Satirical site The Onion claimed Monday it has acquired control of Alex Jones’ news site InfoWars after a court battle, even debuting a supposed new logo.
“With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars,” CEO Ben Collins wrote in a Monday afternoon post on Bluesky, adding that comedian Tim Heidecker will be joining Infowars as its new creative director.
The Associated Press reported that under a proposal submitted Monday to a state judge in Texas, The Onion would be granted an exclusive, temporary license to the intellectual property of Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, allowing the outlet to put its own content on the Infowars website and social media accounts.
Jones himself, however, is vigorously disputing the takeover attempt, pointing out The Onion previously claimed ownership, a claim that didn’t stick.
Said Jones on X, “A year and a half ago [The Onion] announced that it owned [InfoWars]. Remember? It was a fraud!”
The controversial host, one of the influencers President Trump has recently targeted, states in his rebuttal:
“Trump has now openly joined forces with the Democrat Party to shut down InfoWars.”
?￰ﾟﾚﾨBreaking: President Trump is publicly supporting the Democrat Party backed takeover of Infowars by the Onion!
?In 2024 the Bloomberg funded Onion fraudulently claimed that they had won a bankruptcy bid to take over Infowars.
?Now they are doing it again with the backing… pic.twitter.com/mS3W0y6IYB
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 20, 2026
Jones emphasized, “For the next nine days, you can still catch my daily show,” a reference to his plan to close the site May 1.
The Onion has successfully acquired Alex Jones’ ‘Infowars’ after 17 months of legal battles and has debuted its new logo.
It will be turned into a parody of itself, with the support of the Sandy Hook families.
(https://t.co/U0k83hA62K) pic.twitter.com/Spi7V24yoX
— Pop Base (@PopBase) April 20, 2026
