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The Onion to Launch Infowars Site, Direct $100K to Families

6/19/2026

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The Onion will launch an Infowars website on July 2, routing over $100,000 to Sandy Hook families from Infowars merchandise sold.
Alex Jones is fighting Onion’s bid to acquire Infowars.
A 2024 judge ordered the sale of Jones’s assets for $1.4 billion, which a federal judge later vacated over transparency concerns.
In April, a Texas appeals court blocked a licensing deal, prompting families’ lawyers to ask Supreme Court to reverse it.

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Story summary

The Onion will launch an Infowars website on July 2, routing over $100,000 to Sandy Hook families from Infowars merchandise sold.
Alex Jones is fighting Onion’s bid to acquire Infowars.
A 2024 judge ordered the sale of Jones’s assets for $1.4 billion, which a federal judge later vacated over transparency concerns.
In April, a Texas appeals court blocked a licensing deal, prompting families’ lawyers to ask Supreme Court to reverse it.