The news service's host claimed that federal authorities were going to shut down his studios in Austin, Texas, on Friday night.
In what he described as an "emergency broadcast" on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars', studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon.
"This is going to be Infowars' last show, because I learned yesterday that they were going to padlock the door and kick us out last night," Jones said while on Infowars on Saturday.
On the same day, Friday, May 31, the news outlet published an article saying it might be shut down in 48 hours.
Newsweek contacted Infowars by email on Sunday morning for comment and any evidence of the alleged attempt to shut down the company's studios.
Jones said that he spotted "guards looking at me weird" at the entrance of the Infowars building and believed that his company was going to be shut down.
Basically, the entire studio has been repossessed, has guards around the perimeter.
You can currently find clips of him breaking down and crying on twitter, and the whole broadcast is viewable on rumble, but I don't have an x account nor am I going to post a rumble link.
He played out the end of the broadcast with, of course, 'My Way' by Sinatra.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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
Closing that racist, disinformation and propaganda system down would make the world a better place. He really should have gotten a long prison sentence
I was watching the freak outs on Twitter last night and being like, if the 'feds' were really coming to shut you down, you'd be off the air already or we'd see it go down. He probably got a letter or something saying it's a possibility and everything else was over exaggerated and in his head.
There is no way anybody would shut him down as long as he's not violating the conditions imposed by the judgement. As long as he is working, every dime he's making is going to pay his victims. It wouldn't make ANY sense whatsoever to shut him down.
I mean it's all bullshit to grift more money and try to avoid paying for his defamation case but if it were real, which it is not, nothing of value would have been lost.
I really wanted to like KnowledgeFight, because taking the piss out of InfoWars is gold. But one of the hosts of KF seems to be maybe slightly deaf or something? He yells every single word and it's just like way too irritating.
Is there another podcast out there that tackles InfoWars but maybe at a volume made for human consumption?