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Alex Jones mocks Charlie Kirk 'Superman' bullet claim: 'Easter Bunny has more credibility'

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA declared that there was a "miracle" involved in the late commentator's killing, but noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones isn't buying his MAGA allies' explanation.

Raw Story reported on Sunday that a TPUSA spokesman had said that, despite Kirk being shot to death, he was so healthy that the bullet couldn't make it all the way through to the other side to create an exit wound.

That didn't sit well with Jones, who melted down in a video.

"TPUSA is now reporting that Charlie Kirk was shot by a magic bullet: TPUSA Spokesman Andrew Kolvet is now officially claiming that a high caliber rifle designed for moose hunting did not shoot all the way through Charlie Kirk’s neck," Jones wrote. "Then it only gets worse."

He continued:

"He then goes on to claim that no bullet was found inside Charlie’s neck. TPUSA in the statement below goes on to say that Charlie was Superman and that’s why the bullet didn’t go through his neck and disappeared. Claiming the Easter bunny is real, has more credibility.. God help us!"

Watch: Alex Jones melts down over Minnesota shooter being 'huge Trump supporter'

Noted right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Sunday called the recent shootings of multiple Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota "false flags."

At one point claiming he's "not the conspiracy theory guy," Jones says, "He’s wearing a plastic mask. If you can believe it’s him. This thing smells of some type of sophisticated operation.”

He then said, "I said, let me see who these two Democrat lawmakers are that got shot... And what did they know? What were they about to release on Tim Walz? How do we know that wasn’t a CCP operative with a rubber mask on, which they did.”

Jones went on to ask, “What did I tell you in the last six months?"

"False flag shootings on lawmakers, on homes, on illegal alien demonstrations, on black churches... And then I said they find a dead body of a MAGA supporter so that they can’t defend themselves. And here we are. He’s a huge Trump supporter," he added.

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'Spectacular': Alex Jones makes a 'dead serious' prediction about Kamala Harris at debate

Vice President Kamala Harris is "going to fall flat on her face" at the presidential debate against Donald Trump, and she will also be on drugs, according to right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Jones, a Trump ally who in August claimed that there are Democrats plotting to put conservatives "in camps," predicted that Harris will be taking ecstasy due to her "performance anxiety."

"It's going to be spectacular in that she's going to fall flat on her face without a teleprompter," Jones said. "It's because she has serious performance anxiety."

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Jones said, "She's going to be on drugs. She's going to be bombed out of her gourd."

Jones went on to insist Harris would be taking ecstasy.

"She looked like that at the DNC. Big pupils, feeling good. Yeah, they're going to give her a molly," Jones said on his show. "I'm dead serious."

He further claimed Harris was "drunk and on Xanax" at her CNN interview.

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'They are planning this!' Alex Jones melts down while claiming Dems will 'put us in camps'

Donald Trump supporter and noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Sunday claimed that there are Democrats plotting to put conservatives "in camps."

Jones, who earlier this year said "Trump's been implicated" in connection with Jeffrey Epstein documents, made the claim on his Info Wars show over the weekend.

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"I'm getting chills right now," Jones said. "Ladies and gentlemen, there are Democrats all over the place saying they're going to put us in camps - they built COVID camps just to cover."

He then shouted, "Do you understand they are planning this?!"

"They're going to do a big a-- cyber attack and take us all off the air," he added, appearing to fight back tears. "We got 78 days left of the election."

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Secret Service notified as Alex Jones hosts show with 'assassinate Biden' in title

Far-right podcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reportedly hosted a livestream on social media with "Assassinate Biden" in the title, causing the internet to erupt in calls for an investigation.

Independent multimedia journalist David Leavitt flagged Jones' stream on X, which was formerly called Twitter.

"Alex Jones is hosting A Twitter Spaces with the title 'Assassinate Biden,'" Leavitt wrote on Wednesday. Leavitt's biography identifies him as an award-winning multimedia journalist with bylines and CBS, AXS, Yahoo, and Examiner.

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Leavitt also tagged the U.S. Secret Service and X's safety group in the same post.

"If you were to replace the word 'Biden' with 'Elon' how fast would your account be banned from Twitter?" Leavitt then asked.

An account called "WTFGOP" also tagged the Secret Service, saying the development "needs to be investigated."

@eortner added, "How is Twitter not suspending this account? @elonmusk you sure you want to mess around w this and terrorism laws?"

@MayoIsSpicyy tagged the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"HOLY S---!! @FBI"

@GOPJesusUSA chimed in: "THIS JUST IN: Alex Jones Scheduled to Receive Visit From Secret Service For Threat to President, Claims He Was 'Only Joking.'"

@jjacobs8438 suggested the report was disingenuous because of the full title of the stream, which appears to be asking if Biden will be assassinated.

"I’m no fan of Alex, but this is really dishonest," the account wrote Wednesday. He posted what is reportedly the full title of the event: "Will the Deep State Assassinate Biden If He Refuses To Leave?"

'Ugly turn': Sandy Hook victim's family blocked from getting $50 million from Alex Jones

A Sandy Hook victim's family was blocked Thursday from receiving the near $50 million payment in defamation damages owed them by Alex Jones, according to multiple reports.

A federal bankruptcy judge ruled to block the payment after a court-appointed trustee accused the family of attempting a “money grab,” Forbes was among the first to report.

The InfoWars host owes roughly $1.5 billion for spreading conspiracy theories about the devastating elementary school mass shooting in Connecticut in December 2012.

Gunman Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adults before taking his own life — Jones claimed on his show the shooting was staged by federal officials seeking stronger gun control laws.

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Judge Christopher Lopez on Thursday overruled a Texas judge’s decision to allow the parents of Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin — parents of a slain 6-year-old boy named Jesse — to collect from Jones’ company Free Speech Systems, according to Forbes.

A Texas jury ordered Jones to pay Jesse's parents $49.3 million in August 2022, according to the report.

The New York Times describes Thursday's ruling as an "ugly turn" in a tragic case.

“The last thing I want to do is start hashing out another dispute about two sets of families that have been through enough already,” Lopez said, according to the Times. “Let’s just do this with process and transparency."

Lopez then proposed a mid-July hearing for the court-appointed trustee in control of Jones’s financial accounts to provide more information.

According to NBC News, none of the families who successfully sued Jones in 2022 been able to collect the money yet.

Mark Bankston, a lawyer for the Texas plaintiffs, told NBC his clients were "frustrated that they will not be allowed to pursue their state court rights after all."

"This case will remain in limbo," Bankston said the family reportedly believes, "much to Mr. Jones' delight."

'Locks on the doors': Alex Jones claims authorities trying 'to shut down InfoWars tonight'

Fringe conservative host Alex Jones said Saturday that federal authorities are trying to "shut down" InfoWars, his website.

Jones, a right-wing television personality and court-adjudicated conspiracy theorist, took to social media over the weekend to issue an alert about InfoWars being shuttered.

"BREAKING: Feds Attempting To Shut Down InfoWars Tonight!" the host shouted as he launched a live show on X.

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Mike Adams, a fellow conspiracy theorist and self-appointed "food scientist" and "health ranger," reported on some of the details.

"Alex Jones just broadcast today that government is right now in the process of attempting to illegally seize the InfoWars studios, to put locks on the doors, then force liquidate all broadcast assets, to silence [Jones]," Adams wrote. "Alex slept in his studio last night and has publicly said he would call local police to stop the illegal federal raid on his studios. Details are coming in slowly, situation is uncertain."

He then continued:

"Not able to verify everything at this time, but everyone should pray for [Jones] and the InfoWars operation, pray for their safety and for their defense against a corrupt cabal of government thugs who have 'convicted' Trump of a made-up crime and are now shutting down prominent alt media in America."

In the live space, Jones asked a right-wing attorney on air what he should do to stop the shut down of his operations.

"This signifies weakness by them," Jones said. "They won't leave me alone."

The lawyer declined to give legal advice, but said attorneys used the families of Sandy Hook victims as "political pawns." Jones was ordered to pay restitution to those families after spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the attack, resulting in harassment from potential Jones listeners.

'Apocalyptic bloodlust': Conspiracy theorists push misinformation 'onslaught' over eclipse

On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. Scientists and mainstream journalists will be paying close attention to the event, but while their interest is strictly scientific, another group of people see the eclipse in political terms: far-right conspiracy theorists.

In an article published by Rolling Stone on April 4, reporter E.J. Dickson describes some of the wild conspiracy theories that Infowars' Alex Jones and others on the far right have been promoting about the eclipse.

"Our knowledge of eclipses predates our knowledge of gravity, algebra and toilet paper," Dickson explains. "We are well aware of their existence, and we are well aware of what causes them…. What the ancient Assyrians could not have possibly predicted, however, was the singular stupidity of the current incarnation of the American right.""

Dickson continues, "Unconvinced by thousands of years of scientific inquiry, as well as driven by a general sense of apocalyptic bloodlust, many on the right are trading conspiracy theories about the upcoming eclipse, ranging from the belief that it signals the End Times to the idea that the Biden Administration is using it as an opportunity to shut down cell phone service or bring in the National Guard in an effort to make beautiful blond children who play sports transgender."

Dickson notes that the "onslaught of misinformation" about the March 8 eclipse "began" with Jones.

In an April 2 post on X, formerly Twitter, the Infowars host wrote, "Major Events Surrounding The April 8th Solar Eclipse. Masonic rituals planned worldwide to usher in New World Order."

Another far-right conspiracy theorist who has been tweeting about the eclipse is Dom Lucre.

On April 2, Lucre posted, "There will be rituals performed during the April 8th Eclipse. Masonic, Satanic, Esoteric, Gnostic, Brotherhood of the Snake and other occult-like groups will be performing."

Mike Rothschild, author of the 2021 book "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything," told Rolling Stone that "weird theories and superstitions around cosmic events like eclipses" are common "because people don't understand science and how anything works."

Rothschild told Rolling Stone, "It all feels very similar to the same run of conspiracy theories we had with stuff like the four blood moons and the September 23 apocalypse and other pseudo-science nonsense. Basically, a common event is imbued with cosmic significance, then totally forgotten when nothing happens."

Read Rolling Stone's full report at this link (subscription required).

'A teaser for Alex Jones' OnlyFans?' Host raises questions with vulgar post about leftists

Noted right-wing television personality and court-adjudicated conspiracy theorist Alex Jones set the internet on fire Wednesday with a vulgar post about liberals.

Jones, who recently declared he'd go on a "warpath" against former president Donald Trump in connection with his stance on the Covid vaccines, made a post on Wednesday that confused and delighted many social media users. Jones has also been in the media recently for having to pay massive sums in connection with Sandy Hook conspiracy theories that put victims' lives at risk.

"I will eat your leftist a--," the post says with quotes and Jones' name at the bottom. A black and white photo of Jones was also included.

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"Alex Jones launches OnlyFans site to pay for defamation suits," said the People Power podcast Wednesday.

"Alex Jones’ Only Fans targets a niche audience," another account wrote Wednesday.

Conservative anti-Trump activist Rick Wilson picked up on the news, saying simply, "Pass."

A commenter on Wilson's post wrote, "Did Alex Jones set up a Only Fans page?"

Actor Bob Clendenin also picked up on the post, including a screen shot of Jones' image along with the following text:

"I’m guessing this is a fundraising effort to pay his settlement?"

One of the commenters on that post wrote, "A teaser for Alex Jones' Only Fans?" in response to the image.

A page called "Hard Reality" also joined in.

"Alex Jones first advertisement of his Only Fans page to help pay for the $1 billion settlement," they wrote Wednesday.

Leon Skum wrote, "Alex Jones promoting his OnlyFans account."

Actor Jon Cryer also joined in, saying, "At least he’s trying to make amends."

A Cryer commenter then added, "The same sort of guys who shout GO WOKE GO BROKE have shit like 'Chip in to the Alex Jones Was Right Tip Jar, I'm so fucking broke and desperate for money right now...' in their bios. But I guess that explains this ad for... his new kinky OnlyFans account, I guess?"

Infowars host doomed his own Jan. 6 appeal by pleading guilty: report

The Infowars host who tried to fight his two-month Jan. 6 riots sentence forgot one important thing: he waived his right to appeal when he pleaded guilty.

That’s the message from a three-panel appeals court that Thursday denied Alex Jones associate Owen Shroyer’s challenge to his 60-day sentence, court records show.

“Appellant does not argue that his appeal waiver was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, and he has not shown that the waiver is otherwise unenforceable,” the ruling reads. “Consequently, this court will enforce the appeal waiver and dismiss this appeal.”

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Politico’s Kyle Cheney, first to spot the D.C. Circuit Appeals court filing, notes Shroyer had painted the appeal as a “fight for free speech.”

This fight occurred only after Shroyer admitted in September to his role on the U.S. Capitol attack.

While Shroyer did not enter the Capitol or commit any acts of violence, he faced criminal charges because he had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement over an interrupted congressional hearing in 2019, NBC reported at the time.

Despite promising not to utter “loud, threatening, or abusive language,” on Capitol grounds, Shroyer brought a bullhorn to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and chanted “Death to tyrants,” according to the report.