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Media Matters reports: In the midst of an unhinged and antisemitic rant by Ye — the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — the musician handed his Twitter account with over 32 million followers to white nationalist Nick Fuentes, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander; all of whom are banned on the platform. Ye now …

Salon reports: Kanye West praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during an appearance on Alex Jones’ InfoWars conspiracy broadcast. The rapper, who now goes by Ye, appeared on the right-wing conspiracy broadcast alongside white nationalist Nick Fuentes, a week after the pair met with former president Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “That’s right, you’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, …

Reuters reports: Judge Maya Guerra Gamble rejected arguments by a lawyer for Jones and the parent company of his Infowars website that a Texas state law capping certain types of damages meant that the August verdict in favor of two parents of a child slain at Sandy Hook should be cut by more than $40 million. Texas law caps non-economic …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk received blowback from right-wing activists on Friday after responding “no” to a user urging the new Twitter chief to reinstate conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Almost immediately, right-wingers and members of the far-right called out Musk—who fashions himself a free-speech warrior. “Elon’s free speech claim quickly shown to be bullshit lol,” right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool …

The Associated Press reports: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company were ordered Thursday to pay an extra $473 million to victims’ families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax, adding to a nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month. Connecticut Judge Barabara Bellis imposed the punitive damages on the Infowars host …

CBS News reports: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara …

Reuters reports: Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has vowed to fight a nearly $1 billion defamation verdict against him, but experts say neither bankruptcy nor an appeal of a Connecticut jury’s findings on Wednesday are likely to salvage his personal fortune and media empire. Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy in July. The Sandy Hook families have intervened in the …

“They want to shut us down, so I’m in Chapter 11, Subchapter V bankruptcy, which is not a liquidation. It’s reorganization. “So, as long as I want to work, basically, for free, I mean, instead of making $2 million a year and a half million dollars a year under it, I’m happy to do that. “InfoWars will continue on because …

“Alex Jones was patient zero for the censorship regime back in 2018 and now Alex Jones is patient zero for lawfare strategies to be able to shut people up that they don’t like. “Is Alex Jones outlandish? Of course he is. He’s a quasi-entertainer, that’s why he’s so popular, but Alex Jones has been right about a lot of things. …

Posted last night by Alex Jones to the self-avowed Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo: For decades, Alex Jones has been warning the world what is to come. A cashless society, forced medical mandates, implantable chips, man made bio-weapons and cooperate world government. We are currently in the very age Alex warned us about. Now, Alex has been marked for destruction. After …

The Independent reports: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene came out in defense of InfoWars host Alex Jones once again after a jury ordered him to pay nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The far-right politician, who has spoken for the controversial talk show host in the past as well, said “all …

Mediaite reports: InfoWars founder Alex Jones reacted on Wednesday to the $965 million verdict against him in the defamation suit. “Ain’t no money,” said Jones on his show as the verdict was being read. Jones claimed he is in bankruptcy, before asking viewers to donate to save his company. Jones grossly managed to make light of the devastating verdict with …

CNN reports: Plaintiffs in the trial included family members of eight school students and employees, in addition to one FBI agent who responded to the scene. Notably, Jones is not present in the courtroom today. Three cases were all condensed into the single trial. While the families did not seek a specific dollar figure in the trial, an attorney for …

Mediaite reports: InfoWars founder Alex Jones skipped out on testifying at his own defamation trial on Wednesday, saying through his lawyer that he is “boycotting” the proceedings. Jones was expected to testify on Wednesday in a Connecticut defamation trial stemming from his comments suggesting the Sandy Hook school shooting never happened. Norm Pattis, Jones’ attorney, announced on Wednesday in court …

The New York Times reports: A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston ordered new personnel to oversee the bankruptcy of Alex Jones’s Infowars late on Tuesday, citing an ongoing lack of transparency, including over Mr. Jones’s lavish personal spending. Judge Christopher Lopez dismissed Mr. Jones’s attorney and chief restructuring officer in the bankruptcy of Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, and …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHARLIE KIRK (TURNING POINT USA FOUNDER): I was told by everybody — it’s not the President Trump — but it is going to make you guys, wait till you see this, alright? In fact, this man is more hated by the media than Donald Trump, and that says something. OK? Which is, so, if you’re …

The Wrap reports: Alex Jones’ ex-wife Kelly said that the over-the-top, frequently flipped-out persona you’ve seen onscreen in Alex Jones is not an act, that he’s even worse in real life and “kind of crazy like Charles Manson.” “In person, as a human being, he is more unhinged and weirder and terrifying and threatening and looming and raging, I would …

Publishers Weekly reports: Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s new book, billed as an analysis of “the global elite’s international conspiracy to enslave humanity and all life on the planet,” sold more than 30K copies in its first week despite Jones being convicted last month in the defamation lawsuit brought against him by parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims. At the …

Media Matters has the transcript: ALEX JONES (GUEST): Well now what they do is they do a default. So they sue you in one of these key jurisdictions that they control, if you’re dumb enough to live in one of them — still, they’ll just do it in DC and make you go there. They’ll sue you in the jurisdiction …

Law & Crime reports: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones stands trial yet again today in civil court in a defamation case brought by families of the Sandy Hook mass shooting victims. This time, the trial is in Connecticut. Plaintiffs are eight families and an FBI agent. Jones already lost the case by default. Jurors will determine the money to be awarded. …