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☆ Alex Jones seeks $1.3 million salary in Infowars bankruptcy
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Dietrich Knauth | Industry Insight | Saw Law Firms Move Past The Pandemic Into A More Client-Focused Service Environment | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Companies Free Speech Systems, Llc FollowDec 19 (Reuters) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Monday asked a judge to allow him to take a $1.3 million annual salary from the bankrupt parent company of his Infowars' website. Jones drew a $1.3 million salary from Free Speech Systems before its bankruptcy, and his attorney asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez to restore his salary to that level at a hearing Monday. Free Speech System's monthly revenue has dropped to $1.9 million from pre-bankruptcy levels of $6 million to $7 million, attorneys from the company said, adding that it currently has about $1.8 million in cash. Marty Brimmage, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families, opposed Jones' request for an increased salary. Lopez said he is "open to increasing" Jones' pay but did not have enough evidence to make a ruling yet.
☆ NYPD searching for suspect who said 'Kanye 2024' during antisemitic attack inside Central Park
  + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Yasmeen Persaud | Doha Madani | Doha Madani Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. Pronouns | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
The New York Police Department is asking for tips after a suspect assaulted a 63-year-old man in Central Park last week. At about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, a man hit the 63-year-old in the back of the head after making antisemitic remarks, police said. Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has recently made a string of public comments amplifying antisemitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories. Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with an anti-Semitic attack in Central Park in New York. The assault occurred at the intersection of East Drive and Terrace Drive, a short walk east of the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park.
☆ Donald Trump failed to mention dinner he had with 'racist antisemites' but still got standing ovations from conference of Orthodox Jews: report
  + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Former President Donald Trump spoke at a conference of Orthodox Jews on Friday. Conference attendees responded with multiple standing ovations, according to AP. Trump failed to mention a dinner in November with Ye and Nick Fuentes, who have both spewed antisemitic hate. Attendees of the annual President's Conference of Torah Umesorah at Trump's National Doral resort in Miami, Florida, responded to his remarks with several standing ovations, according to AP. During his address to the Orthodox Jewish conference, Trump referencing his past remarks on antisemitism from his own 2019 State of the Union address led to standing ovations, according to AP.
☆ It's been a decade since the Sandy Hook shooting. Here are the names and pictures of the 27 victims, including 20 children, who were murdered that day.
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Michal Kranz | Rebecca Harrington | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Twenty children and six staff members were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012. It was the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school in US history. The 20-year-old gunman also killed his mother that day and shot himself after the massacre. "Sad for the searing loss, that hurts like hell every Dec 14th for those parents, my friends. Here are all 27 people killed in the deadliest elementary school shooting in US history.
☆ Ten years after Sandy Hook shooting, Connecticut town spends a day in reflection
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
[1/8] Dr. Anthony Salvatore, co-president of the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators lays roses on the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial as part in a wreath laying ceremony hosted by The National Teachers Hall of Fame to mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, U.S., December 14, 2022. Wearing a green sweater - the Sandy Hook school color - he walked the memorial, stopping at the names of the children who now would have been 16 and 17. He renewed a call to ban the kind of military-style rifles used in Sandy Hook and many other mass shootings. Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son Daniel was killed at Sandy Hook, is one of several parents who channeled their grief into advocacy. He co-founded Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit that aims to educate teachers and students about warning signs that can be used to identify likely mass shooters.
☆ Trump, Kanye West, and Nick Fuentes pushing antisemitism to the forefront of the GOP could pull the Christian nationalist movement apart
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
But they also exposed a darker side of Christian nationalism that was always there, experts say. Americans who support Christian nationalist ideas may not identify as Christian nationalists. Andrew Whitehead, a sociologist at IUPUI and co-author of "Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States," has found similar connections between Christian nationalism and antisemitism. Additional research has also found close connections between Christian nationalism, antisemitism, QAnon followers, and supporters of Trump. Greene has said the GOP should be the party of Christian nationalism and even sells merch adorned with the term.
☆ Kanye West's Yeezy Apparel fashion company owes $600,000 in unpaid tax to California with notices dating back two years, report says
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The state of California has issued multiple tax notices to Yeezy Apparel, according to NBC News. Yeezy Apparel previously paid the LA district attorney a $950,000 settlement for false advertising. Over the last two years, the state has issued multiple tax liens – legal claims for unpaid debts – against Yeezy Apparel, NBC reported. Yeezy Apparel is a fashion design and merchandising business which started in 2017, according to public business records. But tax-law experts told NBC that the tax notices indicate big problems at Yeezy Apparel.
☆ Alex Jones says he can pay less than 1% of Sandy Hook verdicts
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Dietrich Knauth | Industry Insight | Insights In Action | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
In the first hearing of Jones' bankruptcy in a Houston court, his attorney Vickie Driver said Jones wanted to settle with the Sandy Hook families. They won $1.5 billion in defamation trials over Jones' lies about the 2012 school shooting. David Zensky, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families, said Jones lied for years about the Sandy Hook shooting and concealed information about his companies InfoWars and Free Speech Systems. InfoWars' parent company, Free Speech Systems, which is owned by Jones, filed for bankruptcy in July, before courts in Texas and Connecticut determined the amount of Jones' liability for the Sandy Hook defamation claims. Jones has said that he will appeal the Sandy Hook verdicts if he is unable to reach a settlement in bankruptcy.
☆ Alex Jones, who mocked Sandy Hook families and swore they'd never be paid, says he has less than 1% of what he owes them
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Alex Jones owes families of the Sandy Hook shooting nearly $1.5 billion after two trials. Jones was ordered to pay the damages to the families of the Sandy Hook victims following a series of defamation trials this year. InfoWars' parent company, Free Speech Systems, declared bankruptcy over the summer, and Jones declared personal bankruptcy in a Texas court filing last month. In the first hearing of Jones' bankruptcy in the court on Wednesday, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families questioned whether Jones was lying about his finances. The conspiracy theorist spent years pushing false theories about the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, in which 20 first graders and six adults were killed.
☆ 'We cannot normalize this': Doug Emhoff leads White House roundtable to combat antisemitism
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Peter Nicholas | Peter Nicholas Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
“Antisemitism is dangerous,” said Emhoff, the nation’s first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president. Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism in Washington on Wednesday. President Joe Biden has proposed raising that sum to $360 million in the coming year for the 2023 fiscal year. Conference speakers drew a link between antisemitism and another scourge that the Biden administration wants to confront: threats to democracy. “Antisemitism is the death knell of democracy,” said Deborah Lipstadt, a Holocaust scholar and the Biden administration’s special envoy to combat and monitor antisemitism.
☆ New York man charged with hate crime after allegedly targeting Jewish father and son in BB gun attack, police say
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A New York man was arrested and charged on Tuesday after allegedly firing a BB gun at a Jewish father and son who were out grocery shopping over the weekend, police said. Jason Kish, 25, of Staten Island, was charged with assault as a hate crime, endangering the welfare of a child, reckless endangerment and assault in connection with the incident, which unfolded on Sunday afternoon, the New York City Police Department said. The victims, a 32-year-old father and his 7-year-old son, had been standing in front of a Kosher grocery store on Staten Island and were wearing yarmulkes when they were hit with BB gun pellets on Sunday afternoon, the NYPD said. Staten Island Shomrim Safety PatrolThe boy can be seen grabbing his ear as he appears to be struck by a BB gun pellet, as the father appears to turn around to see what happened. On Tuesday, the precinct announced that the suspect wanted for the BB gun assault had been apprehended.
☆ Doug Emhoff says there's an 'epidemic of hate' in the US at White House antisemitism roundtable
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Kayla Gallagher | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The White House hosted an antisemitism roundtable Wednesday with Jewish leaders and organizations. The roundtable discussion was hosted by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish. In April the Anti-Defamation League released an audit revealing that antisemitic incidents reached an "all-time high" in 2021, citing a 34% increase year over year. The second gentleman noted during the roundtable that antisemitism is not a partisan issue. Emhoff declared that he will not stand idly by and will work with Jewish leaders to continue combatting antisemitism in America.
☆ Ye's online fan communities reckon with rapper's praise of Hitler in recent Infowars interview
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Kat Tenbarge | Daysia Tolentino | Kat Tenbarge Is A Tech | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
“After the Infowars interview, we were disgusted by his behavior,” CalmYe said. “We didn’t want to give a platform to what he’s saying anymore.”After the Infowars interview, we were disgusted by his behavior. The subreddit became increasingly difficult to moderate, and Ye’s praise of Hitler was the tipping point. CalmYe said most fans seem “disgusted” with Ye’s recent behavior, and this latest interview caused many to ditch the artist for good. Other Ye-focused creators have tried to steer their followings through the aftermath of the Infowars interview.
☆ Doug Emhoff to convene White House roundtable on antisemitism
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
WASHINGTON — Doug Emhoff is set to convene a roundtable with Jewish leaders and other experts Wednesday to discuss the rise of antisemitism and efforts to counter hate nationwide. The White House announced Monday that the roundtable hosted by the second gentleman will include White House Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice; Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, senior adviser to the president for public engagement. Antisemitism in the U.S. hit record highs last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which has been tracking antisemitic incidents since 1979. During an unrelated event Friday, Emhoff spoke briefly about the effects of widespread antisemitism. Former President Donald Trump hosted several people who have espoused antisemitic beliefs for dinner last month, including Ye, white nationalist Nick Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos.
☆ Kanye West posted a bizarre Instagram rant calling Elon Musk a 'genetic hybrid,' days after once again being kicked off Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Kanye West called Elon Musk a "genetic hybrid" on Instagram Sunday. The rapper posted a picture to Instagram on Sunday that said: "Am I the only one who thinks Elon could be half Chinese?" A post shared by Ye (@kanyewest)Musk responded to Ye's comments on Twitter and said: "I take that as a compliment!" Ye then reposted Musk's comments to Instagram in a picture and captioned it: "It was meant as a compliment my friend." Ye's Twitter account was suspended for the second time on Thursday, after Musk reinstated it in November.
☆ Welcome to the ‘free-for-all hellscape’ that is Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
Despite unprecedented sanctions from the West on various industries, Russia’s war chest has been padded by oil revenue. China and India, among others, are still buying surplus barrels of Russian oil, which has been cheaper ever since Western traders began shunning it. The price cap is designed to be enforced by companies that provide shipping, insurance and other services for Russian oil. Countries like Poland and Estonia wanted a lower price cap, emphasizing that $60 is too close to the current market price for Russian oil. Because of the relatively generous price cap, Russia may continue to find buyers.
☆ Elon Musk says he 'personally wanted to punch Kanye' West after the rapper posted a swastika on Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk said he "personally wanted to punch" Kanye West after he posted a swastika on Twitter. Musk suspended the rapper's account on Friday just two weeks after he was allowed back on Twitter. Musk made the comments during a live Q&A on Twitter Spaces about the "Twitter files" related to the way Twitter handled content on Hunter Biden. He responded: "I personally wanted to punch Kanye, so that was definitely inciting me to violence. West's Twitter account was suspended on Friday after he tweeted an image of a swastika inside a Star of David.
☆ Nick Fuentes, Kanye West's white supremacist associate, is filmed hurling a soda cup at customers inside an In-N-Out Burger
  + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Nick Fuentes was filmed launching his drink at customers in an In-N-Out Burger in Los Angeles. According to witnesses, Fuentes retaliated after a couple confronted him in the fast food restaurant. Fuentes, a white nationalist, says he is working on Kanye West's 2024 presidential campaign. The post said Fuentes threw his drink when the couple was running away, but it hit "a bunch of randoms." Fuentes, a white nationalist organizer with a history of making virulently antisemitic and racist comments, says he is working on Ye's 2024 presidential campaign.
☆ Ye and big tech gave Infowars one of its biggest days ever
  + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Kat Tenbarge | David Ingram | Kat Tenbarge Is A Tech | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Jones and Infowars had already been banned from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Google Play, Vimeo, Pinterest, Mailchimp and LinkedIn. But Ye’s interview had more than 3.1 million views as of publication. On other platforms, clips of the interview got millions more. Twitter suspended Ye later that night after Ye tweeted an image that contained a swastika. He showed clips of Ye praising Hitler, and Foreman speculated that his channel might get a “strike” from YouTube as a result.
☆ 'Yeezy come, Yeezy go': Kanye West tattoos are being removed for free by a studio in London
  + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A tattoo removal studio in London is offering to eliminate Kanye West tattoos free of charge. Naama Studios announced its "Yeezy come, Yeezy go" offer on Instagram. Naama Studios announced its "Yeezy come, Yeezy go" offer on Instagram last month. "We understand that tattoos can be triggering for some people and not everyone can afford to remove their tattoos," Garbett said. EElon Musk banned him from Twitter again on Friday after West tweeted an image of a swastika.
☆ White supremacist Nick Fuentes slams 'divorced woman girlboss' Marjorie Taylor Greene as the far-right figures turn on each other, videos show
  + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
White supremacist Nick Fuentes slammed Marjorie Taylor Greene's character on an online show. Speaking on her own show, Greene described Fuentes as "racist" and "immature" and asked why Ye would "align himself with that." On "Politically Provoked," Fuentes claimed that just a week ago, Greene wanted to visit the 2024 presidential campaign office in California. Fuentes went on to claim that Greene wanted to visit "when it was cool" but "flipped back" afterward. Fuentes did not provide any evidence for his claim that Greene wanted to visit Ye's campaign HQ.
☆ Kanye Twitter post of a swastika after Alex Jones appearance is scary. But Jews have survived worse.
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Adam Zimmerman | Adam Zimmerman Is A Communications | Public Relations Consultant In Maryland. He Teaches A Seventh-Grade Holocaust Class | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Antisemitic incidents are now so rampant that we have had to postpone planned lessons on the history of the Holocaust to focus on the present. Adolf Hitler and his Nazis took many things from my grandmother: her parents, most of her siblings, many friends and her childhood. “I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis,” Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, proclaimed Thursday on right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ show, perhaps emboldened by his dinner with Trump and Fuentes. “I see good things about Hitler, also.” He then took to Twitter and posted a swastika before being banned from the platform on Friday. True, antisemitism dates back thousands of years.
☆ Infowars host Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, court records show
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | David K. Li | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, on the hook for more than $1 billion because of lies he spread about the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, has filed for bankruptcy, court documents showed Friday. In seeking Chapter 11 protection, the Infowars host filed boilerplate bankruptcy documents in Texas, claiming he was worth $1 million to $10 million and had debts of $1 billion to $10 billion. Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis later imposed punitive damages of $473 million for promoting those false conspiracy theories about Sandy Hook, bringing the bill to a staggering $1.44 billion. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
☆ Alex Jones Follows Infowars Into Bankruptcy Following Sandy Hook Trial Losses
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Jonathan Randles | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy after he and the company behind his Infowars platform were ordered to pay roughly $1.4 billion in damages for defaming the families of the Sandy Hook school massacre. The far-right media host and provocateur filed for bankruptcy on Friday in Texas, where his Infowars site was already under chapter 11 protection amid years of costly litigation with the families of Sandy Hook victims. His own chapter 11 filing immediately halts their ability to collect judgments against him, and moves...
☆ Alex Jones Files for Bankruptcy Following Sandy Hook Trial Losses
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Jonathan Randles | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy after he and the company behind his Infowars platform were ordered to pay roughly $1.4 billion in damages for defaming the families of the Sandy Hook school massacre. The far-right media host and provocateur filed for bankruptcy on Friday in Texas, where his Infowars site was already under chapter 11 protection amid years of costly litigation with the families of Sandy Hook victims. His own chapter 11 filing immediately halts their ability to collect judgments against him, and moves...
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