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This suddenly got VERY interesting! Let me bring you up to speed…. As we all probably know, one of the first people to be targeted by “Lawfare” even before President Trump was Alex Jones.  He was the test ground. They nailed him for something like $1.5 billion fo the Sandy Hook thing, and I won’t even get into all of that right now. But with a $1.5 billion judgment hanging over him, that led to an attempt to seize all his assets, the most notable being his Info Wars show. It was recently reported that The Onion bought Info Wars at an auction, but then something funny happened. The judge instituted a block and reversed the sale, at least temporarily while the sale was reviewed to see if it was improper. Now today we had yet another strange wrinkle in the case: Elon Musk’s X Corp (Twitter) has now intervened in the case! JUST IN: Elon Musk’s X has just filed a notice of appearance in Alex Jones Infowars bankruptcy case. pic.twitter.com/l5x2Xo6XJT — Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) November 17, 2024 Wild stuff! Watch here: Elon Musk Launches Major Offensive Against Deep State Censorship Complex! Alex Jones Lays Out Why X Corp Has Intervened In The InfoWars Bankruptcy Case — Must-Watch/Share Live Feed https://t.co/bvhKc1uaei — Alex Jones Network (@AJNlive) November 17, 2024 Was Elon Musk perhaps part of a sting here? Did X try to buy Info Wars and did they have the high bid but got overlooked? All pure speculation at this point. BREAKING: Elon Musk is considering purchasing Info Wars from bankruptcy court in order to give it back to Alex Jones! Elon Musk’s X Corp. would continue to own the studio so the courts could not take it again, but Alex Jones would have complete & total autonomy! Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/vZW98T22bg — ᴊᴀᴄᴋ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ (@AmericazOutlaw) November 17, 2024 This guy has a different theory: NEWS: Trump now involved, along with Musk’s attorneys in halting the illegal takeover of Alex Jones’s Info Wars platform. Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion, and Soros-backed Everytown, reportedly rigged the auction and acquired Info Wars illegally. pic.twitter.com/s3aDbVSDMM — Đ ł₵₳ⱤɄ₴ (@dicarus4America) November 15, 2024 Here are more details from NBC News: Attorneys for X Corp., the firm established by Elon Musk to take over Twitter, filed a notice of appearance on Thursday in the bankruptcy case of Alex Jones and his Infowars platform. The new owners of satirical news site The Onion had been declared the successful bidders for Jones’ controversial platform, alongside families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims. But this week, the Texas bankruptcy judge overhearing the case voiced concerns about the transparency of the auction process and called for a new hearing to discuss those potential issues. “Nobody should feel comfortable with the results of the auction,” Judge Christopher M. Lopez said, according to a Bloomberg News report. The X Corp. filing, dated Nov. 14 and first reported by Mother Jones, does not disclose the purpose of X’s appearance, other than to state the rights reserved to it as an interested party, and to request all relevant documents in the case. Attorneys for X listed in the filing did not respond to a request for comment. A lawyer representing The Onion also did not respond to a request for comment. Both Musk and Jones are known allies of President-elect Donald Trump. Musk has allowed Infowars to broadcast on X while Infowars’ fate is in limbo. Jones has used Infowars as a platform to promote conspiracy theories, far-right ideologies and misinformation. He often focuses on events and social issues to sell related products like supplements and survival gear. Jones’ bankruptcy stems from his obligation to pay $1.5 billion in damages to families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, who filed defamation lawsuits over his false claims that the massacre was a hoax. He broadcast the conspiracy theory on his platform, which led to years of harassment and threats against the grieving families. In a statement on X, The Onion’s chief executive, Ben Collins — who previously covered disinformation and conspiracy theories for NBC News — called assertions made this week by Jones and other Infowars personnel that the auction had formally been “overturned” false, while describing other allegations they leveled as “wacky.” We’ll continue to monitor this fast-changing story and bring you updates! RELATED REPORT: LET THIS SINK IN: Alex Jones Is Back Online At InfoWars! LET THIS SINK IN: Alex Jones Is Back Online At InfoWars! Alex Jones lost InfoWars, right? It was awarded to The Onion, right? That's what everyone was told yesterday, but suddenly a Federal Judge has stepped in to review whether the Auction Sale was valid and properly conducted. Alex Jones just livestreamed his return to the legendary Infowars Central Texas Command Center with this video where he channels his inner Elon to request everyone "Let this sink in!" Hilarious! Watch here: I'm back on the air at the legendary Infowars Central Texas Command Center Watch and spread my historic livestream NOW!https://t.co/xu3E0UuhuG pic.twitter.com/eNzUEzWrqO — Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) November 15, 2024 Jones has made several videos over the past few hours exposing what may have been an improper Auction. Here's what we know so far: This is INSANE… WTF? Alex Jones says that The Onion did NOT buy InfoWars. It’s now been blocked by a court. - The “auction” was apparently not public- The “buyout” was not with real money… they told the court that the “money” used was Alex Jones’ future earnings, the money… pic.twitter.com/hWJ7oQBHyQ — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 15, 2024 From Eric Daugherty: This is INSANE… WTF? Alex Jones says that The Onion did NOT buy InfoWars. It’s now been blocked by a court. - The “auction” was apparently not public - The “buyout” was not with real money… they told the court that the “money” used was Alex Jones’ future earnings, the money (over $1B) he owes. It was basically “credit.” - The people who ran the auction did NOT tell the other bidders “credit” could be used. The auction was pretty much FAKE. They gave special treatment to the Democrats who wanted to buy out his assets… buy out with nonexistent money…. and without the other bidders knowing what’s going on. Unreal. It’s now playing out in court. More from Jones here: BREAKING: The judge overseeing Alex Jones's Infowars case just ordered a hearing into how the Onion won the bidding after Alex's lawyers alleged that the trustee overseeing the auction rigged it at the last minute to allow the Onion to win What they're doing to Jones is… pic.twitter.com/TQpek74EV6 — George (@BehizyTweets) November 14, 2024 The AP confirms Jones is correct: The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers raised concerns about how the auction was conducted. pic.twitter.com/Vq46bjvnYr — The Associated Press (@AP) November 16, 2024 You can follow Alex Jones here:  https://x.com/RealAlexJones And his backup account here:  https://x.com/AJNlive Here was the our prior report from yesterday: Alex Jones’ InfoWars Purchased By The Onion (Not Satire) SHARE!

U.S. Senator-elect Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said this week that removing woke DEI initiatives from the U.S. military is a “politicizing” move. Slotkin made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News’ “This Week” with co-host Martha Raddatz when asked about President-elect Donald Trump’s tapping Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense. “Hegseth has also said that any general that was involved in any of the DEI woke crap has got to go,” Raddatz said. “Do you expect Donald Trump to fire top generals who he considers woke or those close to former Chairman Mark Milley?” Slotkin responded: “Yeah, I don’t think you have to interpret anything. I think they’ve been very clear that they’re putting together some sort of panel that’s going to look at generals, people who have served their nation the — their entire lives over multiple administrations Democrat and Republican in combat, they are now openly talking about dismissing them like some sort of kangaroo court.” “You can imagine the stress in the Pentagon about that, but also on the future of who we are as a military, right?” she continued. “Our military and the role of the military is in the Constitution for a reason and I think we’re really at risk of politicizing the military in a way that we can’t put the genie back in the bottle.” When Raddatz noted that the military has had issues with recruiting, Slotkin suggested that removing woke initiatives from the military would not have much of an impact on recruiting numbers. WATCH: Slotkin’s response to Hegseth’s view that generals who pushed DEI/woke bullshit should be fired: “We’re really at risk of politicizing the military in a way that we can’t put the genie back.” But… it’s the DEI/woke nonsense that politicized the military!pic.twitter.com/jOkCHt0cUp — Jerry Dunleavy IV ?? (@JerryDunleavy) November 17, 2024

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