Behind The Onion's bid for Alex Jones's Infowars — which is now on hold as a judge reviews it

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A Texas bankruptcy judge expressed concerns about the Infowars auction at a hearing on Thursday.

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The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars — and that's not a joke

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Alex Jones' Infowars is being bought by The Onion.

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Alex Jones' empire is getting stripped for parts. It won't be the last of him.

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Alex Jones' Infowars empire is up for sale, but the conspiracy theorist hopes to stay on the air.

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Juries keep doling out massive awards in defamation cases — but it might not be enough to stop people like Trump

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Juries have ordered Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and Alex Jones to pay massive damages in defamation cases.

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Juries are sending a clear message to right-wing conspiracy peddlers: Pay up

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Alex Jones and Rudy Giuliani both owe huge sums for defamation.

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100,000 people may've heard Vivek Ramaswamy peeing on a livestream with Elon Musk and Alex Jones

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

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Elon Musk has restored Alex Jones' X account, 5 years after he was banned

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Alex Jones was banned from Twitter in 2018. On Sunday, Elon Musk reinstated his account following a poll of users.

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Elon Musk says he'll consider bringing Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — who has been banned for 5 years — back to X

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Elon Musk is thinking of restoring Alex Jones' account on X.

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