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.

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      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.

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      He’s depending on his fans to buy it and keep it all going for him.

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      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.”

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          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.

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        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.

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        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?

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          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

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          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.

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            That was my exact thought. Discount sound production gear is my jam but damn, anything I created with it would be forever stained.

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              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.

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          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.

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      If the proceeds go to the sandy hook families, it would make sense to drive up the price as much as possible.