Courts be damned, The Onion is starting its InfoWars next month

Despite the $1.4 billion defamation verdict that sent Jones and InfoWars into bankruptcy, and The Onion‘s 2024 purchase of the brand, the courts have been blocking the satirical newspaper’s official takeover. In April, a state appeals court blocked a licensing deal that would allow The Onion to post on the site, sell merchandise, and start paying the families. The merchandise, which includes a fine array of rainbow-colored InfoWars goodies, is responsible for the first $100,000 payment to the families. But Jones is holding the site “hostage,” Collins told MS Now. “He’s trying to intentionally degrade the assets so these families can never sell them, and the courts have largely obliged. We’re tired of waiting around.”

Collins made his intentions public on Bluesky, where he wrote: “Tell everyone you know. InfoWars, July 2nd, big surprises.”