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Trial Balloon · Ep. 194: What Just Happened?

Alex Jones Pitches Bankruptcy Plan

March 9, 2023 · 11:53 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Alex Jones’ media company has proposed a plan in its bankruptcy case to pay the conspiracy theorist $520,000 a year while leaving $7 million to $10 million annually to pay off creditors, including relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims,” the AP reports.

Conspiracy Theories

QAnon ‘Meme Queen’ Wants Trump to Help Pedophile Son

February 24, 2023 · 12:43 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Vice News: “For the last five years, Deborah Sullivan has been at the forefront of the QAnon movement, fighting a non-existent Democratic cabal of elites running a child sex trafficking ring. As the self-described QAnon ‘Meme Queen’ she has produced more than 4,500 memes about the conspiracy, many of them focusing on former President Donald Trump, who she believes is secretly working to save the children.”

“But earlier this month, when Sullivan’s own son was convicted of repeatedly abusing his stepdaughter in Oklahoma City, her passion for ‘saving the children’ seems to disappear. Instead, she defended her son as ‘innocent,’ blasted the justice system as ‘crooked,’ and attacked the 12-year-old girl at the center of the case as ‘a horrible liar.'”

“Now she is appealing to her community of fellow Qanon believers to come to her aide, including a direct plea to Trump himself.”

Conspiracy Theories

‘Bankrupt’ Alex Jones Spends $100,000 a Month

February 17, 2023 · 7:37 am ET · Leave a Comment

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy but has nearly $10 million in assets and spends almost $100,000 a month, according to court filings., the BBC reports.

Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones Is Harboring Firearms for January 6 Rioters

February 16, 2023 · 1:49 pm ET · Leave a Comment

A new bankruptcy court filing shows that right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been “holding firearms” for those who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Washington Post reports.

Conspiracy Theories

Headed Towards World War III

February 10, 2023 · 10:21 am ET · Leave a Comment

Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn floated a conspiracy theory that we are heading towards World War III because of the “biological weapon called the Covid vaccines.”

Conspiracy Theories

Davos Conspiracy Theories Thrive Online

January 16, 2023 · 1:23 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“When some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting last year, sessions on climate change drew high-level discussions on topics such as carbon financing and sustainable food systems,” the AP reports.

“But an entirely different narrative played out on the internet, where social media users claimed leaders wanted to force the population to eat insects instead of meat in the name of saving the environment.”

“The annual event in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, which opens Monday, has increasingly become a target of bizarre claims from a growing chorus of commentators who believe the forum involves a group of elites manipulating global events for their own benefit.”

Conspiracy Theories

Trump Posed for Photos with QAnon Conspiracy Theorist

December 7, 2022 · 8:03 pm ET · Leave a Comment

A prominent adherent of the QAnon conspiracy theories posed for photos with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday night after speaking at an event hosted at the club, ABC News reports.

Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones Files for Bankruptcy

December 2, 2022 · 9:32 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy on Friday, less than two months after a jury ordered him and the parent company of his Infowars website to pay nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting,” Reuters reports.

Conspiracy Theories

Trump Fully Embraces the Fringe

November 23, 2022 · 2:01 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Donald Trump apparently spent last night amplifying QAnon memes on Truth Social.

Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones Transferred Millions as Trial Loomed

November 21, 2022 · 11:18 am ET · Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “As the potential for damages mounted, Jones began moving millions of dollars out of his company, Free Speech Systems, and into companies controlled by himself, friends or relatives, according to a Washington Post review of financial statements, depositions and other court records. The transfers potentially put those funds out of reach of the Sandy Hook plaintiffs.”

Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones’s Assets Are Frozen by Judge

November 11, 2022 · 5:40 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Alex Jones was temporarily blocked from transferring any assets or spending money other than for ordinary living expenses by the judge overseeing the Sandy Hook defamation trial in Connecticut,” Bloomberg reports.

Conspiracy Theories, Crime and Punishment

Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Another $473 Million

November 10, 2022 · 3:34 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“The Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones must pay the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims an additional $473 million in punitive damages for defaming them, a judge in Connecticut ruled on Thursday, bringing the total damages to nearly $1.5 billion,” the New York Times reports.

Conspiracy Theories

Attacker’s Own Confession Debunks Conspiracy Theories

November 1, 2022 · 9:40 am ET · Leave a Comment

It’s worth noting that the criminal complaint against the man who violently attacked Paul Pelosi includes his confession — which debunks every conspiracy theory pushed and amplified by Republican politicians and right-wing media.

Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson used his monologue on Monday night to cast doubt on authorities’ version of events surrounding the attack on the husband of the speaker of the House. He conveniently ommited key details from the charging documents that contradicted his take.

Conspiracy Theories

Pelosi Attacker Posted Multiple Conspiracy Theories

October 28, 2022 · 2:38 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol,” CNN reports.

“Last year, David DePape posted links on his Facebook page to multiple videos produced by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell falsely alleging that the 2020 election was stolen. Other posts included transphobic images and linked to websites claiming Covid vaccines were deadly.”

Conspiracy Theories

Where Are the Missing Children?

October 28, 2022 · 10:18 am ET · Leave a Comment

After being fired by CBS News, Fox News and even Newsmax, Lara Logan appeared on Mike Lindell TV to accuse the Biden administration is trafficking children so we can drink their blood to look younger.

Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones Seeks New Trial

October 22, 2022 · 11:25 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting,” the AP reports.

Conspiracy Theories

Marjorie Taylor Green Says Alex Jones Is Persecuted

October 13, 2022 · 10:00 am ET · Leave a Comment

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) comments on the $1 billion verdict against Alex Jones:

No matter what you think of Alex Jones all he did was speak words. He was not the one who pulled the trigger. Were his words wrong and did he apologize? Yes. That’s what freedom of speech is. Freedom to speak words. Political persecution must end.

David French: “Defamation isn’t protected speech. The message sent is that lying about the parents of murdered children has legal consequences, including compensatory and punitive damages. It’s basic American law.”

Conspiracy Theories

Judge Orders Alex Jones to Pay $1 Billion to Families

October 12, 2022 · 4:10 pm ET · Leave a Comment

A Connecticut jury ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company to pay the families of eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting nearly $1 billion in damages for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax, the New York Times reports.

Washington Post: “Within hours of the shooting, Jones was telling his audience that it was staged as a pretext for confiscating guns. Within days, he began to suggest that grieving parents were actors. In the years that followed, he repeatedly said the massacre was faked.”

The price for peddling conspiracy theories just went way up.
Taegan

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