Couldn't happen to a better person. I wouldn't be surprised if he was lying to drum up donations though.
Exactly what I thought. Sounds like bullshit to fundraise.
Sounds like bullshit to fundraise.
Welcome to Alex Jones' entire life.
This made the rounds yesterday, but the only source was Jones himself, and nothing appears to have happened. So, yeah, probably just drumming up cash from the rubes.
He’s been a week away from shutting down for… a dozen years?
I wonder how his listeners can keep hearing this same message for years?
Reminds me of the mattress store down the street that is always running a going out of business sale.
No no no, you misunderstood. The mattresses are going out of (the) business, because they were for sale. Going out of business, sale!
Oh, shouldn't have that bar association logo on here either...
Imagine being stupid enough to give this guy money.
I think it is important to try to understand those who you don’t agree with, but I really can’t understand giving him hard earned cash.
It's clearly fake crying
It's probably just a donation push.
It could be happening, but when the only source of something is Alex Jones, there's not a reputable source for it
I heard it's because they have a child sex ring they're running out of the basement there.
I have also heard this. From many different people.
Not only have people, many people, told me this, but also that they are also harvesting the blood of the children.
Would actually make so much sense. He's obsessed with paedophiles.
Thanks, now I'm craving pizza.
Realistically they are losing the lease on the building they rent and some mediocre recording equipment, maybe some dumb neon signs. He could run his shitty podcast from his bedroom if he wanted to. He's whining like they are forcing him into silence, but this won't even cover the teeniest fraction of what he owes the people whose lives he tried to destroy. Fuck him. Way harder.
It's worth noting that almost every episode he broadcasts contains "emergency broadcast". And he's made claims that he's about to be arrested/assassinated/disappeared/shut down for well over 20 years at this point.
Looking forward to the next ep of KnowledgeFight, though.
EDIT: Sweet, new ep or KF is out!
EDIT 2: Hoboy, this is a wild one. Even those who normally don't listen to Knowledge Fight should check this one out (episode #930).
Yeah he does an emergency broadcast at least once a fuckin month. Just like Trump raised over 38 mil after his convictions. It’s all a con job. To take a page from Knowledge Fight, the media really needs to learn how to cover ol’ AJ.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
For anyone confused about the MAGA-ese: Failure to make payments under Bankruptcy and repo man coming for what's due = federal government repressing muh rights
It's embarrassing how, if you say the magic words, the MAGA brain shuts down and just becomes compliant with anything.
I did a quick search and he's definitely looking for donations to help pay his bills. The bankruptcy won't protect him from the Sandy Hook judgment so he's still on the hook for the billion and a half.
Of course Cro-Magnon Taylor Greene Xitted her support for him.
He's been saying variations of this shit for years. If you listen to the Knowledge Fight podcast there is scarcely a week when he hasn't invoked some schtick about how this could be the last broadcast.
Of course, if this dumpster fire has genuinely stopped paying the bills and the creditors are changing the locks then boo hoo for Jones. I'm sure he'll weave it as a conspiracy but this asshole has had it coming and then some.
"They want us shut down because in bankruptcy and what was happening we have a path with the judge to continue on for years, and the judge has signaled that. So, different groups involved in the bankruptcy that will be exposed soon have literally made a move to shut this place down and end my show," he added.
I know that when I'm desperate and worried that something terrible is imminent, I like to hold back a big surprise as a teaser. It helps with ratings. Even though I'm not on tv. The point is, ya gotta juice the moment.
"I've been targeted for abuse. I was duped by someone. Federal files in secret have claimed that I'm committing crimes. This was untrue, of course[...]This may be my final performance."
Bar bar bar, blub blurb… Cry for me, Alex. Let me drink your sweet tears.
Jones received the immediate support of MAGA Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who posted a photo with Jones on X writing: "I stand with Alex Jones."
Oh, Margie. You're such a handful. Tell ya what. Put mirrors on the roof of Allie's studio to protect it from the Jewy Space Lasers and everything will be ok.
I'm starting a GoFuckMe for ole' Alex and Margie to buy some mirrors. Dig deep everyone. We gotta save this bastion of truth and freedumb.
Lol yeah, that shit is what made me realize he wasn't trustworthy even as I was down the rabbit hole he made his money from. It was basically (in the conclusion of a several hour high production video), "The esoteric agenda is that the global elites want to kill off 90%+ of the world population to reduce resource usage. But don't worry, I have a solution! Just wait for my next video and I'll tell you all about it!"
I watched that video a few years after it came out, so looked for that follow-up (thinking the whole time, "isn't this a bit urgent to wait for the next video? You could just add a few minutes to this one and say it now! Though if you really have a solution and this is really going on, how are you even still alive to say all of this? Also, how are you paying for such a well-produced video?"
Paranoia pulled me out of that rabbit hole because I concluded at the time that he was either just lying about it all, or if he was right about any of it, he was more likely hired by them to throw people off by adding in bullshit like aliens or lizard people and kill the credibility, as well as keep people who still did believe (or just filtered the obvious bullshit like I did, thinking there was still something of value left over) delayed, waiting for that "next video with the solution".
I had no idea at the time that the grift actually generated a lot of cash from donations and selling bullshit brain pills. Hope his empire is really coming to an end here and that this isn't just another push for more donations (or call to violence).
He described it as an “emergency broadcast”. Translation - send money morons, lots of it
Oh no! Anyway...
"There's a 50 percent chance this is happening right now."
So zero percent then... got it...
Some good news to start off the week!
Shut up and pay up.
Jones said that he spotted "guards looking at me weird" at the entrance of the Infowars building
How does that make any sense? Why would his guards know anything he didn’t?
God don't edge me like that
any evidence
Really? Asking Alex Jones for .. evidence, of something, anything? You're kidding, right?
As much as I want it to be true, I don't believe a word out of Alex Jones' mouth, even if it's good news.
He's been "foreseeing" this for a year now at least. He can't keep his stupid little show going because no one is buying his tactical toilets or whatever and he's gonna blame it on the same old boogey man.
Guys, Alex Jones has stated in a legal disposition that he has experienced psychosis when feeling mental distress.
"And I, myself, have almost had like a form of psychosis back in the past where I basically thought everything was staged, even though I'm now learning a lot of times things aren't staged," Jones said
I've got nothing against people that experience mental health issues and believe that they can make outstanding contributions to society, but maybe we should really consider the nature of their issues. Perhaps, we shouldn't give much validity to a person with a history of psychosis professing conspiracy theories, just like we shouldn't give much validity to a person with social anxiety advocating for the end of social gatherings. Maybe we could focus on their strengths rather than exacerbate and promote their difficulties and related unhealthy accommodations.
Sounds like a Crisis Actor.
Oh no... but anyways. Anyone got anything interesting happening this week?
Good riddance...
God how I hope it's true. I hope they take his cars, they take his home, literally everything this man owns. He deserves it. He knew exactly what the fuck he was doing, and now the feds have come to collect. He had plenty of chances, hundreds of chances to prevent this.
Should add the word 'allegedly' everywhere. After seeing Trump's alleged campaign haul after conviction it'd probably be hard for this clown not to try to pull his follower's strings for a quick buck
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