Satire site the Onion wins auction for Infowars, vows to make Alex Jones' empire a 'cosmic joke' for Sandy Hook families



The Onion, the satirical publication, won an auction to acquire the assets of Alex Jones' Infowars empire. The CEO of the Onion has vowed to transform Infowars into a "cosmic joke" for the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.

Jones announced the transaction on Thursday morning in a video posted to the X social media platform.

'The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for.'

Jones stated that his website had been "shut down" this morning "even without a court order."

The Infowars site is a black page that only reads: "Site unavailable till further notice."

Jones said he was told that the winning bid was "competitive" but not necessarily the highest bid. Financial details of the winning bid to acquire Free Speech Systems — the parent company of Infowars — were not disclosed.

Jones noted, "The Connecticut Democrats with the Onion newspaper bought us."

The Onion acquired Infowars' website, social media accounts, trademarks, video archive, and studio in Austin, Texas.

"I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm going to be here until they turn the lights off," Jones declared.

Jones added, "They want to silence the American people, but we're not going to be silenced."

Infowars was put up for auction after the court-appointed trustee in charge of Jones' bankruptcy proceedings advocated to shut down the site and liquidate his assets.

Jones filed for bankruptcy in late 2022 after juries ordered him to pay nearly $1.5 billion to families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting — in which 20 first-grade students and six adults were killed.

Jones previously said the mass shooting massacre was a hoax.

Lawsuits filed by the families in Connecticut and Texas claimed that Jones defamed them on his show and inflicted emotional distress by repeatedly suggesting the shooting was a hoax.

Several of the Sandy Hook families supported the sale of Infowars.

“Our clients knew that true accountability meant an end to Infowars and an end to Jones’ ability to spread lies, pain, and fear at scale,” said Chris Mattei, attorney for the Connecticut families. "By divesting Jones of Infowars’ assets, the families and the team at the Onion have done a public service and will meaningfully hinder Jones’ ability to do more harm."

Everytown for Gun Safety — an organization that advocates for gun control — said it will be the exclusive advertiser in the Onion’s new venture as part of a multiyear agreement.

“It’s fitting that a platform once used to profit off of tragedy will be a tool of education, hence our multiyear advertising commitment to this new venture,” stated John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "We’re proud to be a part of what comes next, not only in terms of staunching the flow of hurtful misinformation, but also for the potential this new venture has to help Everytown reach new audiences ready to hold the gun industry accountable for contributing to our nation’s gun violence epidemic."

Robbie Parker, whose daughter was killed in the school shooting, said in a statement, "The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for."

The Onion CEO Ben Collins said, "The Onion has a long history of helping the American public navigate some of the most difficult moments in American life, from our historic issue after 9/11 to our groundbreaking reportage after every American mass shooting. In that tradition, we hope the Sandy Hook families will be able to marvel at the cosmic joke we will soon make of Infowars.com."

In a satirical article, the Onion noted that Infowars was founded in 1999 "on the heels of the Satanic 'panic' and growing steadily ever since."

"Infowars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses," the Onion added. "With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal."

The publication said it plans to launch the new platform in January 2025.

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The left loves to slap the term “public health crisis” on things like climate change because it paves the way for government overreach and the erosion of our freedoms.

Yesterday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy formally declared gun violence as a public health crisis and called for a ban on assault weapons and civilian use of large capacity magazines.

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Murthy also attests that “gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and adolescents ages one to nineteen,” which is simply “not true,” says Sara Gonzales.

“That in itself should disqualify anything that he's going to say on the subject because that is a lie,” adds Rippaverse Comics’ Eric July. “The fact that people keep pedaling that stuff and it goes unchecked blows my freaking mind.”

According to July, this gun violence public health crisis nonsense means one thing: “What they’re gonna do is punish free people ... people who have used no aggression on anybody and have not committed any actual crimes.”

Sara agrees and makes a fantastic point: “If they were actually serious about gun violence, they would do something to clean up the streets of Chicago," "they wouldn’t be releasing violent criminals into the streets,” and they “would probably do something about the cartels coming in and out of our country.”

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Another Democratic official's transvestic progeny arrested, this time over alleged anti-Israel hate crime



The 28-year-old daughter of a Democratic attorney in the Connecticut Attorney General's Office was arrested last week for allegedly making a show out of vandalizing an Israeli flag on private property in Sandy Hook.

Sarah Stofko, the transvestite daughter of Deputy Associate Attorney General Carolyn Signorelli, was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree intimidation based on bigotry or bias.

The Newtown Police Department indicated that officers responded to a home near the intersection of Church Hill Road and Walnut Tree Hill Road on Dec. 7, the first night of Hanukkah, following a report of vandalism of an Israeli flag. Officers quickly located the flag that had been torn down, then acquired a description and registration for the suspect's vehicle.

Police ultimately identified and contacted Stofko — a self-described web developer who refers to herself as Isaac — prompting her to surrender.

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Following Stofko's arrest, Newton Police Lt. Scott Smith said, "Our police department has no tolerance for any crimes that have the potential to create fear and anxiety amongst members of our community."

Chief David Kullgren reiterated, "We unequivocally reject any criminal activities that may instill fear or distress among our residents."

The town's first selectman, Republican A. Jeffrey Capeci, denounced the vandalism, stating, "By flying a flag or having a sign on one's private property we exercise free speech protected by the first amendment. Be it an American, Ukrainian or an Israeli flag, a lawn sign that is political or the school of choice for a child’s higher education – the list is long."

"As Americans, we have the right to express our views and preferences, but we do not have the right to silence or intimidate others," added Capeci.

The Republican administrator highlighted the contributions of Jewish members of Newtown and noted, "It is how we respond to these instances that define us as a community, not the actions of any one individual."

The News-Times noted that Stofko's alleged destruction of property comes amidst a reported rise in anti-Semitic incidents across Connecticut. Stacey Sobel, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, indicated there had been over 1,400 anti-Semitic incidents reported since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel.

Within hours of Stofko's alleged hate crime, a masked radical climbed the Hanukkah menorah in New Haven Green to hang a Palestinian flag, prompting condemnation from Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and other officials, reported WTNH-TV.

Stofko, whose antipathy appears to be widely shared by many of her mother's fellow party members, is due in Danbury Superior Court on Dec. 21.

Stofko is not the only transvestite child of a prominent Democrat to act upon the views prevalent among the party's progressive members in recent months.

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A jury in Connecticut will hear arguments today as it determines how much money radio host Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Last year, in a rare move, Judge Barbara Bellis found Jones liable by default in a defamation lawsuit brought by parents of children killed in the Connecticut shooting over Jones’ statements that the shooting was a hoax. The judge stated Jones had failed to turn over documents that might have shown how he and his company profited from spreading his statements about the school shooting.

The current trial is being held in Waterbury, Connecticut, not far from Newtown, where 26 Sandy Hook Elementary School students and teachers were shot to death in 2012. The trial is expected to last “about a month and feature testimony from both Jones and the families,” reports NPR.

This is the second such trial for Jones, who was ordered by a Texas jury last month to pay over $45 million to Sandy Hook parents.

During the Texas trial, Jones testified that he understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was "100% real." Jones still argues that his previous comments were protected free speech.

In 2019, most major online media platforms — including YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and Facebook — banned Jones from their sites, citing violations of policies against hate speech.

Jones, who has been broadcasting for nearly 30 years, was the subject of the recent documentary Alex’s War, which details his rise from an Austin-based public-access TV show host to one of the most prominent figures in American media and politics. Jones has gained particular notoriety over the past several years, in part due to his vocal support of Donald Trump, appearances on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, and early warnings about Jeffrey Epstein.

Jones also famously reported that chemicals in America’s water supply were turning “frogs gay," which has spawned an industry of memes and remixes. Commentators have speculated that Jones was referring to a 2010 article from the University of California, Berkeley, that found atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, can turn male frogs into females.

Jones’ legal team has previously argued that he is “playing a character” on air and is “a performance artist.”