CEO told Mother Jones and other news outlets that the sale is proceeding. For reasons that no one has yet explained, attorneys for X, formerly known as Twitter, the social media giant now owned by Elon Musk, entered an appearance during the hearing and asked to be included on any future communications about the case.

“I was told Elon is going to be very involved in this,” Jones said during a live broadcast on X.

You may recall Leon once wanted to buy The Onion (...), but ended up investing in a competing "intergalactic media company" called Thud(!). Not long after launch, Musk pulled his funding and the company soon fulfilled the promise of its name.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

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Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social)

Hi friends! I just wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest website on the internet. The long and short of it: We won the auction and — you're not going to believe this — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.

bsky.app

 

[Noodles]

God of course Musk is involved.