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“Alex Jones is 'partying pretty hard' in Texan desert town dubbed America's last outpost for outcasts -- despite still owing Sandy Hook families $1 billion,” Daily Mail's James Gordon -- “Shamed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appears to be living life in the tiny southwest Texan town of Terlingua, close to the Mexican border and has splashed out on land worth $20,000 despite declaring bankruptcy last year.
Sitting on the outskirts of Big Bend National Park, the quirky town of around 150 residents is known as something of a 'last outpost for outcasts'.
Jones and his wife were spotted in the town as they frequented one of the local establishments, the High Sierra Bar & Grill and 'partied pretty hard'.
'Everyone in Terlingua is running from something,' as said realtor Stephanie Neckar to Texas Monthly while another local admits 'We're all here because we're not completely there.'
The Infowars host was ordered to pay more than $1.5 billion to families who sued him over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Jones, 50, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2022 with recent financial documents submitted by his attorneys putting his personal net worth at around $14 million.
He was ordered to pay damages after he promoted a conspiracy theory that the massacre of 26 women and children at at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, never took place. …
'I'm officially out of money, personally,' Jones said during his Infowars podcast. 'It's all going to be filed. It's all going to be public. And you will see that Alex Jones has almost no cash.'
But Jones and and his wife, Erika, appear to have cast their cares away having muscled their way into the tight-knit community and splashed out on property in the area.
Property records revealed that despite Jones' financial woes, in June 2023, his wife bought twenty acres in Terlingua Ranch, at a cost of $20,000." Daily Mail
HOU CHRON: “Tesla moves to shed Austin's environmental oversight of gigafactory” Hou Chron
AAS: “Goodbye, scanner: Austin police, fire EMS will no longer make radios available to public” AAS
AAS: “Austin crime drops through first quarter of the year to lowest numbers since 2020” AAS
SAEN: “How tiny zebra mussels are causing big problems in Texas lakes” SAEN
DMN: “3 runoff races have the potential to change North Texas politics” DMN
TX TRIB: “Republican North Texas congressional candidates debate Ken Paxton's impeachment, Ukraine relief funding” Texas Tribune
HOU CHRON: Editorial: “Jarvis Johnson for Senate District 15 special election” Houston Chronicle
TX TRIB: “Ukraine and Israel aid bills split Texans in Congress -- but not along party lines” Texas Tribune
EXTRA POINTS
Last night's Texas sports scores:
Fri
> MLB: Nats 5, Astros 4 Hou Chron
> MLB: Braves 5, Rangers 2 WFAA
Sat
> MLB: Nats 6, Astros 0 Wash Post
> MLB: Rangers 6, Braves 4 AP
> MLS: Colorado 2, FC Dallas 1 NBC 5
> MLB: Austin 1, Houston KXAN
Sun
> NBA: #4 Clippers 109, #5 Mavs 97 AP
This weekend's Texas sports schedule:
> 8:30pm: NHL: #8 Golden Knights at #1 Stars (ESPN)
SAN ANTONIO SPURS: “As expected, Wembanyama a finalist for two of NBA's annual awards" SAEN
BAYLOR MEN'S BASKETBALL: “Former Duke guard Jeremy Roach indicates he will play a final college season at Baylor" AP
TEXAS FOOTBALL: Bohls: “Texas is going to have to run the ball too, which we didn't see in spring game" AAS
TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL: Cessna: “The Maroon & White game wasn't a thriller, but that's OK" Bryan Eagle
TEXAS BASEBALL: “Johnson, Borba lead Texas baseball team to series-clinching victory over TCU" AAS