Right-wing protests of Drag Story Hour events for children ramped up in 2022—often based on false claims that these events sexualize children—and a number of conservative state lawmakers have sought t...
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Biden Calls For Assault Weapons Ban On 10th Anniversary Of Sandy Hook Massacre
Topline President Joe Biden argued lawmakers have taken too long to address gun violence in the U.S. and called for an assault weapons ban in a statement on the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elem...
Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after Kanye West interview
Alex Jones arrives at the court house as he faces a second defamation trial over Sandy Hook claims in Waterbury, Connecticut, September 22, 2022. Michelle McLoughlin | Reuters Infowars host Alex Jones...
Alex Jones Must Pay Nearly $50 Million For Sandy Hook Conspiracies, Texas Judge Rules
Topline A Texas judge Tuesday ruled Alex Jones must pay more than $45 million in punitive damages for promoting false conspiracy theories surrounding the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, ac...
Judge Freezes Alex Jones’ Assets As He Faces Over $1 Billion In Damages For Spreading Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theories
Topline A Connecticut judge has temporarily frozen conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ assets after concerns were raised that he was “looting” his estate and hiding some of the $965 million in damages he ...
Twitter Removes Kanye’s Tweet After He Drops N-Word—And Musk Claims Platform Rules Unchanged
Topline Kanye West threw more gasoline on his bonfire of controversy by tweeting the N-word, not long after his friend Twitter owner Elon Musk attempted to assuage advertisers on Twitter as companies ...
Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Nearly $1 Billion To Sandy Hook Parents
Topline A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered Alex Jones to pay $965 million to the families of several Sandy Hook elementary school shooting victims, following the conspiratorial radio host’s lates...
Alex Jones Testifies In Sandy Hook Defamation Case
Topline Alex Jones attempted to defend himself in the face of tough questioning from prosecutors as he testified Thursday in the defamation case over his claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a...
Why Single Out The Oil Industry For Supposed Disinformation?
A picture from a series of humurous novelty images taken by Sunday People photographer Dennis … [+] Hutchinson. – The end of the world is nigh buit not before you get your holidays booked ...
Alex Jones Begs The Question, What’s More Expensive For Media: Lies, Or The Truth?
Alex Jones in 2018. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images We are having a Goldilocks moment in American media. We simply can’t decide how much truth we really want. Too many lies can lead ...
Alex Jones Texts Reportedly Given To January 6 Committee
Topline A lawyer representing two parents of a student killed in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting has given two years’ worth of InfoWars host Alex Jones’ text messages to the January 6 commit...
Jury Hits Alex Jones With $45 Million In Punitive Damages Over Sandy Hook Conspiracy Claims
Topline A jury in Austin, Texas, decided Friday that Infowars host Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting ...
Alex Jones Ordered To Pay $4.1 Million To Parents Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim
Topline Infowars host Alex Jones must pay the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim $4.1 million in damages, a jury in Texas decided Thursday, as Jones faces several lawsuits for f...
Reality Finally Crashes Into Alex Jones’ Twisted Fantasy World
Alex Jones of InfoWars talks to reporters outside a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning … [+] foreign influence operations’ use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, Sep...
Alex Jones’ Lawyers Apparently Forwarded His Damning Texts To Opposing Counsel
Topline Attorneys representing the parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims accused InfoWars host Alex Jones of perjury at his defamation damages trial Wednesday, saying Jones’ legal t...
Sandy Hook Families Accuse Alex Jones of Diverting Funds From Infowars Parent Company
Families of Sandy Hook victims who are suing Alex Jones for defamation accused the conspiracy theorist of siphoning significant amounts of money from Infowars’ parent company before he put the busines...
Alex Jones Calls Sandy Hook Trial Judge ‘Demonically Possessed’ Just Before He’s Set To Testify
Topline On his controversial Infowars radio show Tuesday, Alex Jones described as “demonically possessed” the judge and legal team he’s facing in a trial this week to set the damages he owes to parent...
Joe Rogan Succinctly Summarizes The Problem With ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’
Comedian Joe Rogan performs during his appearance at The Ice House Comedy Club on February 1, 2017 … [+] in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Michael Schwartz/WireImage) WireImage In a recent epis...
Alex Jones’ Infowars Site Files For Bankruptcy — Here Are The Lawsuits That Led To Millions In Legal Fees
Topline Three companies owned by far-right radio host Alex Jones, who was found liable last November for spreading false claims about the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, filed for bankruptcy — ...
Alex Jones Will Be Refunded $75K In Fines After Finally Attending Deposition In Sandy Hook Lawsuit
Topline A judge ruled Friday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be refunded $75,000 in fines after attending a long-delayed deposition in a trial to determine how much Jones must pay to the Sand...
Alex Jones Says He Testified Before Jan. 6 Committee—And Took The Fifth ‘Almost 100 Times’
Topline Right-wing radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said he spoke with investigators from the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, but continually ref...
Joe Rogan Draws Backlash For Antisemitic Comments—Spotify Silent On Latest Controversy From Its Biggest Podcaster
Topline Joe Rogan, the host of Spotify’s biggest podcast, drew backlash for antisemitic remarks this week — the latest in his history of using his massive platform to make controversial comments that ...