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The Onion is rolling out a new Infowars parody on its own site, kickstarting the effort with $100,000 from merchandise sales to Sandy Hook families and plans for additional shows and content spoofing Alex Jones’ platform while pursuing control of Infowars’ assets through the courts.
Alex Jones says Infowars has stopped broadcasting and shuttered its Austin studio after a court-appointed receiver ordered eviction, with the site showing 'Off Air' and it unclear whether the shutdown was by Jones or the receiver. The move comes amid a paused licensing deal to The Onion for Infowars IP as Sandy Hook defamation judgments loom, and the receiver seeks to monetize the assets while litigation continues in Texas courts.
Infowars.com briefly went offline as The Onion presses a bankruptcy-backed plan to take control and relaunch Infowars as a satire-enabled platform, with a Texas appeals court pausing access during the process and upcoming hearings set for May 28. The move is supported by Sandy Hook families, who have pursued damages against Alex Jones, while Jones continues to post elsewhere under the Infowars name. The case represents a high-profile effort to reshape or shutter the right-wing outlet through a licensing and potential sale arrangement.
Nicole Hockley argues that The Drama reveals the warning signs leading up to violence and shows that prevention comes from ordinary people recognizing signals, taking action, and connecting youth to support. Sandy Hook Promise’s Know the Signs program teaches how to spot isolation, bullying, and access to firearms, and how a simple outreach—like inviting a student into a supportive community—can interrupt a potential harm trajectory. The piece emphasizes moving from awareness to action and treating intervention as caring, not overreaction.
The Onion will license Infowars as a digital platform and comedy network for about $81,000 per month, a move that follows Jones’s 2022 bankruptcy and billion-dollar Sandy Hook judgment. Jones stormed the Infowars set shirtless to protest the deal, calling it defamation, while The Onion’s Tim Heidecker teases a parody-forward relaunch aimed at funding Sandy Hook families; Jones says he’ll continue his show under his own name and may appeal the licensing decision.
The Onion has acquired Infowars’ studio, IP, and website in a Texas bankruptcy sale, after Alex Jones was ordered to liquidate assets to pay about $1.5 billion in defamation liability. The Onion plans to continue programming with some rebranding and a possible new host, and profits will be shared with Sandy Hook victims; the deal could close within days.
Satirical site The Onion has proposed a six-month licensing arrangement to publish its own parody content on Infowars’ platforms, a plan requiring court approval after a prior bid to buy Infowars was rejected. The move comes as Infowars faces liquidation following a defamation ruling against Alex Jones related to the Sandy Hook massacre. Jones says he will fight the proposal, while The Onion says profits would go to the Sandy Hook families if approved and envisions creating characters to lampoon conspiracy-theory personalities.
Chicago-based The Onion has reached a deal to license Alex Jones’ InfoWars for six months at $81,000 per month, with an option to renew, aiming to turn the site into a parody of far-right conspiracy outlets. Tim Heidecker will be Creative Director, merchandise profits will go to Sandy Hook families, and the arrangement awaits court approval while Jones continues to run InfoWars for now.
Satirical outlet The Onion has reached a deal to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars, contingent on court approval. The Onion would pay a monthly licensing fee to the court-appointed receiver and purchase the full assets after the current judicial stay expires, in a move tied to paying more than $1 billion in damages owed to Sandy Hook families. The new Infowars would operate as a digital platform and comedy network led by Tim Heidecker, with content satirizing Jones and other media figures; a Texas hearing is set for April 30.
The Onion is close to finalizing a licensing deal to take over Infowars, paying $81,000 per month to the site’s bankruptcy administrator after a previous bid was blocked; Tim Heidecker will join Infowars as creative director, and proceeds from merch will go to Sandy Hook families, with a Texas judge’s approval still required to complete the arrangement.
The Onion’s Global Tetrahedron seeks to license Infowars.com and its IP from a Texas court-appointed administrator, paying $81,000 a month for an initial six months (about $486,000) with an option to extend for another six months, in a plan to convert Infowars into a satirical site led by Tim Heidecker as creative director; the move awaits Judge Maya Guerra Gamble’s approval and could be appealed by Alex Jones, while the effort funds Sandy Hook defamation judgments—though most damages remain unpaid—and the case remains in limbo for roughly two more weeks.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones' appeal against a $1.4 billion defamation judgment related to his false claims that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax, leaving the verdict in place and allowing efforts to enforce the judgment to proceed.
The US Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones's appeal to avoid paying nearly $1.5 billion in damages for defamation related to his claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, upholding the lower court's decision and allowing the Sandy Hook families to pursue enforcement of the judgment.
The Supreme Court declined to hear Alex Jones' appeal against a $1.4 billion judgment awarded to Sandy Hook victims' families, who sued him for spreading false conspiracy theories about the 2012 massacre. Jones had argued that the verdict threatened free speech, but the court's decision upholds the lower court rulings, and Jones and his company have filed for bankruptcy to manage the damages.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones's appeal against a $1.4 billion damages ruling related to his false claims about the Sandy Hook shooting, and also declined to hear several other high-profile cases, including those involving education policies, child trafficking, stem cell regulations, and immigration law.