Episode 440: June 1-2, 2020

Dan and Jordan discuss Alex Jones’ descent into acceptance of military police arresting protesters for being out past curfew, which seems counter to any number of films called “Police State” that he sold earlier in his career.

Topics covered include:

  • Alex and Infowars have been accused of setting fire to a mattress owned by a man experiencing homelessness. There doesn’t appear to be any proof that Alex or anyone from Infowars did this, and Dan discusses how making this accusation without proof is a detrimental strategy.

  • Alex reports on a video he claims shows George Floyd dropping a bag of white powder while in police custody. The video is inconclusive, and Alex cannot prove that this is a bag of white powder, or even that Floyd dropped anything. (Not going to link to Alex’s site, but you can find the video on his sites)

  • Alex claims to have researched Floyd, but seems to have missed the part about his involvement in ministry.

  • Alex’s employee Savannah Hernandez expresses a position that if you don’t resist arrest, police won’t kill you. This is particularly dumb, considering the case of Breonna Taylor, and this kind of position is absolutely counter to everything Infowars supposedly stands for.

  • Alex claims that Acme Brick is setting up pallets of bricks for protesters to use around the country. He claims that Acme is owned by Bill Gates. The history of the ownership of the company is complicated, but ultimately it has been a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway since 2000.

  • Alex found the narrative about Acme Brick from a random QAnon twitter account named Elyse Cane. Elyse in no way proves that Acme Brick is dropping off bricks, and Alex can in no way demonstrate this claim.

  • A new release from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner has claimed that George Floyd had fentanyl in his system. Alex exaggerates this. There is uncertainty surrounding the various autopsies, but they all say it was murder.

  • 4 cops were shot in St. Louis, and one in Las Vegas. Alex covers these stories, but refuses to acknowledge that a restaurateur was killed by cops in Louisville, and countless instances of police brutality were experienced by protesters around the country.

  • Millie Weaver breaks a new scoop about having a mole inside the Sunrise Movement, but doesn’t reveal anything interesting. Apparently, that is coming eventually.

  • Millie also thinks that protesters become terrorists just by staying out past curfew. Something tells me she would not be a big fan of various instances of nonviolent resistance over history.

  • Alex has his son on the show to discuss how he beat up someone at a convenience store.

  • Alan Keys drops by to advocate for Trump calling up citizens to form militias. He also thinks Trump should deputize people.